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Flag Competition
Also called Tombstone
A race against your own handicap. You get a fixed number of shots, and wherever the last one stops, you plant your flag.
- Players
- 1+
- Scoring
- How far you get
- Allowance
- Par plus 95% of course handicap
- Winner
- Furthest round the course
How it works
- 1Your allowance is the course par plus your playing handicap — par 72 and handicap 18 gives you 90 shots.
- 2Play until you've used them all.
- 3Plant your flag (or a tee with your name) where your last shot finished.
- 4Still have shots after the 18th? Carry on down the 1st and beyond.
- 5Whoever's flag is furthest round the course wins.
Good to know
Mark the flag clearly — on a busy day, there'll be a lot of them on the 18th green.
Close relations
Allowances follow the World Handicap System recommendations used by Golf Ireland. Your club or society may set its own — the entry sheet wins.