Okeana Whackers Golf Association

Official Rules & Format

League Fee: $100 per player, due before the season starts
Weekly Green Fees: $32 per player
Optional Weekly Skins Game: $20 per team ($10 each, or one player can pay $20 and collect all winnings)

Play Style: 2-man scramble — both players hit each shot, choose the best ball, and then both play from that spot.
Odd Number Handling: If there is an odd number of players, the solo player plays two balls for each shot.
Weekly Pairings: Pairings are built from each player’s adjusted average and current season rank, with the best player paired with the lowest-ranked player and so on.
Season Rank: Based primarily on last year’s results and used for pairings and tie-breakers.
RSVP Deadline: Wednesday evening each week. Pairings and tee times are not guaranteed without a final RSVP. Any player marked TTD or with no response keeps the weekly pairings locked until updated.

Total Weeks: 14 weeks played
Scoring Weeks Counted: The best 6 scores count; higher scores are dropped.
Rainouts: The first rainout doesn't change anything. After a 2nd rainout, the minimum counted scores drops to 5 — and stays at 5 no matter how many more rainouts happen the rest of the season.
Rainout Adjustment: If a player has 5 counted scores and the 6th round is the final Friday rainout before the Championship, the highest score from that player’s completed rounds is added to their average.

Place within 1 club length of the selected shot, in the same cut of grass (fairway-to-fairway, rough-to-rough, sand-to-sand).
No placing on the fringe or green if the original lie was rough, and vice versa.

Base of a tree, exposed root, standing water (not casual), or embedded in thick vegetation: free relief within 1 club length, same condition.
Normal rough or a light tree line does not qualify.

Lateral out of bounds: 1-stroke penalty; drop within 2 club lengths of the boundary last crossed, no closer to the hole.
Exception for Hole 7: if both balls are in the pond, re-tee with a 1-stroke penalty (stroke-and-distance).

Mark and clean before putting. Both players may putt; if either makes it, the hole is out.

Format: 18 holes; partners switch after 9.
Participation: Participation is expected; missing the Championship may trigger a forfeit fee and affect payouts.
Payouts: Top 8 finishers, plus front-9 and back-9 champion partners.
Championship Rainout: If Championship day is rained out, the league will first try to reschedule. If a makeup date can't be worked out, final regular season standings will determine the champion instead.
Championship Pairings: Once the final regular-season round (Aug 21) is entered, players are seeded for Championship Day pairings by their hdcp-adjusted season total — Tier B: −1/round, Tier C: −2/round — plus a one-time Championship handicap on top (Tier B: −1, Tier C: −2), same best-paired-with-lowest-ranked method used all season. The Championship round itself is still scored straight up, with no handicap applied to determine the winner.
Back-9 Re-pairing: Once every player's front-9 score is entered, the back 9 is re-paired the same best-with-worst way, using each player's starting total plus their front-9 score.