Scoring Settings for 2019 – Golf Tour of Greater Philadelphia

These are some of our chosen scoring settings.

most important: tie breaking and adjusting handicaps for multiple tee-boxes

Tournament and Scoring

Default Tie Breaking

Select a default tie breaking method

You can always override this setting when creating a new tournament.

Handicaps. (GAP recommended Adjust Fewest Players to us. All options are equally fair.)

Section 3-5

Select the course handicap adjustments when playing on multiple tees

The USGA Handicap System rules specify that a player’s course handicap is computed based on the slope and rating of the tee being played. Additionally, it is required that Section 3-5 is applied so that proper adjustments can be made to account for the difference in course ratings on the different tees being played.

Calculate Course Handicap using Section 3-5 (tee rating and slope)

Calculate Course Handicap ignoring Section 3-5 and using only slope

Restrict ratings adjustment to single course

Handicap Allowance Rounding

Choose how would you like to round course handicaps when applying handicap allowances (percentages)

The USGA recommends rounding up.

Round up

Round down

Rounds and Scheduling

ABCD Optimization

Optimize pairings so that total Handicap Index of pairing groups are as equal as possible.

Optimize for most diversity based on previous round pairings

Optimize for most diversity based on previous round pairings and balance total Handicap Index of each pairing group

Place A’s from low to high, B’s from high to low, and continue alternating

Random

Automatic Scheduling

Choose the pairing order for Automatic Scheduling

Note: tee times can be adjusted at any time in Edit Existing Pairings.

Schedule player tee times over all rounds to maximize fairness with respect to early and late starts

Order pairings in division and/or flight with smaller pairing groups first

Order pairings in division and/or flight with smaller pairing groups last