How to play Quota.

Quota gives every player a points target set by their handicap. You score points on every hole and try to finish furthest above your own quota, so a high handicapper can beat a scratch golfer.

Players: 2 to 4 players
Scored in: Points against your quota
Good for: Mixed abilities: everyone plays against their own target.

The rules

Your quota is 36 points minus your course handicap (18 minus your nine-hole handicap on nine holes).
Each hole earns points from your actual score: 1 for a bogey, 2 for a par, 4 for a birdie, 8 for an eagle, 16 for anything better, nothing for a double bogey or worse.
Nobody gets strokes on the holes: your handicap is already in your quota.
Your number on the board is how far above or below your quota you are so far.

An example hole

Dad's course handicap is 20, so his quota is 16. He makes 26 points: +10. Mike plays off 4, so his quota is 32, and he makes 34: +2. Dad wins.

Who wins

Furthest above your quota wins.

Handicaps

Built into each quota, so no strokes on the holes.

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