Bill Bradford and I would like to invite all of you to find a partner and enter this years Two man Match play tournament aka the HCGC Winter Classic.
Match play is a great format for competitive golf (ever hear of the Ryder Cup) and it works really well with the handicap system.
Here are the details:
Find your self a partner and sign up as a team, by 12/31. (note in my experience teams with a low handicapper paired with a higher handicapper seem to have slight advantage over two medium hcps) So choose your partner wisely.
If you want to play but you are too shy to ask someone to the dance. Let us know and we can pair you up with some other shy one!!
Entry fee will be $10.00 a man. (eg $20.00 a team)
- It will be a single elimination format. (lose a match you are done).
- The seeding will be done randomly out of a hat after the end of the sign up period.
- If we have an odd number (not 4,8 or 16 teams) some teams will get a first round bye (randomly).
- Once the bracket is set, then you setup your match with the team you are up against.
- You can play your match anytime/anywhere all four of you can agree to play.
- If you want to play your match on any Regular Tuesday or Thursday round just let Joe and Don know so they can be sure you are in the same group.
- If due to logistics a match can not seem to get played in a reasonable time frame (3 weeks) the committee reserves the right to determine the winner by a coin flip.
- Each Match will be played as a two man match play 100% handicap off of the low handicapper. Ties will be broken by sudden death playoffs off whatever hole the course you are playing will let you go off. (Hole 1 preferably). If you give me notice when you are playing I can help get the card done.
- After all the matches are completed will will award 70% of the entry money to the winning team and 30% to the runner ups.
- All USGA Match play rules will apply as well as all HCGC local rules.