Palmetto Winter Cup

2-man teams, net match play, 9 holes per week on the assigned course and nine.

Regular-season scoring: Player A vs Player A and Player B vs Player B, each over 9 holes. A hole win earns 1 point; a tied hole earns ½ point each. Each individual match win earns 2 bonus points; a tied match earns 1 bonus point each. Exactly 22 total points are distributed between the two teams per matchup. There is no team-net-total bonus.

Sim settings: putting auto-gimme inside 4 ft, mulligans off, wind & firmness "normal", tees per league card.

Regular season: Weeks 1–7, every team plays each division rival once.

Playoffs: the top 4 in each division advance. Week 8 Quarterfinals (#1 vs #4, #2 vs #3), Week 9 Semifinals (division final), Week 10 Championship: Palmetto champion vs Crescent champion.

Fees: $40/week per team, paid at check-in. Make-ups must be completed before the next week's matches.

Weeks 8–10: both teammates play their own ball. The lowest net score between teammates counts as the team's score on each hole.

Teams compete head-to-head over 9 holes. The lower team net best-ball score wins each hole; advancement is determined by the best-ball match result.

Tied matches require a designated tiebreaker. The commissioner records the winner once resolved. A higher seed does not advance automatically; the tiebreaker procedure is still to be designated.

Championship (One Back): handicap below 5.0 and under age 55.

Standard: handicap 5.0+ and under age 55.

Senior: age 55+ — mandatory, regardless of handicap.

All tee selections and yardages are provisional pending GSPro verification. Norwegian Lights and Augusta back-nine yardages are still to be confirmed.

9-hole course handicap = round( Index × Slope ÷ 113 ÷ 2 )

Strokes in a match = difference between the two players' 9-hole course handicaps. The higher player receives strokes on the hardest handicap holes of that nine.

Max hole score — net triple bogey: the most you can take on any hole is par + 3 + your handicap strokes on that hole. Example: on a par 4 where you get a stroke, your max is 8. Once you reach it, pick up — the card stops there automatically, and it counts for match points and handicap adjustments.

Max index: 30.0. New players without an index play 3 provisional holes in Week 1 to establish one.

Handicaps are revised every 2 weeks — after Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 — based on how you score against your handicap.

Each week we record your differential: strokes better (−) or worse (+) than your handicap. Your two weekly differentials are added together, and your handicap moves by half of that total.

New Handicap = Current Handicap + (Week A diff + Week B diff) ÷ 2

• Week 1: −4, Week 2: +2 → combined −2 → handicap drops by 1.
• Combined +4 over two weeks → handicap rises by 2.

New handicaps take effect the following week. The commissioner may override an adjustment in special cases. See your revision history on the Players & Teams page.

1. Sequoyah National — Back Nine
2. Tobacco Road — Front Nine
3. Valhalla — Back Nine
4. Norwegian Lights — Back Nine
5. Royal Birkdale — Back Nine
6. Bethpage Black — Front Nine
7. DPC Pebble — Back Nine
8. Cabot Cliffs — Back Nine
9. Pinehurst No. 2 — Back Nine
10. Georgia Golf Club (Augusta) — Back Nine