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Brother and I trying something new

Posted on 8/24/17 at 7:55 pm
Posted by CHiPs25
ATL
Member since Apr 2014
2904 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 7:55 pm
My brother and I play a lot of golf together and playing just for scoring has gotten stale. We typically have a pretty competitive match going but sometimes i'll win by 7, he'll win by 4, i'll win by 3 and so forth.

We have decided to start a 6 month "season" where everytime we play golf, the winner get's 10 points and the loser gets 5 points. After 6 months, whoever has the least amount of points has to pay for us to play at a TBD golf destination that the winner picks. It's got to be less than 5 hours driving distance from Atlanta but that's the only stipulation.

We're also incorporating 4 majors in the 4 months which will be worth 20 points to the winner and 10 to the loser. In addition, the 4 majors will be match play, stroke play, stableford play and skins.

We have a list of rules for this that we've compiled over the past month and our season starts September 1st!

I'm super excited to see how much fun we can have with this.
Posted by TheMailman
Member since Jul 2017
1550 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 7:56 pm to
Why does the loser get points?
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
85169 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 8:00 pm to
Yeah... mathematically, if there's just two of y'all, no reason for the loser to get points. Just have the winner get whatever the difference is you have listed there. 5 for regular rounds. 10 for majors.
Posted by Waffle House
NYC
Member since Aug 2008
3946 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 8:04 pm to
Hopefully you live in Decatur so you can squeeze Kiawah in for the 5 hr limit. St Simons isn't a bad backup though.
Posted by Random LSU Hero
2014 NFL Survivor Champion (17-0)
Member since Aug 2011
9441 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 8:24 pm to
Why not do a Stableford race to 1000 points?
Posted by rlanders23
Member since Oct 2011
122 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 8:28 pm to
Sounds cool but wouldn't the skins and match play majors be the same thing? Or were you planning to have carryovers in the skins match?
Posted by Izzy Mandelbaum Sr
Think you're better than me, huh?
Member since Jul 2017
514 posts
Posted on 8/24/17 at 9:08 pm to
quote:

We have decided to start a 6 month "season" where everytime we play golf, the winner get's 10 points and the loser gets 5 points. After 6 months, whoever has the least amount of points has to pay for us to play at a TBD golf destination that the winner picks. It's got to be less than 5 hours driving distance from Atlanta but that's the only stipulation. We're also incorporating 4 majors in the 4 months which will be worth 20 points to the winner and 10 to the loser. In addition, the 4 majors will be match play, stroke play, stableford play and skins. We have a list of rules for this that we've compiled over the past month and our season starts September 1st! I'm super excited to see how much fun we can have with this.


That's what's called a modified dfloff circuit.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21601 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 7:23 am to
quote:

Brother and I trying something new


Not sure if this is the correct board for that kind of stuff.

But anyway....

So, this 6 month season will run thru December, January and February? # of the crappiest months for golf, even in the south.
Posted by The Rodfather
I'm not really sure?
Member since Nov 2008
3941 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 9:40 am to
Sounds like fun, but depending on the number of rounds someone could be able to win the season by the second major. Also, giving points for losses with only two people seems pointless. I would suggest:

1) either add a 3rd person or ditch the "second place" points

2) setup a known game every weekend or two weeks. if the game is canceled due to weather so be it, but if one of the parties cancels the game the other party gets half the winning points. That will help keep someone from getting out to a strong lead then making excuse on why they can't play this week.

3) do points awarded based on Nassau. Winner of front 9 gets 5 points, winner of back 9 gets 5 points, and the winner of the match gets 5 points. Then prorate quadruple it for your "major" games. Brother A wins by 2 strokes on the front (5pts), Brother B wins by 3 strokes on the back (5pts), So final points awarded would be Brother A 5pts, Brother B 10pts. Hell you could even make it a 6 hole split instead of 9 holes, then in theory you could have both players finish with 10pts each and a tie.

I think these suggestions, especially #3, would make this a really fun season and hopefully make it competitive all the way to the end.
Posted by Tigerbythetale
Las Vegas
Member since Aug 2014
1458 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 6:24 pm to
Playing golf regularly with anyone is one of golf's greatest pleasure.

Playing with your brother is even better!

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