The mode of play for each match will be stroke play.

At the conclusion of the season promotion and relegation from the division will be applied ready for the next season .

Each venue will be pre-selected by the Tour Admins and .lts files / mops will be created for each of the Season weeks.

Files and Forfeit

The only files required to be sent in for each match will be the score text file and the .ver file, and for those that wish accurate stats recording; the Player Pin file. This also has the benefit of the tour Director being able to send you your Pin File should you have had Computer problems; 9 people in the 2009 year alone.

For the purposes of the holes for and against system, where a match is forfeited, due to a player missing the deadline (Midnight Sunday after the start of Each Round) the opponents scores per hole will compared to the par for each hole and awarded a point for on each hole where par is broken, the minimum score would always be 1-0

Any Player not returning 4 consecutive game results without any prior notification will from that time on receive a -1 per game.

The .lts file will be set up to record each game, this should be saved if you forget to save the scoretext, you would then be able to replay the round with just the recorded player, and then save and send the score txt file it is a safety net and need only be sent in the circumstances mentioned.

The Divisions

Where possible the divisions will be populated to the maximum of 8 players. All new players to the league will be placed in the lowest division.

At the end of each season promotion and relegation will be carried out for the top 2 and bottom 2 players in each division, new players will also be entered at this time ready for commencement of the next season. There will also be a series of play-off matches, Between 3rd from Bottom and 3rd from Top to add a bit of drama to the proceedings. The Forum will contain full details nearer the end of each Season. The object of the competition is for players to simply enjoy the game while hopefully giving encouragement to all to improve in their chosen style of play.

links-golf.net Rules

All general rules of links-golf.net regarding chipping and putting etc. also apply to the Offline Matchplay League.

Online Play

Although the league is broadly an offline event Tour Admins have no objection to players who are due to play each other playing their game online as long as no person is made to feel obliged to do so. With this in mind Tour Admins will make available a MOP and pin settings alongside the .lts files.

When files are received they will then be compared to arrive at a result. Winning players will be awarded 3 points losing players 0 points, if a game is tied each player will receive 1 point. The league will also use a holes for and against to separate players with the same amount of point, firstly by hole difference and then by holes won.

Matchplay League Cup

Essentially the competition has a football feel about it what with the scoring and Division / playoff set-up, so to complete the overall look and feel, four weeks into every Season there will be a League Cup, all players currently playing in that particular Season are entered automatically

The Cup competition will take place during weeks 4,6,8,10 and 12 in Season 1, weeks 18,20,22,24 and 26 in Season 2 and finally weeks 32,34,36,38 and 40 in Season 3. The schedule for any given Season will be adjusted so that all players only play a single game during these weeks, that one single game will be used for the League Cup, so long as they are not "knocked out".

How it works: the names of participating players will put into a "hat" and drawn at random. Where there are not 32 players playing in any Season there will be bye's into the round of 16 matches. The competition is played on a one game winner goes through knock-out format. Once the pairings are decided, the two players scores are compared to determine who won each hole, with the player who scores the most holes progressing to the next stage of the competition.

In the event of a draw on Holes won in any Cup Match, then Total Strokes will decide the winner, if the game is still Drawn then scores from the first 5 holes played will be compared; the player with the most holes won Wins, in the event of the Match still being drawn, the remaining 4 holes will be compared the first player to win a hole wins; if the match is still drawn then the player that scores First Bird or Eagle progresses through to the next round.