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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Final Itinerary and Format

2018 D-Cup Itinerary and Format
Tournament Forecast:

It looks like we are going to be blessed with tremendous weather during out time in the mountains.  Quite a difference from playing in Scottsdale!  



THURSDAY, June 28, 2018
Round 1 - Park City Municipal Golf Course
Address: 1541 Thaynes Canyon Drive, Park City, UT 84060
Start: 2:00 pm - Check in at 1 p.m.
Tees: Blue
Format: Two Man Best Ball or “Four Ball”
Points: Each match is worth 1 point up to 10 points possible overall. Ties are worth 1/2 point.

Handicapping for Best Ball Matches

"In a four-ball (or better ball of partners) match, there are two teams of two players. Each player plays his own ball, and each team uses the best score of its two players. The player with the lowest handicap plays at scratch. The remaining players adjust their handicaps by subtracting the best player's handicap from theirs. For example, your partner is a 6 and you're a 15; your opponents have handicaps of 7 and 9. Your partner plays scratch, you get 9 strokes and your opponents get 1 stroke and 3 strokes, respectively."

Friday, June 29, 2018
Round 2 - Wasatch Mountain Golf Course – Lake Course


Address: 975 Golf Course Drive, Midway, UT 84049
Start: 7:30 a.m
Tees: White (1st men's tees)
Format: 9x9 - 9 holes alternate shot / 9 holes scramble
Points: Each m
atch worth 1 point – ties worth ½ a point

Handicapping for 9x9:

Match Play – Averaged Handicaps – Each players handicaps are added up and averaged for a team handicap
Team Handicap: Total of 2 players is divided by 2 to establish the team handicap.
The team with the lower handicap plays at scratch and the other team gets strokes on the number of holes that the two teams handicaps differ.  For example, if one teams average handicap is a 10 and the other a 7 – the team with the lower handicap plays at scratch and the other team gets one stroke on the 3 hardest holes.


Friday, June 29, 2018

Round 3 - Wasatch Mountain Golf Course – Mountain Course

First Group Tees off at: 1:30 pm

Tees: White (1st men's tees)
Format: 
Two Man Best Ball or “Four Ball”

Handicapping for Four Ball Matches

"In a four-ball (or better ball of partners) match, there are two teams of two players. Each player plays his own ball, and each team uses the best score of its two players. The player with the lowest handicap plays at scratch. The remaining players adjust their handicaps by subtracting the best player's handicap from theirs. For example, your partner is a 6 and you're a 15; your opponents have handicaps of 7 and 9. Your partner plays scratch, you get 9 strokes and your opponents get 1 stroke and 3 strokes, respectively."

Identifying Stroke Holes

"Identification of stroke holes is done the same manner as referenced above for singles match play."




Saturday, June 30, 2018
Round 4 - Soldier Hollow - Gold Course
Please Remember to Check Out from the Hotel Before You Leave!


Address: 1370 West Soldier Hollow Lane, Midway, UT 84049
Start: 7:30 a.m
Tees: Blue

Format: Singles match play
Points: Each m
atch worth 1 point – ties worth ½ a point

Handicapping for Singles MatchesThe player with the lowest handicap becomes the baseline handicap and plays at scratch, meaning he doesn't get any handicap strokes. The other player gets his handicap strokes by subtracting the other player's handicap from his. For example, your handicap for this course is 15 and your opponent's is a 6. Subtract 6 from 15; your handicap is 9 and your opponent plays scratch.

Identifying Stroke Holes

Each hole has a handicap number indicated on the scorecard. You subtract a stroke from your score on each hole for which you are allocated a handicap stroke to get your net score for that hole. For example, if you gets nine strokes, you subtract a stroke from your score on each of the nine most difficult holes -- that is, the "1" handicap hole through the "9" handicap hole


Round 5 – Soldier Hollow - Silver Course
Check in Time 1:15 p.m.

First Group Tees of at: 1:30 pm
Tees:  Blue
Format: Single Man, Match Play – Full Individual Handicap
Points: Each match is worth 1 point. 10 points possible overall. Ties are worth a 1/2 point each.


2018 Awards Banquet
Zermatt Hotel 
Back Patio
7:00 – 8:30

A full dinner banquet will be served – prizes will be awarded.

Captain’s Rules of Play

General Sportsmanship
     
The overall goal is to have fun while we enjoy some competition. Enjoy who you are paired with – talk and have fun – please leave all music devices at the driving range as it may bother other players and certainly may inhibit conversation.

