SOUTH CAROLINA PRO DUFFERS TOUR
March 2024 thru September 2024
The South Carolina Pro Duffers Golf Tour will begin in March.
The SCPDGT is a 13-14 play date golf competition between members of SCPD. The Tour is based on a point system to determine the winner at the end of the tour. It is patterned much like the points earned by PGA Tour members during the year-long FED EX Format. Each member is eligible to participate by paying the $60 TourCard fee prior to the first Tour stop of the season. You must pay your Yearly SC Pro Duffer membership fee to be able to join the Tour. You will pay your golf fees at the course. We will reserve 6 tee times for each Tour stop. Once those are filled, an attempt will be made to get another tee time. If one cannot be reserved, a text will be sent letting the members know if a spot has opened up. First to reply gets the spot.
You must text by 12 noon at least 3 days before the event to confirm you're playing.
FORMAT: Individual Stroke Play
TEE TIMES AND FOURSOMES: straight tees and you will be paired with similar handicapped players.
SKINS AND CTP: $10 a piece and optional for participation. Pay in cash day of event.
Points are awarded to the low-NET winners on the designated play dates.
POINTS ARE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:
Handicap Index(Scoring) - The tour uses net scoring to determine winners. Handicaps will use a baseline to determine the number of strokes each player receives for that event. When using a baseline, you take the handicap of the lowest handicapped person; you make them a zero, and subtract their handicap from each persons handicap. This will handicap the field. Example, player A is a 7 handicap. Player B is a 15 handicap. Player A goes to a zero, player B goes to an 8. Player A gets no strokes on any holes, Player B gets one stroke on the 8 hardest holes. Players handicaps are determined on the average score from the outings they participated in during the 2023 season. New Pro Duffers players will be assigned an index by the tournament committee with consultation from the sponsoring Pro Duffers for that player.
Flights - The number of flights will depend on the number of participants. If less than 20, one flight. If there are 20 or more, there will be two flights. 10 in each flight. If there are 36, 3 flights, 12 in each. Your determined flight will be based on the average index of the persons participating in the tour. Players are stack ranked according to their average scores. Example: Player 1 is a 1 Handicap. Player 20 is a 20 handicap. If there are 20 players on the tour, and the total handicap for all players total 210, the average handicap is 10.5. 10.5 and below is Flight A. 10.6 and above, Flight B. Flights will have an equal amount of players as much as possible. The average of the scores of tour players is where we would like the flights to be divided but it maybe adjusted up or down to have a equal number of players in each flight. If there are three flights, it will be adjusted for three flights. The flight you begin in is the flight you will stay in. There will not be moving in between flights based on how you play.
The Tournament Committee may make adjustments to the number in a division to accommodate for fair and great competition for all participants.
Awards - Prize money will be based on the number of participants. $100 will be subtracted from each flights prize pool for Trophies and Plaques.
YOU MUST BE A CURRENT 2024 SOUTH CAROLINA PRO DUFFER TO PARTICIPATE FOR TOUR AWARDS. Guests can play anytime but will not be eligible for post season awards.
COURSES: Primarily within a hour of Metro Columbia- Cobblestone, Chester, Edgewater, Lancaster, Oak Hills, Traces, Santee National, Aiken CC, Mt. Vintage, LakeWood ( Dates and Courses not finalized).
Schedule is posted below and is subject to change. We will begin collecting ENTRY FEES in February.
Anthony Toney, President
Rocky River - 6900 Bruton Smith Blvd, Concord, NC 28027 3/09
Traditions - 3800 Prosperity Church Rd, Charlotte, NC 28269 3/10
Troy Belton
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