TGCT Moving Month - February

[Doyley]

TGC Tours - Moving Month
Buckle up! TGC Tours is having it's first moving month on the Challenge Circuit and the Web.com Tour. For the month of February the cutline percentages for Sponsor Exemptions & Demotion Strikes will be inflated (see below). There will be lots of movement so play your best golf and try to work your way up the flights!

February %'s (Sponsor Exemptions, Demotion Strikes)
Web.com: 10%, NA
CC-A:    10%, 50%
CC-BCDE: 30%, 50%
CC-Z:    20%, NA

Clear Demotion Strikes Cutline
Keep in mind that demotions strikes are cleared when you are given an exemption so effectively the 'clear strikes' cutline for February will be all players getting an exemption for CC-BCDE. CC-A's clear strikes cutline will remain at 22.5%

Earning Cards While on Exemptions (Challenge Circuit During Moving Month)
While using a Sponsor's Exemption on the Challenge Circuit, you finish in the top 70 of all participants in the flight and within 15 (up from 10) strokes of the top Exemption participant in the flight.

Remember the new rule
No over par scores at the end of an event will be awarded an exemption (will most likely only apply to CC-Z but is in effect for all flights/tours)

*** numbers have been tweaked since mass email

[ABU_Bear]

Buckle in boys!!! It's gonna be a wild ride

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Feb 1, 2016 1:06:09 GMT -5 Doyley said:

TGC Tours - Moving Month
Buckle up! TGC Tours is having it's first moving month on the Challenge Circuit and the Web.com Tour. For the month of February the cutline percentages for Sponsor Exemptions & Demotion Strikes will be inflated (see below). There will be lots of movement so play your best golf and try to work your way up the flights!

February %'s (Sponsor Exemptions, Demotion Strikes)
Web.com: 10%, NA
CC-A:    10%, 50%
CC-BCDE: 30%, 50%
CC-Z:    20%, NA

Clear Demotion Strikes Cutline
Keep in mind that demotions strikes are cleared when you are given an exemption so effectively the 'clear strikes' cutline for February will be all players getting an exemption for CC-BCDE. CC-A's clear strikes cutline will remain at 22.5%

Earning Cards While on Exemptions (Challenge Circuit During Moving Month)
While using a Sponsor's Exemption on the Challenge Circuit, you finish in the top 70 of all participants in the flight and within 15 (up from 10) strokes of the top Exemption participant in the flight.

Remember the new rule
No over par scores at the end of an event will be awarded an exemption (will most likely only apply to CC-Z but is in effect for all flights/tours)

*** numbers have been tweaked since mass email

Scott, I just want to make sure I understand the "no over par exemptions" rule.

Does that mean for the whole tournament or even if just one round is over par?

For example, let's say on a par 72 I shoot 63, 63, 63, 73, and finish 5th for the tournament. Do I not qualify because the last round I shot 1 over?

[fuzion]

For the tournament.

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Feb 1, 2016 10:48:08 GMT -5 fuzion said:

For the tournament.

Thanks for the clarification, though I can't imagine anybody shooting over par even coming close to an exemption with the way these guys shoot out here.

[Doyley]

Feb 1, 2016 11:14:17 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Feb 1, 2016 10:48:08 GMT -5 fuzion said:

For the tournament.

Thanks for the clarification, though I can't imagine anybody shooting over par even coming close to an exemption with the way these guys shoot out here.

It's mainly a rule that was put in place for CC-Z but we made it site wide to make it easier to code.

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Feb 1, 2016 11:39:15 GMT -5 Doyley said:

Feb 1, 2016 11:14:17 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Thanks for the clarification, though I can't imagine anybody shooting over par even coming close to an exemption with the way these guys shoot out here.

It's mainly a rule that was put in place for CC-Z but we made it site wide to make it easier to code.

Ah, okay. That makes sense from a coding aspect. Cool.

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Been going over the rules again (sorry, I'm still kind of new and trying to get used to all this) and I just want to make sure I understand how this works for February.

So let's take for example E Class, which is where I am right now.

Let's say 100 players in the tournament.

So, if I finish in places 1 through 30 (30%) I get a sponsor's exemption, correct?

If I finish 31 through 50, nothing happens.

If I finish below 50 I get a demotion strike.

Is that pretty much how this works this month?

[Doyley]

Feb 1, 2016 16:45:56 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Been going over the rules again (sorry, I'm still kind of new and trying to get used to all this) and I just want to make sure I understand how this works for February.

