{
    "name": "Golf Stableford Points Calculator",
    "url": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/golf-stableford-points-calculator",
    "markdown": "https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/golf-stableford-points-calculator.md",
    "category": "Everyday tools",
    "description": "Score a Stableford round: enter par, stroke index and your gross score for each hole and your playing handicap to get points per hole and in total.",
    "summary": "In Stableford you score points against a net par on every hole: 2 for net par, 1 for net bogey, 3 for net birdie and so on, and nothing for net double bogey or worse or a pick-up.",
    "also_called": [
        "Stableford score calculator"
    ],
    "applies_to": "Worldwide",
    "last_updated": "2026-10-29",
    "computation": "Results are computed in the visitor’s browser on the HTML page. This API describes the calculator; it does not compute results.",
    "inputs": [
        {
            "name": "handicap",
            "label": "Playing handicap",
            "type": "number",
            "default": "18"
        },
        {
            "name": "holes",
            "label": "Each hole: par, stroke index, score (x for no score)",
            "type": "textarea",
            "default": "4, 7, 5\n4, 15, 4\n3, 11, 4\n5, 1, 6\n4, 9, 6\n4, 3, 5\n3, 17, 3\n5, 13, 5\n4, 5, 4\n4, 8, 5\n4, 16, 5\n3, 12, 3\n5, 2, 7\n4, 10, 4\n4, 4, 5\n3, 18, 4\n5, 14, 6\n4, 6, x"
        }
    ],
    "outputs": [
        {
            "key": "points",
            "label": "Stableford points",
            "format": "integer"
        },
        {
            "key": "vs_target",
            "label": "Points above (+) or below (−) 2 per hole",
            "format": "integer"
        },
        {
            "key": "gross",
            "label": "Gross strokes on scored holes",
            "format": "integer"
        },
        {
            "key": "holes_scored",
            "label": "Holes with a score",
            "format": "integer"
        }
    ],
    "formula": {
        "text": "Strokes received = ⌊PH ÷ n⌋ + (1 if SI ≤ PH mod n);  Points = max(0, 2 + Par + Strokes received − Gross score);  no score = 0 points",
        "variables": {
            "PH": "playing handicap (plus handicaps give strokes back from the highest SI)",
            "n": "holes played (9 or 18)",
            "SI": "the hole’s stroke index"
        }
    },
    "worked_example": {
        "inputs": {
            "handicap": "10",
            "holes": "4, 7, 5\n4, 15, 4\n3, 11, 4\n5, 1, 6\n4, 9, 6\n4, 3, 5\n3, 17, 3\n5, 13, 5\n4, 5, 4\n4, 8, 5\n4, 16, 5\n3, 12, 3\n5, 2, 7\n4, 10, 4\n4, 4, 5\n3, 18, 4\n5, 14, 6\n4, 6, x"
        },
        "steps": [
            "Playing handicap 10: one stroke on stroke-index holes 1–10, none on 11–18.",
            "Hole 1 (par 4, SI 7, score 5): net 4 = net par = 2 points. Hole 2 (par 4, SI 15, score 4): no stroke, par = 2 points.",
            "Hole 5 (par 4, SI 9, score 6): net 5 = net bogey = 1 point. Hole 18 was not finished: 0 points.",
            "Adding all 18 holes gives 30 points."
        ],
        "result": "With a playing handicap of 10 this card scores 30 Stableford points, 6 below the 36 that means playing to handicap."
    },
    "interpretation": "36 points over 18 holes (18 over 9) means you played exactly to your handicap. Each point above or below is roughly one stroke better or worse.",
    "assumptions": [
        "The fixed target score on each hole is par (Rule 21.1b), and handicap strokes follow the stroke index as in WHS Appendix E.",
        "A blank score or x means the hole was not completed and scores 0."
    ],
    "limitations": [
        "Competitions can set a handicap allowance (for example 95%); enter the playing handicap after the allowance.",
        "Modified Stableford tables (as used in some professional events) are different."
    ],
    "rules": null,
    "faqs": [
        {
            "question": "How many points is each net score worth?",
            "answer": "Net double bogey or worse 0, net bogey 1, net par 2, net birdie 3, net eagle 4, net albatross 5."
        },
        {
            "question": "Can I pick up in Stableford?",
            "answer": "Yes. Once you cannot score a point on the hole you can pick up; the hole simply scores zero and you are not disqualified."
        },
        {
            "question": "How do plus handicaps work?",
            "answer": "A plus handicap gives strokes back, starting from the hole with stroke index 18, so on those holes your net score is one more than your gross."
        }
    ],
    "sources": [
        {
            "title": "Rules of Golf, Rule 21 (The R&A)",
            "url": "https://www.randa.org/rog/the-rules-of-golf/rule-21"
        },
        {
            "title": "Stroke index allocation FAQ (USGA)",
            "url": "https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/handicapping/world-handicap-system/world-handicap-system-usga-golf-faqs/faqs---stroke-index-allocation.html"
        },
        {
            "title": "How Stableford points are calculated (Golfshake)",
            "url": "https://www.golfshake.com/news/view/15/How_Stableford_points_are_calculated_in_golf.html"
        }
    ],
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    "disclaimer": null,
    "publisher": "GM¹X CalcVerse"
}