TOUR OVERVIEW
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* ONLY REGISTERED PLAYERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE
* CLASSIC, RTS OR POWERSTROKE SWINGS ALONG WITH PRO, CHAMP OR ELITE SKILL LEVELS ALLOWED
* BOTH 'OFFICIAL' HANDICAP AND SCRATCH TOURS AVAILABLE
* TOUR 'WORLD' RANKINGS TABLES FOR HANDICAP AND SCRATCH TOURS USING POINTS GAINED FROM REGULAR TOUR EVENTS
* EVENTS PLAYED USING LTS FILES
* ROUNDS SUBMITTED COUNT TOWARDS BOTH THE HANDICAP TOUR AND RELEVANT SCR TOUR ACCORDING TO PLAYER SKILL LEVEL USED
* 24 EVENT SEASON INCLUDING 4 MAJORS AND 3 WGC EVENTS
* OPTIONAL 18 HOLE PRO-AM EVENTS AVAILABLE AT ALL REGULAR SEASON EVENTS (EXCLUDING MAJORS), COMPLETE WITH SEPARATE MONEY LISTS
* ADDITIONAL TEAM TROPHY, CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS, CHALLENGE TROPHY AND GRAND SLAM OF GOLF EVENTS
* ALSO INCLUDED ARE FEDEX CUP, WEST COAST SWING, EAST COAST SWING AND FALL FINISH TABLES
* BONUS SHOT AWARDS ON HANDICAP AND SCRATCH TOURS IN 72 HOLE EVENTS ONLY (NOT INCLUDING PRO-AM EVENTS)
* NEW MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE A 2 EVENT 'Q SCHOOL' BEFORE ELIGIBLE TO WIN ON HANDICAP TOUR
WITH ANY EARNINGS/SUB EVENT POINTS CAPPED TO 50% FOR FIRST EVENT AND 75% FOR SECOND EVENT
* ANY PLAYERS SWITCHING SWING/SKILL LEVELS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE A 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' BEFORE ELIGIBLE TO WIN ON HANDICAP TOUR
WITH ANY EARNINGS/SUB EVENT POINTS CAPPED TO 50% FOR FIRST EVENT AND 75% FOR SECOND EVENT AT NEW SKILL
* ANY PLAYERS SWITCHING SWING METHOD AND RETAINING THEIR EXISITING SKILL LEVEL ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE A 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' BEFORE ELIGIBLE TO WIN
ON HANDICAP TOUR WITH ANY EARNINGS/SUB EVENT POINTS CAPPED TO 50% FOR FIRST EVENT AND 75% FOR SECOND EVENT AT NEW SWING
* 'Q SCHOOL' RULING ONLY APPLIES TO HANDICAP TOUR - 'PRO SCR' & 'CHAMP/ELITE SCR' TOURS ARE EXEMPT FROM THIS RULE
* MEMBERS BECOME INACTIVE ON THE HANDICAP TOUR AFTER NON-COMPLETION OF 3 CONSECUTIVE EVENTSEARNINGS/SUB EVENTPOINTS CAPPED ON HANDICAP TOUR
TO 75% FOR THEIR RETURNING EVENT AND INELEGIBLE TO WIN EVENT
* MEMBERS ARE PLACED IN THE 'RETURNING MEMBERS' LIST AFTER NON-COMPLETION OF 10 CONSECUTIVE EVENTS EARNINGS/SUB EVENT POINTS CAPPED ON
HANDICAP TOUR TO 50% FOR THEIR RETURNING EVENT AND 75% FOR THEIR SECOND EVENT AND INELEGIBLE TO WIN EITHER EVENT
* CAPPING OF EARNINGS RECEIVED FOR NON FULLY ACTIVE MEMBERS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE BONUS SHOT AWARDS
* NO CHIPPING ON GREENS UNLESS DIRECT LINE TO PIN OBSTRUCTED BY HAZARD, ROUGH ETC.
