A bogey is similar in many ways to Matchplay except you are playing against the course. A player can obtain one plus point by beating net par on a hole. Net par results in a zero score whilst anything over par results in a negative one score. The player with the highest total score wins the competition.
Gross scores are entered under player A on the card and the right hand column has either ‘+’, ‘-‘ or 0 entered. At the end of the round, count up the differences between ‘+’ and ‘-‘ holes for a total score for the round (typically ‘Plus 3’, ‘Minus 4’ or Level).