Avaya Golf Leagues Rules
RULES
- USGA Rules of Golf apply except as modified by local rules
and with the following additions/exceptions:
- Legacy Ridge has changed their tee box colors in 2013, as a result, below
are the tees everyone should be playing from:
Men with a handicap of 8 or lower play from the Black tees at Legacy
Ridge and the Blue tees at Thorncreek
Men with a handicap of 9 or greater play from the Blue tees at Legacy
Ridge and the White tees at Thorncreek
Ladies at Thorncreek will play from the Red tees.
Ladies at Legacy Ridge:
Women play from the White tees on all Par 3's and 4's. No matter
where there WHITE tee markers are placed on the par-5 holes (#3
and #6) on Legacy Ridge, ladies on the league will always play from
the front groomed tee box of the 4 back tee boxes. Reason being that
those two holes are brutally long for the ladies, and this would make
the holes more competitive.
- Penalties - If during a round of play, a question arises regarding
assessment of penalty, the circumstances should be noted by
both players, a provisional ball as well as the original ball should
be played out for the remainder of the hole in question, and a
report along with the scorecard be made to the league secretary.
The matter will be resolved through the league secretary.
- Temporary greens - When in use, take a maximum of two putts.
- Obstructions - player is allowed relief for obstructed swing or
stance only, from nearest edge of obstruction to ball, or two
club lengths no closer to the hole. NOTE: Objects defining out
of bounds are not obstructions and the ball must be played
as-is, or moved with a 1 stroke penalty.
- Out of bounds or lost ball is treated as a hazard, where
you can hit your next shot from the point of entry, with a one
stroke penalty.
- Players are allowed to use a putting ball on the putting green.
The putting green does not include the fringe, and a ball may
not be lifted and placed until it is on the putting surface.
- To speed up play, a player may, under one stroke penalty, move
a ball from anywhere the rough is uncut to the first cut. regardless
of distance.
- Players may improve their lies in their own fairway only by moving
their ball up to six inches no closer to the hole.
SCORING
- A total of 42 points shall be awarded as follows:
There are effectively two matches played by each foursome.
The lower handicap players on each team play against each
other and higher handicap players on each team play against
each other. Two points will be awarded for each hole won by
"match play" using handicaps for each match. For "halved"
holes, one point for each opposing player will be awarded.
Thus a total of four points are awarded per hole. Six points will
be awarded for low combined team net score.
- If there is only one player that shows up, then that player will
play a match against each opponent on the other team, best
ball handicap for each hole. The single player will compare
net score against the lower net score of the other two
opponents for the final six points.
INFORMATION ON HOW HANDICAPS ARE CALCULATED
#1)
for each round a golfer has played, calculate an adjusted round score (AS) ... calculating an AS
is pretty straightforward .... add up all the individual hole scores for a round with a maximum score per
hole based on the players current handicap .... for example,
player A -- handicap 6 scores: 5 4 6 9 3 4 5 11 5 ---> score = 52 adjusted score = 46
the max hole score that player A can take with a 6 handicap is a 7 so the 4th hole score
or 9 becomes a 7and the 8th hole score of 11 becomes a 7
player B -- handicap 16 scores: 5 4 6 9 3 4 5 11 5 ---> score = 52 adjusted score = 50
the max hole score that player B can take with a 16 handicap is a 9 so the 8th hole score
of 11 becomes a 9
the table:
golfer handicap max hole score
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0-4 double boggie
5-9 7
10-14 8
15-20 9
20+ 10
#2)
for each round a golfer has played, calculate an differential score (D) .... calculating a D score is
done by the following formula
D = (AS - "course rating") * 113 / "course slope"
the course rating is usually given in terms of 18-holes and for our league we divide by 2 for 9-holes
player A -- AS = 44, played thorncreek men's tees front (rating = 36.4, slope = 126)
player A's D = 6.81
player B -- AS = 44, played broadlands men's tees front (rating = 35.6, slope = 122)
player B's D = 7.78
even though both players shot the same score, thorncreek is rated harder and therefore player A's D score
is lower than player B's D score
#3)
handicap is determined by taking a number of D scores and averaging them and then taking 96% of it ... the
number of scores used is determined by the number of rounds played ... the maximum number of rounds used is
most recent 20
the table:
# of rounds # scores used
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1-6 best 1
7-8 best 2
9-10 best 3
11-12 best 4
13-14 best 5
15-16 best 6
17 best 7
18 best 8
19 best 9
20 best 10
player's -- D scores --> 6.81 - 5.24 - 10.32 - 3.43 - 8.60 - 9.43 - 18.32 - 7.68 - 7.23
this player has played 9 rounds so we need to get the best 3 --> 3.43 - 5.24 - 6.81 ---> 5.16
and 96% of that gives a handicap of 4.95 or 5 !!!!
now, what if this player plays another round and shots really badly and gets a diff of 23.34 ...
the handicap doesn't change at all since 10 rounds still average the top 3 scores ... this
hopefully explains why a handicap doesn't automatically go up when you have a bad round
now, what if this player plays another round an shots lights out and gets a diff of 2.34 ... the
handicap goes down !!!!! best 3 are now 2.34 - 3.43 - 5.24 --> 3.67 and 96% of that gives
a handicap of 3.52 or 4 !!!! ... this hopefully explains why a handicap can drop drastically when
a good round is shot
hope this helps
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