So let's take for example E Class, which is where I am right now.
Let's say 100 players in the tournament.
So, if I finish in places 1 through 30 (30%) I get a sponsor's exemption, correct?
If I finish 31 through 50, nothing happens.
If I finish below 50 I get a demotion strike.
Is that pretty much how this works this month?

Yes, that is correct.  After R3 the exemptions and strike bars appear on the leaderboard and will make it easy to see where you sit.

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Now that I understand how moving month works, how does this affect how we earn our cards? Are cards earned during moving month?

For example, if I make top 30 and get exemption into next class for week 2 and then that week finish within 15 shots of the top exempt player, do I earn my card for that class or because it's moving month this doesn't apply?

[ABU_Bear]

Feb 3, 2016 7:45:18 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Now that I understand how moving month works, how does this affect how we earn our cards? Are cards earned during moving month?

For example, if I make top 30 and get exemption into next class for week 2 and then that week finish within 15 shots of the top exempt player, do I earn my card for that class or because it's moving month this doesn't apply?

You get your card...that's WHY it's called Moving Month

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Feb 3, 2016 8:08:29 GMT -5 ABU_Bear said:

Feb 3, 2016 7:45:18 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Now that I understand how moving month works, how does this affect how we earn our cards? Are cards earned during moving month?

For example, if I make top 30 and get exemption into next class for week 2 and then that week finish within 15 shots of the top exempt player, do I earn my card for that class or because it's moving month this doesn't apply?

You get your card...that's WHY it's called Moving Month

Right, but what if the following week I don't make top 50%? Normally, I would just get a strike. But during moving month do I immediately get tossed back into the class below me?

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Feb 3, 2016 9:14:29 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Feb 3, 2016 8:08:29 GMT -5 ABU_Bear said:

You get your card...that's WHY it's called Moving Month

Right, but what if the following week I don't make top 50%? Normally, I would just get a strike. But during moving month do I immediately get tossed back into the class below me?

If you don't make the top 50% and are more than 15 strokes from the top exemption player, you would simply drop back down to your original tier with (I think) cleared strikes.


But an interesting scenario comes up here:

One could theoretically, while on exemption, finish within 15 strokes of the top exemption finisher and yet be in the bottom 50%.  They would satisfy the rule of earning their card in the next tier up, but also meet the criteria of earning a strike on that tour.  I can only speculate what happens then.

Not sure if that scenario was thought of or will actually happen or not.

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Feb 3, 2016 9:29:36 GMT -5 @swaeromotion said:

Feb 3, 2016 9:14:29 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Right, but what if the following week I don't make top 50%? Normally, I would just get a strike. But during moving month do I immediately get tossed back into the class below me?

If you don't make the top 50% and are more than 15 strokes from the top exemption player, you would simply drop back down to your original tier with (I think) cleared strikes.


But an interesting scenario comes up here:

One could theoretically, while on exemption, finish within 15 strokes of the top exemption finisher and yet be in the bottom 50%.  They would satisfy the rule of earning their card in the next tier up, but also meet the criteria of earning a strike on that tour.  I can only speculate what happens then.

Not sure if that scenario was thought of or will actually happen or not.

Okay, what happens in this scenario?

Week 1: I finish in top 30% and earn exemption into Class D.

Week 2: Playing my exemption in Class D, I finish in the top 50% AND finish within 15 strokes of top exempt player. I then earn my Class D card. Correct?

Week 3: Now as a Class D player, I finish in the bottom 50%. Do I simply get a demotion strike or because I finished in the bottom 50%, immediately get moved back down to Class E?

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Feb 3, 2016 9:38:02 GMT -5 @wagtunes said:

Feb 3, 2016 9:29:36 GMT -5 @swaeromotion said:

If you don't make the top 50% and are more than 15 strokes from the top exemption player, you would simply drop back down to your original tier with (I think) cleared strikes.


But an interesting scenario comes up here:

One could theoretically, while on exemption, finish within 15 strokes of the top exemption finisher and yet be in the bottom 50%.  They would satisfy the rule of earning their card in the next tier up, but also meet the criteria of earning a strike on that tour.  I can only speculate what happens then.

Not sure if that scenario was thought of or will actually happen or not.

Okay, what happens in this scenario?

Week 1: I finish in top 30% and earn exemption into Class D.

Week 2: Playing my exemption in Class D, I finish in the top 50% AND finish within 15 strokes of top exempt player. I then earn my Class D card. Correct?

Week 3: Now as a Class D player, I finish in the bottom 50%. Do I simply get a demotion strike or because I finished in the bottom 50%, immediately get moved back down to Class E?

Week 2 you are correct.

Week 3 you would earn your first demotion strike as a member of CC-D.