Ham Hoc Details Page

Players will only be eligible if they have an official, non-provisional, Ham Hoc Tour handicap rating and have played 10 rounds of golf on the Ham Hoc Tour in the last 6 months. This is important in order to make sure peoples handicaps aren't artificially static at a 'beneficial' level.

Player settings should be set according to the standard Ham Hoc standard as found on the Ham Hoc Tours Honors Rules web page found here. Scroll to the bottom of that page. Settings should therefore be Black tees, 40" gimmes, 10 max strokes per hole, Meter Speed (Fast, Medium or Very Fast), NO mulligan's, NO mouse meter, STROKE play.

To remind, this is STROKE PLAY competition and final result for the round will be your gross score modified by your tour handicap. This is not a match play.

This follows the HH rule of one and done. Once you start your round, you must play it to completion and you should not replay or restart your round in an attempt to improve on your score. This is on the honor system. Players may play their rounds offline or online, but if played online it must be played with your opponent for that round only. Spotters who aren't your immediate opponent are not acceptable.

Course conditions will be posted above for each round. All players will use the settings listed for the current round, this also applies to the championship and consolation matches, which will use the same settings. You should take care to make sure your settings are accurate.

Assuming 16 people played, there would be 4 rounds in a month, so deadlines would need to be at the end of each week, so pay close attention to posted deadlines.

Initial handicap rating for a tournament is equal to your regular honors tour rating for that moment (if you have no prior Elimination Tournament rating) OR your most recent Elimination Tournament handicap modified by your honors tour rating of the moment such that regular tour rating contributes 33%. Subsequent rounds will have your handicap modified such that it represents a 33% adjustment. For example, if you start with rating 3 and hit a 66 in first round, your new handicap will be 3+3+6=12 divided by 3=4. Your next round handicap if you hit another 66 would be 4+4+6 divided by 3 and so on. Note that this is simplified, but in reality is out to 3 decimal places and won't be whole numbers until rounded at the end. Note that losers of a round will also have their handicap rating changed after their losing round.

Results should be emailed using the link on this page so that they will arrive to me for confirmation by the deadline posted for each round according to the schedule printed on this page. If you use the regular HH reporter link, there may be a delay as the report would then have to be forwarded to me by the HH Tour director. Late results will be considered a NO SHOW and your opponent will advance.

Results should be submitted as a confirmable .game file OR in the case of online play, by both competitors emailing confirmation of the final result to the tour. When submitting a .game file, please submit it clearly labeled as to who is playing, the score, course and what Honors round it pertains to. For example:
"Tarheel-honors-r1-sawgrass-61.game"

Files submitted that do not include a minimum of player name, score, and elimination round # in the .game file title will be subject to a 2 stroke penalty on final score.

In the event of a TIE after handicap adjustment, the higher seeded (meaning the more accomplished) player will be the one to advance for that round.

In the event of an uneven number of participants signing up, BYE's will be awarded first round to players with the best handicap ratings within each Flight (a flight is made up of players with similar handicaps) starting with flight A and working down to flight D and then back up if need be.

Make sure to notify in your round report if you get any Double-Eagles or Aces, because the stats summary will keep track of lifetime Wows as well.

There is a consolation bracket for the losing players in the semifinals in order to allow ranking players for first through fourth place finishes.

Due to the very unlikely chance to have 32 players in the field, we are limited to 16 slots for this event. Therefore, either signup will be first come first serve OR we may have to require a play-in round for the players beyond 16 signed up.

It is not acceptable to cheat. This means it is inappropriate to 'play' the handicap system by intentionally altering your handicaps in the honors tour in an attempt to deflate your handicap so you will perform better in this competition. This takes the fun out of it for everyone, so please play fair.

In the event that a round is played with incorrect playing conditions, possible penalty to be applied if a replay with correct conditions is not received by deadline are A. 5 Stroke penalty per wind level off downward (so if required Strong and you play Mild, its a 10 stroke penalty). B. 2 Stroke penalty per wind level off upward (so if Mild required and you played Strong, its a 4 stroke penalty). C. 5 Stroke penalty for playing wrong green conditions. D. 5 stroke penalty for wrong pin #. E. 1 stroke penalty for forgetting the Fog if required. F. Used any number of mulligan's other than zero, automatic DQ. G. Played wrong course, a big ole thump on the head and automatic DQ.