MGS VCT Flights!

[Josh Parker]

8 minutes ago, Rico_de_Gallo said:

Wow WTF .... I pretty much just assume it doesn't rain here ever. @Josh Parker, yall getting this stuff too?

 

We got a good rain yesterday morning but nothing today. Haven't looked at the forecast for the week yet. 

[Rico_de_Gallo]

2 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

We got a good rain yesterday morning but nothing today. Haven't looked at the forecast for the week yet. 

good deal .... I'm getting out for a round this afternoon at least.

Me and @frazzman80 might have to consult the tournament directors if weather prevents us from safely playing next week

 

[Northern Monkey]

Looking forward to being part of team commonwealth with @Cfhandyman  hopefully I can bring my A game and not let him down 

[Alan Stewart]

@tchat07 Let's roll in Flight III!  I should be playing twice next week so I can cherry pick the best round.

The Texas twins @Rico_de_Gallo @frazzman80 look like they are going to be facing some unseasonably wet weather next week, while my courses are finally drying out and should be playing shorter.

[Alan Stewart]

@Northern Monkey I used the subject of your Forum image as part of an intellectual property class I taught a couple of years ago.  Cool picture. It made some of the drier aspects of copyright law more interesting when Naruto was on the screen in the background staring at everyone in the class.

[Northern Monkey]

1 hour ago, Alan Stewart said:

@Northern Monkey I used the subject of your Forum image as part of an intellectual property class I taught a couple of years ago.  Cool picture. It made some of the drier aspects of copyright law more interesting when Naruto was on the screen in the background staring at everyone in the class.

It is a good picture isn’t it, hence why I chose it

[tchat07]

10 hours ago, Alan Stewart said:

@tchat07 Let's roll in Flight III!  I should be playing twice next week so I can cherry pick the best round.

The Texas twins @Rico_de_Gallo @frazzman80 look like they are going to be facing some unseasonably wet weather next week, while my courses are finally drying out and should be playing shorter.

Here we go! Game has been trending nicely so might be trouble in flight III!!!

[IndyBonzo]

Let’s go @2puttbogey!  I feel some good golf waiting to emerge.  It’s time!

[2puttbogey]

1 hour ago, IndyBonzo said:

Let’s go @2puttbogey!  I feel some good golf waiting to emerge.  It’s time!

I feel it too. I’m due for a low round so hopefully it comes out during this.

[Rico_de_Gallo]

 

Not looking much better for me next week

[WillRowland]

I’m ready for the VCT.  BUT one thing is holding me up!  Is this a 9 or 18 hole event?

[GolfSpy_BEN]

2 minutes ago, WillRowland said:

I’m ready for the VCT.  BUT one thing is holding me up!  Is this a 9 or 18 hole event?

For the purposes of the tournament, it needs to be 18. We will accept 2 9 hole rounds, if they are front and back of the same course played separately 

[WillRowland]

Thanks for the speedy reply.  I’m playing on a 9 hole course.  How will that be computed?

[GolfSpy_BEN]

39 minutes ago, WillRowland said:

Thanks for the speedy reply.  I’m playing on a 9 hole course.  How will that be computed?

Paging our scoring official @Golf2Much. Norm, what’s the ruling here?

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Week 13 Scoring Recap

 

 

 

[frazzman80]

On 7/20/2024 at 5:57 AM, Alan Stewart said:

@tchat07 Let's roll in Flight III!  I should be playing twice next week so I can cherry pick the best round.

The Texas twins @Rico_de_Gallo @frazzman80 look like they are going to be facing some unseasonably wet weather next week, while my courses are finally drying out and should be playing shorter.

I figured today would be the best day weather wise and chose a course that was close to the house (where it never rains) and I got super lucky and go figure, didn’t get a drop.

I did drop in a few birdie putts today though. Not sure if this is the place to post cards (if not, let me know and I’ll post appropriately), but I figured I’d give y’all something to shoot for!

 

[GolfSpy_BEN]

2 minutes ago, frazzman80 said:

I figured today would be the best day weather wise and chose a course that was close to the house (where it never rains) and I got super lucky and go figure, didn’t get a drop.

I did drop in a few birdie putts today though. Not sure if this is the place to post cards (if not, let me know and I’ll post appropriately), but I figured I’d give y’all something to shoot for!

 

Post in this week’s VCT thread (week 14) and be sure to include the photo of the scorecard. Thanks!

[frazzman80]

23 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Post in this week’s VCT thread (week 14) and be sure to include the photo of the scorecard. Thanks!

Done and done.

[IndyBonzo]

Flight II (not me) dropping some Flight I - like scores getting ready for a hardcore mid season VCT!

[Alan Stewart]

 Nicely done @frazzman80 76 with that pesky double in the mix. I plan to get out Thursday and Friday mornings so we’ll see if I can find some better scoring this week. @tchat07 have you posted a good score for this week yet?

