[jlab-9hgl 02180] Re: Scores updated after rain shortened Event 17

[Wesley Moore]

Rain Interruption
Special thanks to Whit and the Rules Committee for helping agree on a reasonable solution.

We aim to keep this league fun and fair. But also realize we need to have rules in place to handle these things as consistently as possible. Being there were side-effects to all options, we tried to minimize that to the extent possible.

Apologies to those that got soaked with me. I was hopeful we'd make.
Results
Got to watch two great rounds played by CJ (39) and Danny B (39, birdie on #4). Rain the size of marbles when we were putting out on #8 and the same experience through #9 to finish. Finally breaking net par myself this season (40, birdies on #4, #8).
Alan Gavalya still beating up on people with a 40 on Deer Run.

Wesley
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From: Jlab-9hgl <jlab-9hgl-bounces at jlab.org> on behalf of Whit Seay via Jlab-9hgl <jlab-9hgl at jlab.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2024 3:20 PM
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Subject: [jlab-9hgl 02179] Scores updated after rain shortened Event 17

Good afternoon,

This week's scorecards were delayed while we found a reasonable solution on how to handle the matches that had not completed all nine holes. Two groups were only able to complete 7 holes before the bottom fell out of the sky.  There are provisions in the league rules for rain shortened events and when to consider the round as "completed".   Either the league has to complete 8 holes OR (provision 1) 75% of the league has to finish the round with no more than half of a team not finishing the round.  Unfortunately we didn't meet either of those criteria for a complete round.  4 out of the 6 groups completed 9 holes (66%).  This left us facing another rainout when most of the league's round was complete.  So we put our heads together and worked with the rules committee to find a solution that will be implemented moving forward.

A summary of the change used to finalize the scores is below:

  1.  Match Completion:

     *   For a match to be counted, at least 6 holes must be played.

     *   If fewer than 6 holes are completed, the match is considered rained out and is not counted.

  1.  Scoring After 6 Holes:

     *   For any remaining holes, each player is given a score based on their handicap to result in a tie.

     *
Each player receives 1 point per remaining hole.

     *


  1.
Par and Stroke Adjustment After 6 Holes:

     *   For any remaining holes, the low handicap player receives par for each hole.
     *   The higher handicap player’s score is adjusted based on their stroke differential to result in a tie.

In this case holes 8 & 9 were filled in with par scores except where the higher handicap player was owed a stroke.  When a player was owed a stroke an additional stroke was added to the higher handicapper until their score resulted in a tie. In each case the players needing the final holes filled in tied their opponent.  This added 4 points total to each of the affected teams which ensured each match now had the max possible points awarded.  This  is important so that a team's total seasonal points are not affected since that is used as one of the tie breakers in the final regular season standings.

The scores are now posted and we are getting the lineups for the last regular season match updated.  Captains, if you have not already updated your spreadsheets, please do so before COB tomorrow.

Regards,

Whit
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