Formats

Most of our events are either Individual or 3-man teams.  You will see the following terms used for the 3-man teams:

• P2P - in this format, a 3-man team is yourself plus two partners of your choosing.   You may sign up as a team, or sign up individually and ask the pro shop to helpo find you a team.

• A-B-C - in this format, a 3-man team is chosen by the pro shop based on handicaps.

The following describe some of the formats that may be played during the course of an MGA season. The tournament committee will select the format each week for the 2nd and 3rd Wednesday and for the Saturday events.

• Individual Stroke Play

  • Players are flighted according to handicap within tees played 

  • Each player receives his full handicap adjusted according to the tees played within the flight

  • Each player plays his own ball throughout the 18 holes - all putts must be holed and all holes must be completed

• Scramble with 3-somes

  • Each player on the team hits a drive on every hole

  • Select the drive to be played

    • A minimum or maximum drive requirement will be put on the use of each players drive 

  • Each player on the team hits the second shot

  • Select the second shot to be played

  • Continue this process until the ball is holed out

• Team Quota with 3-man teams

  • Each player receives a "quota" of points to accumulate according to his handicap adjusted for the tees played

    • A player's quota is 36 minus his handicap (e.g., a player with a handicap of 12 has a quota of 24; a player with a handicap of +2 has a quota of 38)

    • The team quota is the sum of all players' quotas

  • Handicaps are used ONLY to determine a player's quota - not in scoring any on particular hole (the quota system accounts for this by giving higher handicap players a lower quota)

  • Points are awarded as follows:

    • Double Eagle - 5 points

    • Eagle - 4 points

    • Birdie - 3 points

    • Par - 2 points

    • Bogey - 1 point

    • Double bogey or worse - 0 points - player should pick up when he cannot score a double bogey or better to improve speed of play

  • A player's score is his quota subtracted from his total points (e.g., if a player with a quota of 24 scores 26 points, his score is +2; if a player with a quota of 24 scores 21 points, his score is -3)

  • The team score is the total of each players score (e.g., +2 -3 -1 = -2)

• Shamble with 3-man teams

  • Each player's handicap is adjusted according to USGA recommendations

  • Each player on the team hits a drive on every hole

  • The best drive is selected

    • Each player's drive must be used a minimum of 4 times, twice on the front nine and twice on the back nine

  • Each player then plays the rest of the hole from that point

  • The team score is the 2 best NET scores on each hole

• 2-Man No Scotch

  • Team Members tee off, then switch golf balls

  • They play their second strokes (each hitting the partner's tee ball)

  • Beginning with the third shot the two team members play out the hole as a scramble.

  • One score is reported for the team.

• Chapman 2 man team

  •   Team Members tee off, then switch golf balls

  •   They play their second strokes (each hitting the partner's tee ball)

  •   Team selects the best 2nd shot

  •   Beginning with the third shot the two team members play out the hole alternating shots, person who did not hit the selected second shot hits the 3rd shot.

  •   One score is reported for the team.