Stableford


Stableford

(ˈsteɪbəlfəd) n (Golf) golf a. a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etcb. (as modifier): a Stableford competition. Compare match play, stroke play[C20: named after its inventor, Dr Frank Stableford (1870–1959), English amateur golfer]