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League Manager Tutorial

Quick Steps to Run a League

First, create your league. Click the League menu and select Create New League.See Creating a League for step by step instructions.

To run your league each event

1. (Optional) Pair players for the event. Click the Tools menu and select Player Pairing for Team vs Team. SeePlayer pairing order on a team for more information.

2. Print the “Scorecards” or “Team Pairing Sheet” report to show player pairings. Reports 1 or 2.

3. Play GOLF, and collect the scorecards.

4. (Optional) Add any substitutes that played for regular players. See Making Substitutions.

5. Enter each player’s scorecard. See Entering Scorecards.

6. Print reports or post your league information to your website using the Website Designer.

When you have finished the event - Click the appropriate event tab to move to the next event.For more details, see Running an Event.

Quick TutorialThis tutorial will give you a quick overview of the League Manager. In this tutorial you will:

Add a substitute

Post a scorecard

Print league results

Move to the next event

You should be able to complete all this in about 15 minutes. By the end of this tutorial you will have a basicunderstanding of how to run the League Manager.

Load the Paxton Golf League

When you first run the League Manager, the Paxton League should be automatically loaded and you should see thefollowing screen. Note: If you have created your own league, you may need to load the Paxton League. To do this,click the League menu and select "Open Existing League". On the League form double click the PaxtonLeague to load it.

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The League Manager uses a typical Windows(tm) type interface. The top line of the window shows the name of theleague and division that is currently displayed. Beneath it is the menu bar with pull down menus, i.e. League, Edit,View, Reports, Internet, Tools, Setup and Help. The menus contain various functions that are described indetail in the manual. Team and player data for the specified event are displayed in the table. The table headersare as follows:

Team - The team number and team name

F - The flight the player is in. Flights can be used as a selection parameter (filter) in individual playerreports. For example the Paxton League has 4 flights (A,B,C,D) with individual player standings for eachflight.

S - Skins. If a player has an "S" beside his name he is included in the skins report.

Player - Player's name.

Hcp - Player's handicap for this event.

AGS - Adjusted Gross Score (The Gross score adjusted for use in handicapping).

Score- The score the player shot for this event.

Points - Points that a player received for current event.

P - Pars for this event.

B - Birdies for this event.

E - Eagles for this event.

Putts - Putts for this event.

Total Points - Total points for the team and players.

Versus Team - Opposing team number.

Various command buttons are available to change the current event, add substitutes, display scorecards, edit player,etc. The buttons change appropriately depending upon whether a team or player is highlighted and the status of theplayer.

Paxton League Overview

The Paxton League is a four man team league which plays a "player versus player / team versus team" format.It has 1 "baseball" style division (no inter divisional play) with four flights. The league awards one point per holefor player vs player. Handicaps are based on 90% of the best 5 of 8 scores.

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Note:This league is only a sample of one kind of league the software can run. The League Manager can runalmost any kind of league...anywhere from an individual league to team leagues with up to 12 players perteam. The Paxton league is a league that plays with opposing teams\players, however LM can also handleNON-opposing leagues. These leagues usually play against the course, against the field, best net score,etc... You can also have up to 6 divisions (Baseball or Football style) with up to 6 flights in each division.Handicapping and Points parameters can also be set any number of ways.

Adding a Substitute

You are currently posting scores for event #3. You have one scorecard left to post and you discover that TomWisenbaugh on team 1 was unable to play. Donald Cobb substituted for him. To make the substitution:

1. Click your mouse on Tom Wisenbaugh. He is on team 1.Tip: A quick way to move to a player is to start typing his\her last name. Type "WI" and you will have TomWisenbaugh selected.

2. Click the Substitution button on the bottom of the screen. The substitute list will appear.

3. Double click on Donald Cobb (Sub#9) in the "Select Substitute Player" list.

Notice how Tom Wisenbaugh's name has been changed to "WISENBAUGH, To<> SUB#09 COBB, Donald". Thislets you quickly know that Donald Cobb is subbing for Tom Wisenbaugh. Note also the Substitution button nowreads REMOVE SUB when Tom Wisenbaugh is highlighted. This is the button you would click if for some reasonyou wanted to remove the substitute.

Typing in a Score Card

There is only one more scorecard to type in. The fastest way to enter scorecards is to use the numeric pad. Makesure your NUMLOCK is on and get ready to type.

