Aim of the game: The aim is to play a ball (minimum diameter 42.67 mm, maximum weight 45.93 grams) with as few strokes as possible from a surface designated as a tee in accordance with the golf rules into a 10.8 cm diameter circular hole, usually several hundred meters away. As a rule, the golf course comprises 9 to 18 holes, which can be a total of more than 7,000 metres long.

If the ball cannot be played according to the rules (e.g. because it cannot be found anymore or because it has sunk into a pond), the golf rules provide for certain possibilities of resumption, but mostly with penalty shots. The sum of the shots until the ball is punched (golf shots + penalty shots) is called the score and is noted on a prefabricated result sheet, the so-called score card.

The menu

Overview

In the tournament overview you will find all tournaments that have been created or already completed with the GolfSuite. You can filter by year, status or past or future tournaments.

Sort the created tournaments

To set a specific sort order, simply click on the columns (tournament number, date, tournament title, description, betting mode, number of rounds, default, registrations or tournament status).

Depending on the number of your 'clicks', either 'Ascending' or 'Descending' will be sorted (see the sorting diagram in the figure above).

For information on how to print tournaments, see Betting Print Options - Tournaments.

Tournament series

Procedure

Here you first create a tournament series and assign a name:

Then open the created tournament series with the red marked button:

Here you can see 2 columns:
Available tournaments: Here you can see all the tournaments that are available to you.
Selected Tournaments: The selected tournaments are used for the tournament series.

Now select the participants:

Completition:

Now that the configuration is finished, specify whether you want to evaluate the results by "Aggregated" or "Eclectic" (click on "Print" and select an option):

Course data

Hole statistics

Hole statistics can be called up at any time and filtered according to various criteria (date delimitation, selecting certain discounts, vw, etc.).

After the settings have been made, you must confirm your entries with the green filter symbol (see image below).

Re-publish tournaments

In this menu item all tournaments can be sent again to your national association and Nexxchange.com and published again.

Create new tournament

Path: Competitions → Overview

In the column " Date " the start of the 1st round is indicated, i.e. here is not indicated when the tournament starts (this indication is made under " Set up "), but in the round 1 under " Start times ".

Basic data

Now create the basic data of the tournament (name, date, registration deadline, public or not, Hcp limits, number of players and number of rounds):

After you have entered and saved the basic data, you can publish the tournament.

Groups

Now follows the first group division:

After that you will get to the mask where you can / have to set up further data for this tournament.

Here you can easily see which data has not yet been stored correctly → GREEN = OK / ORANGE = settings still need to be defined here

Set up tournament

You are now already in the process of setting up the tournament.

Here you have the possibility to change the basic data again or to edit the groups.

Edit groups

Here the groups are displayed according to the HCP limits.
The columns Percentage and Number show you how many players would be in which group, with the set HCP specifications.

After entering the HCP and group definition, it is absolutely necessary to go to Save and not to Exit immediately = otherwise the values will not be saved.

The input is also accepted with a positive value and then converts it into a possible value (e.g.: Input 12.5 jumps to the next line -> -12.5 is saved).

By confirming the Range HCP the group below is already adjusted with -12.6 to -30.

The usual color scheme is also used here:

• Green: Input is OK
• Orange: Check input (saving is not possible in this case)

Tags

In this mask you already have the possibility to create tags.

Please read the detailed instructions / description under :

Tournaments - evaluation of a tournament with help of tags

Create/create round

It is now possible to create separate rounds (each round on different courses or with different game forms).
If you want to link the calculation of the rounds, HCP Progress must be selected after each round (in the screenshot it is set to 'no').

Edit round

The process continues like this:

You select the round you want to edit and enter the following information (orange: information for the round is missing):

Tee Assignment

You enter the tee assignment of the round. Here you must assign all the groups you have created!

When you see the message "All mandatory groups are assigned" (for both men and women), click Save to leave the tee editing page:

You can also define an age class for the group definition, which you must specify. The age class "overruled" the group distribution.

e.g.: You have defined the group distribution for the men in the tournament as follows:

GROUP A - 0,5 - 25,5 HCP - Tee Red

GROUP B - 25,6 - 45 HCP - discount yellow

We take the player Max Mustermann (31 years old), who has a HCP of -20,3.

If you do not enter an age group, Mr. Mustermann will be red in the group definition when teeing off.

However, if you want a certain age group to tee off from a color, you can define the "General class" for "Men yellow" as in our example, for example for Mr. Mustermann.

So despite his HCP he will tee off at yellow instead of red → Age group "overruled" the group distribution!

HCP Calculation formula

Legend (using the game default):

Buzzer about all players

Average over all players

Number of players

 MAX represents the highest HCP value. MAX1-X represents the second highest HCP value, etc.

MIN represents the lowest HCP value. MIN1-X represents the second lowest HCP value, etc.

HCP1-X represents the HCP of the corresponding player in the squad.

Example

We set a Texas Scramble (Stableford with 3 players) (or the so-called Ryesome-Four):

An often used calculation method is:

HCP calculation formula MIN * 0.8 + MAX * 0.20 :

When the need arises, the win is so great (the 2452 team will be there to help them).

MIN * 0.8 + MAX * 0.20 = (12 * 0.8) + (15 * 0.2) = 9.6 + 3 = 12.6

Nominations and player search

It is important to start with the last name and then the first name. The longer the input, the faster the player can be found.
The results will be directly fetched live by the federation's server (caution with very common names).

