Times, Divisions and Fees

The 2011 competitive league starts on Thursday May 5, 2011 and ends on Thursday September 15, 2011 for a total of 20 sessions (weather permitting). Scorecards and player grouping will start at 6:30pm and tee-off will be at 6:45pm.

League fee is $5.00 per week with $4 going towards payout and $1 going to the ace pot. With an estimated 12 to 15 players per week that yields a conservative $1000+ combined payout at the year-end competitive league tournament finale.

At the start of the season, or the players first attended league night, the player will need to choose what division they plan to compete in: There will be 3 divisions: Novice, Intermediate & Pro. Fees collected will be put towards their division's year-end payout.

Rules

All players must sign in and pay their entry fee at the start of every league night. The sign up sheet will be taken away at the start of each round so being late will end up in not being able to sign in. Failure to sign in will count towards your attendance (see below).

All rounds must be tracked on an EDGA supplied scorecard. Rounds not recorded on a scorecard will be not be tracked and will not count towards your attendance (see below).

All PDGA rules are in effect and the EDGA Executive will ultimately decide on any disagreements that can't be resolved by consulting the PDGA rulebook.

All Rundle Park Disc Golf Course rules, out of bounds lines, etc. are in effect.

Scores, Averages & Final Rankings

Year-end payout will be dependent on league attendance. Each player's 13 best rounds (or 65% attendance) will be averaged together to calculate their final year score. All rounds not included in that calculation will be discarded.

Example: Shayne attended 16 league nights and scored: 54, 59, 62, 49, 52, 52, 71, 52, 56, 55, 54, 50, 63, 51, 49 & 55 throughout the season. 71, 62 & 63 would be discarded and the remaining scores would be averaged for a final score of 52.92.

The player's season average multiplied by 2 will be combined with the scores attained in the EDGA Competitive League Finale tournament to decide who wins each of the 3 divisions.

Example: Shayne ends the season with an average round of 52.92 and in his first tournament round gets a 57 and in his second he gets a 51. Shayne's final score will be calculated as (52.92 * 2) + 57 + 51 for a final score of 213.84.

Once the final combined score for each player is calculated it will be used to rank players within their division. The player with the lowest score in each division will ultimately win their division however payout will be issued to the top 50% (rounded up) of each division.

Attendance & Payout

To receive 100% payout an attendance of 65% is required. If a player attends less than 65% of the league nights their winnings will be decreased by the amount they didn't attend and the result will be distributed amongst the remaining winners. If the player's attendance is less than 25% they will not qualify for final payout and they will be omitted when ranking each division. Payout amounts will be determined using the PDGA tournament payout calculator.

Example: The Intermediate division has 10 players meaning that the top 4 will be paid out. The total amount in the payout pool is $300. Shayne finished first and attended 85% of the league nights, Jimmy finished second while attending just 60%, Sammy, third, attended 70% and Johnny finished fourth but managed to attend only 50%.

Shayne and Sammy will both receive 100% of their share due to being above the 65% attendance requirement. Jimmy will receive 92.3% of his share (60/65 * 100) and Johnny will receive just 76.9% of his share (50/65 * 100).

Using the numbers above the final payouts end up being Shayne with $133 ($123 + $10 from Jimmy & Johnny attendance penalty), Jimmy with $72 ($78 * 92.3%), Sammy with $63 ($57 + $6 from Jimmy & Johnny attendance penalty) and Johnny with $32 ($42 * 76.9%).