1. Highlight either Paul Shade or Tom Wisenbaugh. Click your mouse on the player, type last name, or usearrow keys to select.

2. Press the '+' key to pull up the scorecard or right double-click your mouse on the player. Type in thefollowing scores for each golfer.

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3. Press the "+" key to close the card.League Manager automatically calculates gross score, net score, adjusted gross score (used for handicaps),points, pars, birdies, and eagles. It also builds a large range of reports, including skins, ringer reports, andcourse results.

Note: You do not have to enter scores hole by hole, you can enter totals only. If you do decide to entertotals only, it is up to you to calculate gross scores, adjusted gross scores, points, pars, birdies, eagles, whatever you need to track. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND entering scorecards hole by hole! It's much faster thanentering total scores...and you'll be surprised at the number of scorecards it catches that are incorrectlycalculated. Also, any reports that rely on hole information will be disabled (skins report, ringer reports,course report, etc.) Plus, YOU end up doing all the work, not the computer!

Print reports

In this section you'll print some reports. Reports let you print out team standings, individual standings, schedules,pairing sheets, scorecards, ringer reports, skins sheets, mailing labels, plus many other types of reports. To viewsome of these reports:

Load the Report ViewerClick your mouse on the REPORTS button, or select “Standard Reports” on the Reports menu.

Reports Button

Reports Menu

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The reports form appears. The reports form lets you view and edit your reports before printing them to theprinter or a disk file. The first line on the screen displays the menus...File (print and save reports), Reports(list of reports you can print), Internet (save report for website), Editor (edit reports) and Setup (Page setupfor your reports). The box under this lets you view\edit the current report before printing. The bottom linedisplays the Print button, which lets you send the report to the printer or save as a file to disk.

Print Event Results report

You want to print event results for this league. There are several reports to choose from, select the report yourleague likes best. Let's print one:

1. Click your mouse on the Report menu and select "3. Event Results".Then select "3B. Team Leagues".Then select "3B1. Sheet".

The Event Results (3B1) form will appear. This form allows you to customize what items appear on thereport.

2. After you've set all options click on [OK] to print the report.

3. The report will appear on the screen. To scroll the report up or down click the mouse on the scroll bar onthe right side of the screen.

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4. If you want to print this report to your printer click on the Print button.

Print a skins report

You want to print the skins results for this league.

1. Click your mouse on the Report menu and select "5. Skins Sheet".Then select "5A. Individual Skins"The "Individual Skins" form appears.

2. This form gives you many options to customize your skins sheet.The defaults should be OK. Click on OK to print the scorecards.

3. The report appears on the screen.

More Reports

After you have viewed this report, pull down the Report menu and print some other reports. Feel free toexperiment.

Exit Reports

After you are finished viewing\printing reports, click on Close (bottom right corner of screen) or press ESC toexit the reports form. You will be back to the main League Manager screen.

Closing an Event

Since you are finished printing results for this event (event #3), let's move to the next event (event #4). To do this:

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1. Click the number 4 tab on the tab bar that shows events 1 to 20. The tab bar is above the team/player listand below the menu options.

2. Click "OK" to confirm that you are ready to move to event #4 (the next event).Note: You can always move back to a past event at any time.

League Manager will calculate points, handicaps, and pairings for Event #4. Now the Paxton League is ready toplay another round of golf.

Summary

As you can see, after you set up your league, the basic process of running a league is to post cards and printresults. The League Manager does all the calculations for you.

League Manager also makes it easy to do "what if" scenarios. Move back to event 1 and change how handicaps andpoints are calculated for the league. As you proceed through each event, new points and handicaps will becalculated using the scorecards already entered.

1. Click the number 1 tab on the tab bar to move back to event #1.

2. Click "YES" to confirm that you are ready to move to the past event.

3. When you have moved to event one, pull down the Setup menu and change "Handicap CalculationParameters" and/or "Point Calculation Parameters". See the manual for more information.

Exit the program

Click your mouse on the League menu and select "Exit League Manager". The speed key is CTRL+E.

Running an EventBelow is the procedure for holding a typical event.

Individual Leagues (1 man teams)

1. (Optional) If you are deviating from the automatic schedule, pair teams (players) for the event. Pull downthe Tools menu and select “Team Pairing”. See Manual League Scheduler.