* PUTTING ASSISTANT NOT ALLOWED
* P2P DESIGNED COURSES ARE NOT CURRENTLY USED ON TOUR
TOURNAMENTS
* PLAYERS USE OFFLINE TOUR CREATED PLAYER ONLY FOR ROUNDS ON THE TOUR, WITH PLAYER STATS RESET FROM START OF EACH NEW SEASON
* PLAYED OVER 4 ROUNDS EVERY 2 WEEKS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
* EVENTS RUN FOR 14 DAYS FROM MONDAY TO SECOND SUNDAY
* NO HALFWAY CUT APPLIED, PLAYERS ELIGIBLE TO PLAY ALL 4 ROUNDS
* PLAYERS MAY PLAY ROUNDS ONLINE BUT THEY MUST SUBMIT THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL .VER OR SCORE.TXT FILES AFTER EACH ROUND COMPLETED
* BONUS EARNINGS FOR LONG DRIVE, NEAREST THE HOLE, LONGEST PUTT AND HOLE-IN-ONE SHOTS ON BOTH HANDICAP AND SCRATCH TOURS
* LTS FILES CONTAIN CUSTOM TEE AND CUSTOM PIN SETTINGS
* .VER FILE REQUIRED UPON COMPLETION OF ROUND ALONG WITH ANY .SHT FILES FOR CONSIDERATION FOR SHOT BONUS CATEGORIES
IF .VER FILE UNAVAILABLE, THE SCORE.TXT WILL BE ACCEPTED (PLUS MOPTOTAL.TXT WHEN PLAYING PRO-AM ROUND)
* VARIABLE WIND SETTINGS USED FOR EACH EVENT WITH VARIABLE' FIRMNESS/SPEED SETTINGS MIXING CHALLENGING AND NON-CHALLENGING CONDITIONS
* TOUR ROUNDS ALLOW 2FT GIMMES AND NO MULLIGANS
* LEADERBOARDS UPDATED WITH RD2 SCORES ADDED FROM 1ST THURSDAY, RD3 SCORES FROM 2ND MONDAY AND RD4 SCORES FROM 2ND FRIDAY
* PLAY-OFF USED TO DETERMINE WINNERS IN THE EVENT OF A TIE, EXCEPT IN PRO-AM WHERE PLACE MONEY IS SHARED
* HANDICAPS ADJUSTED AFTER EACH TOURNAMENT (EXCLUDING GRAND SLAM OF GOLF)
* EARNINGS APPLIED USING PGA TOUR PERCENTAGE INCREMENT SCALE AS A GUIDE CLICK FOR DETAILS
* WHERE PLAYERS TIED OTHER THAN FOR FIRST PLACE, USUAL SHARED EARNINGS RULE APPLIES
* PLAYERS FORFEIT EARNINGS FOR NON-COMPLETION OF EVENT AND ARE CLASSIFIED AS 'NR' (BUT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BONUS SHOT AWARDS)
* ALL EARNINGS GO TOWARDS RELEVANT OFFLINE TOUR ORDER OF MERIT
* SUBMITTED FILES RECEIVED AFTER THE TOURNAMENT CLOSING DATE WILL BE DISREGARDED
* PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR PLAYER .PIN FILE AFTER COMPLETING ALL 4 ROUNDS TO EFFECTIVELY 'SIGN FOR THEIR SCORES'
FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE PLAYER .PIN FILE WILL RESULT IN A 'DQ' FOR THAT EVENT AND WILL ALSO INVALIDATE ANY BONUS SHOT SUBMISSIONS
PLAYERS FOUND PLAYING EXCESS ROUNDS WILL BE PENALISED AND CONTINUED DISREGARD OF TOUR RULES MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL FROM THE TOUR
* HANDICAP TOURNAMENT VICTORIES AND HANDICAP COURSE RECORDS CAN ONLY BE AWARDED WHERE MEMBERS HAVE 100% ACTIVE TOUR STATUS
* TOUR STATUS RULES ARE NOT APPLIED TO THE 'SCR' TOURS AS NO HANDICAPS ARE IN PLAY
PLAY-OFF RULES
* A 9 HOLE LTS FILE IS USED AND PLAYERS ARE REQUIRED TO PLAY THE FULL 9 HOLES AND SUBMIT .VER AND SCORE.TXT
* IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE WINNER WILL BE DETERMINED BY A 4 HOLE PLAYOFF (PLAYED OFFLINE) OVER HOLES 10-13 USING CONDITIONS/TEES/PINS AS THEY
WERE DURING RD4 OF THE RELEVANT EVENT. HANDICAPS ARE ADJUSTED (WHERE REQUIRED) FOR THE 4 HOLES.
