stevend wrote:As I said in my PM- An equal number of players per team would be the fair way to play it. I don't care if you have 6,10 or 15 as long as we all bring the same # of players.
I seriously doubt that Cranberry, Maine or Wick need extra players to beat most teams.
Things like this should have been decided before the season began. It seems odd that changes to the format were not more clearly stated.
You take this way to seriously. It's a fun team challenge that takes place during the winter. You'd seriously rather have only 6 guys play, then have 12 guys play just because another team earned the opportunity to have 14 players able to play? That makes no sense to me. There should be a reward for being 1st as opposed to 8th, even if it is only having an extra player available or picking the course.
Also, changing things slightly during the season to make finals better is a good thing in my opinion. It'd be a little silly to have finals be a letdown due to overlooking something in the preseason.
Solbo and myself talked about this and I'm posting to get a general consensus, this isn't final or anything, but I think it's a good idea.
Places 1-4 get 14 players that play.
Places 5-8 get 12 players that play.
That's 104 golfers which would mean playing in 6somes if it's on one course, or 4somes if it's on two courses. Atleast top 8 scores count, but possibly top 10, and obviously 4 or 5 doubles scores and the singles scores would be double weighted again.
I like the idea of the top team picking the course. If it's tied let the captains of the team come to a decision amongst themselves, whether it's just agreeing on a course, playing for it, flipping a coin, cut cards etc. Although this year it can't be a teams home course that is in finals. Yeah Wick only got to play once, but that still doesn't change the fact that it's their home course. A home course is the course you are the most familiar with, not playing 2 times over the course of 6 months doesn't make a difference.
Lastly, NO COMPLAINING ABOUT DRIVING DISTANCE. Everyone knew when they signed up that'd this involves travelling. One team having to go a little farther than another is absolutely silly to complain about.
Sound good?
