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The Pairings List for the 2018 First 100 Special Event has been posted on the Metro Seniors web page.
The list is available on the Home Page and the Confirm-Wait-Pairings Lists link on the side bar of the Home Page.
We have four flights A, B, C, D. Each flight will receive:
There will be four Close To Pin (CTP) holes worth. The closest for each hole will receive $5 prize.
Prize money will be paid at the end of the year.
For several years, Division 3 and Division 5 have played a tournament as a “Division Challenge”. This Division Challenge, or team format, explained below, uses the same scoring process as high school and college cross-country team competitions. Applied to golf, this can be used to pit an unlimited number of teams against each other. The teams can be made up of individual competitors, 2-person scrambles, 4-person scrambles, best ball, “Ryder Cup”, or any other golf competition.
Scoring is simply as follows. The top finisher gets a score of 1. The 2nd place gets a score of 2; 3rd place a 3, etc. Before the event, it is decided how many finishers on each team make up the team score. If there is a tie, for example for 15th place, then both get a 15 and the next finisher gets a 17.
In the attachment of the results of the 2017 Division 3 and Division 5 competition, we counted the top 10 finishers from each team (in this case, the teams were 2-person scrambles). Two finishers tied for 15th. We then added up the scores of the top ten finishers and Division 5 won with only 102 points to Division 3’s 107 total – very close.
One of the interesting features of this type of scoring is that finishers from one team, who do not count in the scoring, can actually push the other teams scoring higher. In the example above, Division 5’s 10th finisher got a score of 19 and Division 3’s 10th finisher got a score of 20. If Div. 3’s 10th finisher had finished 19th and pushed the Division 5 finisher to 20th, the total score would have been 103 to 105 – extremely close. Additionally, if Division 3’s 11th, 12th and 13th finisher had beaten Division 5’s 10th place finisher and pushed that person’s score on up to 23rd, Division 3 would have won 105 to 106.
One of the terrific and unique qualities for this team scoring is that these 20th to 30th finishers are just as important to the final score as 1st and 2nd. It truly is a team event.
If you are interested in adding a Metro Seniors Special Event for 2019 that would be team based like this – maybe 5 Divisions? – then let your Special Event Committee representatives know your thoughts on this.
Special Events handicaps are “challenging”.
Fair handicaps that allow enough separation to rank finished scores over a wide range of formats, team sizes, and player skills are the goal.
The Special Events Committee has settled on some methods that should be as fair and accurate as possible. These follow recommendations from USGA. Plus we use your most recent handicaps from our regular weekly tournaments,
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Here are the selected CTP holes for Special Events and the Association Championships. These are chosen to match our target distances / difficulty for both the forward and back tee locations for each course. These have been reviewed by the Special Events and Tournament Committees with cooperation from the Handicap Committee.
The Event Leaders and Special Events Chair have the final authority for selection of tees at the Event to adjust for course or event conditions.
Special Events and Championship CTP Holes
The Championship Tournament for Metro Seniors is split into 4 “Brackets”, each one representing 25% of the total membership in Divisions 1 through 5 as of January 31. All Metro Seniors members are required to renew their membership for the next year by December 31. Then, each year on January 31, after all the renewals have been processed, the handicap index (or handicap guide as it is called in OurGolfStats.com) for all members are reviewed, and the lowest 25% determine the range for Bracket 1, the next lower 25% determine Bracket 2 range, etc.
These Brackets, unlike the Flights in each Division, do not change each week. They are set for the year. Golfers handicap guides may change after each time that they play, but these ranges for identifying the Brackets for qualifying for the Championship Tournament, do not change during the year.
Where one stands in qualifying for the Championship Tournament can be found by accessing the Weekly Results Directory for 2018 and clicking on the Championship Qualification link. The top 75 qualifiers in each Bracket are listed on that report. The report is updated weekly after the results of the Division tournaments are posted. One must play at least 10 times in the first 18 weeks of the season in order to actually qualify.
For 2018, the handicap guide ranges for the 4 Brackets are as follows:
The Special Events Committee lead by Frank Mantia has put together a great mix of events for 2018. We have new courses and some really good venues.
Here is the schedule short form.
For the complete schedule information and a link to registration information see the Special Events Schedule Page.
Frank Mantia, Chairman for Special Events, is organizing the Special Events Committee for 2018.
We will be discussing the Special events and courses for the 2018 season. Discussion can include the structure and some of the details for each tournament. If you have an interest in making these better and more fun, this is a great way to participate.
The first meeting will be on 31 October, 10:00 AM, Frank’s home.
Please contact Frank Mantia by email
mantiafb@hotmail.com
To let him know you are interested. He confirm the address and time.