Flights and Tiebreaking 

Flights

MCGA events use flights so that players of similar handicaps can more fairly compete with one another in the Low Net, Low Gross and Net Skins pools. The number of flights and the flight sizes are determined by the total number of members in the field by the Scoring Committee (SC) prior to the event. It is desirable to have 11-14 players in a flight. For some events when the total field size is 20 or less, the SC may elect to have one "Superflight." In that case to normalize the large spread of handicaps, all players' handicaps will adjusted with by an 80% or 85% factor. That decision will be made once the field size has been determined.

The total number of players in one flight may not always be the exact same number as in the other flights. It is the goal of the SC to keep a fair balance of handicap "spread" within each of the flights. Golfers do not belong to a particular flight for the entire season. Flight members are adjusted each event to better fit with other players in that particular field. The following are typical flight breakdowns but the scoring committee will determine the exact one.

Tiebreaking

For purposes of awarding a golfer as the Tournament Ace (lowest net score) of an event, or as the winner of the low gross game, if two (or more) players tie with the same low score, the winner is the golfer, first, with the lowest front nine total score. For the low net game it will be the lowest net total score and for the low gross game, the lowest gross score.

If there is still a tie, then the winner will be determined by a sudden death scorecard playoff on the front 9, hole-by-hole, beginning with the hardest hole (lowest handicap value) and ending with the easiest hole (highest handicap value).

​Last, if there is still a tie, then the winner will be determined by a sudden death scorecard playoff on the back 9, hole-by-hole, ​beginning with the hardest hole (lowest handicap value) and ending with the easiest hole (highest handicap value).

In a two-day event, the tie-breaking will start on the front nine of the 2nd day scores using the same low net total score method as above. If still a tie after the front 9, then the back 9 of the 2nd day scores will be compared. If a tie after that, then the front 9 net score of the 1st day will be compared, then the back 9 net score. If still a tie after the four nine holes are compared, then the sudden death scorecard playoff on the front 9 of the 2nd day will commence as described above.