Minnesota Doubles Series #2 - Lions at Shakopee

The Minnesota Doubles Series (MDS) has teamed up with the 2023 Airborn Express Tour for this tournament!

There is some important information to know:

REGISTRATION:

You will need at least the following to register:

Name
Email
Phone #
MFA #
PDGA# (if you have one, so we can verify ratings if needed)

FORMAT

Round 1 - Best Shot
Round 2 - Best Shot

Best Shot - Both players attempt every shot from tee to basket. The players then determine which shot is the better of the two and play the next shot from that location. Proceed this way on each shot until a putt is made. If the first player to putt, makes the putt, the second player does not need to putt.

DIVISIONS

After hearing from the community on this topic, it was determined the most fair, equitable and popular to create 4 divisions based on ratings ONLY. This avoids having to break the overall field into too many divisions in order to account for every possibility (womens only teams, mixed gender, age protected and/or juniors).

The Ratings Divisions are:

PRO is 970 and above
AM1 is 920-969
AM2 is 870-919
AM3 is 869 and below

Your division will be based on your "Team Rating". A Team Rating will be determined using the following formula:

2/3rd of the higher rated players rating
1/3rd of the lower rated players rating

For example:

Player 1 rating is 960 (2/3rd of 960 is 643)
Player 2 rating is 890 (1/3rd of 890 is 294)

Together their "Team Rating is 937 (643+294) and would most appropriately play in the 920-969 division titled AM1.

A team can always choose to "play up" to a higher division, but can never play below their team rating.

Also, ANY team with a player rated 970 or higher is automatically in the PRO division regardless of their partners rating.

FINANCES

Entry is:

$100/Team for PRO
$80/Team for AM1
$80/Team for AM2

Per Player Deductions from entry fees is as follows:

$3 Year End payouts
$1 to Season Finale (all monies taken from a given division will go back to that division)

**Any additional fees are at the discretion of each TD


PAYOUTS

The Minnesota Doubles Series (MDS) will follow the PDGA guidelines when calculating payouts. Payouts will be 100% of NET entry fees to all three divisions. (NET is total entry fees, less deductions listed above.)

PRO: Top 40% of the field
AM: Top 45% of the field

Tournament Director is responsible for all refunds. We follow PDGA Guidelines re: all refunds.