Access to OurGolfStats.com – UPDATE

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Our handicap website was moved to a different hosting service over the off season and last year access problems have been eliminated.  Here is a quick reminder of how to get on this website:

  1. type ourgolfstats.com into your browser.  You can also use www.ourgolfstats.com.  And, you can use either http: at the beginning of your browser line or https:  The “s” stands for a “secure” connection.
  2. In the upper right corner, click on the “Member Login” button.  Early in 2018, this page of the website was optimized for smart phone users, so it looks a little different than in the past.  Smart phone users can get to the Menu by touching the icon that is 3 horizontal lines (also known as the “hamburger” icon).
  3. On the Log In screen, click (or touch) in the rectangle with the down arrow to get a list of leagues using these handicap services.  Choose, by clicking or touching, Metro St Louis Seniors Division _  –  which ever division you are in.  Press or click on Enter.
  4. Type the password for your Division.  This should be in the Membership Directory.  Press Enter.
  5. After the successful Login, click or press on the link to your Division’s page.
  6. Under the picture can be found the menu items:  #1 is the Roster, #2 is the Course Handicaps, etc.

Look around the website and see what all is available to you.

Photos Now Posted on Rosters on OurGolfStats.com

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57 new and existing members had their photo taken at the March General Meeting.  These photos have now been posted on each division’s Roster (Menu item #1 after logging in to the OurGolfStats.com website).  Metro Seniors uses this website for handicap administration, posting the weekly winners and posting top qualifiers each week for the Metro Seniors Championship Tournament.  Instructions for accessing OurGolfStats are not in this year’s membership Directory, but can be found on this website by clicking on the link in this sentence.

Use these photos.  Pick out new members and introduce yourself to them.  Learn who the other members of your Division are – and members of the other Divisions.  Beside having tee times set for you at a variety of courses, meeting other golfers is one of the best advantages of membership in our organization.  Again, use these photos to learn who our members are and make everyone feel welcome.

Member Book Now Available Online

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Members, new and old, we had higher than expected turnout at the Membership Meeting last week.  Thank you for coming!

Unfortunately, we ran short of the Member Book.

Good News!  We have printed more copies and you can pick yours up at your first weekly tournament.  These have been delivered to your Division VP.

Better News!  We have a complete copy of the Member Book now available on this website as a PDF file. This copy will be updated for changes as needed during the season.  You can view the book from your PC or smartphone at any time.  You can download it for your PC or smartphone.  You can also print it all or page by page using your PDF viewer controls.  See Below.

This has everything in the print version including Starter/Scorer Instructions, Special Events information, Close To Pin and Tee information, and schedules.

Wallet /Credit Card sized schedule is the last 2 pages of the book are a special printable wallet schedule for each division including Special Events.  If you have a duplex printer (prints on 2 sides of paper) you can print it directly and cut out your division.  If not print 2 pages and attach front and back.

So all I really want to print is the wallet schedule!   Here it is – 2 pages, print on both sides is you have a duplex printer.  

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Member Book 2018 for Viewing or Download

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Division Challenge – Team Competition

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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.

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Special Events Handicaps Explained

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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,

Want to know more – Click here

This is now a page on our menu for Special Events.

More questions?  Make your comments and we will get you an answer.

Close to Pin Selections for Special Events

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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 

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New Entry and Waiting Lists Available

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All of the Special Event rosters have been scrubbed and I believe that all entry list are now correct.

Please check over the entry, or waiting, list for any event you have entered to make sure that your name is listed.  If you do not see your name and believe that you did sign-up for a certain event, please contact me at Metroseniors@charter.net.