This feature is only available with the following products:
Note 1: If you would like this feature enabled, please contact support.
Note 2: If you are not a Golf Genius TM Club Premium or Association customer, and would like to create a ringer tournament for an event or league, Click Here for instructions.
Note 3: Team ringers must be set up within an event/league. Click Here for instructions.
A Ringer (Eclectic) tournament is a multi-round Stroke Play format or Stableford format tournament that results in one 18-hole score per player that may be played. These tournaments can be a stand-alone league contested over multiple days or run concurrently with various events over the course of the golf season. Scorecards are compared for each round, and the lowest score is selected for each hole. At the end of the season, the final aggregate scorecard is their ringer (eclectic) score.
Ringer tournaments created at the customer level link player rounds from multiple events/leagues, aggregating results to create a customer-level leaderboard. If your ringer rounds are all contained within one stand-alone event/league, Click Here for instructions on setting that up.
Below is an example of a leaderboard for a customer-level aggregated multi-event/league Stroke Play Ringers tournament:
Normally in a Ringer tournament, the same course and tee are played in every round, but that is not always the case. Because of this, Stroke Play Ringer tournaments are scored relative to par.
In this article, we will discuss the available formats for this ringer format, setting up a multi-event/league ringer tournament from the customer center, and viewing the leaderboard.
Managing Customer Center Ringers:
To manage your customer-level ringer leaderboard, go to Season Management > Eclectics. From here, you can manage your new and existing ringerboards. For existing tournaments, you can see a list of all created tournaments, view leaderboards, and edit or delete them (as shown below).
Supported Formats:
Ringer tournament set up in the customer center supports the following tournament formats:
Stroke Play Ringerboard
Stableford Ringerboard
These ringer tournaments are limited to individual (i.e., player v. field) competitions played over 18 holes only.
Setting Up Customer Level Ringers Tournament:
To set up a multi-event/league aggregate ringers tournament, follow these instructions:
Within the Customer Center, go to Season Management > Eclectics.
Click "New Eclectic" and you will be taken to the eclectic builder (as shown below).
Define the following details:
Name: Fill out the "Name" for the ringer. This name will be displayed on the leaderboard.
Leagues and Events: Select the Leagues and Events to be included. If you have a long list, narrow results by season and category, or search and select (as shown below).
Rounds: Select the rounds to be included in the ringer for each selected event/league.
Select an Event/League using the dropdown.
Select all or specific rounds within the event/league (as shown below).
Repeat this step for each selected event/league.
Tournament Options: Define the tournament settings.
Format: Stroke Play Ringerboard or Stableford Ringerboard.
Handicap: None (gross), Net, and Net (off lowest)
Handicap Allowance: Set the handicap allowance for Net formats.
Tie-breaking: How would you like ties broken throughout the entire leaderboard?
Retain Ties: If you'd like only to break the 1st place tie, then select the "retain ties" option and manually break the tie by adjusting the leaderboard after the tournament is complete.
Last 9,6,3,1 holes: If 2 players have equal points in an Eclectic tournament, then their tie will be broken based on which player has a better score for the last 9 holes, 6 holes, etc. The scores we take into account for tie break are the overall ringer scores, not on a round-by-round basis.
Least number of rounds: If 2 players have equal points, then the player with fewer rounds will have a better rank.
Eligibility Criteria: If using Eligibility Criteria for your players, you can allow only specific players who meet the criteria to register. For instance, we create a Senior Eclectic. Therefore, only players of age 55 or older are eligible to participate in this eclectic.
You can also limit eligibility to players "By Other Custom Field." For instance, if your have different member classes, and only members in a specific class can participate, you can create a "Member" custom field and select that only members of the specific class can participate in the eclectic.
Click "Save" to finish the setup.
Editing Customer Level Ringers Tournament:
To edit your existing customer-level ringer leaderboard, go to Season Management > Eclectics. Find the tournament you would like to update and click "Edit." Make the necessary changes and click "Save."
Viewing Customer Level Ringers Tournament Leaderboards:
To view the customer-level ringer leaderboards, go to Season Management > Eclectics. Find the tournament you would like to view and click "Show Leaderboard." You can click on player names to expand the details of their rounds. Further, you can click on a round date to view additional details for that round (as shown below).
