Scratch refers to a bowling score that does not include any handicap adjustments. In a scratch competition players compete based only on the actual number of pins they knock down. This format is the standard for professional tournaments where skill is measured purely by raw performance. Therefore a scratch score of two hundred means the player actually rolled exactly that many points on the lane. For example the veteran bowler won the scratch division because he had the highest actual pinfall of the day. Scratch is the raw score of a game before any bonus handicap pins are added. The veteran bowler won the scratch division because he had the highest actual pinfall of the day.