Entering New Player Information

To add a new player,

1. Click a blank player slot on a team and it will highlight in black (see below)
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Edit Player button at the bottom left of your screen. At a minimum, enter first and last name and gender.
   
   

Editing Player Information

Click the Edit Player button to view a player’s information.  Hint: A quick way to move to a player is to type the player’s last name.  Click the General tab to see the player’s “General” information:

ID#

Under normal circumstances an ID number is not required.  The player’s ID number is used ONLY when transferring golfers between other Software Systems for Golf’s programs.  If you are transferring golfers to the Tournament Manager or from the Handicap System enter the player’s ID#.  Plan ahead for how you allocate ID#'s so you do not have the same ID# for more than one player.

Gender

Make sure you enter the correct gender for each player.  If you run a mixed league, men and women will play from their designated tees.  Rating, slope, hole handicaps, and pars will be used accordingly.

Click the League Statistics tab to see the player’s “League Statistics” information:

Skins

Mark if a player will participate in gross and/or net skins. Only players marked to participate in skins will appear in the skins report #5. To mark a player in skins, highlight the player and press F8, or pull up this form and mark the “In skins” option(s). 

Position

This field lets you manually sort the position of players on each team. Type the player’s position in the “Position” field.  The position is the order you want the players to appear on the team.  For example, a  four man team would have 4 positions: 1,2,3,4.  When you are finished, sort by player position. (Select “Player Pairing” on the Tools menu and select “Pair by Player Position”.) 

Event Scores / Points (List)

This list displays the player’s information for each event played.  The following is displayed…event #, date, inactive, flight, handicap, gross score, adjusted gross score, points, triple bogeys, double bogeys, bogeys, pars, birdies, eagles, etc. 

Inactive

Some leagues, usually 5+ players per team, allow only a portion of their team members to play in each event.  To mark a player as inactive, highlight the player on the main screen and press F7, or pull up this form and mark “inactive”. An “X” will appear next to the name, indicating he/she is inactive. Then sort the players.  Select “Player Pairing” on the Tools menu.  Inactive players will appear at the bottom of each team after sorting player positions. 

Flight

Players may be flighted.  Flights can be used as a selection parameter (filter) in most individual player reports.  For example, you can have two standings reports...one for the A flight, one for the B flight.

Lock Handicap  (Overriding the calculated handicap)

If for some reason you want a player to have a different handicap than the auto handicap calculation would give him/her, you can type in any handicap for the current event and check the “Lock Handicap” box. 

Lock Scorecard  (Overriding the totals calculated from the scorecard)

The following values are automatically totaled from the player’s scorecard…gross score, adjusted gross score, points, pars, birdies, eagles, etc..  If for some reason you wish to alter/override these totals you can check the “Lock Score Card” box and type the gross score, adjusted score, points, pars, birdies, eagles, etc you want the player to receive.  League Mamager displays these values in RED to indicate that they were manually entered and locked.

To override the points and scores calculated by a scorecard and Lock them:

1. Check the “Lock Scorecard”.  Click with the mouse.
2. Type the gross score, adjusted score, points, pars, birdies, eagles, etc you want the player to receive.  The values will appear in RED and a “L” will appear in the “Team” column of the main list next to the player’s name to indicate that you have locked the points and scores calculated by the score card.

Remember:  If you mark “Lock Scorecard”, scores will no longer be updated by the scorecard.  Only scores entered on the player form will be used.

Scores Used to Calculate a Handicap (List)

This list displays all the scores used to calculate the current handicap.  All event scores, practice scores, and NON-event scores used to calculate a handicap are displayed.  If you have a question about how a handicap is being calculated click the How is handicap being calculated button.  League Manager will show step by step how the handicap was calculated.

Posting Practice / Non-Event Scores

If your membership has played practice rounds, or you have a history of scores for your players, enter these while viewing event #1.  Practice scores allow you to immediately establish an initial handicap for event number one.  The more practice scores you enter, the larger sample of scores to select from, and the more stable the handicap will be for the first few events.

Adding a practice / non-event score

1. Click in the “Adj Score” box.
2. Type the Adjusted Gross Score and press ENTER.
3. Type the Rating and press ENTER.
4. Type the Slope and press ENTER.