Quota

Each player's quota is 36 minus course handicap (8-handicap = 28, 18-handicap = 18). Everyone plays their own ball on gross score and collects points per hole. Add the points, subtract the quota, and the biggest positive number wins; hit it exactly and you push. In standing groups the quota becomes the average of your last three point totals.

Common scale: bogey 1, par 2, birdie 4, eagle 8. Some groups use eagle 6 and double eagle 10 instead; double bogey or worse is 0 everywhere. Winner takes a pot or is paid per point above the field.

• 39 (Chicago) or 38 baseline
• Quota rises by 1 each time you beat it
• Team dogfights summing quotas
• Some groups score points on net score, most on gross; pick one
• Chicago (39-point) scale with birdie 4, eagle 8
• Start with your handicap as points and race to 36
• Team quota: add each player's plus/minus
• League version tracked all season

• Great for large groups and buddies trips with a leaderboard
• Zero-point holes cap disasters, so go for birdies
• Recalculate quotas honestly each outing
• Quotas self-correct: raise it when you beat it
• Blow-up holes cost nothing beyond zero, so stay aggressive