* IF PLAYERS STILL TIED AFTER 4 HOLE MINI ROUND PLAY-OFF WILL CONTINUE AS SUDDEN DEATH OFF SCRATCH FROM HOLE 14.
SHOULD PLAYERS STILL BE TIES AFTER 9 HOLES A COUNTBACK WILL BE APPLIED USING SCORES FROM HOLE 13, THEN HOLE 12, THEN HOLE 11 AND FINALLY HOLE 10.
* IF PLAYERS ARE STILL UNABLE TO BE SEPARATED A FURTHER LTS WILL BE SUPPLIED FOR SUDDEN DEATH TO CONTINUE FROM HOLE 1
HANDICAPPING
* NEW MEMBERS COMMENCE WITH A HANDICAP OF +3 AND SERVE 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' (SEE TOUR OVERVIEW)
* CHANGING TO MORE DIFFICULT SKILL MEMBERS START WITH HANDICAP OF +3 (WHERE HANDICAP > +3) AND SERVE 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' (SEE TOUR OVERVIEW)
* CHANGING TO MORE DIFFICULT SKILL MEMBERS HAVE NO HANDICAP CHANGE (WHERE HANDICAP < +3) AND SERVE 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' (SEE TOUR OVERVIEW)
* CHANGING TO LESS DIFFICULT SKILL MEMBERS HAVE NO HANDICAP CHANGE (WHERE HANDICAP > THAN +3) AND SERVE 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' (SEE TOUR OVERVIEW)
* CHANGING TO LESS DIFFICULT SKILL START WITH HANDICAP OF +3 (WHERE HANDICAP < THAN +3) AND SERVE 2 EVENT 'Q-SCHOOL' (SEE TOUR OVERVIEW)
* HANDICAPS ADJUSTED USING OFFLINE TOUR HANDICAPPING SYSTEM (SEE TOUR MEMBERS & HANDICAPS)
* ANY PLAYER REVERTING BACK TO A PREVIOUSLY USED SKILL ON TOUR RESUMES AT HANDICAP AS IT WAS AT TIME OF LAST CHANGE
GENERAL RULES
* WHERE A .VER FILE CANNOT BE PROVIDED, A SCORE.TXT FILE WILL BE ACCEPTED IN ITS PLACE
* ANY PLAYERS ABSENT THROUGH HOLIDAYS CAN REQUEST EARLY FILES FOR AN UPCOMING EVENT SO AS NOT TO MISS ANY TOURNAMENTS
* FOR BONUS SHOTS TO BE CONSIDERED, SAVED SHOT NEEDS TO BE MAILED ALONG WITH ROUND SCORE DETAILS
* EARNINGS ARE INCREASED BY 12½% FOR WGC EVENTS AND BY 25% FOR MAJOR EVENTS
WEST COAST SWING, EAST COAST SWING, FALL FINISH AND MAJORS TABLES
* IN THESE SUB EVENTS POINTS WILL BE ALLOCATED TO PLAYERS FINISHING IN THE TOP 10 (AND TIES) OF CONTRIBUTING EVENTS (SEE TOUR SCHEDULE)
* POINTS AWARDED START AT 50PTS FOR FIRST DOWN TO 5PTS FOR TENTH WITH PLAYERS TIED SHARING POINTS EQUALLY BETWEEN THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS
* MAJORS TABLE USED TO COMPLETE FIELD FOR GRAND SLAM OF GOLF EVENT IF REQUIRED
OFFLINE TOUR TEAM TROPHY (HANDICAP TOUR ONLY FROM 2010)
* THIS EVENT IS PLAYED DURING THE MEMBERS TROPHY (WITH SCORES SUBMITTED FOR REGULAR EVENT USED TOWARDS TEAM TROPHY SCORES)
* EVENT IS BETWEEN TEAMS MADE OF PLAYERS FROM GB, IRE AND EUR (TEAM EUROPE) AND PLAYERS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD (TEAM PACIFIC)
* TEAMS CONSIST OF 12 PLAYERS PER SQUAD DECIDED BY QUALIFYING THROUGH EVENTS 1-20
* THE TOP 15 PLAYERS IN EACH REGULAR EVENT FROM EACH TEAM RECEIVE QUALIFICATION POINTS
* QUALIFYING POINTS RANGING FROM 100PTS FOR FIRST DOWN TO 5PTS FOR FIFTEENTH (POINTS SHARED WHERE TIES)
* SCORES TOWARDS THE TEAM TROPHY WILL BE DISREGARDED SHOULD A QUALIFIED TEAM MEMBER NOT COMPLETE ALL 4 ROUNDS
