Quota tournament scoring

Question
Our group of 24 has an annual group championship. The prior year winner gets to pick the format (stroke, match, quota, etc). This year A quota format has been chosen, but a new wrinkle was added in points

They are using 1-2-4-8 scoring for bogey-par-birdie- eagle,  but they are also counting a double bogey as -2 (minus two)> Obviously this hurts unfairly the higher handicapping.

Has anyone ever seen quota played with -2 for doubles?  Has anyone ever seen this scoring format used in a tournament. Our group's handicaps run from a 4 to 16.  I just do not see this as a fair tournament.  Your thoughts?

Answer
Hi Larry,

It's common to have negative scoring for bad holes in such a format. Going from +1 to -2, however, is a 3 point leap. I would suggest -1 for a double and -2 for anything worse.

Or, you could base everything on the NET hole score:

net DOUBLE -2
net BOGIE 0
net PAR 1
net BIRDIE 3
net EAGLE  5

etc.

In this format, 18 points is a good score (18 pars).

Ken