A scramble team should be handicapped as follows: Take 20 percent of the A player's handicap, plus 15 percent of the B's, 10 percent of the C's, and 5 percent of the D's. Add the results, round off the total to a whole number, and that's the team's handicap. For scoring, subtract the team handicap from the team's scramble score to determine its net score. The net scores will "compress" the results and make for a closer competition.

from DEAN KNUTH, former senior director of the USGA Handicap Department.

From Golf Digest December 2012, page 52