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Conference 7.286::golf

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Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

389.0. "Point Quota...?" by MSEE::KELLEY (on_in_regulation, GRAPHITE) Wed Sep 14 1988 13:21

    
    	Is anybody familiar with two man point quota tournaments?
    	If so what amount of points usually wins? I will be playing
    	in my first point quota event this weekend and it is a 
    	two man team event. It seems like an interesting format and
    	looking forward to it, but don't know what to expect. It
    	is also a calcutta, so it would be nice to know what to expect!
    
    	For those people that are not familiar with the point quota
    	format, it works something like this...
    
    		Eagle	8 points
    		Bird	4   "
    		Par	2   "
    		Bogie	1   "
    		Double	0   "
    		Triple+ -1  "
    
    	Your quota is 36 (for 18 holes) minus your handicap. For
    	example a 12 handicap would have a quota of 24. If he gets
    	24 points he has reached his quota and any points above that
    	are in the plus column...
    
    	I think that is the basics of it...
    
    	Thanks for any input
    	Gene

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
389.1	Steady Play	HOGAN::DEADY		`Wed Sep 14 1988 17:11`	12
	I have played in several of these types of tournaments. Typically if you and your partner shoot your handicaps, you should be in the money. However sandbaggers have the same effect in these matches as in stroke or match play. I have seen +8 to +12 win these 2 day tourneys, as both players have an impact on the team score. The key here is to avoid double bogeys, and at all costs triples. Have fun, Fred Deady
389.2	think points,target,points,target...etc	TONTO::GORDON		`Thu Sep 15 1988 14:43`	7
	we play this each weekend at the club I'm a member at and .1 sums up best the way to stay in contention....however....on any given week whoever happens to be hot seems to pull their partner up and they win..win is anywhere from +6 to +18..by all means just make sure you get at least a point on a hole (boggie) and take any birds that happen to come along and you should stand well...
389.3	course rating vs. par	TONTO::GORDON		`Thu Sep 15 1988 14:50`	6
	oh and by the way gene....make sure the handicaps are adjusted for par on the course...a year ago we used our own handicap system based on par for the course, this year we switched to GHIN system which is based on "course rating and home course handicap" well our home course is rated lower than the par on the course(par=70,rating=65) and the point system is based on 36 points for par of 70....
389.4	results	MSEE::KELLEY	on_in_regulation, GRAPHITE	`Mon Sep 19 1988 10:53`	21
	Well, it was a great tourney. Nice pot, $10,400. The bad part was that we finished just out of the money in 6th place at +6. My partner Peter Stopera had a GREAT tourney, finishing at +8 on his ball. I had a few problems out there and finished at -2 on my ball. The winning scores were as follows... +15 even for the first day... +15 for the second...!!!! +12 don't know what the break down was... +9 +8 and +1... +8 +7 and +1... +7 don't know the break down on this one either... We did manage to finish 4th in our flight and got some money for the pro shop... It was a good format and I can't wait to get to play in another one... Gene