* SHOULD ANY PLAYER WHO HAS QUALIFIED TO REPRESENT A TEAM NOT PLAY OR FAIL TO COMPLETE ALL 4 ROUNDS, THEIR PLACE WILL BE TAKEN BY NEXT BEST PLACED RESERVE
* FORMAT OF THE EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED FOR 2010
* TEAMS CONSIST OF TOP 12 FROM QUALIFYING TABLE
* 1 PT AWARDED FOR A WIN AND ½ PT AWARDED FOR A HALVED MATCH
* MATCHES PLAYED AS HEAD-TO-HEAD STROKEPLAY OVER 4 ROUNDS, CONSISTING OF 2 ROUNDS OF SINGLES MATCHES AND 2 ROUNDS OF DOUBLES (36 MATCHES IN TOTAL)
* 18½ PTS REQUIRED TO WIN THE TROPHY. IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THE TROPHY WILL BE SHARED IN THE INAUGRAL MATCH OR RETAINED BY HOLDERS IN SUBSEQUENT MATCHES
* DOUBLES MATCHES TAKE THE COMBINED NET SCORE OF EACH PAIR COMPARED AGAINST THEIR OPPONENTS
* FIXTURES AND PAIRINGS HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SET OUT USING QUALIFIYING TABLE POSITIONS 1-12. PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM THEN TAKE THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACE IN EACH
MATCH DEPENDENT ON WHERE THEY FINISHED IN QUALIFYING. CLICK FOR DETAILS
FEDEX CUP
* FEDEX CUP POINTS GAINED DURING EVENTS 1-23 CLICK FOR DETAILS
* POINTS RESET AFTER EVENT 'WLS TRIBUTE CLASSIC' TO DETERMINE SEEDING (SEE FEDEX CUP POINTS TABLE)
* SEASON ENDING TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP TO DECIDE CHAMPION
* TOP 20 PLAYERS IN FEDEX CUP POINTS LIST AFTER 'WLS TRIBUTE CLASSIC' ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN FEDEX CUP
* IN THE EVENT OF TWO OR MORE PLAYERS ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE FEDEX CUP TYING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN 1ST PLACE IN THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
(WHERE NORMAL TOUR PLAY-OFF RULES WOULD TAKE EFFECT) A COUNTBACK USING RD4, THEN RD3, THEN RD2 AND FINALLY RD1 WILL BE USED AS REQUIRED
TO ASCERTAIN APPROPRIATE FEDEX CUP POINTS ALLOCATION FOR THE FINAL EVENT
* IN THE EVENT OF A TIE FOR FEDEX CUP, PLAYER WITH HIGHEST FINISHING POSITION IN TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DECLARED WINNER
* IF STILL TIED COUNTBACK USING RD4, THEN RD3, THEN RD2 AND FINALLY RD1. IF STILL TIED THEN DECLARED JOINT WINNERS
CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS
* 72 HOLE EVENT FOR ALL TOURNAMENT WINNERS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
* ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE 'ACTIVE' STATUS UPON COMPLETION OF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE EVENT
* PLAYERS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PARTICIPATE
* REGULAR OFFLINE TOURNAMENT RULES APPLY TO THE EVENT
* EVENT DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ORDER OF MERIT
* EVENT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE CHALLENGE TROPHY EVENT
* HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPLIED TO ALL PLAYERS
