← Every answer handicaps scoring
Can a 9-hole round have handicaps? Yes. Nine-hole rounds use proper nine-hole handicap math, and the game you're playing decides how half strokes carry — hole-by-hole games keep the half, total-score games round it.
Swilkin holds every golfer’s index, turns it into a course handicap for the tees you are actually playing, and puts the strokes on the right holes. Shared-ball formats get their published allowance; a bet sets its own strokes — straight up, off the low handicap by default, or a number you set for any golfer — and an event’s allowance never touches it. Correct a golfer’s handicap later and Swilkin asks before it changes a bet’s strokes.
One card, scored live from one phone or everyone’s own — and anybody who will not install an app can still keep score from a link.
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