Search function for double names
We will take Max von Mustermann as an example. Notation in the system:

First name: Max
Last name: von Mustermann

The system can now recognize by a simple comma where the last name ends and the first name begins (so it is now possible to narrow down more precisely what is searched for).

Wrong search: correct (possible) search
by Mustermann
If "only" this specification is used, the logic will continue to be used:
From -> stands for the last name
Mustermann -> stands for first name

Correct (possible) search
from Mustermann, Max
of Mu, Max (the name does not have to be entered completely - if the search is reduced to 1 player, it will be filled in/selected automatically).

Golf association

Data is fetched live from the federation and the player is registered after selection in the tournament.

Update (the following possibilities are still subdivided here):

Hcp control without update (association server)

If it happens that a player has improved his HCP for a short time, but he has been listed with his old HCP for 1 week (example) at the tournament created with his old HCP, the function Update > "Compare" now asks if there are differences between the HCP of each player at the tournament and at the association.
If there is one, the current HCP of the association is shown in orange on the left, as shown above.

Hcp update (association server)

The live data of the player will be requested from the association. If there are any discrepancies, the association data will be transferred immediately.

Edit. The group editing is another link: The group editing is another link back to the possibility to customize/change the groups.

Distribute players equally among all groups: As already indicated by the name, the number of players is divided by this function. Ideally it will look like this:

Tags (team ranking):

Registration

Visual representation 10 players are on the participant list (confirmed), 110 players still have room. As soon as the 111th player is on the list, the player is put on the waiting list and must be confirmed manually to participate in the tournament.

2 players are currently deleted or set to "Inactive". In order not to have to call these players again (in case of a change), you can "activate" them again by selecting the number in the first column and confirming that you want to activate them.

Search

search for players in the entry list. The number is limited according to the entry. After deleting them, the total view of the nominal list returns again.

Editing the player

In the entries you have the possibility to edit the player:

Edit player

If this window appears automatically after a player has been named, a warning will be displayed in the upper part of the screen that the tournament requirements for this player do not apply.
The second option is to open this window manually, as shown in the screenshot:

Individual tee-off

With an individual tee, you can - deviating from the settings you have made - specify where a player should tee off.

Send message

Content is entered by the user himself. Only the communication channel to be used is selected. If both are selected, an SMS is always used first.
The prerequisite is of course an active entry under the customer data with e-mail or mobile number.

Online entries

After the settings have been made, the players can also directly register for tournaments with the association themselves. So that the club does not have to re-enter them in our suite, this function "downloads" all entries from the association.

Start tournament - Start list

Create start list: Used to create complex group layouts according to your own specifications.

Start List - Definitions:

Game type: Here it is basically "only" decided whether there is a normal start, or a cannon start (= of all tees is started at the same time).

Tees: If you want certain tees to start at the same time, you can select them and then 'Generate' (result: see screenshot above).

Special example: With a normal "game type" you can also start 2 groups at the same time by teeing off from different tees (screenshot below). For example, Tee 1 and 10 were selected here. According to the settings, the start times are then also clearly marked on the printout (start time list).

Start List - Name Assignment

If a game type was selected in which a team (squad) is formed, the name of this team is created in the start list editor (flight builder).
The team number is specified by default for this purpose. If this is not desired, you can change it by clicking on it:

Start list - add more start time

Möchten Sie eine neue Startzeit hinzufügen, können Sie diese mit dem + Button hinzufügen. Diese Startzeit reiht sich automatisch zwischen den vorhandenen Zeiten ein.

Start List - Add Pause

If a break is desired, you can insert it using the symbol . You can determine the length of the pause with .
The start time of the 1st squad or flight is automatically changed or adjusted.

Timesheet

In order to give you an overview even under time pressure, there is the possibility to display the transit times (also called 'timesheet'). In addition, you have the option of printing the transit times in the desired order.

In order to access this information, however, you must first specify the duration of the holes so that they can be calculated. For this you have to go to the menu item Tournament → Course data.

Here you first select the course, then a tee colour. Now you will see the hole information, which you can edit and specify the duration:

After this information(s) has been stored, you can now view/sort/print the transit times.

Path (In the tournament round: (In tournament → Round 1 → Print → Timesheet):

Scorecard

Scorecard is a form to record the results in golf.

Since each golf course has its own special requirements, there is also a special score card for each golf course in which the results achieved - per golf course (the golfer says: per hole) - are noted. This scorecard takes into account the specific features of each golf course. In addition to the general information such as date, player name, handicap of the individual players, etc., the following information is particularly important:

Par
Length of the individual lanes - separate for men and women
net results
gross results
Stroke index (SI or HCP)
Course Rating (CR)
Slope value (SR)

Enter Score

After all tournament participants have finished the round, you will see the possibility to call up the scorecard:

Next you will see an overview of all scorecards of the tournament participants:

Here you can narrow down the displayed participants (screenshot below):

• All Flights: All scorecards are displayed
• Open Flights: Shows all players with no scores available
• completed flights: Shows all players with all scores present
• Search function: the possibility to search for a specific player

Besides you have left (screenshot below) again information about the line-up of the players:

• Start time of the player
• from which flight is started
• full name of the player
• HCP of the player

After selecting the player, you now have the following options (screenshot below):

• Enter score
• Setting the reading speed
• reading aloud
• Close: You leave the view and are back in the 'Round 1' tab.
• Save: Saves your entered score to the respective player.