Wednesday Night Men’s League Rules & Event Descriptions
Rules/Event Descriptions
USGA Rules will apply to all events along with WNML Competition Local Rules.
WNML LOCAL RULES:
GIMME TAPE: The Gimme Tape is a mark on the pin set at 24".
Once your ball enters the “Gimme Tape Zone", you do not need to finish the hole. Pickup your ball and add a stroke for taking the gimme. This will assist pace of play.
MAXIMUM SCORE: The maximum score any player can take is a 9. If you are shooting/putting for an 8 and miss, please pickup your ball and move on.
======================================
Handicap Parameters
The WNML uses Golf Genius managing software to manage the league.
Handicaps will be calculated by the World Handicapping System. USGA Handicapping
WHS updates handicaps on a daily basis.
We will use 90% of your WHS handicap.
Holes not finished: If a player does not play a hole or doesn’t record a score, the score recorded for that hole will be the maximum 9 & Golf Genius will adjust this score accordingly for handicap calculations.
Golf Genius will post all league scores to you WHS handicap. ***DO NOT POST YOUR LEAGUE SCORES***
Players without an established WHS Handicap will play as a 0 handicap until a handicap is established;
To establish a WHS handicap, it will only take 54 holes (any combination of 9 and 18-hole scores) to establish a Handicap Index and be a part of the World Handicap System.
======================================
Golf Genius Mobile Scoring
Adoption of Mobile App Live Scoring continues to grow rapidly, and it is clearly a "star feature" in our Men’s League!
Mobile App Live Scoring enhances the player experience and makes event scoring a breeze. In this Spotlight, we will offer tips and highlight some best practices to help you take advantage of this feature so you can streamline your events and create a more memorable and exciting tournament experience.
Download the mobile app from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
You will receive weekly messages with your GGID code for that week’s mobile scoring.
======================================
DIVISIONS: OPEN & SENIOR
Open Division play is from the white tees each week.
Senior Division - to qualify for the Senior Division, you must meet the below requirements:
Must be 55 years old or older.
Your age plus your World Handicap Index must equal 70 or higher.
Senior division play is from the GOLD tees each week
======================================
WEEKLY RESULTS:
The WNML will use electronic scoring. There will be NO PAPER SCORECARDS.
The digital scoring procedure utilizes a smart phone app.
The app is designed by Golf Genius and is available for free at the Apple and Android app stores.
Please download the app for your phone. Search the app store for "Golf Genius"
To get the app, follow these instructions:
1) Go to your app store
2) Search for “Golf Genius”
3) Install the app
From the app, you will be able to enter scores, view the live leaderboard, and upload photos!
To enter scores, one person from each group will need to login and follow the enter scores procedure.
ALL WEEKLY RESULTS are considered official once you leave the course. With electronic scoring, scores will be official at the end of the night. ***IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CHECK SCORES BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE COURSE***
For those that find it difficult to enter scores while playing, an option would be for someone to bring their own paper to document scores and enter into the app following the completion of your round.
======================================
Weather – Cancellation/Postponements
The WNML will cancel or rain out under the following conditions:
Course is closed
Snow
Flooding
Storm Damage
Unsafe to play
Severe thunderstorms
Lightning
Tornado’s
Play is always on, unless there are safety issues or the course is unplayable.
If weather causes the entire night to be washed out, you will receive a rain check the following week
To complete league night play, we may delay the play as long as possible depending on daylight. In order to complete a round. If not all groups can finish in a reasonable time (2:15 pace) due to lack of daylight, then the night will not be declared official.
League Championship Weather Policy
Round 1 - if weather causes a delay or postponement, any divisions that finished will be declared official.
Any divisions that do not complete the round will be postponed. The round will start over the following week with round 2 played on the “Summer’s Over” Banquet night (Week 17 & the banquet will follow play.
Round 2 - if weather causes a delay/postponement of any division, any divisions that finished will be declared official.
Any divisions that do not complete the round will be postponed. The round will start over the following week with round 2 played on the “Summer’s Over” Banquet night (Week 17 & the banquet will follow play.
Should rain cause a full round to not be completed in the three weeks we have allotted, any completed holes by the entire division will be declared the official round for that division & for that year's League Championship. (Rain checks will be issued for any weeks not played)
======================================
2024 Schedule of Events
May 1 - Individual Gross & Net
May 8 - Individual Gross & Net
May 15 - OLD SCHOOL TEE BOX GAME - Individual Gross & Net
May 22 - Individual Gross & Net
May 29 - MODIFIED ONE-MAN MULLIGAN - Individual Gross & Net
June 5 - Individual Gross & Net
June 12 - Individual Gross & Net
June 19 - 2-PERSON BLIND DRAW TEAMS
June 26 - Individual Gross & Net
July 10 - LONE RANGER - 4-Persn Team Net
July 17 - Individual Gross & Net
July 24 - MODERN DAY TEE BOX GAME - Individual Gross & Net
July 31 - Individual Gross & Net
August 7 - Individual Gross & Net
August 14 - Round 1 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
August 21 - FINAL NINE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
August 28 - SUMMERS OVER TEAM SCRAMBLE & YEAR-END BANQUET
======================================
Descriptions of the above formats
Individual Gross and Net:
Individual stroke play
Payouts in both gross and net total score.
Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
Old School Tee Box Game:
Individual stroke play
Each player will get to choose which tee box they play from on each hole
Open Division - Tee markers used will be 3 Blue, 3 White, and 3 Gold.
Senior Division - Tee markers used will be 3 White, 3 Gold, & 3 Red.
Payouts in both gross and net total score.
Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
~Any mistake made with the above formats is an automatic 2 stroke penalty for each occurrence~
Modified ONE Man Mulligan:
Individual stroke play
You are allowed ONE EXTRA SHOT per hole.
If you choose to play an extra shot, YOU MUST PLAY THE SECOND SHOT. Be careful and choose to play your extra shot wisely!
You cannot carry over any unused/extra shots from one hole to another.
ONLY the Mulligan shot can be placed or played as “winter rules” (lift, clean, and place)
On your Mulligan Shot, the ball must be placed within one club length of the original spot through the green and within 12 inches (length of scorecard) when on the green, no nearer the hole and it cannot be moved out of a bunker or a hazard. Shots must be played from the same cut of grass where the original ball lay
Payouts in both gross and net total score.
Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
~Any mistake made with the above formats is an automatic 2 stroke penalty for each occurrence~
Lone Ranger:
The Lone Ranger tournament format is a fun game that is played with foursomes.
Every hole, one player in that foursome is assigned to be the Lone Ranger.
On the 1st hole, player in position 1 in the pairings (lowest index in group) will act as the Lone Ranger.
On the 2nd hole, player in position 2 in the pairings will act as the Lone Ranger.
On the 3rd, player in position 3.
On the 4th, player in position 4.
The cycle then repeats throughout the rest of the round.
When playing this format, you will count the Lone Ranger's ball as well as the best ball of the other 3 players. So, two balls will be counted on each hole.
Payouts in Team Net only.
OPTIONAL Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
OPTIONAL Individual Players Pool.
Modern Day Tee Box Game:
Individual stroke play
Each player will get to choose which tee box they play from on each hole
Open Division - Tee markers used will be 1 Blue, 2 White, 3 Gold, 2 Red, & 1 Short Blue.
Senior Division - Tee markers used will be 1 White, 2 Gold, 3 Red, 2 200-Yard Marker, & 1 Short Blue.
***use a blank scorecard to keep track of which teeing areas were used***
Payouts in both gross and net total score.
Individual Gross & Net Skins.
~Any mistake made with the above formats is an automatic 2 stroke penalty for each occurrence~
Blind Draw Two-Person Teams:
There will be "Blind Draw" 2-person teams created by Golf Genius using all players.
Teams will be made of all players playing from any tee.
Payouts will be gross and net by team only.
OPTIONAL Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
OPTIONAL Individual Players Pool.
League Championship
This is a 2-week/2-rounds Flighted Championship.
There are three flights:
Open Division Flights 1 & 2
Flights are determined by handicap indexes.
Flights are locked in after week 14.
Payouts are the same as the regular season but with a bonus payout based on the cumulative scores of both rounds 1 & 2.
Will include prize fund from any previous rounds that were canceled by weather.
Senior Flight (gold tees) and will be net scores only.
Payouts are the same as the regular season but with a bonus payout based on the cumulative scores of both rounds 1 & 2.
Will include prize fund from any previous rounds that were canceled by weather.
Gimme tape is in play for ALL flights
Payouts:
Payouts are based on 3 weeks of play, calculated equally based on numbers in each division/flight. ***PAYOUTS TBD***
TIES for Overall Championship in any flight will be determined by “Sudden Death” Playoff beginning on hole 1 with lowest net score determining winner (Gross in Championship flight)
OPTIONAL Individual Gross & Net Skins.
OPTIONAL Deuce Pot.
Summer’s Over Four Person Scramble (Played in your regular weekly group)
TEAMS are based on your regular weekly group.
All players will play from their regular weekly tees.
Normal scramble rules:
All shots will be played as “winter rules” or “preferred lies” (lift, clean, and place).
Ball must be played within one club-length (no closer to the hole) and in the same cut of grass.
Players may not use the club-length to extricate themselves from a penalty area, bunker or the rough.
