2010
LXG SEASON
We are preparing
for the 2010 season, and pulling together a new schedule, new handicap system,
updated website, and new rules. The Site is currently under construction but
the forum is still up at this address: http://www.lxg.skynite.net/index.php
Cost to
join the league is $25.00.
$10.00 of this money
goes into league funds that help pay for various league fees including trophies
and payouts for special qualifying tournaments or prize money for various
achievements.
$15.00 is placed in
your “reserve” fund. This is used to pay the tournament “prize money” fund of
either $2.00 (regular play) or $3.00 (majors). This helps alleviate trying to
collect a couple bucks every time we play. Saif keeps
an ongoing sheet that tracks all monies throughout the year.
Payouts for
tournament wins are paid at the end of the year, usually at the SKINS game or
at a restaurant. Payouts are determined by the number of players x the fee
amount. Example- 12 players at $2.00 each (if a regular tourney) =
$24.00. Payouts would be:
First place: $12.00
(half of total fees)
Second place: $6.00
(half of first place)
Third place: $3.00
(half of second place)
Fourth place $1.50
(half of third place)
Fifth place .75
(half of fourth place)
Anything left goes
to the league fees pot. This is usually less than a dollar.
The proposed schedule
is below, and expands the area to include nine courses over the season. Mike
Fitzgibbons has graciously offered to update and track players handicaps,
mostly based on the NCGA system.
|
Date |
Location |
Tournament |
Fee |
|
3/5/2010 |
|
pre-season |
$0.00 |
|
3/12/2010 |
|
pre-season |
$0.00 |
|
3/19/2010 |
|
pre-season |
$0.00 |
|
3/26/2010 |
|
pre-season |
$0.00 |
|
4/2/2010 |
|
pre-season |
$0.00 |
|
4/9/2010 |
|
Rio Linda open |
$2.00 |
|
4/16/2010 |
Bing Maloney front 9 |
TPC at |
$2.00 |
|
4/30/2010 |
Bartley Cavanaugh front 9 back tees |
The Masters |
$3.00 |
|
5/14/2010 |
Haggin Oaks Arcade Creek front 9 |
The Greater Brodrick Open |
$2.00 |
|
5/28/2010 |
Haggin Oaks Arcade Creek back 9 |
The DK Memorial |
$2.00 |
|
6/11/2010 |
|
The |
$3.00 |
|
6/25/2010 |
Campus Commons |
The Home Depot Open |
$2.00 |
|
7/9/2010 |
Cordova Front 9 |
Hooters Invitational |
$2.00 |
|
7/23/2010 |
|
The British Open |
$3.00 |
|
8/6/2010 |
|
ARB Invitational |
$2.00 |
|
8/20/2010 |
|
Nabisco Classic |
$2.00 |
|
9/3/2010 |
Haggin Oaks Arcade Creek back 9 blue tees |
The LXG Championship |
$3.00 |
|
9/17/2010 |
|
Skins Tournament |
$0.00 |
|
10/10/2010 |
To be decided-may elect to just to pay out by points as
last year. |
Fed Ex Cup |
$0.00 |
|
|
|
Total= |
$28.00 |
Below is a sample
of how your handicaps might look, based on 2009 play. This is still being
finalized, but you can get an idea of where you might stand. This is based on an
Index and slope rating, with minor additions from LXG as needed.
Mike Rudy
Fitzgibbons will add in new player’s handicaps AS THEY PAY OR TURN IN THEIR
QUALIFYING PRACTICE POUNDS.
|
|
NCGA |
Index From 2009
scores |
Sample LP
handicap |
Sample arcade
back 9 |
|
|
|
|
for 18 |
for 9 |
|
|
|
Rudy |
23.9 |
25 |
12.5 |
12 |
13 |
|
Prince |
|
13 |
6.5 |
6 |
7 |
|
Danny |
|
30.2 |
15.1 |
14 |
16 |
|
Gyro |
|
59.1 |
29.55 |
28 |
31 |
|
Jeff |
|
24.4 |
12.2 |
11 |
13 |
|
Stan |
19 |
17.8 |
8.9 |
8 |
9 |
|
Kiko |
|
20.4 |
10.2 |
10 |
11 |
|
Raider |
|
21.7 |
10.85 |
10 |
11 |
|
Steeler |
|
23.3 |
11.65 |
11 |
12 |
|
Dave |
10.8 |
10.8 |
5.4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Rosie |
|
23 |
11.5 |
11 |
12 |
|
Wasim |
|
22.3 |
11.15 |
11 |
12 |
|
Greg |
|
28.6 |
14.3 |
13 |
15 |
|
Fred |
|
58.5 |
29.25 |
27 |
31 |
|
Vince |
|
30.5 |
15.25 |
14 |
16 |
|
Steve |
|
31.6 |
15.8 |
15 |
17 |
|
Geoff |
|
59.1 |
29.55 |
28 |
31 |
|
Rueben |
|
25.7 |
12.85 |
12 |
14 |
|
New Rudy |
|
31.4 |
15.7 |
15 |
17 |
|
Stan's Bro |
26.6 |
26.6 |
13.3 |
12 |
14 |
Below is the proposed system
Mike will be basing everyone’s handicaps on. As handicaps are always a guestimate at best, any system we use can be adjusted if it
looks like it’s not working as projected.
