2013 Tournaments & Events will be run by your Tournament Committee (for more info see next section) and governed by the Rules Committee (bottom of this page).  Both groups will be working to see that this is the best season ever for Saxony.

Schedule	Event	More Info
April 20th	Opening Day Scramble	Opening Day Page
April 27th to June 1st	Partners' Best Ball	PBB Page
June 8th to July 13th	President's Cup	President's Cup Page
July 27th to Aug 24th	Club Championship	Club Championship
Sept 21st & Sept 28th	The Memorial	The Memorial Page
October 12th (tbd)	Fall Classic/Closing Day	Fall Classic

This year we will continue the revised tiebreaker system first tested in 2012.  For all rounds (except the finals) ties will be broken by score on the back nine (still tied? 6; still tied final 3).  In the finals, it's extra holes & sudden death.  Read the Tournament Committee's announcement here - Tiebreaker

In case you aren't familiar with these events, here's how they work:

- In the Opening Day Scramble foursomes are organized with roughly equal total handicaps.   Best net score on each hole counts 333nd in addition to lowest score, there are also prizes for closest to the pin and driving distance/accuracy.
- Partners' Best Ball is a team event - pick a partner and using your best net score on each hole go up against another twosome in match play.  Strategic choice of partner is key.  Two Hams just don't work as well as Ham & Eggs.
- President's Cup is one draw for the whole club.  Using handicaps you'll have to get through people of all levels in your quest for the cup.  Again, match play.
- Club Championship is open to everyone - with a catch: no handicaps.  To give the rest of us something to do while Andy wins it (again), higher handicap players can sign up for A, B, C or D flights.  There are no handicaps within a flight; it's match play, straight up.
- The Memorial is our most complicated scoring.  Everyone is assigned a point target based on his handicap - high handicappers have lower targets.  In play you earn 1 point for bogie, 2 for par, 4 for a birdie and 8 for an eagle (all scores gross).  He who exceeds his target by the biggest margin wins.  The points are accumulated over two rounds.
- Closing Day in past was a scramble - similar to Opening Day, but without that wide-eyed, spring enthusiasm. The weather can be a bit rough, so this event is for the hardy.  Usually combined with the final Saxony Club meeting and officers elections for the following year.

Tom Gramolini is Chairman of the 2013 Tournament Committee.  Members of this esteemed group are Rich Hastings and Ron Sanossian - each will act as Tournament Director for an event.

At all times they will be supported by TomG & Woody.  And they are always looking for volunteers to help out -  Sign up below.  Responsibilites include communicating to members, establish pairings, determine format and awarding prizes.  

The Committee has been hard at work over the winter creating ground rules for our season.  The links below take you to their new Tiebreaker Procedures, the timing and terms of the Majors, as well as a chance to thank them all at once.

Rules are a function of the Tournament Committee.  Each Tournament Director will be setting the specific terms of his event.  People interested in contributing to the Committee throughout the year should contact them directly.  This group would be charged with defining the local rules for the club overall and, if needed, variants for any event.  They would also be available to club memebers as a panel to answer rule related questions or settle those quirky, off-course discussions.  For The Majors - the determination of the Rules Committee will be final.

Sign up below or just contact them directly.