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SLOThrower
Weekly Tournaments
When
and where are the events? Depending
on the time of year and the course to be played that day, the
weeklies will be on a weekday afternoon during the summer months
and on a weekend morning during the winter months. Please check
the current schedule.
How does a typical weekly go?
The players will usually show up early to warm-up and register.
Random teams are decided by players "flipping their discs"
- Everyone flips a disc of their choice. All discs that land heads-up
go into a new group (and tails go into their own group) and re-flip.
This process continues until the group sizes are divided into
two. Once teams are decided, they are assigned a hole to start
on and the fun begins. UPDATE (11/4/07): Random doubles
team assignment will now be by using a Pro/Am format using players'
past scores for assessing current ranking and Pro/Am cuttoff line.
To limit the possibility of a team being "unfairly matched"
against the rest of the field due to random selection (as well
as to minimize the occurrence of the same people winning every
week AND to promote interaction between new and experienced players),
SLOThrowers will now pair the top ranked 50% of the registrants
(at each event) with the second half of the field. These rankings
are determined by an on-going average of each player's past tournament
results. For Example: If an event has 10 players of
varying skill levels, the five top-ranking players (the Pros)
will be paired with the five lower-ranking players (the Ams).
FAQ: What if I've never played an event before and I don't
have a SLOThrowers ranking? You get one freebie, although
you do start at the lowest ranking (as an Am). After your first
time, you will have earned a ranking.
Also see: Pro/Am Pool under
Possible Pools below.
Can
anyone play in the weekly events?
Yes! However, if you're not a member there is a $2.00 Club Fee.
How good do I need to be and how serious
is the competition? Serious?
NO!!! Fun is the key word here. SLOThrowers
strives to provide a friendly environment where players can meet
and enjoy the sport together (and maybe even win some money!).
Sometimes there are players out there who take things too seriously,
so if they are around, don't take them seriously because nobody
else does!
Where does money raised by the club go? The money
(club fees and mulligans) pays for ongoing course projects, repairs
and general maintenance.
If someone wins the Ace Pot, do they share
it with their team partner? Ace Pots are rare and even
more rare is someone who doesn't share their Ace Pot with their
partner - afterall you are a team. The customary amount to share
is 50%, but agreeing on a defined amount before the round begins
is also commonly acceptable, for example: 70% / 30% or $100 /
$43 (if the Ace Pot is $143). But no, they don't have to share
if they don't want to : (
Is there a benefit to someone being an
Odd-Man? Yes and No. The Up side: If you win $$$, you
get it all! - because you and yourself are a team. The Down side:
the only one you have to rely on is you... and sometimes he's
not very good. Is there a time someone would ever want
to be Odd-Man? Yes! If a player is 'feeling on', playing
Odd-Man is ideal. Even though you only get one extra shot per
hole, how many times did you make the putt when you threw a second
shot? Plus, all the money you win is yours : )
Buy-In
To play in a weekly tournament, you must pay: A
Club Fee + Payout $$$ (purse) + Ace Pot (optional) + Mulligan
(optional and not always available).
Club Fee
*Current Members
are free. However, you must bring your Bag-Tag and turn it in
at registration.
Non-Members
are $2.00.
*All members who have joined the club prior
to 1/10/08 will not need to renew their membership until 1/10/09.
All new members who join the club after 1/10/08 will be current
for exactly one year from the date of joining. Also, current members
must turn in their Bag-Tags upon registration at a SLOThrowers
Weekly Tournament event. Why? Because weekly
tournaments will now be Free-For-All-Bag-Tag-Challenges where
the top team that day will get the lowest 2 tags available, and
so on down the line (the team member who started with the lowest
tag will get the lowest of the pair awarded).
Payout
Payout will range
between $1 - 6 (but typically will be just $5) depending on
the format(s) available that day. For example, one week we may
have only one format (i.e. Best-Shot Doubles) where the buy-in
will be $5 from each person, whereas another week we may have
multiple consecutive formats (i.e. Skins and Best Score) where
each format will cost $2 to enter AND you have the choice to
play one or all.
View the Payout Schedule
Optional Fees
Optional: $1.00 to participate in the Ace
Pot (see below).
