Quota

In a Quota game (also called a dogfight or Chicago), every player has a target: the quota base, usually 36, minus their Playing Handicap. They score points on every hole (more for a birdie, fewer for a bogey) and finish plus or minus their quota. The highest plus wins, so a high handicapper and a scratch player compete on equal terms.

Before you start:

• Players need a Handicap Index, so the round has their Playing Handicaps (Add your members).
• You know how to add a tournament to a round (Add rounds and tournaments).

1. Make a Quota template in your Tournament Bank: add a template and, on the Format step, choose Quota. Quota is always scored gross: the handicap is used for the target, not on each hole.

   

2. Add the template to the round, as with any tournament.

3. Open the tournament from the round’s Tournaments tab. Under Quota Settings, set the Quota base and the points for each score. Leave a box blank to use the usual value: 36, and 16 / 8 / 4 / 2 / 1 / 0 from albatross down to double bogey. Some leagues use 39 (“Chicago”). Select Save Changes.

   

4. Pair the round and play it as usual. The round’s Leaderboard tab ranks players by +/- Quota: their points minus their target.

   

Note

For a nine-hole Quota, set the tournament’s Holes to the front or back nine. A blank quota base then becomes 18, and Playing Handicaps are worked out for nine holes. A base you type in yourself is never changed.