– Welcome –

Indy Match Play Championships is an Indy Disc Golf Club (IDGC) membership benefit event similar to Best of City. Club members have two chances each year to be called primus inter pares, or first among their peers: match play in the Spring, and stroke play in the Fall. This event is the spiritual successor to the Indy match-play championships that were all-day battles fought across the Mohawk Compound.

– Major Details –

This event is one of the 2 exclusive events for IDGC Members. All participants need to be current IDGC members to compete. IDGC membership is $10 for the year, and you can sign up at any league event or on our website - www.indydiscgolf.com. NEW this year, we will have 2 brackets - Gold (MPO/MP40/MA1) and Silver (Female divisions/MA2 and below/all other age-protected divisions). There will be an additional $10 entry fee for Gold and a $5 entry fee for Silver. Each bracket will pay out the top 4 finishers.

We will be following PDGA match play scoring and rules found here: www.pdga.com/rules/official-rules-disc-golf/appendix-a
There are 2 exceptions/clarifications to these rules -
1. There is no requirement that each match is played with another pair or official
2. All matches that end tied after 18 holes will go into sudden death starting on hole 1 and continuing until a hole is won.

The format will start with round-robin pool play followed by a single-elimination bracket. Pools will be randomly drawn during our live draw spectacular (draw date and time are TBD, after registration closing, and play begins). Two players from each pool will advance to the bracket. The final bracket size will be determined by the number of players in each division. We plan to have a 16-player bracket in each division, but we will adjust it if needed.

If we have 24-32 players, each player will play 2-3 matches during the round-robin. If we have 32-40, each player will have 3-4 matches during the round-robin. Registration will be capped at 40 in each division, but if we fill, we will adjust the cap.

The single elimination bracket will be filled by matching each pool winner with the second-place finisher from a different pool. All Ties in pool play will be broken in the following order:

1. Head-to-head result between the tied players (if players A and B end pool play tied, whoever won the match between player A and B would advance or claim the higher seed). If there is a 3-way tie and 1 of the players did not win either match against the other 2 players, they are eliminated.
2. Combined margin of victory (CMOV): if players end pool play tied and the head-to-head results cannot break the tie, then the player(s) with the higher margin of victory will advance. CMOV is calculated by adding how many holes the player won their matches by, minus how many holes they lost matches by. For example, player A won 2 matches 3 up and 1 up but lost a match 2 down - their CMOV will be calculated 3+1-2= 2. So in the above example, let's say player A had a CMOV of 2, player B had a CMOV of 5, and player C had a CMOV of 3 - players B and C would advance if both spots in their pool were open; if only 1 spot was open, the winner of the match between B and C would get the spot.
3. Average Loss Margin (ALM)- if 3 players remain tied, we use ALM to break the tie. Example: players A/B/C all have a CMOV of 3 with the following results: player A 2+3-1-1=3, player B 5+3-4-1=3, player C 4+2-2-1=3. In this scenario, player A would advance because their average margin of losses was 1 vs player B was 2.5 vs C was 1.5. If 2 players remain tied, then it would go to the head-to-head result between the 2.
4. If somehow there is still a 3-way tie (very improbable), TD will schedule a 3-way sudden-death play-in.

Any match that is forfeited will be counted as a 1 down loss for the player forfeiting and a 1 up win for their opponent.

NOTE: If Tournament Staff notices or suspects any shenanigans in results (IE someone has locked up a spot to advance to the bracket and then "throws" or forfeits a match to alter results or tie breakers), punishment may include penalties added to that/or any benefiting players' upcoming bracket round match all the way to possible expulsion from the bracket round.

– Fees and Rewards –

$10 Gold/$5 Silver entry fee will be going into the payout pool. We will be paying out players making it to the final 4 of the bracket with increasing payouts going to the semi-finalists, finalists, and ultimately the CHAMPION. The payout amounts will be posted after registration when we know the amount in the prize pool. The champion will also receive a floating trophy (the winner keeps for a year and is returned for next year's winner to claim)!

– Layouts and Logistics –

Pooled Round Robin - Weeks 1/2
Matches can be played at any of the following courses/layouts, but each player must play matches on at least 2 different courses during round robin pool play. If players cannot agree on a course for their match, the match will be played at Washington Park. If, for either player, using Washington Park would violate the rule of playing different courses, then the other player gets to decide which of the other 3 courses will be played.

1. Washington Park - Matchplay Layout (Gold and Silver divisions will have layouts in UDisc for matchplay)
2. Brookside Park - Inner Loop Layout
3. Sahm Park - Odds Long/Evens Short
4. Fall Creek - Leap Frog Short

For the Bracket rounds, the following courses will be used:
Round of 16 - VFW 7119 - Main
Round of 8 - Washington Park - Gold Division will play All Long Tees & Long Baskets/Silver will play a combo of long/shorts
Round of 4 - Fall Creek - Wooded 18 Blue/Gold
Final - Brookside - CFO Layout

All courses and layouts are subject to change (changes would be due to course conditions, i.e., if Fall Creek is flooded, the course schedule interferes with another event, etc.).

Indianapolis Disc Golf Club is responsible for all refunds/cancellations.