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Leagues · 5 min

How to run a golf league when nobody can play the same day

The usual golf league needs everyone on the same tee sheet every week. A flexible league gives everyone the same course and a window of days instead, and the scores are compared when the window closes.

Same course, different days

Each week (or fortnight) names a course and a window — say Monday to Sunday. Everyone plays it whenever they can inside the window. Because the course is the same, the scores are comparable even though nobody played together.

First round counts

If someone plays the course twice in a window, the first round they posted is the one that counts. Choosing the best one later turns the league into whoever has the most free time.

Trusting a score nobody watched

When players aren't in the same group, it helps to have someone else keep the card — a playing partner acting as marker, signed by the golfer at the end. A score far below someone's usual can wait for a second look before it counts.

Handicaps across tees

If players can choose their tees, play net and let each golfer's course handicap come from the tee they actually played. Or name the tee for the week, which keeps a gross table honest.

Settling the week

When the window closes, rank the field, hand out points by position, and post the table. A short grace period for scores still waiting on a signature keeps a late card from being lost.

The software part

This is the job TourCard was built for: weekly events with a course and a window, marker-kept cards, a check on outlier scores, and a points table that settles itself when the window closes.