Business League Rules of Play 2026

 

Start Time:    The league will start at 5:30 PM every week. The first week of league this year is Tuesday April 28th and the last night of league is September 1st.

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!! - The end of the year Business League Tournament will be on Tuesday September 1st starting at 1:00 PM. We had a great turnout last year. Please plan ahead with your work schedules if you'd like to play so we can have an even better turnout this year! A day full of fun and great prizes!

 

Format:          Two Person Scramble using Match Play Format

 

 

Each team will consist of four players. The captain of each team will form (2) Two player teams. After the two teams are formed they will compete against another team’s two teams. PLAYING IN 8-SOMES! There will be 2 teams per hole.

 

 

Example:  Hole 1 will have 2 teams (Total of 8 Players); two players from each team will be decided to play in the A Match and two players from each team will be decided to play in the B match. Each pairing will have two separate matches going at once.

 

 

Live Scoring:  Will be mandatory on Golf Genius. You only need 1 person from each group to do live scoring. (1 of the 8 players to score both matches). Live scoring instructions are on the Business League Portal. Each round’s GGID will be posted on the pairings sheet on the window and the pro shop counter each week as well as texted out to the captains. FAILURE TO DO LIVE SCORING WILL RESULT IN ZERO POINTS FOR BOTH TEAMS FOR BOTH MATCHES. YOUR SCORES MUST BE CHECKED BY BOTH TEAMS AND PUT IN CORRECLTY BY THE END OF THE ROUND. Golf Genius will do the point scoring automatically. If no scores are entered no points are awarded. You are responsible for entering your hole by hole scores. Scoring disputes after the round is over will be handled between captains. There must be an agreement between both captains before a change is made to any scores on my end. If there is no agreement, scores will remain what was posted at the end of the night.

 

 

 

Scoring: Match Play is the format! Each hole will be worth 1 point. The maximum amount of points that can be won in a match is 9 points. Tying a hole is worth 0 points. If both of your teams win every hole for the night you win the max score of 18 points – as an example.

If for some reason there is a team playing against a no show, the most amount of points that will be awarded is 6 points (2/3 of the match).

 

SECOND SESSION SEEDING IS TO BE DETERMINED OFF SCORING AVERAGE FROM THE FIRST SESSION. IT IS AT JAY'S DISCRETION TO CHANGE SCORES OF MATCHES IF SCORES ARE BEING INFLATED. THERE ARE TIMES YOU WILL NOT FINISH A HOLE SO THE MOST PROBABLE SCORE SHOULD BE WROTE DOWN. IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN WHAT TO WRITE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO WRITE A SCORE THAT IS 1 SHOT HIGHER THAN WHAT YOUR OPPONENT MADE. INFLATING SCORES FOR SEEDING PURPOSES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND THERE WILL BE NO WARNING - YOU WILL NOT BE ASKED TO PLAY IN LEAGUE NEXT YEAR. 

 

 

Check-In: If you have players that don’t check in and play a match, your team will forfeit the match automatically. It is REQUIRED that your entire team checks in every week. If you do not have a pass you are required to pay green fee’s and cart fee’s weekly. The league pass covers your 9-Hole green fee and cart fee. If you show up before 4:30 PM to play you will need to pay the additional $10.00 difference to cover the cost of an 18-Hole round. 

 

 

Tees:  All men 59 and younger will play from the white tees. All men 60 and older may play from the gold tees. All ladies will play from the red tees.

 

 

Pace of Play:  The time par for this league is 2.5 hours. With this format there are 18 groups on the course. If a group is waiting on you then you are behind! You will be scored by # of holes completed if you don’t finish by dark.

If you are out of winning or tying a hole, pick up and move on!!

 

Substitutes:    Since there is no handicap requirement, anyone can play in this league regardless of what division you play in. Players must be out of high school to participate in league. Reminder, the purpose of Business League is to network, socialize, and have fun.  If it nears the end of the season and you bring in players not of the same skill level as your normal players, you may be subject to lose any points earned. This will be at Jay’s discretion only and any decision to take points away will be final.  Play fair!!!

 

 

The Ball:  You are allowed to play the ball up within a scorecard length. You are not allowed to change the type of lie (rough to fairway) or the integrity of the shot. This was a common question in 2025 and what I mean by "the integrity of the shot".... if you hit a ball behind a tree, yes, you may improve the lie but you can't move the ball so far that the tree is no longer in play. You can improve the lie but you cannot change the difficulty of the shot. All native grass is played as a penalty area. You may still play the ball up in penalty area’s or you may take a drop where the ball crossed for a one-shot penalty.  

 

 

No Show:  For Business League a no show is classified as a team having 50% or less of their players show up. If all 4 players no show this will count as 2 no shows! Only having 2 players show up counts as 1 no show. Having 3 players show up is not a no show. If you have 2 no shows on the year you will not be invited back to play next year. This league is in high demand and it is not fair to other teams if a match cannot be played each week. Keep in mind we have people waiting at the door every year on April 1st hoping to get a team in and we turn away many teams every year. We enjoy having you participate in this league so please field a team every week!

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Jay Cottam

League Coordinator