Optional: $2.00 for Mulligan rights
(Not always available).
Formats
Depending on the format and the number of players on that tournament
day, there may be one or more pools of players competing.
Possible pools
Free For All: Everyone at the event is competing
with each other.
Ladies Pool: 4 or more ladies are at the event
and (if they wish) will compete against each other.
Pro/Am Pools: If, at the event, there is an
equal amount of Pro Players (PDGA 900+ rating and/or known to
be above an Amateur level) and AM Players, then teams will be
randomly selected and made up of one Pro and one AM player.
Pro Pool: 4 or more Pro Players are at an event
and will compete against each other.
Am Pool: 4 or more Am Players are at an event
and will compete against each other.
One or more of the following formats will be selected
for a weekly event.
Scramble or 'Best Disc':
2-person teams are assigned at random for 18 holes. Each team
chooses the best of 2 shots for every shot. If an Odd-man occurs,
that player will play a singles round, but will be entitled to
one and only one extra shot per hole. Pros to being Odd-Man: You
don't have to share the winning purse with a partner, because
you are your own partner. Cons to being Odd-Man: You only have
yourself to depend on...
Worst Disc: Opposite of 'Best Disc'. Each team member throws a shot and the opposing team(s)
chooses the worst of the 2 shots for each and every shot. Once a team's disc lands in the basket, the hole is over (both shots do not have to go in, JUST ONE) If an Odd-man occurs,
that player will play a singles round, but will have to throw 2 shots for every shot and the opposing team chooses the worst of the two. Pros to being Odd-Man: You
don't have to share the winning purse with a partner, because
you are your own partner. Cons to being Odd-Man: You only have
yourself to blame...
Best Shot: 2-person teams are assigned at random
for 18 holes. Each player plays their own shot. Best score on
that hole is kept.
Alternate Shot: 2-person teams are assigned at
random for 18 holes. Each player follows each others shot until
holed out. Players switch teeing off each hole.
Aggregate: 2-person teams are assigned at random
for 18 holes. Each player plays his own disc and the players scores
are added together to make their team score.
Skins: 2-person teams are assigned at random
for 18 holes. Each hole is assigned a skin and a team may win
the skin by having the lowest score on that hole for the entire
pool of players. Skin pot is divided up to the players by the
number of skins won.
Bring-Your-Own-Partner: Any of the above formats
with any partner of your choosing. Format would be decided and
posted ahead of time. Pools would be decided at the day of the
event depending on the number and type of players. If you do not
have your own partner, you have the option to play *Odd-Man or
partner with someone else who also doesn't have a partner.
| *Odd-Man
- you don't have a partner through a random partner
selection because of an odd number of players. How an
Odd-Man is treated depends on the format (and not every
format allows for an Odd-Man. Typically for formats involving
'Sramble'/'Best-Disc' or 'Skins' - the 'Odd-Man' gets
one and only extra shot per hole; i.e. an extra putt or
an extra drive, where the better of the two are taken.
For formats involving 'Best Shot' or Aggregate, the Odd-Man
must play-out 2 different discs (as if he had a partner). |
Other Information
ACE POT : If anyone during
the tournament gets a 'hole-in-one', they get the pot(if they paid into that pot that day)... however,
it is usually customary to share a percentage with your partner.
If you are the Odd-Man*, your extra shot does not count toward
the Ace Pot. Although unlikely, if more than one person gets
an Ace in a round, the Ace Pot is split amongst those players.
No first-come, first-served...
MULLIGANS: May be purchased
for $2.00 before a round begins (can also be purchased after
team selection). A Mulligan is ONE EXTRA shot during the round.
It can be used at any time, but it cannot be transferred to
another player and DOES NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE ACE POT. The idea
is to allow players the opportunity to either forget a really
bad shot or to 'have another run at it'. Mulligan proceeds go
to the club for ongoing course improvements. FAQ: If
a Mulligan is taken and the Mulligan shot is not desired, the
player does not have to play the shot but the Mulligan is spent.
FAQ: A player may wait until his partner throws
to decide whether to use his/her Mulligan.
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