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What would a tournament be without putting a little something on the line? Not much fun. That's why we've created ways for you to award points and purse.
Points are often awarded for season-long leagues and in events where those points are added to the season points for the golf club. If you are awarding participation points for a league,Click Here for details.
Purses are also used in golf tournaments and at clubs that award a purse for a skins tournament or shop credit for winning a tournament.
In this article, we will discuss how to award points purse using the system, manually and season points.
Awarding Points and Purse
There are three different kinds of Points/Purse: 1) Tournament Scored Points, 2) User Scored Points, and 3) Participation Points. Each of these options will be discussed in further detail below:
Tournament Scored Points: When setting up a tournament, you can optionally add a point/purse structure to be awarded to the players and teams after the tournament is complete.
In the screenshot above, we are awarding both purse and points for this tournament. For details on all of the distribution options, Click Here. You will also notice that the purse and points are tallied to provide you a total for the tournament.User-Scored Tournament: These are tournaments where scores are not used to determine the winner. Rather, they are determined by something else. Examples of user-scored tournaments would be Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Best Dressed. Click Here for details.
Participation Points: Generally only used in leagues and tours, players can be awarded points for playing in a round. To set participation points, go to the Tournaments and Scoring Tab in the League/Event Profile.
Manually Awarding Points and Purse
Sometimes you may not be completely satisfied with how the points and purse are distributed for a round. Or maybe you would like to manually award the points/purse yourself. Well, you can adjust the leaderboard to your liking.
Go to Display Leaderboard > Adjust Leaderboard. For details on Adjusting the Leaderboard, Click Here.
Season Points
Most clubs have many events throughout the season where they like to roll up the points from each event to give an overall season point standings. To do this, go to Customer Center > Data Analysis > Season Points. For more details on setting up Season Points, Click Here.
Excluding Amateur from Purse Distribution (For Professional Events)
If you are running a professional tournament, you can exclude amateur participants from purse payouts in professional events. For details on configuring this setting, Click Here.