Wednesday Mens League

Single-Elimination Finals Bracket
The 2011 playoffs will be a 16-team, single-elimination format. This consists of 2/3rds the 24 teams in our league. To see the playoff bracket, click here.

Tie-Breaks, Seeding
The following general rules for 2 or more tied teams (i.e., same number of points) will be applied both to making the playoffs and seeding within the playoffs. These are applied in order.

Most wins, 8-0-7 beats 7-2-6 (16 points)
Best record, head-to-head, against all tied teams
Match record against highest-seeded team
Match record against second highest-seeded team, and so on
If more than 2 teams are tied and more than 1 team is needed, a first team is found using the above rules. That team is then removed from the group to find the second team, and so on.

Rules of Play
The following Golf Rules will apply:

Strick USGA Rules of Play apply
Embedded ball rule through the green
You may move loose rocks within a bunker
Concessions can not be declined or withdrawn
Conceded putts may not be putted (first offense, a warning; subsequent offenses, loss of point)
Range finders may be used, but only to measure distance, not slope
Claims/disputes must be declared to your opponents before the next hole is played. The claim must be made before any player in the match plays from the next teeing ground or, in the case of the last hole of the match, before all players in the match leave the putting green
Play 2 balls if there is there is any doubt about an imposed ruling;
A rules infraction in match play is loss of hole, but in the case of our league it is only a loss of the high point on that hole.

The following General Rules will apply:

Cell phones may be used, but must be in silent mode only, first offense, loss of hole; subsequent offense, loss of match (exception on-call doctors).

The following League Rules will apply:

Regular season rules will be used, except as noted
You may play out of turn (within reason, safety and courtesy)
Matches ending in a tie after 9-holes will go to sudden-death
Sudden-death begins on the 1st hole of the opposite 9 holes
Regular league handicapping rules continue in sudden-death
Finally, remember that substitutes are NOT permitted in the playoffs

Scheduling Matches
All matches may be scheduled on any day by the two opposing teams as long as they are completed according to the timeframe specified (unless weather becomes a long-term factor).
I have scheduled tee times for our league as follows:

Round 1: Wednesday, August 31st (4:00-6:00), play by/on Sep. 3
Round 2: Wednesday, September 7th (4:20-5:30), play by/on Sep. 10
Round 3: Wednesday, September 14th (4:20-5:30), play by/on Sep. 17

All other scheduling must be done by the participants.