2012 Wednesday Men's League

 

  1. The League will begin on Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 and end on August 29, 2012.
     
  2. There will be 2 divisions:  Early League and Late League.   There will be a Shotgun start for both Divisions at 4:40pm.   Starting Holes are posted on the Schedule.   There will be 2 position rounds on the 7th and 14th weeks of the League. 
  3. Handicaps will be based on 9-hole league play computed each week.  The Average score less Par will be used for the handicap (80% of the Average is used).  Weekly adjustments will be made.
     
  4. Entry will be $200 per individual or $400 per team.  Substitutes will need to make arrangements for payments with their partners, not the League.  Substitutes will NOT be allowed during the playoffs except as provided in rule #9.
     
  5. Matches are scored through the match play system.  There will also be an added incentive for every golfer to do his best on every hole by giving prize money each week for individual high points to those golfers who have not already won weekly prize money.  There will be 3 places paid as indicated on the payout sheet.
     
  6. The point system used will be the COMBINED point totals of the 2 team-members.  For each member of the team:  determine the NET score on the hole, and then use the NET score to determine the Stableford points.  Add up the Stableford points for each team-member, and use that total to compare to the other team's total, and determine who won the hole.
     
    Modified Stableford Points System
      Net triple or worse -3 points
      Net double-bogey -2
      Net bogey -1
      Net par +1
      Net birdie +2
      Net eagle +3
      Net double-eagle +4
      Hole-In-One +5

  7. Tie breakers in weekly matches will first be determined by the team's total points:  if still tied, then the tie breaker will be a scorecard playoff from the tie breaker hole  (pre-determined holes will be in accordance with that weeks play:  for instance week #1, the tie-breaker will be hole #1.... and week #10 tie-breaker hole would be hole #1).  In the event of a tie in the Playoffs after 9 holes, the match will proceed to the 1st tee and sudden death will apply and continue until a winner is declared.
     
  8. If all matches are NOT completed due to inclement weather, all matches for that week will be a wash.  Weekly prize money will be doubled for the next week.  Cancelled nights will be made up in lieu of the next scheduled position round.
     
  9. You may use a substitute for any regular season match.  NO substitutes will be allowed for the teams that make the playoffs, unless a regular has moved away or he is on his deathbed.
     
  10. At the finish of the regular season we will have 4 playoff weeks which will consist of the top 8 teams from each division.  Playoff money will pay all 8 teams that make it to the second round.
     
  11. If there is a tie for a playoff position after the regular season, the tie breakers will be:
     
      1.  Total points accumulated during the entire regular season
      2.  Head-to-head record between the teams during the regular season
      3.  Sudden-death playoff starting on hole #1
     
  12. Rules:
      1.  USGA match-play rules govern all play
    2.  2-man teams, total of both balls on each hole
    3.  Rulings will be made by Jim Gustafson and Blaine Breit
     
  13. For computing a Beginning-of-the-Year Handicap, the following rule will be used:

    1. Use the Traditional 1st score Handicap Computation

    Handicaps will be computed weekly using all scores for the year.  The player will receive 80% of his average strokes over par.  The maximum number of shots given this year will be 11 on a 14 handicap, with double shots given on handicap holes 1 and 3 (Holes #8 and #4)
     
  14. handicapping:
     
    HCP 80% HCP 80%
    1 -  1 8 -  6
    2 -  2 9 -  7
    3 -  2 10 -  8
    4 -  3 11 -  9
    5 -  4 12 -  10
    6 -  5 13 -  10
    7 -  6 14 -  11
     
  15. Both players must hole out on every hole or the team will receive (-6) points for that hole and lose that particular hole in their match.  The scorecard must be signed by at least one player from each team.  Failure to abide by all of the league rules will result in disqualification for the team for that week, and they will receive 0 points for their team score.
     
  16. Handicap rules are as follows:
     
    1. Handicaps will be figured weekly.
    2. Up until the end of a match the worst score anyone can take for handicap purposes is a double-bogey (all players must record their actual score).
    3. After the match is over the worst score that can be taken for handicap purposes will be a net-bogey (all players must record their actual score).
    4. To speed up play:  If a player is going to make a net triple-bogey please pick up so that we all can finish in the day light.

  17. Handicapping of holes are as follows:
     
          Hole         Handicap  
        1     9
        2     11
        3     5
        4     3
        5     17
        6     15
        7     7
        8     1
        9     13

 

Skins

Every week there will be a skins pot.  Players will no longer pay at the Pro shop before they tee off.  Instead, Skins must be pre-paid for the year.   This year, skins will be both Gross and Net.   A teammate cannot tie a skin either (this is to encourage everyone to score as best as possible on every hole).  A hole-in-one or a double eagle will be given all the skin money for that week.  In the event of both a hole and one and a double eagle, the weekly skin money will be split between both players.  If a player has paid in advance for his entry into the skins game and must use a substitute for a week that he is not able to participate, the substitute will be entered into the skins game and will be eligible to win skin money for the week without paying an additional entry for the skins game.  It is the discretion of that team (not the league) to handle proper payment, as the winning will be paid to the winning team not the substitute.



2011 Prize Money



                               WEEKLY PRIZE MONEY     (see note #1)

 
TEAM MONEY
1st = $50.00 to team
2nd = $40.00 to team
3rd = $30.00 to team
INDIVIDUAL MONEY
1st = $25.00 to individual
2nd = $20.00 to individual
3rd = $15.00 to individual

                               WEEKLY HOLE PRIZES     (see note #2)

$20 per each hole prize (1 from Bogey's, the other from the Proshop).  One player may win BOTH prizes.  The pin prizes will only be in play during the regular season.


                               REGULAR SEASON DIVISIONAL WIENERS

1st Place Early League  = $100 per team
1st Place Late League  = $100 per team


                               PLAYOFF PRIZE MONEY    (see note #1)

 
1st = $575 Team
2nd = $450 Team
3rd = $320 Team
4th = $270 Team
5th = $200 Team
6th = $200 Team
7th = $200 Team
8th = $200 Team

 

Note 1:     16 teams will make the playoffs, those will be the top 8 from each division.  Only those 16 teams play for the Playoff Prize Money.  All other teams will continue to play in the Rat Race.  The Playoff teams are not eligible for the Rat Race until they are eliminated from the playoffs.
Note 2:     Everyone who plays in a given week is eligible for hole prizes, and 1 player is allowed to win both hole prizes in the same week.

The Rat Race

The Rat Race is going to be the game for all participants that don't make the playoffs.  Like in years past:  playoff participants will not be allowed to participate until the week after they're eliminated.  It is going to be an individual ringer board that will run the entire length of the playoffs.  The payoffs will be based upon the best score posted to the ringer board.  What is a ringer board you ask?  The ringer board will consist of your cumulative net score posted on each individual hole by the player for the duration of their participation.  Taking your best net score you made on each and then add those scores up for 9 hole total.  We will use your league handicap for this competition.  It is really quite simple...Lowest score wins!
All participants MUST play with another rat race player other than their partner.


                               RAT RACE PAYOFFS

 
1st = $200
2nd = $150
3rd = $100
4th = $75