How to Play Four-Ball Aggregate
In Four-Ball Aggregate, the scores of all four golfers in the group count on each hole. The scores of the two partners are combined to create the team's score.
We'll do an example below, but first just a reminder about what "regular" four-ball is: a format in which the lower score of two partners counts as the team score. Golfers A and B are partners, and on Hole 1 A scores 6 and B scores 4, then 4 is the team score in regular four-ball.
So the difference between regular four-ball and Four-Ball Aggregate is right there in the name: Rather than just the better ball of the two partners counting, both scores of the two partners count.
Imagine a Four-Ball Aggregate match between Golfers A and B on one team, and Golfers C and D on the other. On the first hole, A scores 6, B scores 4, C scores 5 and D scores 6. Team A-B's score is 10 and Team C-D's score is 11, because the partners' scores are combined for the team score.
Four-Ball Aggregate can be played as stroke play or match play, using gross scores or net scores (typically using full handicaps). It is also quite common for Four-Ball Aggregate to be played using Stableford points for scoring.
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