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first time on the forum, looking to start a league at our local tavern. Any ideas for set ups?--bialo711

Hi Bialo!

Nice to have you around...

As for the league - a lot of the Sheboygan guys are in leagues so I'm sure they can add some more info, but here is what I've found....

You will want to set your handicap at an 80% of 230. This will somewhat eliminate the difference between the good players and the bad players and make it fun and fair for all. (If you base it on a 200, a player that averages 220+ will basically win the league) For instance, you run a 5 series qualifier to get initial averages. So you take the average of the 5 games. You have 10 people with teams of 2. You find the average of every individual player so that everyone has an individual handicap. If someone has to bring in a sub, then you use their individual handicap if they have one, or you give them a 50% of the handicap from their average on their card, down to 0. Now, you do a round robin, so that every week each team plays a different team (play each team twice total), so it would be 8 weeks. Everyone pays $10 (or whatever) entry per week. Highest score every week has the option of winning $20 or so. At the end, you pay 50% to 1st, 30% to 2nd, and 20% to 3rd. You recalculate the handicap after every week to include that weeks series scores and the 4 series before (this eliminates sandbagging on qualifying. On a weekly basis, the team with the highest combined score, per game, gets 1 point. For ties, both teams get .5 point. You get a bonus point for winning all 3 matches. Total points throughout the league determine the top 3 places.

Handicap example:
Player1 shoots 5 series - 650, 600, 550, 580, 620 for a total of 3000. 3000/15 = 200 avg per game. (230-avg)*.8=Handicap, so (230-200)*.8=24 (Always round to even number).
Player2 shoots 5 series - 480, 420, 500, 500, 480 for a total of 2400. 2400/15 = 160 avg per game.
(230-160)*.8=56
So, if Player1 were to play player 2 straight up, then Player1 would add 24 to their score, and Player2 would add 56 to their score. So if Player1 shot a 232, and Player2 shot a 201, then Player1 total is 256 and Player2 total is 257, so player 2 wins the match.
For team, if Player1 and Player2 are on the same team, then the combined handicap would be 24+56=80, so they would have 201+257+80=538 vs the other team they were playing. The team with the higher total wins the point.


So - the structure ends up like this:
10 people - $100 per week into pool.

Team 1
Player 1 = 170 avg = 48 Handicap
Player 2 = 185 avg = 36 Handicap
Team 1 total handicap = 84

Team 2
Player 1 = 230 avg = 0 Handicap
Player 2 = 220 avg = 8 Handicap
Team 2 total handicap = 8

Week 1 Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 vs Team 4, etc....
Game 1 - Team 1 shoots 180 and 200 for 380 combined, Team 2 shoots 240 and 180 for 420 combined. Team 1 wins 464 to 428, and Team 1 gets 1 point
Etc..... For 3 match points and 1 bonus point IF 1 team sweeps the other team.
Player1 on Team4 has the highest score for the week with a 279 and wins $20. $80 goes towards the prize pool.

Week 2 Team 1 vs Team 3, Team 2 vs Team 4, etc.....

Etc...

At the end of the 8 weeks, $640 is in the prize pool.
Team 1 has 10 points
Team 2 has 14 points
Team 3 has 16 points
Team 4 has 10 points
Team 5 has 16 points

Team 3 and 5 tie for first, Team 2 gets 3rd
Team 3 and 5 play a finals match against each other, consisting of a series (or first to 3 points, etc...) to determine 1st and 2nd place. Team 5 wins and gets $320, putting Team 3 in 2nd for $192, and Team 2 wins $128

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Feel free to ask any questions if I didn't make this clear!
Have a GREAT league!!!

Telly

Telly,
Thanks for the info! I think we will be using this format for our league. Is there any spreadsheet format I can use on my laptop to make things go smoother? Thanks again, ---Bialo