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Golf guides

Short, direct answers to the golf questions that come up around a scorecard. No preamble, the answer first.

• How to fill in a golf scorecardFilling in a golf scorecard hole by hole: counting strokes, the marker’s job, the Out and In columns, signatures, and the mistakes that void a card.
• Printable golf scorecardA blank golf scorecard you can print straight from the browser: 18 holes, four players, front nine and back nine. Free, no sign-up.
• Stableford scoring explainedHow Stableford points work hole by hole: par is 2 points, a birdie 3 and a bogey 1. The points table, how handicap strokes are allocated, and what 36 points means.
• The golf handicap explainedHow a golf handicap is calculated under the World Handicap System, how course handicap follows from slope and course rating, and which rounds count.
• Golf game formatsStroke play, match play, Stableford, scramble, greensome and foursomes explained: how each is scored and which group each one suits.
• Golf glossaryGolf terms explained in English with the Finnish equivalent: par, birdie, handicap, slope, green, penalty area, Stableford and the rest of the vocabulary.