CHALLENGE TROPHY
* 72 HOLE EVENT FOR ALL NON-TOURNAMENT WINNERS
* ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE 'ACTIVE' STATUS UPON COMPLETION OF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE EVENT
* PLAYERS ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PARTICIPATE
* REGULAR OFFLINE TOURNAMENT RULES APPLY TO THE EVENT
* EVENT DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ORDER OF MERIT
* EVENT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS EVENT
* HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPLIED TO ALL PLAYERS
GRAND SLAM OF GOLF
* 36 HOLE EVENT FOR WINNERS OF EACH OF THE MAJORS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
* PLAYERS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PARTICIPATE
* IN THE EVENT OF MULTIPLE MAJOR WINNER/NON-PARTICIPATION, THE 4 MAN FIELD WILL BE COMPLETED USING NON-MAJOR WINNING PLAYERS
FROM THE MAJORS POINTS TABLE
* EVENT DOESN'T CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ORDER OF MERIT
* REGULAR OFFLINE TOURNAMENT RULES APPLY
* NO HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS APPLIED FROM SCORES SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENT
PRO-AM EVENTS
* 18 HOLE EVENT PLAYED WITH A CPU PLAYING PARTNER
* PLAYERS CREATE AND NAME THEIR OWN CPU PLAYING PARTNER WHO MUST NOT EXCEED A TOTAL OF 80 SKILL POINTS
(CPU PLAYERS SKILL SETTINGS MAY BE TWEAKED FROM PRO-AM TO PRO-AM BUT MUST NOT EXCEED THE 80 PTS LIMIT)
* PLAYERS ARE NOT OBLIGED TO PARTICIPATE
* PLAYED USING ALT-SHOT STABLEFORD FORMAT MOP
* FOR HANDICAP EVENT, PLAYER HANDICAP WILL BE HALVED AND THEN ADDED/DEDUCTED FROM TOTAL 18 HOLE POINTS SCORE TO GIVE NET TOTAL
* THERE ARE NO HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS BASED UPON SCORES SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENT
* EVENTS WILL HAVE OWN SEPARATE MONEY LIST AND DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS REGULAR TOUR MONEY LISTS, FEDEX CUP OR TOUR RANKINGS
* IN THE EVENT OF A TIE THERE WILL BE NO PLAY-OFF AND EARNINGS WILL BE SHARED EQUALLY
* USUAL HANDICAP TOUR RULES APPLY TO HANDICAP EVENT WHERE ONLY 100% ACTIVE MEMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE EVENT
ADDITIONAL BONUS SHOT AWARDS
* THE 24 REGULAR SEASON EVENTS ALL INCLUDE BONUS SHOT AWARDS FOR LONG DRIVE, NEAREST THE HOLE AND HOLE-IN-ONE
* LONG DRIVE BONUS IS FOR LONGEST TEE SHOT SITTING IN FAIRWAY OR ON THE GREEN
* NEAREST THE HOLE BONUS IS FOR TEE SHOT SITTING NEAREST TO THE HOLE ON THE GREEN
* LONGEST PUTT IS FOR ANY PUTT HOLED DURING A TOURNAMENT
* HOLE-IN-ONE BONUS IS FOR ANY HOLE-IN-ONE ACHIEVED DURING A TOURNAMENT
* TO BE CONSIDERED SAVED SHOT MUST BE MAILED ALONG WITH ROUND SCORE DETAILS
* LONG DRIVE AND NEAREST THE HOLE BONUS IS £5000
* LONG PUTT BONUS IS £2000
* HOLE-IN-ONE BONUS £10000
* WHERE MORE THAN ONE PLAYER TIED FOR LONGEST DRIVE, NEAREST THE HOLE OR LONGEST PUTT, EACH RECEIVE THE RELEVANT BONUS AWARD |
