Devens Wednesday Weekly League - 2017 - Both Courses!

[Luke Adolph]

The Wednesday Weekly returns on March 22nd. Come get your 2017 bag tag and be signed in and ready to go by 5:20pm (33 players or 5pm is the cutoff for The General, however, The General has been selling out by 4:30pm). This was once again the most popular league in New England last year (2,213 golfers came out) and we are aiming to improve league again this year so come join the fun. We are working behind the scenes to improve the automated system and add a few more options and bonuses into the league.

Details
• Wednesdays, starting March 22nd
• Initial cost: $20 for a 2017 tag.

• You can purchase a season pass with a tag for $150 until February 27th.

• Four player pools (A/B/C/D) – Your pool placement will be based on your average score.
Anything under 56.99 and under = A Pool
57 through 62.99 = B Pool
63 through 69.99 = C pool
Anything 70 and over = D Pool
These #'s are for scores on The Hill (standard baskets)
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• A weekly divisional cash payout, an ace pot (capped at $250, will roll over to additional pots if needed.) and a season long points event. Lots of raffle prizes at end of the year including some big-ticket items. You can pick up your winnings that night or bank winnings for the payment at the end of the year.

• Players opting to play on The General will receive a handicap. The handicap will be based on last two years of data with over 4,000+ rounds considered.

• 31 weeks of league play (last day is Wednesday October 18th)

• CASUAL PLAY IS DISCOURAGED ON BOTH COURSES ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS DURING LEAGUE SEASON

• One round of singles

• If you leave before tags are redistributed, get someone to grab it for you or risk us losing it. Alternatively, you can grab the highest #'s tag available on the board before you leave.

• Tags are in play for casual rounds and tournaments. Higher tag can challenge a lower tag and under most circumstances, lower tag must accept.

• The auto generated hole assignments are an integral part of keeping league running on time. Please report to your assigned hole at the appropriate time.

• If there are no aces for 2017, we will throw off for it at the Bonanza.

• There will be a year-end Bag Tag Bonanza to end the season. For tag holders only! Date is Saturday October 28th.

• Lots of raffle prizes at the Bag Tag Bonanza. Earn raffle tickets by attending league, hitting an ace. The more you play the better your chances of winning are!



Weekly base cost

• Tagholder: $5 -
$2.25 payout, $1 course funds, $.75 ace pot, $1 season points event & payout.

• Non-Tagholder: $7 -
$2.25 payout, $3 course funds, $.75 ace pot, $1 season points event & payout

Players without a tag aren’t eligible to win the full ace pot, won’t earn raffle entries and cannot attend the Bag Tag Bonanza.

Women’s entry is always $5.00 though same restrictions apply on ace pot, bonanza for non tagholders.



Prepaid Season Cost

• $150 which includes a 2017 tag and prepaid entry to all 31 Wednesday League nights. 5 weeks of savings if you attend every week.

Optional Pots

• $1 handicap pot league wide* (1 or 2 winners per night, depending on # of entrants)
• $10 high stakes pot (1 or 2 winners per night, depending on # of entrants)
*take the average of your best 3 rounds out of the last 6, subtract 54 and multiply by .8

You can pick up your winnings that night or bank winnings for the payment at the end of the year for each of these pots.


Points Series Rules
• We will track points for each player & post the up to date standings on this discussion thread
• A, B, C & D Pools will have separate standings
• 1st place in A/B/C/D pool gets 5 points and $
• 2nd place in A/B/C/D pool gets 4 points and $
• 3rd place in A/B/C/D pool gets 3 points and $
• 4th place in A/B/C/D pool gets 2 points and $
• 5th place in A/B/C/D pool gets 1 point and $
(These places are based on a minimum of 10 participants in the division. In general, we will pay out 1 place for 5 or less players, 3 places for 6-9 players and 5 places for 10+ players)

• Everyone gets 1 point for playing (you can accumulate up to 25 attendance points)
• If you move up a division after week 6 you will bring a percentage of the points earned in the lower pool. Percentage ranges.
• Top 3 point earners in each division (or more) will win a cash prize at the end of the season.
• Other ways to gain a point - hit an ace

[Jason Southwick]

This is some well thought-out sht. Nice work Luke. People like you are everything.

[Luke Adolph]

Thanks Jason. We have certainly evolved each year. We have a great team working on this stuff!

2017 tags will be available starting this Saturday at 10am @ the Hawk's Nest. Come get yours this weekend.
http://devensdg.blogspot.com/2017/02/20 ... -tags.html

[Luke Adolph]

Heads up. Our first week of league is being postponed from this Wednesday the 15th to next Wednesday the 22nd. We will add on a league night to the end of the season so we keep the 31 week season.
The storm looks rough and I just don't see any way to finish a round in the short timeframe we have.
Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Luke Adolph]

First post updated.

League starts this Wednesday! We can't wait to see you all there. Please read the detailed league format within the link below as there are some improvements/changes over last year.

For Wednesday please register early if you haven't already bought your tag. Also, the sign in process is similar to last year but there are a few things to be aware of. We added the optional side pots to your sign in screen so make you you follow the entire process on your phone or the tablet.

For those who didn't play last year. Once you've got a user profile set up you can pull into the parking lot, connect to the devens league wifi, browse to www.devens.com or any other basic, non secured web site. Follow the on screen prompts for check in. You can also use the sign in tablet we will have on the table.

[Luke Adolph]

Week 1 wrap up:

http://devensdg.blogspot.com/2017/03/we ... sults.html

[Luke Adolph]

Week 6 wrap up:
http://devensdg.blogspot.com/2017/04/we ... sults.html

League has been going pretty well so far this season. Weather hasn't been great but we are still pulling an average of 60 people per night and the additional pro pool and handicap pools are gathering traction.

[Luke Adolph]

68 players last night which is the highest of the season so far. Our average number of players is about 61 per night. The weather was OK. Cool and little breezy. Some day we will get a nice warm evening!

Thanks for your cooperation with the General cards. The flow worked well and we got out of there at a reasonable time!

ACE: None (pot is at $51)
Pro Pool: Bob Kulchuk $40
Handicap: Frank Strauss $21

Results:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wpsu4kt7dn5sl ... 7.pdf?dl=0

Standings:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bg75w38kz4vpm ... G.pdf?dl=0

[Luke Adolph]

Yesterdays league results are in. Some early details on playing alt Hill baskets next week included. Please read.

65 players last night. We had some great weather and some hot shooting! Things seemed to run super smooth and we were driving out of there at a record early time.

We will be shifting the Hill into the Alt basket positions this Sunday and we will be playing the Hill on those alts next week @ league. We haven't been able to properly set the course handicap so in an effort to gather as much course data as possible we will only be playing the Hill. The General will not be open for league play next week. It will be mixed groups and a shotgun start of 5:30pm. Please be checked in before 5:20pm. If we end up with more than 72 players we will add some 5somes into the mix. We should have enough daylight for this.

ACE:
John Buonsanto - Hole 11 Hill $98
(pot is back at $0)

Pro Pool: Chris Collette $60
Handicap: Damon Pierce $16

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5nrnzj6awlxmr ... 0.pdf?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/54jo30l4f3vx2 ... G.pdf?dl=0