HANDICAPS. Table No. II. (Owed Odds).
When two players meet who are handicapped to owe odds, the player owing the lesser odds is placed at scratch. This Table shows the odds the other will still owe:
| 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 | 1/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 30· | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | 30·3 | 30·4 |
| 2 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30· | 30·1 | 30·2 | |
| 3 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 30· | 30· | 30·1 | ||
| 4 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | 15·5 | 30· | |||
| 5 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·3 | 15·4 | 15·5 | ||||
| 6 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | 15·1 | 15·2 | 15·3 | 15·4 | |||||
| 7 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15· | 15·1 | 15·1 | 15·2 | ||||||
| 8 | 0 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15· | 15·1 | |||||||
| 9 | 0 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | 15·1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | 15· | |||||||||
| 11 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | 5/6 of 15 | ||||||||||
| 12 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | 4/6 of 15 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | 3/6 of 15 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 0 | 1/6 of 15 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | 0 | 1/6 of 15 | 2/6 of 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | 0 | 1/6 of 15 | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 1/6 of 15 | ||||||||||||||||
This table has been calculated upon the following data:—
| In the case of owed odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| The average | value of | 1/6 is ·2158 |
| " | " | 2/6 is ·3929 |
| " | " | 3/6 is ·5188 |
| " | " | 4/6 is ·6448 |
| " | " | 5/6 is ·7975 |
| " | length of a game is 4·6250 strokes. | |
In using this table, supply throughout the word "owe" before the odds specified.