01 Your handicap

Every Wednesday your team posts a score to par. Both partners are credited with that score.

Your handicap is the average of your last 8 rounds, to one decimal. Until you have played 8, it is the average of the rounds you have. Every round in that window counts. None are dropped.

02 The partner adjustment

A doubles score is set by two players, so each round is adjusted before it is averaged. The adjustment restates your score as what it would have been with an average partner. Strokes are added back if your partner was stronger than average, and taken off if your partner was weaker.

A partner's strength comes from their other rounds. Rounds the two of you played together are left out, and only rounds played up to that night are used, so a round's value does not change later.

When an odd number of players shows up, one plays Cali: alone, with one mulligan per hole. Playing Cali is 2.8 strokes harder than playing doubles, and Cali rounds are adjusted by that amount.

Your round log lists your team's score, the adjustment, and the adjusted score.

03 Your starting number

Players with 3 or more rounds before Summer begin with the handicap they carried in. That number is frozen as your start.

Players with fewer than 3 set their start over their first 3 Summer rounds. Their race begins at round 4.

04 The race

improved = start − now Your improvement is the difference between your start and your current handicap. The largest improvement on 2026-10-07 wins the trophy. Spring went to the lowest scorer. Summer goes to the most improved player.

05 Eligibility

You must play at least 5 Summer Wednesdays to win the trophy. Players below that appear on the board in grey. Their handicap is live, but not yet eligible.

06 The fine print

• Random partners each week — the draw is adjusted out of your handicap
• Main 18 is the front nine twice — holes 1 and 10 are the same hole, 2 and 11, and so on
• Off-season rounds, like Jun 24 — count toward handicaps, not standings
• A DNF — scores 1 point for attendance and does not affect your handicap
• Ties stand as UDisc records them — tied teams each score ½ point per team tied, and on-course playoffs do not affect points or handicaps
• Points (1 for playing · 1 for the low score · 1 per team beaten · ½ per tie) — tallied all season