Stableford


noun
1.
(golf)

a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
(as modifier): a Stableford competition Compare match play, stroke play

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