Another handicapp we've used is egg racing. A Cat 1 or 2 pilot identifies a
Cat 3 pilot and team flies. Both pilots receive the score of the Cat 3
pilot. This can be a lot of fun, and very instructive for both.

Continuing the Golf analogy: This sounds like sort of a "Captain's
Choice Best Ball" type tournament...

Having done some lead-follow / team-fly mentoring XC flights with a
experienced pilots this summer I can attest to the fact that its a
great tool and a lot of fun!

But I think it would best be applied in some kind of casual/local-club
competition environment.

I think part of the backlash against many of these suggestions (I
mean, the ones with some merit to them), is that they're being talked
about in terms of USA Regional and National contests - which are more
serious / high-level events.

There's nothing stopping local clubs or groups from defining special
rules and trying these things at their own event!

Take care,

--Noel