The effect of handicap stroke location on best-ball golf scores

Abstract This paper studies the effect of handicap stroke location on the outcome of handicap best-ball play for two golfers. As in a previous paper where handicap match play was analyzed, a discrete control model is constructed and an algorithm for its solution is presented which gives the maximum and minimum possible best-balls for two players. Data collected from 10 golfers is used to compute the maximum and minimum possible best-balls. The results show that handicap stroke locationhas a very profound effect on the resultant best-ball scores.