4-Ball Las Vegas Scramble

This is a four person team game; two standard couples comprise a team. It is a variation of a regular scramble using a six sided die to determine which player’s tee shot will be used on each hole. Before play begins, players are numbered 1 thru 4 in the sequence they are listed on the scorecard and one die is issued to each team. On each hole, all players hit from tee then roll the die; if it is a 1, 2, 3 or 4, the drive of the team member whose number matches must be used on that hole. If the die comes up with 5 or 6, the team selects the best drive. All move to the selected tee shot and all hit from that spot. Each hole is then played out as in a regular scramble. The result is one score for the team for each hole; there are no individual scores.

Balls may be placed within one club length on fairway and rough and 6 inches on green and in bunker, no closer to hole. (May not move from rough to fairway or out of bunker).

Enter team score on TEAM SCORE line. Compute total team score on TEAM SCORE line and subtract team handicap for NET TEAM SCORE. (Team handicap is 25% of total players’ handicaps.)

Handicap: No dots on scorecard. Mark 25% of total players’ handicaps on team score line.

Pairings process as follows:

1. Pair standard couples line by line and compute a COUPLE INDEX for each couple.

2. Sort the list of couples by COUPLE INDEX (low to high)

3. Equally divide the list into flights of no more than sixteen couples for each flight. Example: With a field of 64 couples, the lowest 16 COUPLE INDEXs on the list make up Flight 1, the second lowest 16 COUPLE INDEXs make up Flight 2, etc.

4. Form the teams in each flight by pairing the highest COUPLE INDEX with the lowest COUPLE INDEX, second highest with second lowest, etc.