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Frequently played in college golf, high school, and Canadian leagues, this team-based stroke play format counts a certain number of individual player(s) total scores from each team. It may be required that these scores are gross, net, or a combination of both.
If you are looking for a format that counts a certain number of pairs(s) or foursome(s) total scores from each team, you might be interested in the Best Teams within Teams Scoring Format. For more details about setting up the Best Teams within Teams Format, Click Here.
In this article, we will discuss how you can set up the best team players format, display the leaderboard on a tv, and view some example leaderboards. If you are interested in setting this up using a multi-round round-robin scheduler or league type format, Click Here for details on our League Tournament setup feature.
Setup:
To set up this tournament format, follow these instructions:
Create the teams. Note: When creating teams, if you have player rank you will need to make sure your players are ranked properly within a team. This also allows establishing the ability to apply Tie Breaking rules based on Team Order when computing the golfers Included in scoring for the team. For more details on creating teams, Click Here.
Go to Rounds > Tournaments > New Tournament. (Note: If this is a multi-round tournament, go to League/Event > Multi-Round Tournaments > Add New Tournament over Multiple Rounds.)
Select the team list that was created in step #1.
Select "The tee sheet may or may not be organized by team".
Select "Best Team Players" in the "team scores will include" dropdown.
Enter the total scores that should be counted. Are you counting only the top 4 total net scores for each team? If so, leave gross blank. Are you counting a combination of gross and net scores? If so, then enter the number to be counted for each. When taking a combination of gross and net total scores, it is important to select the desired optimization. Because you cannot use a player's gross and net score for the team total, it has to be one or the other. Do you take the best total gross scores first, then the remaining net? Or do you take the best net first? Or, do you take the optimal combination of both? If taking the optimal combination, our system will determine the absolute best combination to give each team the best possible score.
Finish the setup by selecting the format, competition, balls, holes, handicap, and tie-breaking method. There are three additional tie-breaking methods that can be used for this type of format:
Gross Countback of Players not Contributing to Team Score: Break ties by looking at the best gross individual score (that was not counted) for both teams. If still a tie, look at the next best score for both teams.
Net Countback of Players not Contributing to Team Score: Break ties by looking at the best net individual score (that was not counted) for both teams. If still a tie, look at the next best score for both teams.
Retain Ties (PGA of America): Ties are retained, however the ordering on the leaderboard for tied teams is determined by 1) The next players score not counting in the team total then 2) The next remaining players score then 3) Previous round start time of the first play representing the team. (Note: If you would like this feature enabled, please contact support.)
Below is an example tournament setup:
TV Display:
When using the TV Display leaderboard for this format, there will be a summary page showing all the team totals with their rank (as shown below).
There will also be a separate page for every team. On this page, the player scores will be displayed (as shown below).
You can optionally remove these pages from the TV Display rotation by selecting "Manage Pages" in the blue settings bar and marking/unmarking pages as visible (as shown below).
Live Scoring:
If using live scoring for this type of format, in-progress scores are calculated by taking the current best X out of Y "To Par" scores of the team. The "Thru" column on the leaderboard will also list the minimum thru and maximum thru of every team (as shown below).
In the event there are ties within the team, the system will apply the following criteria to determine how the golfers are ranked on the leaderboard within the team and which player may be included in scoring if they are on the line:
Number of Holes Played
Net Score
To Par Score
Team Order (Note: For more details on creating team orders, Click Here.)
Golfer’s Name
If using live scoring for this type of format, you can also define how an in-progress leaderboard should be scored. This will allow you to determine how players that have not started will be considered for the team score. To define the how the in-progress leaderboard is scored, go to Event/League > Event/League Profile > Tournaments & Scoring > College Scoring. You will be given two options on how to score the leaderboard (as shown below):
Considered part of the team score and displayed as even par for the round: If this option is chosen, during a round set to inprogress, players will be considered to be part of the team score even if they have no scores. These players will be considered to be even par.
Not considered part of the team score and displayed as no score for the round: If this option is chosen, during a round set to in-progress, players will not be considered to be part of the team score until at least one score is entered. These players will be displayed no score even par for the round and are not considered part of the team score.
Example Leaderboards:
Best 5 Gross of 9:
Above, there are four teams of 9. We are counting the best 5 out of the 9 total gross scores from each team. Team A won with a total team score of 419. Nestor, Perry, Jopln, James, and Wood all had the lowest 5 scores for that team and they were all added up for one team score.
Best 2 Gross + Best 3 Net (Using Optimal Combination):
This example uses teams of 7. Of the 7 players on each team, take the best 2 Gross total scores plus the best 3 net total scores. Optimal combination is used, so we simply find the best combination in order to give the best team score. The scores being used are in bold on the right.