51 minutes ago, frazzman80 said:

I figured today would be the best day weather wise and chose a course that was close to the house (where it never rains) and I got super lucky and go figure, didn’t get a drop.

I did drop in a few birdie putts today though. Not sure if this is the place to post cards (if not, let me know and I’ll post appropriately), but I figured I’d give y’all something to shoot for!

 

 

[frazzman80]

21 minutes ago, Alan Stewart said:

 Nicely done @frazzman80 76 with that pesky double in the mix. I plan to get out Thursday and Friday mornings so we’ll see if I can find some better scoring this week. @tchat07 have you posted a good score for this week yet?

 

Yeah. 9 is a beast of a hole, especially into a 15-20 MPH wind. It’s a par 5 on days like today. But yeah, I tried to get cutesy with a high chip shot and duffed it…then 3 putted on top of it. It was my only really bad hole. 4 strokes from within 30 yards…sadness.

Edited July 23 by frazzman80

[Golf2Much]

15 hours ago, GolfSpy_BEN said:

Paging our scoring official @Golf2Much. Norm, what’s the ruling here?

Just post both nine hole scores.   I'll take both the nine holes into 18.  We can work out the rating and index.  It shouldn't be an issue.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

7 minutes ago, Golf2Much said:

Just post both nine hole scores.   I'll take both the nine holes into 18.  We can work out the rating and index.  It shouldn't be an issue.

@WillRowland here you go!

[Golf2Much]

For those playing in the Mid-Season VCT tournament, here's a couple of updates regarding scoring:

• We are using the VCT indexes through week 12 to calculate the course handicaps.   @GolfSpy_BEN updated them prior to the start of competition.  The VCT indexes, course rating, slope and course par will yield your course handicap for that round.  As a result, don't be surprised if your tournament course handicap may be different than your GHIN or other generated course handicap.  In my case, my GHIN home course handicap is a 10 while my VCT course handicap is a 9.  I think the VCT uses the average of your last three scores while GHIN averages the best eight scores of your last 20 rounds.   Not everyone has an official GHIN index, so submitted VCT scores seemed the best way to handicap the field.  
• I mentioned tie breakers in the past.  Given the format and the number of players, it's likely that in team net best ball score competitions at least one match will end in a tie.  Having done scoring on the previous four MGS online tournaments, I'm guessing the 12 overall matches in this one, the over/under for the number of ties is 1.5.   In this format, the common tie breaker of matching cards doesn't work as everyone is playing a different course with different handicapped holes.  So, the tournament committee decided the following hierarchy of tie breakers:  first the number of team best ball net birdies, second the number of team best ball net eagles and last option a coin flip.  Let's hope that it doesn't come down to a coin flip!
• When you post your scores and your scorecard, if you can include the listing of the courses hole by hole handicap I'd appreciate it.  I need that information to apply each of your handicap strokes to the correct holes.  It will save me having to look up the course's scorecard online.

So far, over a third of the tournament players have submitted a score.  I appreciate it, thanks!  Having to input 34 scores at the 11th hour can be a little nerve racking.  So, spreading it out makes scoring less chaotic.  If you submit an additional score to the weekly VCT tournament, I'll assume you'll want the lowest overall score to count unless you mention it in the post.  I'm more than happy to replace your initial submission with a new posted score if you wish.  

Here's hoping for good enough weather so we can get week 1 in the books by Monday AM and set the teams for four great matches in week 2!  There are some great rounds posted already and certainly more to come.  Best of luck to all!

[Northern Monkey]

1 hour ago, Golf2Much said:

For those playing in the Mid-Season VCT tournament, here's a couple of updates regarding scoring:

• We are using the VCT indexes through week 12 to calculate the course handicaps.   @GolfSpy_BEN updated them prior to the start of competition.  The VCT indexes, course rating, slope and course par will yield your course handicap for that round.  As a result, don't be surprised if your tournament course handicap may be different than your GHIN or other generated course handicap.  In my case, my GHIN home course handicap is a 10 while my VCT course handicap is a 9.  I think the VCT uses the average of your last three scores while GHIN averages the best eight scores of your last 20 rounds.   Not everyone has an official GHIN index, so submitted VCT scores seemed the best way to handicap the field.  
• I mentioned tie breakers in the past.  Given the format and the number of players, it's likely that in team net best ball score competitions at least one match will end in a tie.  Having done scoring on the previous four MGS online tournaments, I'm guessing the 12 overall matches in this one, the over/under for the number of ties is 1.5.   In this format, the common tie breaker of matching cards doesn't work as everyone is playing a different course with different handicapped holes.  So, the tournament committee decided the following hierarchy of tie breakers:  first the number of team best ball net birdies, second the number of team best ball net eagles and last option a coin flip.  Let's hope that it doesn't come down to a coin flip!
• When you post your scores and your scorecard, if you can include the listing of the courses hole by hole handicap I'd appreciate it.  I need that information to apply each of your handicap strokes to the correct holes.  It will save me having to look up the course's scorecard online.

