After a trial of 2 weeks instead of a full month Skins Game revert to usual format on next Monday January 19th.
For the last five games, we tried the Net Skins format and compared the results with the habitual format.
Usual format, also known as Canadian Skins, rewards the best net score or the best gross score if it is unique.
In the last five games, this format proved fairer than the Net Skins format and is more popular with players.
We are in high season for golf in El Tigre. We see on the calendar that several Skins’ events have reached or will soon reach the maximum players.
There will likely be more than 24 players interested in playing in each event. There is a waiting list, but it would be disappointing to play Skins with an incomplete roster because somebody forgot to sign out.
For respect to other players, it is important that everyone manages their own calendar carefully. Sign in only if you plan to play and sign out as soon as you know you won’t be playing. This simple guideline allows other players to plan their golf schedules.
If you are on the waiting list, you want to plan your own schedule. If you know only a couple days before that you can play Skins, you maybe already have other plans. And foursomes could become threesomes, and a complete roster becomes incomplete in Skins. Signing out as soon as possible shows consideration for other players and helps to have a complete roster.
Hi All
Just a quick update, we are officially full on both sides for this years Gringo Classic Feb 24.25th.
There are still a number all players that have registered but have not paid there 1500 pesos, so we are leaving it open to make payment until Wednesday January 21st to myself, Ross McDonald or Francis Bast, at which time unpaid players will be replaced with someone from the waiting list.
if you are not in the area currently please contact myself to make arrangements for payment.
Sincerely
Alan Bayliss
When the Skins Game began about twelve years ago, all players played from blue tees and had a handicap of 10 or less. Over the years, as the players grew older, those whose combined age and handicap of 83 were allowed to play from gold tees. Players with a handicap of 18 or higher were also permitted to play, but only one stroke per hole was counted for Skins.
Today, over 40% of Skins Game participants would have a handicap of 18 or more on the white tees. Today players can play from a variety of tees, from blue to red and all combinations in between. Recently, combo tees were added, and new tees have been rated for men, which will allow over 90% of players to play with a handicap of 18 or lower using these newly rated tees.
After consulting with several Skins players over the past few weeks, it has been decided to try a new format for the Skins Game for one month. The goal of this change is to use a fairer format for players of different playing ability competing from different tees. For the month of January, we will use 100% of everybody’s handicap with a maximum of 36. Afterward, we will evaluate whether to continue or not with this format.
New rules effective January 1st
Skins
Only net scores will be considered for awarding a skin on each hole. The player with the lowest net score will be awarded a skin if he is the only player with that net score, regardless of his handicap.
Team games
As is currently the case, net scores will be considered for the team score.
When a team has only three players, instead of using Pepe, a player’s score from another team will be randomly selected to complete the foursome.
Scoring
The scores recorded on the golf cart screens will be considered the official score. Score cards will be used as a backup.
I just received an email from Steve Johnson.
“We have an event scheduled for the afternoon of November 7. All open play that day is at 8:00 AM so the skins game will need to play at 8:00 that day.”
So Skins Game will begins at 8:00 AM on next Friday. If you signed in and don’t want to play, please sign out.
Gérard
P.S. There was a problem sending this email earlier . Hope it is working fine now.