If there is a disagreement over how a rule should be applied, feel free to contact the your captain for assistance for rulings.  They are not perfect, but will work to best address your question using the USGA handbook. Remember that calling captains will slow down play.

Lost Ball, Out of Bounds, Lateral Hazards and Water

  • Hazards will all be played the same for all rounds.  
  • For the sake of time, there will be no re-tees
  • For the player or team that has lost a ball that reasonably appears to be in the play, there is a one-minute time limit to look for the ball
  • The timer starts when both teams acknowledge the clock to begin
  • For balls lost in the hazards, there will be a one-stroke penalty; you can place the ball anywhere along the line of flight to the point of entry.  Your opponent must approve your line of flight/point of entry -- please exhibit sportsmanship 
Playing the wrong ball
  • Loss of hole
Slow Play - May we rid ourselves of the chance for a 6-hour round
Our captains will serve as an unofficial marshal with the goal of keeping all groups in their appropriate positions on the course.

If a group is out of position by more than one hole (more than one hole behind) you will be asked to speed up and put on the clock.

If they cannot catch up in a reasonable time, they may be asked to skip a hole.




Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Captain Walker's Talking Trash

Boys - the following communique has been received from Terry.  Looks like the pot stirring has started...

The teams have been selected and the first round pairings set.  My prediction for round one: Walker 5, South 0.

It will be a bad start for the weekend for team South.

Interestingly, the teams are pretty closely matched this year - with the average handicap at 11 for Walker and 12.3 for South.  Walker has the ringer with the low handicapper, Mark Smith... while South has the biggest sand bagger with Doug at 19.4 (the heck you say!).  This is the big bagger that plays to a 19 July through May, then to a 10 handicap during the tournament.  We'll plan on Doug going 4-1 this year.

If you all lose Doug on the course, follow the trail of sand leaking out of his shorts.  Aaron has nearly the same handicap, and would lose to Doug 100 out of 100 matches (Aaron's edit.  Hurtful... but true).

I hope Hans is as good on the course as he is on the radio!  He will either play you heads up or get in your head talking you to death.  It's a great strategy and he's my guy.  Don't let me down, Hans!  I will bring you some pie so your blood sugar won't get low (radio joke)!

South has the boring and steady bunch. Of course, no one would ever call Pete or Weeds boring! They are the life of the party on every hole and every foursome... But Gary, Allen, Jon, Eric and Travis wouldn't know a good one-liner if if bit them on the butt.

Just remember that jokes and witty retorts only carry you so far in a tournament as trying as the Desert Cup!

Monday, June 18, 2018

Day One Pairings Released

Gentlemen, 

This should be the first sign that things are getting serious and that the Cup is nigh.  I trust that all are prepared and white belts have been grabbed from your temple bags and placed aside to be packed for this amazing weekend.  

Your D-Cup Founder, the honorable Brandon T. Walker, has asked that I post the first round pairings, which will be held at Park City Municipal Golf Course with your adjusted handicap for the round according to the USGA calculator.

Here we go...


Group 1
"The Battle of the Voices"
The two loudest competitors paired with two quiet assassins.

Team Terry
Aaron Walker (20)
Mark Smith (2)

Team Kerry
Brandon T. Walker (18)
Gary Romeril (10)



Group 2
"The Battle Everyone's Curious About"
The first indications of whether or not Doug is on point for everyone to question the accuracy of his handicap...

Team Terry
Bob Woods (10)
Brent Pulver (18)

Team Kerry
Doug Marx (23)
Travis Heath (18)

Group 3
"The Unicorn's (and reigning MVP's) Reckoning"
Still one of the most classic entries by a newcomer to the Cup...

Team Terry
Craig Walker (16)
Tim Shumway (12)

Team Kerry
John Tucker (15)
Weeds (10)

Group 4
"The First Round Brawl"
Each of these guys are fierce competitors who HATE losing.  They're bringing everything in the bag. (e.g. remember Buck demolishing the Puss O'Shame Award at Grayhawk?)

Team Terry
Rocky (13)
Rosie (7)

Team Kerry
Buck (19)
B.A. (7)

Group 5
"The Battle of the Allen/Allans"
There's a long history of side-eyeing from both these Allen/Allans.  
Rumor is the loser has agreed to change the spelling of their name...

Team Terry
Sollie (13)
Mike Allen (13)

Team Kerry
Eric Mead (18)
Allan Boldt (11)