Handicaps:
This year, LXG will be using a slightly modified version of the NCGA
handicap system. You can learn more about it at:
http://www.ncga.org/
In summary, each LXG player will have an index. The index is used in
combination with the slope of the course to arrive at your handicap. Your
index is calculated by differentials and will be updated weekly. New
players with current NCGA indexes can use them until they establish a LXG
index. We will also use equitable stroke control to remove abnormally
high individual hole scores which could unduly affect
your index.
Players who win or tie for first place: First win or tie for first:
no penalty. Second win or tie for first place will result in a permanent
1 stroke penalty deducted from your handicap. Each win or tie for first place
thereafter adds an additional permanent 1 stroke penalty to be deducted from
your handicap (3 firsts = 2 penalty strokes, 4 firsts = 3 penalty strokes).
By Differentials
A handicap differential is the difference between the adjusted gross score
and the NCGA/USGA Course Rating, multiplying the difference by 113, dividing
the results figure by the NCGA/USGA Slope Rating and rounding off to the
nearest tenth. The following is an example for a course with a 71.5 Course
Rating and a 130 Slope Rating.
|
Adjusted Gross Score |
95 |
|
Course Rating |
71.5 |
|
Difference |
23.5 |
|
Handicap Differential |
113 x 23.5 divided by 130 = 20.4 |
The value 113 in the above formula is the national standard for Slope
Ratings and is used to weigh differentials.
INDEX Formula
Lowest 10 of Last 20 Differentials. The INDEX is computed from the lowest 10 of the player’s
last 20 rounds as follows:
|
Total of 10 lowest differentials |
147.9 |
|
Total averaged |
14.79 |
|
Total multiplied by 96% |
14.19 |
|
Delete all numbers after the
tenths digit |
14.1 |
|
NCGA/USGA index is |
14.1 |
If you have fewer than 20 differentials available (LXG modification on 0-6
rounds and we will count 9 holes as a round):
|
Rounds Available |
Used |
|
0 - 1 |
No INDEX issued |
|
2 - 6 |
Lowest 1 |
|
7 or 8 |
Lowest 2 |
|
9 or 10 |
Lowest 3 |
|
11 or 12 |
Lowest 4 |
|
13 or 14 |
Lowest 5 |
|
15 or 16 |
Lowest 6 |
|
17 |
Lowest 7 |
|
18 |
Lowest 8 |
|
19 |
Lowest 9 |
Equitable Stroke Control
Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) is a procedure whereby abnormally high individual
hole scores are adjusted downward prior to the score being posted. ESC sets a
maximum number that a golfer can post on any hole, depending on the golfer’s
Course Handicap (not his Handicap Index) based on 18 holes. Individual hole scores are adjusted for handicap purposes per the
following table:
|
Course Handicap |
Maximum number on any
hole |
|
9 or less |
Double bogey |
|
10 through 19 |
7 |
|
20 through 29 |
8 |
|
30 through 39 |
9 |
|
40 or more |
10 |
|
|
|
We want to continue to keep
the league fun, but we also want to maintain the integrity of the game. We
should all be helping with each player’s scores in our group, and if any
question on a shot, mark your score, explain on the card how you determined the
score for the hole, and we can always adjust up or down based on how it should
have been scored.
|
Lost
Balls/Provisional’s/Out of bounds: |
Rules for the 2010 Season: The plan is to follow USGA rules this year. NO MORE
1-stroke penalty for everything. You now can be penalized a 2 stroke
penalty or stroke plus distance.
Here’s a couple
scenario’s:
1. Steve Kuns hits a brilliant drive down the 7 hole on the back
nine of Arcade Creek. He thinks he drove the ball 250 yards down the
right side of the fairway with a little fade. He assumes that the shot is
safe and is just of the fairway in the rough. He refuses to take a
provisional and heads down to his ball. Upon arriving at the site of
where he thinks the ball is, he cannot locate the ball. The ball is a
lost ball and he has two options. Either go back
and hit the drive again which would be his 3rd stroke or drop where
he thinks the ball went out or was lost, and hit his 4th shot.
2. Jeff Luna hits
an amazing shot down the second hole of
3. Kiko Montecinos hits his usual,
“I can hit a 350 yard drive all day”, 250 yard drive
down the 9th hole of Bartley Cavanaugh but it sails left a little
and may have trickled into the water. He walks down to where he thought
the ball was, only to discover that it indeed has gone into the water. He
now can drop from where the ball entered the water and back to anywhere along
the flight path of the ball all the way back to the tee if he so decides and
hits his 3rd stroke. All hazards are only 1-stroke
penalty.
Follow all course
rules, that’s means no hitting over the street at