2. Print the “Scorecards” or “Team Pairing Sheet” to report player pairings. Reports 1 and 2.3. Play GOLF, and collect the scorecards.4. (Optional) Add any substitutes that played for regular players. See Making Substitutions for more

information.5. Enter each player’s scorecard. See Entering Scorecards for more information.6. Print reports or post your league information to your website using the Website Designer. Select the

report(s) that best fits your league’s needs. See Reports for more information.

Report 3A1 Event Results 1Report 3A2 Event Results 2Report 4 Individual StandingsReport 5A Skins SheetReport 6 Itemized Golfer infoReport 7 Itemized League infoReport 8 Course ResultsReport 12 Ringer ReportOr any custom report

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7. When you have finished the event - Click the appropriate event tab to move to the next event.

Team Leagues (2, 3, 4 man teams)

1. (Optional) If you are deviating from the automatic schedule, pair teams for the event. Pull down the Toolsmenu and select “Team Pairing”. See Manual League Scheduler for more information.

2. (Optional) Pair players for the event. Pull down the Tools menu and select “Player Pairing for Team vsTeam”. See Player pairing order on a team for more information.

3. Print the “Scorecards” or “Team Pairing Sheet” to report player pairings. Reports 1 and 24. Play GOLF, and collect the scorecards.5. (Optional) Add any substitutes that played for regular players. See Making Substitutions for more

information.6. Enter each player’s scorecard. See Entering Scorecards for more information.7. Print reports or post your league information to your website using the Website Designer. Select the

report(s) that best fit your league’s needs. See Reports for more information.

Report 3B1 Event Results 1Report 3B2 Event Results 2Report 3B3 Event Results 3Report 3B4 Event Results CardsReport 3B5 Event Results Teams OnlyReport 4 Individual StandingsReport 5A Skins SheetReport 5B Team Skins SheetReport 6 Itemized Golfer infoReport 7 Itemized League infoReport 8 Course ResultsReport 12 Ringer ReportOr any custom report

8. When you have finished the event - Click the appropriate event tab to move to the next event.Repeat this scenario for each event.

Team Leagues (5, 6, 7...12 man teams)

1. (Optional) If you are deviating from the automatic schedule, pair teams for the event. Pull down the Toolsmenu and select “Team Pairing”. See Manual League Scheduler for more information.

2. Mark inactive players as inactive (highlight the player and type F7). See Making a Player Inactive for moreinformation. Pair players for the event. Pull down the Tools menu and select “Player Pairing for Teamvs Team”. See Player pairing order on a team for more information.

3. Print the “Scorecards” or “Team Pairing Sheet” to see player pairings. Reports 1 and 2. 4. Play GOLF, and collect the scorecards. 5. Mark inactive players as inactive (highlight the player and type F7). See Making a Player Inactive for more

information.Pair players in correct order. See Player pairing order on a team for more information.Add any substitutes that played for regular players. See Making Substitutions for more information.

6. Enter each player’s scorecard. See Entering Scorecards for more information. 7. Print reports or post your league information to your website using the Website Designer. Select the

report(s) that best fit your league’s needs. See Reports for more information.

Report 3B1 Event Results 1Report 3B2 Event Results 2Report 3B3 Event Results 3Report 3B4 Event Results CardsReport 3B5 Event Results Teams OnlyReport 4 Individual StandingsReport 5A Skins SheetReport 5B Team Skins SheetReport 6 Itemized Golfer infoReport 7 Itemized League infoReport 8 Course Results

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Report 12 Ringer ReportOr any custom report

8. When you have finished the event - Click the appropriate event tab to move to the next event.Repeat this scenario for each event.

Handicap Examples

For the examples below, you may want to follow along in the Handicap Parameters form available under theSetup menu by selecting Handicap Calculation Parameters.

Handicap Example 1

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You want to use the best 4 of the player’s last 6 scores, and use 90% to determine the handicap. Setthe Parameters as follows:Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 90Number of scores handicap based on....6Minimun number of scores needed…1

# of Scores Available

DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

1 0 02 1 03 1 04 2 05 2 06 2 0

When a player has 1 score, the only score (no scores are discarded) will be used for a handicap.When a player has 2 scores, the lowest 1 will be used for a handicap. (Highest 1 score discarded)When a player has 3 scores, the lowest 2 will be used for a handicap. (Highest 1 score discarded)When a player has 4 scores, the lowest 2 will be used for a handicap. (Highest 2 scores discarded)When a player has 5 scores, the lowest 3 will be used for a handicap. (Highest 2 scores discarded)When a player has 6 scores, the lowest 4 will be used for a handicap. (Highest 2 scores discarded)

John Smith is now in event #8 and has the following scores for events 1 to 7. What is his handicap forevent #8? League Manager calculates the handicap as follows:

Event # Used Score7 * 456 * 465 * 444 483 492 * 401 41

John has 7 scores available. Only the last 6 scores are selected for consideration. (Events 7-2). Thebest 4 of these 6 scores are used to determine the handicap. Assume 35.0 is the rating and 110 theslope for all scores.

