16 week Michigan State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series hosted by DGLA

Sunday April 10th 2016 - Saturday July 30th 2016

* Critical Dates
May 8th 2016 Sunday - DGLA Player level registration cut-off
May 22nd 2016 Sunday - Deadline for adding new leagues to the Point Series.
Leagues can always run outside the MiCPS dates but MiCPS points will only accumulate for rounds played between these dates.
May 22nd 2016 Sunday - Deadline for League Admin to request Highlighted Leagues of the Week (HLW) on the comments page.

The Disc Golf League Association (DGLA) is proud to bring you the 7th annual, Michigan Cooperative Point Series – Summer, (MiCPS-S) 2016 season.

The DGLA MiCPS brings leagues and players closer together for more fun, to help exchange ideas and grow the sport of Disc Golf. Through the use of Disc Golf Scene all the scores, pictures, videos and chat from all leagues and players come together, enabling all the players throughout the state to see what players are doing, what each league is up to and what is new at each of the courses. Growing the sport of Disc Golf together and coming together to crown the Michigan State Disc Golf League Summer Champion.

Earn points for every round you play in a participating leagues throughout Michigan.

Leagues Coordinators, or players can Opt In to the MiCPS
League Admin: Once your league is set-up send us the URL (Link to the About page) of your league on DiscGolfScene.com to join. Any Michigan league that has rounds played in Michigan and during these 16 weeks are eligible for the MiCPS-S 2016. The deadline to add new leagues is May 22nd 2016.
Players: If you play a Michigan Disc Golf league and it is not currently participating (listed on here or indicated under the league Name on the league About Page) just send us the link to the league before the cut-off date to add leagues.

Cost: There is no cost to be in the MiCPS-S 2016 again this year, you have to have a Disc Golf Scene profile and play league rounds in participating leagues and your scores are automatically included. There is also no Cost to Leagues to participate. Yeah when we say Non-Profit we mean non-profit ;-)

Now if you’re a "Player" and want to show your support and have skin in the game and get a return based on your performance, for $30 you can become a DGLA Player Member for the Summer Season.

This year there is no Players Package - the extra $ goes into Player Awards
$25 goes to awards including 4 berths to be awarded to the Discraft Michigan State Championships run by the MDGO. Awards are only based on your final point standing as compared to the other Player Members.
$5 goes into the DGLA Member Course Improvement Grant program that you get to vote on how it is used, along with helping to decide improvements to the Point Series.

Note there are two Leader boards for the MiCPS, one for all players and a separate on for just the Player Members to see how you are doing compared to the other Player members.
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To get into Summer 2016 Point Series as a player level member you must registered as a Player Member by May 8th 2016 when we lock the Player Member list for the Summer Season.
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DGLA is a Michigan Non-Profit organization helping disc golf players, clubs and leagues.

Based on player's and league coordinator's ideas and comments and the continued devotion of the DGLA and DGS staff during countless disc golf rounds and hours at the our local brewery/// I mean, hours of board meetings - the rules for the DGLA Michigan State-wide Point Series are available here:

Points calculation:
The Point Series point calculation tries to encourage players to play often yet balance this knowing many players cannot play more than once or twice a week. We also try to encourage all league to participate by levelling the points accrual – League below 20 players get a boast, league greater than 60 players are capped.

During a week (Sunday to Saturday) points are calculated for each participating league round you play. The highest TWO point total from any participating league are added into your total and the others are "dropped". Summer Aces are worth 25 points even if that league round is dropped. League round points are basically calculated by adding 2 points for participation and one point for every player you beat and if there is no tie for first place the winner gets 2 additional points for being the "Out Right Winner". Now that basic calculation are further adjusted to encourage small leagues and balance out larger leagues using three levels; 4-19 players, 20-59, and 60+ players. The points awarded are different for each group. The smaller league rounds will get a guaranteed max point total the same as 20 players, the middle size league round are calculated as described above and the larger league rounds have a cap with max points being set to 60 players.

Scores must be entered the same as leagues determine payouts; If Divisions are used for payouts than scores must be entered by division. If handicaps are used for payouts then the handicap adjusted scores must be entered. Handicapped leagues that do not post adjusted scores will not be added or will be removed. Sorry and we hope to have a solution for this but to help try to make this as fair as possible to all players this rulle has been in implemented for several years to help balance things out.

Cali - If there is one Cali in a double league they are counted as two players but if there is more than one Cali than they are only counted as one when calculating point totals. This ensures leagues can have Cali rounds with multiple Cali teams, but the point totals are accurate based on the number of actual players that played the round.

As always leagues can use their own points system or no point when entering league rounds, as the MiCPS points are calculated independently, allowing league more flexibility to continue with their legacy systems or try new ones for their individual leagues.

MiCPS automatically keeps your best TWO rounds per week (Sunday - Saturday) when calculating your MiCPS total points. This is automatically recalculated whenever new scores are posted or scores are updated. Get out and play as much as you can to increase your skill and maximize your points but if you are limited to how often you can play your goal would be to try and get at least two rounds per week.

Summer Aces: Worth 25 points – League Admin – this is automatically calculated so if you want to use a different point system for your individual league Aces you can.

Disc Golf Scene has weekly & monthly awards based on MiCPS rounds. That’s more Disc Golf Scene Bling for your profile.

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There are more leagues than ever so get out to some new courses or new leagues and see what is going on throughout the state. Don't overlook the smaller leagues - they tend to incorporate new ideas faster, have a really friendly group feel and you get introduce to the courses by the locals who know them best. I also highly recommend making it out to the larger leagues as well to experience the energy of all those players coming together at one time, yet in a slightly more casual environment than a tournament. Bottom line, get out and play often!!!! & Enjoy.

As a player in the MiCPS-S you represent the core Michigan Disc Golf players and you can really help make this sport better. Help pass along the Disc Golf etiquette that makes rounds fun and fair for all. Encourage new players and pass along some tips to help others improve. Bring a friend out and expose them to leagues. If you pack it in, pack it out - or at least make sure it ends up in a trash can. Keeping the courses clean is critical to keeping our courses.
We have naturally beautiful courses let's help keep them that way.

Enjoy the Rounds!