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From: JohnH on 14 Mar 2010 14:28
Playing yesterday and we had the normal winter format of 2 to count
from either a 3 man team (full hcp) or 4 man team (3/4 HCP). We had
a guest playing (not in the comp) who was from the Bath area and he
referred to the competition format as a bowmaker. None of us had ever
heard that term before.


http://golf.about.com/od/golfterms/g/bldef_bowmaker.htm does have the
following to say about the format so perhaps it is a Southern thing
as us Northerners had not heard it before

Definition: Bowmaker tournaments are very common in the U.K., where
the term is widely used. The term "bowmaker" is rarely used in the
U.S., but the format is a familiar one.

A bowmaker boils down to this: A team event in which members of the
team are playing their own golf balls throughout, and a certain number
of the team members' scores count on each hole.
From: M L Wadsworth on 15 Mar 2010 05:15

"JohnH" <john.hallas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Playing yesterday and we had the normal winter format of 2 to count
> from either a 3 man team (full hcp) or 4 man team (3/4 HCP). We had
> a guest playing (not in the comp) who was from the Bath area and he
> referred to the competition format as a bowmaker. None of us had ever
> heard that term before.
>
>
> http://golf.about.com/od/golfterms/g/bldef_bowmaker.htm does have the
> following to say about the format so perhaps it is a Southern thing
> as us Northerners had not heard it before
>
> Definition: Bowmaker tournaments are very common in the U.K., where
> the term is widely used. The term "bowmaker" is rarely used in the
> U.S., but the format is a familiar one.
>
> A bowmaker boils down to this: A team event in which members of the
> team are playing their own golf balls throughout, and a certain number
> of the team members' scores count on each hole.

Thanks, John.

I haven't heard the name before either.
The link you supplied was interesting.
A number of other familiar formats but under unfamiliar names.

Malcolm


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