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A virtual-and-real multiple course, multiple round golf challenge
to raise funds for charity -- (virtual - participants play their
own courses on their own schedule and real – all results and
rankings are based on real 18 hole-by-hole scores submitted by each
participant).
Money is raised for charity through pledges for points earned
for the good holes (net pars or better scores) played by
each participant. The more good holes an individual plays, the more
money he/she generates for a good cause.
Sponsors and players pledge money for each point earned.
Points are: Net Par = 1, Par = 2, Birdie = 4, Eagle = 8 and Double-eagle
= 18. Each golf-a-thon includes all rounds played and submitted
by its participants between fixed dates (e.g., March 1, 2005 thru
Octoctor 31, 2005). It is open to all golfers regardless
of their playing ability, gender or age.
It is also both individual and team competition. Participants play
for teams (departments, locations, courses, alumni, etc). They play
golf based on their own schedules and submit their scores
to their team captains, administrators or volunteers.
Team administrators, charity volunteers and GolfChamp staff enter
the scores into the GolfChamp Databank which does all the necessary
calculations. It stores, analyses, ranks and displays the results
at www.parsforcharity.org and the main sponsor's website weekly.
Teams can have 4-NN players (NN is a value set for each golf-a-thon).
Teams are ranked against each other based on the best 4 net scores
of each team's top 4 ranked players.
Individuals are ranked against each other based on each player’s
best 4 points-earned scores as well as his/her age and golf ability
range (GAR). GARs are: Golf Pros, Low 70's, High 70's, Low 80's
, High 80's, 90's and Over 100. Each participant along with each
of his/her scores can be entered into several different golf-a-thons
operating in the same time-period
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Along with playing for charity, participant are also competing
as individuals and teams. As individuals, they compete
based on their golf ability rating (GAR) and their age group.
GARs are: Golf Pros, Low 70's, High 70's, Low 80's, High 80's, 90's
and Over 100. Age groups are: Under 19, 19-50, 51-60 and Over 60.
As teams, they compete as groups of golfers (departments, leagues,
courses, schools, organizations, etc) based on a geographic and/or
organization structure.
The Golf-a-thon is powered by the GolfChamp Databank which does
all the calculations. It selects each player’s best 4 points-earned
scores as well as each player’s best 4 quota point scores
from his/her last 9 scores submitted. Players are ranked against
each other based on:
- Funds-raised calculated from amount pledged for points earned
from all rounds submitted
- Points earned from the best 4 multi-player rounds submitted
by GAR and Age group. Golf Ability Rating (GAR) is calculated
from each player's best 4 over-par scores, relative to the course
rating for each set of tees played, of his/her last 9 scores submitted.
- Teams are ranked against each other based on the average of
the best 4 quota points scores of each of their top 4 ranked players.
Quota Points are based on each player's calculated GAR.
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The Golf Ability Rating/Range (GAR) is a GolfChamp Databank methodology
to equalize the playing field and provide a same-formula calculation
for all participants by estimating the average scoring range or
golf ability of each golfer.
GARs are: Golf Pros, Low 70’s, High 70’s, Low 80’s,
High 80’s, 90’s and Over 100. It is based only on the
hole-by-hole scores submitted and it is not meant to be a handicap.
To obtain a valid GolfChamp GAR, the following is required:
- a minimum of 5 scores played on USGA or RG&A rated sets of course
tees anywhere in the world
- two or more rounds played in a foursome that contain at least 2
golf-a-thon participants
The GolfChamp databank calculates the number of strokes for each
new round a player should be allowed to obtain net par points. This
strokes-allowed-per-round calculation selects and uses the player’s
best 4 over-par scores (relative to the course rating for each set
of tees played) from the last 9 rounds in date played sequence submitted
by the player.
This above calculation is repeated to include each new score entered.
The strokes-allowed-per-round is then used to calculate net pars,
net scores and the golfer’s GAR (Golf Ability Range)
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Net pars are the resulting scores on a golf hole(s) that has been
adjusted to become a par based on strokes allowed due to a player’s
calculated golf ability.
An extensive internal formulation and stroke allocation process
is used that is fair and equitable to each and every golfer who
participates in the Golf-a-thon whereby, all golfers receive exactly
the same formula procedures to arrive at stroke allocations or handicap
to determine net par scores. Stroke allocation and points are recalculated
with each new score using all the scores submitted for each golfer.
For example, if after calculations, a golfer has a stroke allocation
of 19, the player would be allowed 1 stroke on holes with handicap
2 thru 18 and 2 strokes on the hole with a handicap of 1. Strokes
are only allowed on holes where the player did not score a par or
better.
If the player’s “hole score less strokes allowed”
for that hole is equal to or less than a par for the hole, a net
par is assigned to the player for that hole.
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You can play any 18 hole USGA or RG&A rated sets of course
tees in the world based on your own schedule. You can play with
your own personal golf partners or foursomes.
However, it is suggested that to improve the fairness of the competition,
at least one or two rounds should be played in a foursome that contains
other golf-a-thon participants. You should indicate the set of tees
you played on your scorecard before turning it in.
You can also submit scores played on rated 9 hole courses or scores
from 9 hole leagues by playing both regulation nine holes to make
up 18 holes. Both nines should be played within 8 days of each other.
