For returning players, create a new player for this year named: (ID#)(your name)08.  (i.e. 01Suemi08).

For new players, thinking of joining the tour, read the Registration Page for creating your player.

• First, you must complete the registration process by submitting your qualifying rounds.  Go to the Main Page and click on Registration to read the details concerning the Qualifying Rounds. Your initial handicap will be based on the results of those Qualifying Rounds and your handicap will be modified on a weekly basis as you submit each additional round of golf in the manner described in Items 6 & 7 below. If you have submitted your Qualifying Rounds properly, you will receive an email assigning you a Player I.D. Number to be used in naming your files during the tour.  Please refer to ConnLINKS Reference Page at the How To page for more details concerning how to submit your scores for both the Qualifying Rounds and the normal weekly Events.
• Using the CTL player that you created and used in your Qualifying Rounds, you will play one Event per week which will consist of one 18 hole RECORDED and VERIFIED round of golf.  Conditions will be posted in advance to allow ample time for you to participate in each Event.
• For each weekly Event, you RECORD your game and VERIFY your scorecard.  When you submit your scores, you will submit  your Pin File, your RECORDED GAME file and your VERIFIED SCORE file, which must be all zipped into a SINGLE ZIP FILE.  Click on SUBMIT SCORES from the drop down menu on the Main Page of ConnLINKS. There you must indicate your Player ID Number, your Handle, the Event No., Course played and your score.  You must also rate the course on a scale of 1 to 5, ( one being the worst and five being the best ) This course rating will help us to determine courses used in next year’s events. After you have completed that form you will then be taken to another page where you must submit your files for that event in ZIPPED form. NOTE THAT ONLY ZIPPED FILES WILL BE ACCEPTED.  Please refer to ConnLINKS Reference Page for more details. You can also refer to the How To pages on how to ZIP files and how to Record Games and Verify Files.
• Everyone MUST use the same version of LSLINKS as they qualified on for each event during the year.  All events are played at the PRO, CHAMP or ELITE level; however once you start at either PRO, CHAMP or ELITE, you must continue with the playing ability for the entire length of the playing year. ALL events will be played from the BACK TEES, but the course and conditions will change from event to event. Check and double-check the condition settings before you begin a round.  USE THE LTS FILES for setting the conditions, but there is no need to use the email function of the LTS file.  
• Failure to play with the proper settings will disqualify you from the event.  
• Failure to use the course provided by ConnLINKS will disqualify you from the event.
• Failure to submit the correct files will disqualify you from the event.
• All errors in completing the required information when reporting your weekly scores are yours, so take your time when reporting!  Use the Scores button on the main page to insure your score has been submitted correctly.  If you see an error, WRITE TO US immediately.  Once we update the event Sunday morning, it is too late to tell us you mistakenly reported event 2 as event 3 and therefore, your winning score for event 2 is missing (for example).
• Powerstroke, RTS and click styles are all acceptable; HOWEVER, you must maintain the style chosen throughout the tour.
• Gimmies are not allowed and chipping on the green is not allowed unless a hazard or fairway is between the lie of the ball and the pin.  
• Putting assistant is NOT allowed.  Should we discover you are using the putting assistant, you will be banned from the tour. The breakline indicator is ok to use.
• Your CTL player cannot be used for ANY PURPOSE other than recording your rounds of golf to be submitted to ConnLINKS.  Any discrepancies will be addressed by the Tour Directors.
• Events will run from Midnight Eastern Time Zone on Sunday until Midnight Eastern Time Zone on the following Saturday.  You MUST submit your scores using the Report Scores Page.  Results will be posted at some point during the day on Sunday. In case of a tie, the closest to the pin on the first hole in regulation will be declared the WINNER and that person's name will be entered into the TROPHY ROOM but all who tied will receive the first place prize.
• Schedules will be posted in 2 week intervals. However, if you are going away on an extended vacation, or other acceptable reason, we can provide you with future event conditions upon written request to us.

CALCULATION OF OVERALL AVERAGE FOR EACH PLAYER:

Your initial handicap will be based solely on your Qualifying Rounds (one of which will be in No Wind, one in Breezy and one in Windy).  As you play additional games, we will average your 3 lowest scores played in your last 5 games.  We will then compare your average against the lowest averaged player in your version (the 'base' average).  You will receive an 80% handicap of the difference between your average and the 'base' average.

Although not even close to being an exact perfect formula, we feel it's close enough for a FUN LEAGUE.

If players are thought to be 'sandbagging' for purposes of adjusting their average on which the handicap is based, they will be disqualified from participating in ConnLINKS.  The decision of the Tour Directors will be final.

HANDICAP:

Tour Directors reserve the right to modify the handicap system, but no modifications will take place without email notification to the players.   

