Men’s Night 9/4 — Tee Ladder on the Back 9
For Men’s Night this week, our Tee Ladder format is back! We’ll be playing the Back 9 and 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.
Scoring:
- Net scores will be calculated using players’ Back 9 Gold Tee handicaps.
- We will have both Gross and Net leaderboards using Stableford scoring:
- Gross/Net Double Bogey or higher: 0 points
- Gross/Net Bogey: 1 point
- Gross/Net Par: 2 points
- Gross/Net Birdie: 3 points
- Gross/Net Eagle: 4 points, and so on.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 9/4
- For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Back 9 using 100% of their Back 9 course handicaps. 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. All players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (age + handicap >= 75) may play golds. 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 LIFT, CLEAN, and PLACE in your OWN FAIRWAY, one club-length, no closer to the hole. All BUNKERS will be played as GROUND UNDER REPAIR. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either rake and place within the bunker or take free relief outside the bunker. To take relief, you must find the nearest point of complete relief outside the bunker and DROP from within one club-length of that point, no closer to the hole.
- Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any “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 (as far as necessary), no closer to the hole.
- 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.
- This week’s format is NOT valid for handicap posting purposes.