When creating new pairings for a round (Rounds > Create New Pairings), one of the options is to "Pair by previous results/pairings."
This option allows you to do one of the following:
Create pairings using the results from a tournament in the event or league.
Replicate pairings from a previous round.
When selecting this scheduling option, select the round that includes the tournament being used to create the pairings or the round where you'd like to replicate the pairings.
After selecting the round, you can create pairings by (availability based on the prior rounds):
Keep Exact Players
Leaders off Last
Leaders off First
Reverse Horseshoe
Word Amateur Team Format (Association Only)
In this article, we will discuss all the methods.
Keep Exact Pairings:
Use the same exact pairings of the selected previous round. Starting times, starting holes, and course/tees will also be copied over.
If the previous round uses split tees (players starting off hole #1 and #10), then you will have the option to swap hole assignments and reverse the tee time ordering. For instance, If Player A started on hole #1 in the previous round, do you want them to start off hole #10 on the next round? If Player A was the first tee time on the previous round, do you want to make sure they have the last tee time in the next round? These types of multi-round split tee pairings can also be created using the Waves feature.
Leaders Off Last:
This is the standard method used for competitive events. Players are ordered in the pairings by rank in the selected single-round or multi-round Stroke Play or Stableford tournament, with leaders playing in the final pairing group.
When creating pairings using this method, select the following.
Tournament: Select the tournament being used to create the pairings.
Tie-breaking: If the selected tournament does not use a tie-breaking method (retains ties), select a secondary tie-breaker to further determine the pairing order.
Alphabetically: Break ties alphabetically by their last name, then first name, then handle.
Previous Round Tee Times: The tee times of the previous round are used. Players with the earlier tee time (first to return their scorecard) will be added to the more favorable pairing group. If the tied players had the same tee time in the previous round, the player with the lower starting hole receives the higher rank. If the tied players also had the same starting hole in the previous round, the player with the better honor (order within the pairing group) in the previous round receives the higher rank.
Random: Ties are broken randomly.
Leaderboard Order: Ties are broken by looking at the order of players/teams on the leaderboard. The player/team listed first on the leaderboard will have priority. Click Here to view how ties are ordered on the leaderboard.
Pairing Group Order: Select the method of ordering players within each pairing group. If selecting "Low to High," the player with the lowest score in the pairing group will be in position 1 of the pairing group.
After creating pairings, player scores will be listed under their name on the "Edit Existing Pairings" page (as shown below).
In the example above, pairing group #6 includes the leaders. Gilmour was included in the final pairing group over Teller and Dempsey because he had the earliest tee time in the previous round. You can make any manual adjustments here.
You can also use this method by using pair v. field/flight or team(pair v. field/flight) tournaments. In the example below, the final pairing group includes the pairs of Gilmour/Gard and Stark/Happer. Their team scores from the previous round are listed below their name.
Leaders Off First:
This method is the same as the "Leaders Off Last" method, except the player order is reversed. Players are ordered in the pairings by rank in the selected single-round or multi-round Stroke Play or Stableford tournament, with leaders playing in the first pairing group.
Here is an example of pairings created using this method (previous round scores are listed under their names).
Reverse Horseshoe:
Like the previous two options, this method uses previous tournament results to determine the pairings. It uses two starting holes, typically holes #1 and #10. This allows more pairing groups to get on the course in a shorter amount of time. The top half of the field starts on hole #1 (leaders off last), and the bottom half starts on hole #10 (last place off last).
When selecting this scheduling option, you can also select the:
Tie Breaking Method: If players have the same score, select the method to break the ties to determine the exact pairing order.
Pairing Group Order: Select how you'd like the players ordered within each pairing group. If selecting "Low," the player with the lowest score in the pairing group will be listed first. If selecting "High," the player with the highest score in the pairing group will be listed first.
The image below illustrates this scheduling method.
Notes:
If you are using a tie-breaking method for the tournament used to create the pairings, make sure to move the round to "Completed" so the ties are broken. If you leave the round to "In Progress," the ties will not be broken.
If there was a cut in the previous round for the selected tournament, you can select whether the cut players should be included in the new pairings or if they should be excluded. In most cases, they will be excluded. For more information on setting a cut, Click Here.
Players who have a change in tournament status (e.g., DQ, WD, DNF, etc.) in the round being used to create the pairings will not be included in the new pairings.
World Amateur Team Format (Association Only):
(If you would like this feature enabled, please contact support.)
Like the previous options, this method uses previous tournament results to determine the pairings. However, when using this method, the field of teams is split into halfs (i.e., upper half (leading teams), lower half), where the upper half play their 3rd round on Course B and their 4th round on Course A and the lower half teams will follow the reverse (e.g., round 3 is on Course A and round 4 is on Course B. Note: While this pairing option is typically used with two courses, it can be used when only one course is used.
The following procedure will be adopted in the event of a tie for the final place(s) in the upper half of the draw:
If two or more Teams tie, the placings will be determined as follows:
By taking into account the non-counting score for the 2nd round.
If still tied, non-counting score for the 1st round.
If still tied, positions will be determined by team order in the 2nd round.
Note 1: The same method will be used to determine the groupings for the 3rd round when two or more Teams have the same total score. Similarly, the method to determine the groupings for the 4th round when two or more Teams have the same total score will be as follows:
By taking into account the non-counting score for the 3rd round.
If still tied, non-counting score for the 2nd round.
If still tied, non-counting score for the 1st round.
If still tied, positions will be determined by team order in the 3rd round.
Note 2: In any of the above situations, a team returning a non-counting score will always achieve a better position than a team that does not return a non-counting score (e.g., due to disqualification, withdrawal due to illness or injury, or a team that only has two players).
When creating the pairings, the algorithm used to determine the pairings for round 3 and 4 will consider the following:
Two courses if there were two courses used in the first 2 rounds.
Two starting tees if there were two starting tees used in the first 2 rounds.
The algorithm takes as input the last scored round (R2 or R3) and the Tournament for which we compute the pairings. Using this we compute: the course and tee on which the first 2 rounds were played, the starting holes used in the event and the teams participating.