HUSKY BUCKS!!  (ConnLINKS' version of Prize Money for Weekly Events)

To keep the competitive edge in our friendly FUN tour, we will be awarding HUSKY BUCKS each week to all participating players.  Again, although we may be sounding like a recording, we want to remind you that our sole purpose in every aspect of this tour is to find ways to keep it fair, competitive and simple enough to have you all coming back week after week.  With this in mind, we have created what we feel is a fair way to disburse the weekly cash purse (Husky Bucks): 

The process as to how we distribute the money will be based on LOWEST NET score.  The winner or those who tied for the top spot will receive $250.00.  We then have a program that disburses HUSKY BUCKS according to what place you finish for that week which accounts for every stroke.  For example two players tie for first and receive $250.00, the next place would be THIRD Place since one of the two that tied for first will take the trophy and the other one would also take the first place money. If three people tie then all of them would get the $250.00 and the next highest payout would be FOURTH place money since three people finished ahead of him/her.  Every place after that will have less money.  This system should make every shot count. 

In addition, we run a weekly PAR 3 event.  The closest to the pin on the FIRST PAR 3 (must be within 10 feet) of the scheduled course will be awarded $50 Husky Bucks.  In order to be eligible, you MUST record the shot and send the SHT file in with your event files. You must also insert in the comment box that you are submitting your SHT file and what your distance from the pin was.  If there is no winner in any event, the $50 prize money for first place will roll over to the next week's winner.  The person who has the HIGHEST scratch score will also receive $25.00 Husky Bucks along with $25.00 Husky Bucks for the LOWEST scratch score.

We'll maintain a page at the site showing each player's Husky Bucks Account!!!

YOU, and YOU ALONE, are each responsible for submitting the required files/scores etc. for each event on time.  Failure to do so may disqualify you from an event.  All decisions of the Tour Directors are final.  Keep in mind, we're just a couple of fellow players putting this little tour together for FUN!!! We will not become babysitters!!  LOL  Any questions concerning any of the rules/procedures will be answered PROMPTLY.  No question is a silly question.  If you have a question, or run into a problem with your files, etc., WRITE US.

(For instance, your PIN file submitted each week MUST correspond to the number of holes SUBMITTED to date to ConnLINKS.  If you make a mistake and use your CTL player for a couple of holes in some online game or something, stop and LET US KNOW!!  We will find out anyhow when we compare your file to your submitted games.  Without notice by you of your mistake, it may be construed that you were attempting to cheat and may disqualify you from participating at ConnLINKS.)  

TEAM HUSKY BUCKS.    

The two person Team winners will be based upon their combined scores for the event using their handicaps, and the payoffs will be as follows:

1st Place LOWEST NET score will receive $500.00

2nd Place LOWEST NET score will receive $400.00

3rd Place LOWEST NET score will receive $300.00

4th Place LOWEST NET score will receive $200.00

5th Place LOWEST NET score will receive $100.00

All teams who finish beyond 5th place will receive $50.00 

Low SCRATCH score will receive $50.00 

TIE BREAKERS. ConnLINKS will use the following system to break ties for weekly events to see who will get into the trophy room.  The closest to the pin on the first hole in regulation will be the winner.

TEAM HANDICAPS. Offline Team handicaps will be based on the total combined handicaps of both players. Online Team handicaps will be based on HALF of their combined Team Handicaps, IF we run any online team events..

HAVE FUN.  This is the SOLE purpose of this little tour.  A little friendly competition between fellow LinksLS fans is all this tour is about!!! Golfers invited to participate in ConnLINKS are expected to participate regularly, play fairly and display good sportsmanship at all times.

CRASHES.  In the event of a computer crash during your recorded game, you have the option of:

1) Restarting game, and writing to ConnLINKS to tell us why your pin file will not match the number of holes played; or

2) Skipping the event.  In which case, you will still need to write to ConnLINKS to inform us why your pin file for the next event will not match the number of holes submitted to ConnLINKS. 

Should you not have the time to replay the match, you may finish the round, and submit your score to us along with your pin file; HOWEVER, acceptance of a score submitted WITHOUT the proper files, is at the sole discretion of ConnLINKS.  The fact that ConnLINKS may accept a score for an event without the proper files, does NOT require ConnLINKS to do so again should another crash occur.  Each situation will be treated separately and the decision of ConnLINKS is final.

We have found over the last few years that players sometime decide to drop out of playing ConnLINKS but fail to tell us.  If you fail to play in four consecutive events without telling us you will be dropped from the roster.  If you are dropped and decide you want to start playing again you must re-qualify since it would have been four weeks since you played here and perhaps your ability has changed.  You will be notified prior to us dropping you from the roster and depending on the circumstances you will be dropped after missing four consecutive rounds.  This may seem harsh but we need to find committed players and we do not enjoy deleting players only to find out 2 months later they want to play again, this creates more work for us and believe me, we’re lazy when it comes to work!!!  LOL The bottom line is this, if you can’t play for any reason just let us know and there will be no hassle at all.