2-Man Scramble Exhibition & Bar Night

This Friday we're heading to Soho Saloon around 8:30pm for drinks and to randomly draft teams. If you own an old "letter jacket" from high school, wear it out. The weather might actually be chilly enough to be comfortable in them (low 60s).

I'll be grabbing some food at Margarita's on Davis Islands (7pm) if anyone in the area wants to meet up and Uber over together.

Teams will be randomly drawn, with the first team playing with (not against) Team 2, and so on. Entry fee is $20 with the winners making $120 each, and the 2nd place team $40 each.

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We have a 9:50am tee time for 16 people at Scepter in Sun City Center. This is a private course in the retirement community of Kings Point that I'd never even heard of until last week. It's in great shape, a really nice design, and a fun layout. There is no driving range on the property.

The format is a handicapped scramble with a few modified rules:

- USGA recommended handicaps of 35% allowance of the better player (A) added to 15% allowance of the worse player (B). The lowest team handicap will reset to zero and everyone else will stroke off them.

- You must use at least six (6) tee shots of each player. Obviously, tee shots on par 3s count. Be sure to track the team you're playing with to make sure they adhere to this requirement.

- We're playing a "moving scramble" on the Blue-White-Green tees for the guys, and Green-Red-Yellow tees for Katie. On the first hole the guys start on white and Katie on red. Every time your team makes a NET birdie (or better) you move back one set of tees. Every time your team makes a NET bogey (or worse) you move up one set. You only ever move one set at a time. Katie will always be two sets in front of her partner. Guys don't move up past green, Katie doesn't move up past yellow or behind green. Since it's based on NET score, make sure your opponents are moving correctly.
         *Before anyone asks, if you're on the blue tees and make a double bogey, you still only move up one to the whites.*

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Below are the FULL, A and B handicaps. Remember, your team handicap uses the above stated allowance, so it depends on who you're paired with and who the "best" team is:

Buchert - 11 / 3.85 / 1.65
Chan - 12 / 4.2 / 1.8
MikeHo - 12 / 4.2 / 1.8
Robbie - 14 / 4.9 / 2.1
Faz - 15 / 5.25 / 2.25
Gary - 16 / 5.6 / 2.4
Greg - 16 / 5.6 / 2.4
Reid - 16 / 5.6 / 2.4
John - 17 / 5.95 / 2.55
Darren - 18 / 6.3 / 2.7
Tall Mike - 18 / 6.3 / 2.7
Casey - 18 / 6.3 / 2.7
Crum - 22 / 7.7 / 3.3
Geoff - 26 / 9.1 / 3.9
Katie - 26 / 9.1 / 3.9
Gorecki - 30 / 10.5 / 4.5

For an example, if Buchert and Chandler are paired together, their handicap would be (3.85 + 1.8) = 5.65 rounded to 6. Since by default they'd have the lowest handicap of the tournament, this is reset to zero. If Gary and Darren are also paired together, they'd have (5.6 + 2.7) = 8.3 rounded to 8. This number is played off the Buchert/Chandler 6 so would translate to 2 strokes. Looking at the math, the most any team could possibly have is 8 strokes, and that assumes Buchert is randomly paired with Chandler or MikeHo.

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We'll be using the GolfGameBook leader board, so make sure your app is up to date.  See you at the bar and let me know if you want to meet up for dinner before.