9-Hole League INFO & RULES

Format:

• 2-Man Team vs Team  9-Hole (Handicapped) Match Play Heads Up

  • A vs A; B vs B

• USGA Governing Rules for Match Play.

• Local Rules when applicable.  Including Out of Bounds/Lost Ball in lieu of stroke and distance.

• Tees: Under 55 Must play white tees; 55+ have choice of gold tees (must declare and play the entire season).

• Disputes will be subject to the on-course rules committee.   League chair(s) have final resolution.

• Each week we will rotate Gold/Silver-Front/Back at Emerald Greens.

Scoring:

Lowest handicap from each team, play each other; higher handicaps play each other.  In the event of a team with the same handicaps, the software will automatically determine A and B players based on nearest 10th or 100th decimal point for Handicap.

• Hole-by-hole Match Play:

  • (1) Point per hole

  • Halved holes will result in ½ point per hole

• Overall Match Win

  • (1) Points per Match

  • Match Ties result in ½  point per player

• (10) TOTAL POINTS per week per match

• (20) TOTAL POINTS per team per week

Player Handicap Seeding for missing players:

If for some reason players are no show or playing against a blind, and no substitutions have been made, you will play the opponent that is listed in the APP regardless of the difference in handicaps.

Player with no opponent -> Play against par with (2) additional strokes added to your handicap - must earn all points

Teams with neither opponents -> Both players play against par with (2) additional strokes added to each handicap - both players from the team must earn all points

Handicapping:

Your scores will be calculated each week and computed to establish and maintain a LEAGUE HANDICAP.

Returning players:

• If you are a returning player, your handicap will carry over from the previous season

• New player handicap options:

• Current GHIN calculated down to a 9-Hole handicap X’s 90%

• (1) 18 hole round at Emerald Greens attested by an opponent - Scorecard is required.

• Other proven handicap system (Ghint, 18 Birdies etc) approved by the 9-Hole League Director X’s 90%

No established Handicap:

• You will start as a scratch (zero handicap)

Calculation:

• Your best 4 scores out of your last 10 will be used for your league handicap-100%

• If you do not have 4 scores, we will drop the following high scores to establish handicap:

  • (1) Round - No dropped scores

  • (2-3) Rounds - (1) highest score dropped

  • (4-6) Rounds - (2) highest scores dropped

  • (7-9) Rounds - (3) highest scores dropped

  • Round up at .5 or higher

  • Equitable Stroke Control(ESC) is in play  – Maximum allowed per hole is NET PAR + 2 strokes.

  • Picking up or conceding to your opponent will result in ESC

  • Missing scores on cards will have 6(par 3), 7(par 4) and 8(par 5) entered and automatic loss of hole. Adjusted to net.

• 18 is the MAX HANDICAP allowed for calculations (the APP may show higher, but it will not be used)

• The Max Handicap DIFFERENCE during a match is limited to 18. (i.e. If Player A is a PLUS 2 and player B is an 18 (max Handicap), we limit the total of allowable stroke per match to a total of 18). This means that no player will get more than TWO STROKES on any hole.

Scorecard/Mobile App:

A mobile app will be used.  Live scoring MUST BE USED! Course Cards MUST BE USED*

Rules:

• One person from one of the teams will enter the LIVE SCORING.

• One person from the other team will keep track of the scores on a COURSE CARD:

  • Full Names LEGIBLE

  • Accurate Handicaps on the cards (from the APP)

• Signing and finalizing:

  • CONFIRM that the APP and the Card (course card) have the same scores and totals

  • Sign and save the GURU APP

  • Sign and save the CARDS.  Take a picture (we may soon be able to upload the card pic to the app software)

• If neither of these are done, you could be DQ’d (all players)

• App Issues: If the mobile app is not functional, scorecards to be used and signed

Teams and Divisions:

There will be (3) Divisions with (14) RED, (14) WHITE and (14) BLUE teams per division.

No interleague play.

There will be (2) 9-week halves.

Play-offs (subject to change):

To get into the play-offs:

• Top Two Point Leaders from Each division, each half (total of 12 teams)

• Top Two next highest points across ALL divisions, each half (total of 4 teams)

• Total Teams in the Playoffs = 16 Teams

Top Teams for each half will win prize money.  You can win prize money for each half.  If you are top teams for both halves of the season, we will take the next team(s) down into the playoffs.

In the event of ties per half, tie breakers are in force-subject to change:

• Head-to-Head play from a weekly match most recent, if no head to head match was played in the past or near future (for first half tie breakers), then:

• Chip and Putt off on practice green – Both teams count strokes from a specific spot outside the practice green.  Add up strokes needed to hole out a specified hole on the practice green.  The team with the fewest strokes, wins.  If there is a tie, then we do it again, but further away. Repeat as necessary.

• If Chip and Putt is not an option for any reason, then a coin flip will determine the winner.

• Coin Flip

On Course Events:

Each week there will be (2) on course events per division - $20 each cash. 

Substitute Players

Substitute players are allowed to compete for the ON COURSE EVENTS only if a $25 fee is paid prior to the match.

Subs cannot be used for the playoffs unless a player is injured and must hold a similar league handicap within 1 stroke; or unless pre-approved by the league chair(s).

SUBS - TEAM ASSIGNMENTS are on the first two players listed

Absent Player/BLIND Rules:

Each player must be present (or substitutions for team members) in order to earn the maximum (10) points in a match. 

For each opponent absent,no points are automatically awarded to the playing competitor present.  The playing competitor present will play against PAR as his competitor.  However, the playing competitor will get an additional (2) strokes added to his handicap.