Each golf-a-thon accepts scores from all rounds that are played
by its participants between fixed dates (e.g., March 1, 2006 thru
October 31, 2006). These dates are fixed by its chairman at the
start of each golf-a-thon.
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You set up the team structure of your golf-a-thon to instruct
the GolfChamp databank how to calculate and rank up to four different
levels of competition. For example:
- At the lowest level, each golfer
plays for a team that represents his/her work department.
- Players of each department team are grouped to form respective location
teams.
- Players of each location are grouped to form respective regional
teams.
- Players of each region are grouped to form corporate teams.
The databank will compare the different teams at each unique level
against each other -- department teams against all other department
teams; location teams against all other location teams; regional
teams against all other regional teams and corporate teams against
all other corporate teams.
- The databank selects and averages the best 4 gross over-par scores
from each player's last 9 reported scores to calculate an individual
Golf Ability Rating(GAR).
- Each player's GAR is used to calculate an average best 4 net over
par score for that player.
- Best 4 average net-over-par scores (best-4-average) are used to
rank all players against each other
- Best-4-average for the top ranked NN (e.g., top 4) players from
each department team is averaged and used to rank all department
teams against each other
- Best-4-average for the top ranked NN (e.g., top 12) players from
each location is averaged and used to rank all locations against
each other
- Best-4-average for the top ranked NN (e.g., top 12) players from
each region is averaged and used to rank all regions against each
other
- Best-4-average for the top ranked NN (e.g., top 12) players from
each corporation is averaged and used to rank all corporations against
each other
NN is a number of players to be used for team rankings that is set
by each golf-a-thon chairman for each different golf-a-thon
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Along with playing for charity, participant are also competing
as individuals and teams. As individuals, they compete based on
their golf ability rating (GAR) and their age group.
GARs are: Golf Pros, Low 70's, High 70's, Low 80's, High 80's,
90's and Over 100. Age groups are: Under 19, 19-5
Family is defined as being parents, spouses and siblings (PSS).
Family teams can have between 3 and 12 playing members and any
number of non-playing members. The GolfChamp Databank will calculate
and rank family teams based on the cumulative best performance of
the top 3 ranked playing members from each family.
Each family team has a captain. The captain enters himself first
allowing all other family members to build the family tree. The
databank can also use this tree to check for discrepancies.
In order to allow teams to include the extended family members,
team members are allowed to add non-playing members to the databank.
An example -- The Raines family captain wants to use his brother-in-law's
brother's kids but neither his brother in law or sister plays golf.
Not an issue -- The captain' enters his/her sister - who then chains
to her husband - who chains to her spouse - who chains to his siblings
and they in turn chain to their kids as parents.
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For all new scores being added, the GolfChamp Databank does the
following calculations:
- Golf Strokes Allowed (GSA): This is the average of your best 4 gross strokes
over par from your last 9 rounds (in date sequence and including
the current score) submitted to the databank. Par is the course
rating for the set of tees you played
- Quota or points you need to earn during the round: This is calculated
as
36 - Golf Strokes Allowed(GSA) + the difference between par and
the course rating for the set of tees played.
For example, if your calculated
GSA is 11 and you played from the blue tees with a par of 72 and a course rating of 71.0, your quota would be 36 - 11 + 1 = 26 points.
The databank
has estimated that based on your GSA, you should have earned at
least 25 points during the round, you just
played.
- Points you earned during the round : Bogey=1, Par=2, Birdie=4, Eagle=8,
Double-eagle=16, Triple or worse = minus 1.
- OverQuota : Your starting quota points is subtracted from the points
you earned to give you a final net over quota points score. Positive final Over
Quota
values indicate that you had a good day.
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Each participant is given 12 opportunities to score points:
- Four (4) pitch shots from 50 feet out to circles of 3, 5 and 10 feet on the green. You earn:
- 7 points for a hole-in-one
- 5 points for landing in inner circle
- 2 points for landing between 3 and 5 feet circle
- 1 point for landing between 5 and 10 feet circles
- Four (4) chip shots from 25 feet out to circles of3,
5 and 10 feet on the green. You earn:
- 7 points for a hole-in-one
- 5 points for landing in inner circle
- 2 points for landing between 3 and 5 feet circle
- 1 point for landing between 5 and 10 feet circles.
- Four (4) putts from 5, 10 and 25 feet to circles of1,
3 and 5 feet. You earn:
- 7 points for a hole-in-one
- 5 points for landing in inner circle,
- 3 points for landing between 1 and 3 feet cicle on putts greater than 5 feet
- 1 point for landing between 3 and 5 feet circles on putts greater than 5 feet.
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Golf-a-thon participants feel good and celebrate the good-holes they play.
They bank thse good holes to the GolfChamp Databank.
They also donate a few cents to a worthy cause for each good hole they score based on points
they earn for each net-par or better score on the holes they play.
They earn points as follows: Net-par = 1, Par = 2, Birdie = 4, Eagle = 8 and double-eagle = 16.
The GolfChamp Databank does all the calculations and tracking allowing each player to:
- see how well he did during the golf season
- write a check directly to the charity
- receive a receipt from the charity for tax purposes
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Terms:
Golf-a-thons
Types of Competition
Golf Ability (GAR)
Net-Pars
Play your own course
Organization Teams
Family Teams
Quota Points
Short Game Challenge
Charity Points
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