Changes on Tap for 2020 Season
With the start of the 2020 year I wanted to let you know of some changes for the 2020 Season. During the last 7 years Jeff Klipa has been the West Commissioner and with the completion of the 2019 Commissioner Cup Jeff announced that he was going to retire as West Commissioner. Like a Super Bowl winning quarterback Jeff is retiring as Commissioner with a W. Jeff has been a integral part of the league and we will miss his service as Commissioner. Jeff will continue to play as a member when you see him in the spring thank him for his hard work. Jeff will retain his ownership and as a Board Member.
To replace Jeff the Board considered several people to replace him as Commissioner. After several meeting and interviews we are pleased to announce that Corey McCue is the new West Commissioner. Corey has been a member for 4 years and will be a great addition to the Commissioners. He will be running the west tournaments and will be the defending commissioner at the Commissioners Cup this year.
The next big change in 2020 is the World Handicap System (WHS) that has been adopted and accepted by all golf governing bodies worldwide. To summarize the new WHS there are 3 major components to how handicaps are calculated worldwide
Handicaps are based on the best 8 scores out of your last 20 rounds of golf
Handicaps have a governing (limiting) factor that controls handicap calculations – for handicap purposes the WHS will not allow you to post a score (within the handicap system) a score higher then net double bogey. We allow for a gross quad bogey. We will retain this in our league.
All tee boxes will have their handicaps adjusted for difference between tee box rating and par. Let me simplify that for all. The rating for the tee box is usually less than par – that means the course plays easier than par. So if a rating is 69 and par is 72 all the players playing at that tee box will have their handicap reduced by 3 strokes.
What does this mean for the Mulligan Tour. The MT has been calculating handicaps based on the lowest 3 rounds in the last 6 tournaments. The handicap is adjusted based on slope and rating. The average of those 3 rounds is multiplied by 80%. Starting in 2020 the MT will now move to a handicap system of using 5 of your last 10 tournaments. We opted for 5 of 10 as a better representative a player’s skill and because most players do not play more than 15 tournaments a year. The 5 of 10 will allow the handicap to cycle through at least once per year. Additionally we will no longer reduce your handicap by multiplying by 80%. We will now apply 95% to your handicap. This will allow most players to see a small bump to your handicap but there will be some that will see a decrease in their handicap because they have a couple of great rounds of golf inside the last 10 tournaments that cycled out based on 3 of 6.
The other change you will all see during the season will be at tournaments. Like the WHS we will be adjusting everyone’s handicap by the difference between the rating and par for the tee box they are playing from. During the last 2 years we adjusted handicaps for the Sr Tees and Women Tees for the difference between their tee box rating and the rating for the men’s tee box. What this means for all players is all players will have their Tournament handicap adjust for the difference between the tee box rating to par. This will be partially offset by the increase in our handicap calculation (95% instead of 80%).
To manage the handicap calculations we are moving to a new online software – GolfSoftware to calculate and host our handicap system. I will be sending to each of you the login information to GolfSoftware. With GolfSoftware
You will be able to see all the tournaments played and your scores. This includes the slope and rating for your tee box.
It will show you which 5 tournaments are being used for your handicap calculation
Be able to see the handicaps for all members.
To manage all of these changes the Board decided it was necessary to create a handicap czar who will be the main point of control. This person will make sure the tournaments results are inputted into GolfSoftware and also will calculate the handicaps for each tournament. After several meetings we appointed Brian Lardin as the Point of Control for our new handicap system. Brian is very familiar with the GolfSoftware programs and system. We believe this will give us accuracy and consistency we need week to week.
Finally we have decided to scuttle 2 Stick as a tournament. The attendance by members has been low for the last couple of years. The Board has decided we will move the Red, White and Blue to a Central Division Tournament (keeping the same tournament format). The Board is considering other options for the open date in the schedule. We are looking at a new team event or leave the day open. If you have any suggestions please offer them to me or any of the other board members – Greg Kline, David Martin, Jeff Klipa, Tom Hoelzle, Bill Gordon, Tom Litzler, Mike Prieskorn and Rich Dunmore.
Spring is not that far away. The Golf Show is March 8-10 and the Mulligan Tour will again have a booth. I will remind all in February and look for volunteers to work the booth for free access and a $20 credit to their account.
I’m looking forward to a great season for 2020.
Thanks,
Chuck Withey
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