The knockout anyone in your club can win.
A handicap knockout gives weaker players a head start, so every round is competitive whatever the mix of standards - and the whole club has a reason to enter. Same self-running knockout underneath.
A head start that makes every match a contest
Give your weaker players a scoring advantage and the first seed has a real fight on their hands. Handicaps live on the draw itself - every player's handicap is visible next to their name, so nobody has to remember who owes what.
The same knockout, still running itself
Everything the knockout does, the handicap knockout does: auto-generated draws, byes, plate draws, deadline reminders, and players entering and confirming their own scores. The handicap changes who can win - not how much work you do.
The format that gets the whole club entering
A straight knockout crowns your strongest player; a handicap knockout gives everyone a reason to enter. It is the classic end-of-season club format because upsets are the point - and the winner has genuinely earned it.
- Entries from every standard, not just the first team
- Assign handicaps once at the draw stage - the draw carries them
- Upsets by design: anyone in the club can win it
Prefer it straight?
If your field is evenly matched, the classic knockout crowns your champion without adjustments - and both formats can run side by side as events in one tournament.
Level the field. Keep the drama.
Free to run. Players pay a small fee on knockout entries.