Players may not use the club-length to move onto the putting surface. Players may not use the club-length on the putting surface.
TEAMS MISSING PLAYERS:
This is a net event and handicapped based on the players that played.
If teams are missing players;
The starter will attempt to pair singles/pairs together if they are at the patio
If you are missing one player, your team can take ONE extra shot per hole. Any player can take that ONE shot; AND, you will get credit for the missing players handicap.
If your team is missing two players, you can take TWO extra shots per hole, (each player must take one of the shots), AND, you will get credit for the missing players handicaps.
Handicaps are determined by using the USGA recommended method: 20%+15%+10%+5%
20% of the A player's Course Handicap
15% of the B player's
10% of the C player's
5% of the D player's Course Handicap
Add the above 4 together and this is the handicap for that foursome
Teams with MISSING players will get credit for the missing players handicap.
TEAM NET SKINS ONLY
Team handicap is rounded to nearest whole number and strokes applied to those holes
Payouts to top 3 net scores
USGA Tie-breaker will be used to break ties:
Last 9, 6, 3, 1, then last to 1st hole.
======================================
PRIZE FUND
Weekly Prize Fund
The prize Fund is distributed by division.
Open Division.
Senior Division
Distribution is based on the number of players in each division (TBD after registration)
League Championship Prize Fund
Top 3 in each flight for round 1
Top 3 in each flight for round 2
Top 3 in each flight for overall (based on 18-hole results)
***Flights TBD.
Summer’s Over Scramble Prize Fund
Top 3 teams in Net (12 players)
Prize Fund Ties
Prize fund ties will split money. If two players tie for first place, they will share both first and second place money. *The League Championship uses a sudden death playoff for any first place ties in each flight.
See Prize Fund Payout Distribution for calculations after final registration
======================================
OPTIONAL GAMES
Season Long NET Modified Stableford Challenge
We are using NET Modified Stableford Scoring
This is for individuals only that runs from week one through the last week of the regular season
Cost: $20 Entry fee must be paid before teeing off week 3
“Random” payouts. If 40 people participate, we pay the following:
Places 1-5
20th
30th
38th
Random payouts adds a chance at winning some money even if you have a bad season
Last year, the payouts were: 1st $150, (tie for 2nd) 2nd $110, 2nd $110, (3 way tie for 4th) 4th $76.67, 4th $76.67, 4th $76.67, 7th $40, 14th $40, 21st $40, T28 $20ea, T34 $20ea.
NET Modified Stableford scoring is as follows:
Hole In One..........................+10 points
Net Triple Eagle....................+10 points
Net Double Eagle.................+8 points
Net Eagle.............................+5 points
Net Birdie.............................+2 points
Net Par..................................+1 point
Net Bogey……………………-1 point
Net Double Bogey…………..-2 points
Net Triple Bogey or worse… -3 points
Points are accumulated on all scores that are turned in when playing your own ball; this includes the Range Ball
Because not all players can make all the events, we are only using your best 10 of 14 scores. (League Championship & Summer’s Over Scramble scores do not count)
Any weather cancellations will reduce from the 10 best scores.
Weekly SKINS Games
Every league night has a skins game. (On rare occasions, the Pro may throw some in another fun game as an alternative)
GROSS SKINS - ***ALL PLAYERS IN SAME POOL - GIANT SKINS***
Cost is $5 per player and must be paid before you start your round (Championship Flight of League Championship is $10 per player)
NET SKINS - ***ALL PLAYERS IN SAME POOL - GIANT SKINS***
Cost is $5 per player and must be paid before you start your round (Championship Flight of League Championship is GROSS ONLY)
Your skins game entry MUST be paid prior to hitting your FIRST shot. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstance.
Results with no skins (applies to both gross or net)
Double Eagles will share the pool
If no double eagles, then Eagles will share the pool
If no eagles, then Birdies will share the pool
Deuce Pot ***NEW***:
Every league night will have another optional game calld the Deuce Pot.
Cost is $5 to enter.
Any and all Deuce’s will share the pot!
Your Deuce Pot entry MUST be paid prior to hitting your FIRST shot. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstance.
Individual Players Pool
On team night (excluding the Summer’s Over Scramble), we will offer an optional Players Pool for individual scoring.
This is offered in Gross or Net.
Cost is $5 to enter.
There is one division regardless of the tee that is played by anyone.
Your Players Pool entry MUST be paid prior to hitting your FIRST shot. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstance.
Summer’s Over Team Scramble Skins:
$20 per Team Net Skins
Any ties will be broken by the following:
Teams with NET double eagles will split based on the number of double eagles.
If there are no NET double eagles, teams with NET eagles will split based on the number of NET eagles.
If there are no NET eagles, teams with NET birdies will split based on the number of NET birdies.