SCORE Differential 45 (45-35.0) x 113/110 = 10.3 46 (46-35.0) x 113/110 = 11.3 44 (44-35.0) x 113/110 = 9.2 40 (40-35.0) x 113/110 = 5.1

-----35.9

The average differential is determined – 35.9 / 4 = 8.98The handicap is determined and rounded off 8.98 x .90 (handicap % figure) = 8.08 Handicap for John Smith is 8.08

Handicap Example 2

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Suppose you want to calculate a simple handicap by averaging the last three scores. How would theCUSTOM HANDICAP parameters be set?Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 90Number of scores handicap based on....3Minimun number of scores needed…1


DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

1 0 02 0 03 0 0

Handicap Example 3

Suppose you want to calculate a handicap by selecting 3 out of the last 5 scores. When you have 5scores you want to drop the high and low scores and use the rest for handicapping. How would theCUSTOM HANDICAP parameters be set?Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 90Number of scores handicap based on....5Minimun number of scores needed…1


DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

1 0 02 0 03 0 04 1 05 1 1

As scores accumulate they would be selected for handicapping as follows:1 SCORE available - All scores selected2 SCORES available - All scores selected3 SCORES available - All scores selected 4 SCORES available - High score dropped, other 3 selected5 SCORES available - High score dropped, low score dropped, other 3 selected6 SCORES available - Last 5 considered - High dropped, low dropped, other 3 selected7 SCORES available - Last 5 considered - High dropped, low dropped, other 3 selected(and so forth...)

Handicap Example 4

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Assume you want to calculate a handicap by selecting the best 3 out of the last 4 scores, but do notwant to calculate a handicap until a player has 4 scores to look at. How would the CUSTOM HANDICAPparameters be set?Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 90Number of scores handicap based on....4Minimun number of scores needed…4


DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

4 1 0

As scores accumulate they would be selected for handicapping as follows:1, 2, 3 SCORES available - No handicap calculated.4 SCORES available - High score dropped, other 3 selected. A handicap is calculated!

Note: Handicaps are automatically carried forward to the next event if not enough scores are available tocalculate a handicap. This means if you manually enter a handicap for a player in event 1, and he/she doesnot have enough scores to calculate a handicap, it will be automatically carried forward to each successiveevent until a calculated handicap can be established.

Exact USGA Formula

From the Setup menu select Handicap Calculation Parameters and you will see a form that includes the belowinformation fields.

If you want to calculate an exact USGA handicap, fill in the form as follows:Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 96Number of scores handicap based on....20Minimun number of scores needed…5


DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

5 4 0

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6 5 07 5 08 6 09 6 010 7 011 7 012 8 013 8 014 9 015 9 016 10 017 10 018 10 019 10 020 10 0

The table above follows the exact USGA formula - 96% of the best 10 out of 20 scores. Please note that 20 scoresare required to produce a full USGA handicap and at least 5 scores are required before an initial handicap iscalculated. Most leagues do not use USGA handicapping because it takes too long to develop a handicap, plushandicaps change very slowly.

You can deviate slightly from the USGA and relax the minimum number of scores required from 5 to 1. This allowsyou to calculate the initial handicap with only one score. Remember—only the best score out the first 5 or 6 will beused for handicapping. The results will be that handicaps will move only down at first and then handicaps will slowlystabilize. If your players don’t have at least 10 practice\previous scores I would not recommend emulating theUSGA handicap system.

Handicap Percent(%) figure ..... 96Number of scores handicap based on....20Minimun number of scores needed…1


DiscardHighest

DiscardLowest

1 0 02 1 03 2 04 3 05 4 06 5 07 5 08 6 09 6 010 7 011 7 012 8 013 8 014 9 015 9 016 10 017 10 018 10 019 10 020 10 0

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