2017 Shore Acres Disc Golf League
Handicap Singles · Apr - Aug 2017 · Saugatuck, MI
2017 Shore Acres Disc Golf League
April - August 2017
Handicap Singles
Hosted by Shore Acres Disc Golf Club
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League Awards Party - 9/12/17
Hello,
This is a reminder that we have our annual League Awards party on Tuesday night - 9/12/17! Please see below for details:
5:30pm - Putting Finals (Zach Vaughn, Dennis DeBoer, Patrick Van ...
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Sep 11, 2017
by Zachary Vaughn
About this league
Fee to join $100
2017 Shore Acres Disc Golf Club League explained:
- Preseason – Every Tuesday in April, no points will be awarded. Pin placement format TBD.
- New players - you are expected to set your handicap in April (unless you have played as a guest in the past. All guest scores have been tracked for the past 3 years). You must play 3 rounds to establish a handicap before accumulating points.
- Regular season – Every Tuesday from May 4th through August 16th. 10 weeks yellow pins, 6 weeks black pins. There will be no official league play on Tuesday July 4th.
- Divisional tournaments – June 6th (yellow) July 25th (black) 6 State Championship berths will be awarded between the two divisionals. Due to capacity constraints, guests are not allowed on divisional Tuesdays. Tournament rules apply for all divisionals (that includes a 2 stroke penalty for incorrect scores).
- High-Lo Doubles – August 29th.
- End of year party – September 12th.
- Scoring awards – A player must have a minimum of 5 rounds in the yellow pin configuration and 3 rounds in the black pin configuration to qualify for year-end scoring awards.
- Points – You accumulate points by scoring well against your handicap. We will drop your worst 1 round so if you miss a week, you won’t miss a beat. See bottom – Points Explained – for more information. Year-end awards for top point earners.
- Mandos – Hole #8 and hole #7 will feature Mandos. Your disc must pass to the right of the marked sign. Hole #16 Mando – as in past years, your disc must land across the road to be considered in bounds. All missed Mandos proceed to the drop zone with a penalty stroke.
- Guests are welcome and for $5 they get entry into all CTPs along with a payout of $75 for an ace.
- Regular season aces pay: $250 for members, $75 for paid guests (If more than 7 aces are hit, all aces will be prorated based on number of aces hit).
- League play currently begins at 3:15pm with assisted tee-times to help flow between 4:30 and 6pm. All players shall tee off on hole #1.
- Any incorrect score will be docked 5 points during official league play. A wrong score will be like losing to 5 more people.
- PDGA League will be offered once again in 2017. Fee to enter is $15 paid to Zachary Vaughn prior to play on May 2nd.
POINTS EXPLAINED:
The handicap system will be in place again for 2017 which means you, even YOU can beat the Pros.
Each week of league, you will have an updated handicap provided as a membership privilege. At the close of each league week, we will send the scores to our mathematical elves who work for us behind the scenes. The elves will run some calculations and give each player a revised handicap each and every week. Your most recent handicap will be used for your adjusted score.
To start the season, each player that had a total of 3 league rounds or more in 2013 – 2016 will have a handicap for the first week they play. Those who are new for 2017 will have an official handicap after 3 weeks of play. It is preferred that new members set their handicap during April's preseason, though it is not required.
So let's go over a scenerio: Ben Flymo is a returning member from 2013. The elves have computed his handicap index as 6.2. During the first week of league, he shoots a 62. Ben finished 3rd grade so he knows that subtracting 6.2 from 62 will give him 55.8. Obviously, you can't have a decimal score, so you have to round. .5 and above rounds up and .4 and below rounds down. So...56 is his adjusted score for the week. The elves will run this simple math across all players that week and order the adjusted scores from lowest to highest. Let's say that 35 players played that week. The best adjusted score for the week gets 35 points, 1 point for each person they beat. Ben finished 10th, so he will obtain 25 points for the week.
We will drop the worst 1 point total from each player...so...if you miss a week, no harm done. If you play every week, it's an advantage to you as you will be able to accrue more points!
If you'd like to know more about how our elves compute your handicap, send a message to Zach Vaughn or find him during a league night. He's the boss of the elves and knows best how they compute all of the handicaps.
- Preseason – Every Tuesday in April, no points will be awarded. Pin placement format TBD.
- New players - you are expected to set your handicap in April (unless you have played as a guest in the past. All guest scores have been tracked for the past 3 years). You must play 3 rounds to establish a handicap before accumulating points.
- Regular season – Every Tuesday from May 4th through August 16th. 10 weeks yellow pins, 6 weeks black pins. There will be no official league play on Tuesday July 4th.
- Divisional tournaments – June 6th (yellow) July 25th (black) 6 State Championship berths will be awarded between the two divisionals. Due to capacity constraints, guests are not allowed on divisional Tuesdays. Tournament rules apply for all divisionals (that includes a 2 stroke penalty for incorrect scores).
- High-Lo Doubles – August 29th.
- End of year party – September 12th.
- Scoring awards – A player must have a minimum of 5 rounds in the yellow pin configuration and 3 rounds in the black pin configuration to qualify for year-end scoring awards.
- Points – You accumulate points by scoring well against your handicap. We will drop your worst 1 round so if you miss a week, you won’t miss a beat. See bottom – Points Explained – for more information. Year-end awards for top point earners.
- Mandos – Hole #8 and hole #7 will feature Mandos. Your disc must pass to the right of the marked sign. Hole #16 Mando – as in past years, your disc must land across the road to be considered in bounds. All missed Mandos proceed to the drop zone with a penalty stroke.
- Guests are welcome and for $5 they get entry into all CTPs along with a payout of $75 for an ace.
- Regular season aces pay: $250 for members, $75 for paid guests (If more than 7 aces are hit, all aces will be prorated based on number of aces hit).
- League play currently begins at 3:15pm with assisted tee-times to help flow between 4:30 and 6pm. All players shall tee off on hole #1.
- Any incorrect score will be docked 5 points during official league play. A wrong score will be like losing to 5 more people.
- PDGA League will be offered once again in 2017. Fee to enter is $15 paid to Zachary Vaughn prior to play on May 2nd.
POINTS EXPLAINED:
The handicap system will be in place again for 2017 which means you, even YOU can beat the Pros.
Each week of league, you will have an updated handicap provided as a membership privilege. At the close of each league week, we will send the scores to our mathematical elves who work for us behind the scenes. The elves will run some calculations and give each player a revised handicap each and every week. Your most recent handicap will be used for your adjusted score.
To start the season, each player that had a total of 3 league rounds or more in 2013 – 2016 will have a handicap for the first week they play. Those who are new for 2017 will have an official handicap after 3 weeks of play. It is preferred that new members set their handicap during April's preseason, though it is not required.
So let's go over a scenerio: Ben Flymo is a returning member from 2013. The elves have computed his handicap index as 6.2. During the first week of league, he shoots a 62. Ben finished 3rd grade so he knows that subtracting 6.2 from 62 will give him 55.8. Obviously, you can't have a decimal score, so you have to round. .5 and above rounds up and .4 and below rounds down. So...56 is his adjusted score for the week. The elves will run this simple math across all players that week and order the adjusted scores from lowest to highest. Let's say that 35 players played that week. The best adjusted score for the week gets 35 points, 1 point for each person they beat. Ben finished 10th, so he will obtain 25 points for the week.
We will drop the worst 1 point total from each player...so...if you miss a week, no harm done. If you play every week, it's an advantage to you as you will be able to accrue more points!
If you'd like to know more about how our elves compute your handicap, send a message to Zach Vaughn or find him during a league night. He's the boss of the elves and knows best how they compute all of the handicaps.