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Question from Brian:

We have 8 guys playing 7 rounds of golf.
We want to play with each player as a partner only once, sounds simple but i can not come up with the match ups beyond the first 4 matches.
I believe the numbers should work perfectly where each player can play with another as a partner only once each throughout the week.
Please help.

In a circular order ABCDEFGH(A)..

AB CD EF GH +1
BC DE FG HA -1
AC EG BD FH +2
AG BH CE DF -2
AD GB EH CF +3
DG BE HC FA -3
AE BF CG DH +4

This does not optimize foursomes in any way.
RD

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