DGLA: Michigan Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2014

14 week State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series

Sunday Nov 24th 2013 - Saturday Mar 1st 2014

The Disc Golf League Association (DGLA) is proud to bring you the 4th annual, Michigan Cooperative Point Series – Winter, (MiCPS-W) 2014 season.

The DGLA MiCPS brings leagues and players closer together for more fun, to 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 Winter Champion.

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

Leagues Coordinators need to Opt in to the MiCPS - Once your league is online send us the URL of your league on DiscGolfScene.com to join. Any Michigan league that has rounds played any time between Sunday Nov 24th 2013 and Saturday March 1st 2014 are eligible for the MiCPS-W 2014. The deadline to add new leagues is January 15th 2014. Reporting of Double Points - Temps at or below a "Feels like" (w wind chill) temp of 15 degress F. must be reported within a week of the round played and can be reported by anyone within the league.

Leagues can always run outside the MiCPS dates but MiCPS points will only accumulate for rounds played between these dates.

Cost: There is no fee to be in the MiCPS-W 2014, you just play league rounds in participating leagues and your scores are automatically included. You must have a Disc Golf Scene profile which is also free.

The MiCPS is FREE but we ask that you show your support by also becoming a Disc Golf League Association (DGLA) Member - it's also FREE. Being a Free member does make a difference. When we look for sponsors it's our overall numbers that make a big difference. Let's show the world that this sport is growing, that people care about the sport, how it is played and that we need more courses and we need to take care of these courses.

Now if you’re a "Player" and want to show your support even more and have skin in the game and get a return on your performance, for $30 you can become a DGLA Player Member for the year. Yeah that says Year not just for the Winter season. For all the crazy Michigan winter disc golf players besides getting to experience these great courses and all the natural winter beauty, you get both Winter and Summer season for this one fee. You get a commemorative DGLA Michigan Cooperative Point Series 2014 MEMBER putter, a DGLA Mini, Lifetime membership number, you contribute to 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 and you are eligible for awards based on your final point standing as compared to the other Player Members, for both Winter and Summer 2013.

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 Winter and Summer 2014 Point Series you must be a Player Member by Jan 15th 2014 when we lock the Player Member list for the Winter Season.
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You can become a DGLA Player member by going to the Disc Golf League Association website and paying by PayPal, Mailing a check to DGLA. Check here for more info or to register:
http://www.discgolfleagueassociation.org/Membership_/membership_.html

Existing Members can log into the DGLA Members area and upgrade on their membership profile page.

Thanks for supporting DGLA and helping to support the Disc Golf Courses in Michigan. www.discgolfleagueassociation.org 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 Statewide Point Series are available here.
http://www.discgolfleagueassociation.org/Point_Series/Summary____Rules/summary____rules.html

Points calculation:
The Point Series point calculation tries to encourage players to play often yet balance this against many who cannot play more than once or twice a week.

During a week (Sunday to Saturday) points are calculated for each participating league round you play. The highest TWO point total from a participating league are added into your total and the others are "dropped". Winter 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 - Details can be reviewed at www.discgolfleagueassociation.org

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.

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 ONE 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.

Winter 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.

DGLA will also be awarding some MDGO, MI State Championship berths for the MiCPS-Winter season. More ways to secure your berth and compete in another great Michigan statewide disc golf event.

Disc Golf Scene has monthly awards based on MiCPS rounds for each month. That’s more DGS Bling for your profile.

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There are more leagues than ever so get out to 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 new courses with the locals who know them best. I also highly recommend making it out to one of 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 the sport. 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. One of the biggest arguments to closing a course or making it pay to play is the is keeping the course clean. We have naturally beautiful courses let's help keep them that way.