Alaska PDGA Winter Series #13   January 10, 2021 at 4:10am

Ace Pool Playoff - Davis Park

Hi, folks - for the second straight league I've run, no one hit the Ace Pool! I've designed what I think will be a fun and fair playoff for the funds. Everyone who played a league round this year is eligible - you just have to let me know you're coming.

Two major elements: we're doing an 10-ratings-point-per-stroke handicap. The average stroke was worth 10.7 ratings points at Davis Park, but because trees and snow make things a little more random, and because 10 points is easier math, that's what each stroke will be worth. If you are a propagator, we'll use your rating. If you're not, then we're going to use your average rated round for the league.

Second: we're weighting payout by the number of league rounds you played. 4 places are going to pay out, 50-30-15-5. Let's use an example:

1. Jeremy Boyd (10 Rounds)
2. Jake Haskin (3 Rounds)
3. Nathan Alfano (1 Round)
4. James Beckner (7 Rounds)

Jeremy will get 10X50, or 500 points. Jake gets 3X30 or 90 points, Nathan gets 1X15 or 15 points, and James gets 7X5 or 35 points.

This is a total of 640 points awarded, and each point is worth 241/600, or 40.17 cents. Jeremy will get 500*0.4017, or $201, Jake gets 90*0.4017, or $36, Nathan gets 15*0.4017, or $6, and James gets 35*0.4017, or $14.

So - everyone is eligible to play, but if you didn't play a ton of rounds, you probably won't win a ton of money. If you played a ton of rounds, you can possibly win almost all of the ace pot.

Let me know by Friday if you're in - there's some work to do to determine the handicaps, so I want to be able to let everyone know the strokes they're playing with.