I’ve always thought that it’s odd that we in Australia call these comps Four Ball Par, Four Ball Stabelford and Foursomes when they are all invariably played in pairs. I would have thought that two ball better ball would have made more sense. Typically it would work like this. One club may have twenty players and another 15 players. In this case and depending on the exact nature of the comp there would probably be an agreement (for example) that the scores of the top 6 pairs would count for each club.
That is, a foursome would consist of two players from one club against another pair from the opposing club. I have never played in a comp where all four players are playing as one team but I suspect it happens more in other countries. I played with a Canadian guy a few weeks back and we discussed this and he said that in his club in Canada it was more common to have a foursome as a team. I noticed in a couple of the postings that there is reference to both situations. That is, foursomes as a team and pairs as a team. Cheers Graham No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.6/938 - Release Date: 5/08/2007 4:16 PM
