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Players
will need to sign up in advance for participation at the Ham
Hoc Forum by the deadline listed in the proper thread.
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Players
will only be eligible if they have an official, non-provisional, Ham
Hoc Tour handicap rating and have played 10 rounds of golf on the
Ham Hoc Tour in the last 6 months. This is important in order
to make sure peoples handicaps aren't artificially static at a
'beneficial' level.
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Player
settings should be set according to the standard Ham Hoc standard as
found on the Ham Hoc Tours Honors Rules webpage found here.
Scroll to the bottom of that page. Settings should therefore
be Black tees, 40" gimmes, 10 max strokes per hole, Meter Speed
(Fast, Medium or Very Fast), NO mulligans, NO mouse meter, STROKE
play.
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To
remind, this is STROKE PLAY competition and final result for the
round will be your gross score modified by your tour handicap.
This is not a matchplay.
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This
follows the HH rule of one and done. Once you start
your round, you must play it to completion and you
should not replay or restart your round in an attempt to
improve on your score. This is on the honor system.Players
may play their rounds offline or online, but if played
online it must be played with your opponent for that round only.
Spotters who aren't your immediate
opponent are not acceptable.
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Course
conditions will be posted above for each round. All players
will use the settings listed for the current round, this also
applies to the championship and consolation matches, which will use
the same settings. You should take care to make sure your
settings are accurate.
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Assuming
16 people played, there would be 4 rounds in a month, so deadlines
would need to be at the end of each week, so pay close attention to
posted deadlines.
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Initial
handicap rating for a tournament is equal to your regular honors tour rating for that
moment (if you have no prior Elimination Tournament rating) OR your most recent Elimination Tournament
handicap modified by your honors tour rating of the moment such that
regular tour rating contributes 33%. Subsequent rounds will have your handicap modified
such that it represents a 33% adjustment. For example, if you
start with rating 3 and hit a 66 in first round, your new handicap
will be 3+3+6=12 divided by 3=4. Your next round
handicap if you hit another 66 would be 4+4+6 divided by 3 and so
on. Note that this is simplified, but in reality is out to 3
decimal places and won't be whole numbers until rounded at the end.
Note that losers of a round will also have their handicap rating
changed after their losing round.
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Results
should be emailed
using the link on this page so that they will arrive to me for
confirmation by the deadline posted for each round according to the
schedule printed on this page. If
you use the regular HH reporter link, there may be a delay as the
report would then have to be forwarded to me by the HH Tour
director. Late results will be considered a NO SHOW and your
opponent will advance.
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Results
should be submitted as a confirmable .game file OR in the
case of online play, by both competitors emailing confirmation of
the final result to the tour. When submitting a .game
file, please submit it clearly labeled as to who is playing, the
score, course and what elimination round it pertains to. For
example "Tarheel-elim-r1-sawgrass-61.game" Files
submitted that do not include a minimum of player name, score, and
elimination round # in the .game file title will be subject to a 2
stroke penalty on final score.
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In
the event of a TIE after handicap adjustment, the higher seeded
(meaning the more accomplished) player will be the one to
advance for that round.
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In
the event of an uneven number of participants signing up, BYE's will
be awarded first round to players with the best handicap ratings
within each Flight (a flight is made up of players with similar
handicaps) starting with flight A and working down to flight D and
then back up if need be.
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Make
sure to notify in your round report if you get any Double-Eagles or
Aces, because the stats summary will keep track of lifetime Wows as
well.
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There
is a consolation bracket for the losing players in the semifinals in
order to allow ranking players for first through fourth place
finishes.
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Due
to the very unlikely chance to have 32 players in the field, we are
limited to 16 slots for this event. Therefore, either signup
will be first come first serve OR we may have to require a play-in
round for the players beyond 16 signed up.
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It
is not acceptable to cheat. This means it is inappropriate to
'play' the handicap system by intentionally altering your handicaps
in the honors tour in an attempt to deflate your handicap so you
will perform better in this competition. This takes the fun
out of it for everyone, so please play fair.
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In
the event that a round is played with incorrect playing conditions,
possible penalty to be applied if a replay with correct conditions
is not received by deadline are A. 5
Stroke penalty per wind level off downward (so if required Strong
and you play Mild, its a 10 stroke penalty). B.
2 Stroke penalty per wind level off
upward (so if Mild required and you played Strong, its a 4 stroke
penalty). C. 5
Stroke penalty for playing wrong green conditions. D.
5 stroke penalty for wrong pin
#. E. 1
stroke penalty for forgetting the Fog if required. F.
Used any number of mulligans other
than zero, automatic DQ. G.
Played wrong course, a big ole
thump on the head and automatic DQ.
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No
cussin' allowed when you shank a ball into a hazard.
