Wolf Golf Calculator for 4 Players

Numeric scores from every player resolve an active hole. Stableford also accepts an explicit pickup for zero points. A blank or withdrawal is pending, never zero. A whole-hole void advances the hole and Wolf rotation without scoring. Later scores wait behind the first unresolved hole. Nine-hole stroke indexes are ranked within that nine; plus players return strokes from the highest rank. Gross scores stay unchanged.

End early only within the resolved prefix. Future holes are excluded. Corrections recompute all results. Fixed-player or team changes create a replacement draft and preserve the preceding game. Live balances are provisional, and only completed or explicitly closed rounds get a final transfer plan.

Two players play singles; four play fixed better-ball teams. Net strokes use the difference from the lowest playing handicap across the entire round. Eighteen holes have front, back and overall contracts. Nine holes have one nine-hole contract, without a 4/5 split. A won contract exchanges its weight between sides: each teammate gets or owes half the side-total units.

A maximum of one press per enabled base contract starts on the next hole, with its parent’s weight and end. Only the trailing side can declare a manual press. Automatic presses start after the first two-down hole; front and overall may both press. Presses cannot themselves be pressed. An earlier correction can invalidate a manual press. Early closure honors completed or mathematically clinched contracts; others are void.

Two to four players use full signed handicaps. A unique low score wins the pot; ties do not split it. Each other player owes one unit per skin won. With carryovers off, tied units expire. Optional validation requires carryovers: the winner must score par or better on the next nonvoid hole, even if another player wins it. Failed units return to the pot before the new unit is added. A unique winner on the scheduled final hole is immediately accepted. Unclaimed carry and pending claims are refunded at completion or early closure.

Exactly four players rotate in saved seat order, including void holes; there is no last-place override. Over 18 holes turns are 5/5/4/4; over 9 they are 3/2/2/2. Choose a partner after that player’s tee shot and before the next shot, lone after seeing shots, or blind before any shot. Record the choice before scores; correction is visible but real-world timing cannot be verified.

Partner play compares better balls: each winner +1 and each loser −1. Lone defaults to 2 and blind to 4: the Wolf wins or loses three times the multiplier, each opponent the opposite multiplier. Ties score zero. Full signed handicaps do not change with the partner.

Exactly four players form two fixed pairs. Full signed gross/net comparison scores become digits clamped to 1–9; original strokes remain visible. Order each pair’s digits low to high. Each winning player receives the difference; each loser owes it. Flip the bird uses actual gross birdie-or-better. If exactly one team qualifies, reverse the other team’s digits once before comparing. If both qualify, neither flips. No carryovers.

Two over or worse: 0; one over: 1; par: 2; one/two/three/four under: 3/4/5/6. Pickups score zero. Our house extension continues one point per stroke beyond four under. Shared ranks have no countback. Optional group accounting compares every pair’s point difference, increasing comparisons in larger groups; a solo card has no settlement.

R&A Stableford rule · Handicap principles

Ledgers use exact fractions. Cash conversion rounds once, allocating the same total between creditors and debtors by largest remainders, breaking ties by saved seat order. Any adjustment is shown. An exhaustive search finds the fewest debtor-to-creditor transfers, with deterministic seat-order ties. Transfers are a record only; no payment is sent.