Welcome all Wisconsin refugees that were crazy kind enough to sign up for little matchplay event.
What’s at stake? Two (2) spots in the Midwest "Ope"n at Lawsonia to be held on August 20th and 21st.
Who? All the Wisconsinites who have signed up.
What’s the timeline? You’re benevolent leader asks that you do your best to stick to this schedule. Anybody who can’t make it work (within reason) will be decided on a case by case basis.
Play in rounds by end of April to get people time to get courses open
Second round by May 15th
Third round by June 6th
Fourth by the end of July 4th weekend
Semis by end of July
We then have up to the “Ope”n for the final to crown the champ. (the final 2 will represent Wisconsin in the "Ope"n)
All players will be responsible for coordinating their own matches, having other matches happen with yours is welcomed if that works for all. Should any events come up where a large group will be together, let the organizer know that you want to be paired for matches.
Now, for the bracket. Because of the turnout, we will have some play in matches. I did my best to keep people as local as possible early in the game, but know that there will be some travel earlier for those who aren’t in the Madison and Milwaukee markets. The expectation is that people do their best to find a workable option for both parties and not to make somebody drive all the way across the state for a round of golf.
You guys are up first for the play in rounds. I will also send messages out to each group for the kickoff of this. If somebody can’t get in contact with your person, PLEASE let me know. We will make a team effort to get them to respond, but if they don’t, congrats, you get a free pass to the next round.
Shit, yeah, hold on forgot that in the main post, so thank you for reminding me, @Klebs01
This will be a handicapped matchplay event, using the standard USGA “whomever has the lowest score wins the hole” rules. I randomized the various areas (MKE, MSN, etc.) so some matches may be nearly straight up, some might be a fair number of strokes.
Handicapping with go off of the following:
Subtract the lowest of the course handicaps from the highest. That will be the number of strokes given. *see below for tees
The understanding when signing up was that everybody has a legit handicap. I have most (if not all) of the WSGA/USGA handicap numbers that I can pass along for anybody who wants them.
If you and your competitor choose to play your match without strokes, that will be your choice and the match will be decided as such.
*You are welcome to play from whatever set of tees you both choose. This works best if you both play the same set of tees, but you aren’t required to. Use the difference in handicaps from the tees you are playing to determine strokes in the case you won’t be playing the same.
As always, use your best judgement and don’t be a scumbag. This is for fun (mostly) and getting to meet a bunch of internet friends. Hopefully you make some friends along the way that you can play more golf with in the future.
Guis, remember, it’s never too early to start talking some shit. Plus, what else are we going to do when it’s not quite nice enough to make gold happen?
Absolutely. Did my best to keep early rounds as local as possible so they should be a little easier to schedule and find a place that works for both parties.
This, and every other The Oaks/DWise joke I’ve made, will likely come back to haunt me at some point. If through some miracle I make it out of first round and end up playing him, he’ll probably make me look like Stephen Ames.