So far, over a third of the tournament players have submitted a score.  I appreciate it, thanks!  Having to input 34 scores at the 11th hour can be a little nerve racking.  So, spreading it out makes scoring less chaotic.  If you submit an additional score to the weekly VCT tournament, I'll assume you'll want the lowest overall score to count unless you mention it in the post.  I'm more than happy to replace your initial submission with a new posted score if you wish.  

Here's hoping for good enough weather so we can get week 1 in the books by Monday AM and set the teams for four great matches in week 2!  There are some great rounds posted already and certainly more to come.  Best of luck to all!

This is the scorecard for my earlier posted round with stroke indexes as requested

[Golf2Much]

9 minutes ago, Northern Monkey said:

This is the scorecard for my earlier posted round with stroke indexes as requested

No problem @Northern Monkey.  I found your course and got the stroke indexes already.  The internet is a wonderful thing!  You are all set.  

[Rico_de_Gallo]

@Golf2Much Couple follow up questions

1. Just curious, are the VTC indexes posted anywhere or just kept internal?

2. Do you want just a photo of the scorecard with the hole handicaps included? or do you want a table of the stuff to make it easier to copy/paste for you

 

Thank for all you guys do on this. 

[Golf2Much]

1 minute ago, Rico_de_Gallo said:

@Golf2Much Couple follow up questions

1. Just curious, are the VTC indexes posted anywhere or just kept internal?

2. Do you want just a photo of the scorecard with the hole handicaps included? or do you want a table of the stuff to make it easier to copy/paste for you

 

Thank for all you guys do on this. 

I'm not aware if the VCT indexes are posted anywhere.  @GolfSpy_BEN is in charge of that.

The easiest way to post is just attaching a photo of your scorecard.  You don't need anything more than that.  The goal is to make it as simple as possible for you.  The scorecard has all the relevant information and your VCT submission will have the rating and slope so I know which tees you played from.  Just snap a picture of the filled in scorecard and that should be fine!

[Cfhandyman]

12 hours ago, Golf2Much said:

For those playing in the Mid-Season VCT tournament, here's a couple of updates regarding scoring:

• We are using the VCT indexes through week 12 to calculate the course handicaps.   @GolfSpy_BEN updated them prior to the start of competition.  The VCT indexes, course rating, slope and course par will yield your course handicap for that round.  As a result, don't be surprised if your tournament course handicap may be different than your GHIN or other generated course handicap.  In my case, my GHIN home course handicap is a 10 while my VCT course handicap is a 9.  I think the VCT uses the average of your last three scores while GHIN averages the best eight scores of your last 20 rounds.   Not everyone has an official GHIN index, so submitted VCT scores seemed the best way to handicap the field.  
• I mentioned tie breakers in the past.  Given the format and the number of players, it's likely that in team net best ball score competitions at least one match will end in a tie.  Having done scoring on the previous four MGS online tournaments, I'm guessing the 12 overall matches in this one, the over/under for the number of ties is 1.5.   In this format, the common tie breaker of matching cards doesn't work as everyone is playing a different course with different handicapped holes.  So, the tournament committee decided the following hierarchy of tie breakers:  first the number of team best ball net birdies, second the number of team best ball net eagles and last option a coin flip.  Let's hope that it doesn't come down to a coin flip!
• When you post your scores and your scorecard, if you can include the listing of the courses hole by hole handicap I'd appreciate it.  I need that information to apply each of your handicap strokes to the correct holes.  It will save me having to look up the course's scorecard online.

So far, over a third of the tournament players have submitted a score.  I appreciate it, thanks!  Having to input 34 scores at the 11th hour can be a little nerve racking.  So, spreading it out makes scoring less chaotic.  If you submit an additional score to the weekly VCT tournament, I'll assume you'll want the lowest overall score to count unless you mention it in the post.  I'm more than happy to replace your initial submission with a new posted score if you wish.  

Here's hoping for good enough weather so we can get week 1 in the books by Monday AM and set the teams for four great matches in week 2!  There are some great rounds posted already and certainly more to come.  Best of luck to all!

Norm, @Golf2Much, and Ben, @GolfSpy_BEN a sincere thank you from all of us on the fabulous work you’re doing behind the scenes and keeping this running smoothly and efficiently. It is very much appreciated. 

[Golf2Much]

2 minutes ago, Cfhandyman said:

Norm, @Golf2Much, and Ben, @GolfSpy_BEN a sincere thank you from all of us on the fabulous work you’re doing behind the scenes and keeping this running smoothly and efficiently. It is very much appreciated. 

@Cfhandyman, you are welcome!  I'm glad I can help out and do my part to make these events fun.   It's not every day you can play with and against great golfers from all over the world.