HANDICAPS. Table No. 1. (Received Odds).
When two players, both in receipt of odds, meet, the player receiving the smaller odds is put back to scratch. The following Table shows the point at which the other should then start. The number at the left of the horizontal columns denotes the player who goes back to scratch, those at the head of the vertical columns the player who still receives odds; and the numbers within the columns show the odds to be received by the player whose number stands at the head of the column:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·3 | 30·4 | 30·5 | 40· |
| 1 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·3 | 30·5 | 40· |
| 2 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·3 | 30·4 | 30·5 | |
| 3 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·1 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 30· | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·4 | 30·5 | ||
| 4 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·3 | 30·5 | |||
| 5 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·3 | 15·5 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·4 | ||||
| 6 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·3 | 15·5 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·4 | |||||
| 7 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·2 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·1 | 30·3 | ||||||
| 8 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30·2 | |||||||
| 9 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 30· | 30·1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·5 | 30·1 | |||||||||
| 11 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·4 | 30· | ||||||||||
| 12 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·2 | 15·5 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15·1 | 15·3 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15·2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 15·1 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2/6 of 15 | 15· | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 5/6 of 15 | ||||||||||||||||
This table has been calculated upon the following data:—
| In the case of received odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| The average | value of | 1/6 is ·2048. |
| " | " | 2/6 is ·3552. |
| " | " | 3/6 is ·4811. |
| " | " | 4/6 is ·6069. |
| " | " | 5/6 is ·7841. |
| " | length of a game is 4·6250 strokes. | |
| 15·1 means 15 and one-sixth of 15, and so on. | ||