Flighting Players


Flights can be used to pair golfers on teams and/or be used as a selection filter in individual player reports.  For example, you can have two standings reports...one for the A flight, one for the B Flight.  There are two ways to flight a player(s).


  1. To manually assign a flight to a player, pull up the player’s information form and enter the appropriate flight.
  2. To automatically flight players, select the “Automatically Flight Players” on the Tools menu. The “Flight Players” form will appear.


League Manager can automatically determine flights by player’s handicaps, average gross score, or average net score.  Usually you flight players by handicap, but flighting players by gross or net scores can be useful if you need to flight players by scores shot in previous rounds.  Drop down the “Determine flights using” box to select how you wish to flight players.

League Manager lets you set flights using one of five ways:


  1. League Manager can automatically set flight players inside each team.
    Click the Set flights inside each team button. The lowest handicap player on each team will be assigned to the A flight, the next player to the B flight, etc.

  2. League Manager can automatically set the ranges for each flight and flight players accordingly.
    Click the Automatically set ranges above button and League Manager will try to determine flight ranges by putting an equal number of players in each flight.  Click OK to close the form and apply the flights to your players.

Note: League Manager will set the boundaries for each flight and try to put an equal number of golfers in each flight.  But, it is not always possible to put an equal number of golfers in each range.  For example, if you were flighting by handicap and you have 100 golfers and 4 flights, then you want 25 golfers in each flight.  However, if 30 of the golfers have a handicap of 10, then at least one flight must have 30 golfers and the rest something less.


  1. League Manager simply puts an equal number of players in each flight.
    Click the Iqnore ranges…put equal number of players in each flight button and League Manager will simply put an equal number of players in each flight.  Click OK to close the form and apply the flights to your players.

Note: League Manager automatically flights your players with an equal number of golfers in each flight regardless of flight handicap boundaries.  For example, if you were flighting by handicap and you have 100 golfers and 4 flights, then you want 25 golfers in each flight. League Manager simply sorts your list by handicap and puts the first 25 golfers in flight A, next 25 in B, next 25 in C, and last 25 in D.  Note that if golfer 25 and 26 both have a handicap of 10, you will have a 10 handicap golfer in flight A and a 10 handicap golfer in flight B.


  1. You can manually set the flight ranges and League Manager flights players accordingly.
    In the “Flight Ranges” table, type the “High Range” for each flight. The number of players in each flight is automatically calculated. League Manager will use the range you type for each flight to determine each player’s flight.  Click [OK] to close the form and apply the flights to your players.

  2. You can manually set flights for each individual player or a range of players.
    Select a player or range of players in the “Players” list.  Click the Change Selected Player(s) Flight button or right-click the player to set the flight. Remember, you can select a range of players by clicking and dragging your mouse to select multiple players, or by holding down the Shift or Ctrl key.