Men’s Night 10/23 — Tee Ladder with Chicago scoring on the Back 9
For our penultimate Men’s Night of the season this week, we’ll be playing Tee Ladder with Chicago scoring on the Back 9. Here’s how it works:
All players start on the Red Tees for Hole #10. If you make a gross par or better on a hole, you move up the tee ladder for the next hole:
- The “tee ladder” progresses from Red Tees → Gold Tees → White Tees → Blue Tees
If you make a gross bogey or worse, you reset and return to the Red Tees for the next hole.
Progression Example:
- Make gross bogey on Hole #10 → Remain on Red Tees for Hole #11
- Make gross par on Hole #11 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #12
- Make gross par again on Hole #12 → Move to White Tees on Hole #13
- Make gross bogey on Hole #13 → Return to Red Tees for Hole #14
- Make gross birdie on Hole #14 → Move to Gold Tees on Hole #15
- and so on…
Rule of 75 Players (age + handicap index ≥ 75): The highest tee you can reach is the White Tees. Even if you continue making par or better, you will not move back to the Blue Tees. Please mark all cards with “GOLD” next to players using the Gold Tee Rule of 75. Rule of 75 Gold Tee players will use their Gold Tee course handicaps for their starting hurdles.
Scoring:
- We’ll be using our Chicago scoring system: Players start with a negative number of points (based on 18-hole White Tee course handicaps) then add positive points during their round. The idea is to get from the negative to the positive, clearing your “hurdle” by as many points as possible.
- 0 & 1 handicaps start with -20
- 2 & 3 start with -19
- 4 & 5 start with -18
- 6 & 7 start with -17
- 8 & 9 start with -16
- 10 & 11 start with -15
- 12 & 13 start with -14
- 14 & 15 start with -13
- 16 & 17 start with -12
- 18 & 19 start with -11
- 20 & 21 start with -10
- 22 & 23 start with -9
- 24 & 25 start with -8
- 26 & 27 start with -7
- 28 & 29 start with -6
- 30 & 31 start with -5
- 32 & 33 start with -4
- 34 & 35 start with -3
- 36+ start with -2 points
During the round, positive points are added on the following basis using gross hole scores:
- Double Bogey or worse = 0 points
- Bogey = 1 point
- Par = 2 points
- Birdie = 4 points
- Eagle = 8 points
- Albatross = 16 points
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 10/23
- For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Back 9 using the Tee Ladder format and 100% of their White Tee (or Gold Tee) 18-hole course handicaps converted to Chicago starting points. Points Chase points will be awarded to the top one-third of the field.
- Men’s Night rounds may be played at any time on Thursday with an accompanying MGA member. Please record gross scores for all holes on scorecards with names clearly marked and turn in completed cards to the Pro Shop.
- We will be playing the ball DOWN EVERYWHERE with the exception of bunkers. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may lift, clean, rake and place within the bunker, one club-length, no closer to the hole.
- Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes, “Dollar Spot”, dead patches, “Crabgrass” weed patches, and/or fungus/disease, no closer to the hole. Additionally, “Dollar Spot” areas, dead/diseased patches, or “Crabgrass” weed patches on the green may be considered Ground Under Repair from which putting-line relief may be taken, no closer to the hole. The maximum relief distance for putting green relief is one club-length from the current ball position on the green.
- Bare areas larger than one club-length in your own fairway (or connected to your own fairway), bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and tire tracks should be considered Ground Under Repair. DROP within one club-length of the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole. Additionally, netting in re-sodded areas, drain trenches, and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems should be considered Ground Under Repair from which free relief may be taken, no closer to the hole.
- Tall grass and unmaintained sections of the course may be played as penalty areas. These areas include: the hill between the cart paths for the 4th and 5th holes, right of the 7th hole fairway, the hill between the 7th and 8th holes, surrounding the back and left of the 11th green, right of the 13th fairway and surrounding the 13th green, right of the cart path on the 14th hole, on the hill between the 14th and 16th holes, right of the 15th hole and surrounding the 15th green. In the case you do not find your ball in these areas, follow the standard red penalty area dropping procedure.
- Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.
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Upcoming MGA Schedule
- October 23rd — Men’s Night: Tee Ladder with Chicago scoring on the Back 9
- October 30th — Final Men’s Night: E9 on the Front 9 @ 4:00 for all players
- November 1st — MGA Closing Day Stableford: Sign up online
