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ccguy · #1 (**permalink**) 06-22-2004, 07:37 AM

I'm in Australia, so things may be slightly different here. I've only just started playing and I'm not sure about the scorecards I'm given. There are a couple of columns that have numbers in them and are called "stroke index" and "match index". What does this mean?

LowPost42 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-09-2004, 04:57 PM

I would assume one is to mark your score total in stroke play, whereas the other would be to mark the results of holes won/lost in match play.

pgapro · #3 (**permalink**) 10-09-2004, 07:53 PM

In the UK most course scorecards have a stroke index for each hole. This represents the difficulty of that hole. For example, a hole that has a stroke index of 1, means that it is considered the hardest hole on the course. Therefore a person with a 1 handicap and above will recieve a shot on that hole. Likewise a hole that has a stroke index of 18 is considered the easiest hole on the course and all players with an 18 handicap and above will recieve a shot there. The match index is used in the same way but for matchplay.