Jones Creek Sprint League

Sprint Rounds will be played during the normal Saturday Bag Tag minis, or on Sundays for weeks where there are other non-league events at the Jones Creek Disc Golf course (see the Sprint League Schedule). Non-Sprint League competitors are allowed to play in the weekly Rounds and are eligible for the cash payouts, but will not accumulate points towards Sprints or the League Championship. 

 We will be using the UDisc for each Saturday Sprint Round. Points are awarded based on each players finishing position:

1st Place - 4 Points

2nd Place - 3 Points

3rd Place - 2 Points

4th Place and below - 1 Point 

Only the four best finishes for each player will count towards the Sprint point total. New league sign-ups will be accepted at any point during a Sprint, but no points will be awarded for any rounds prior to signing up. 

Sprint winners will accumulate points towards the League Championship. All Sprint finishes accumulate to the Sprint League Championship point totals. Any ties after the conclusion of the final round of a Sprint will be settled by a playoff with the holes to be determined by the TD.

At the completion of the 6 week Sprint, points will be tallied and ties will be resolved to determine the top 3 finishers in each division to determine the Sprint winners. All $20 Sprint Entry fees collected at during each Sprint will go into the Sprint pot. The 1st place finisher in each division will receive 60% of the Sprint division pot, 2nd place getting 30% and 3rd place getting 10%.

League Championship Points

• 1st      place = 4 points
• 2nd      place = 3 points
• 3rd      place = 2 points
• 4th      place and below = 1 point

For example, if there are 10 players in the Advanced division, there will be $200 in the ADV Sprint pot. The ADV Sprint winner will receive $120, 2nd place finisher gets $60 and 3rd place gets $20. In the event of a tie for 1st, 2nd or 3rd place,

There are 3 divisions of play in Sprint League:

• Advanced (ADV) - >900 PDGA Player Rating
• Intermediate (INT) - 850-900 PDGA Player Rating
• Recreational (REC) - <850 PDGA Player Rating

Players will declare their division at the beginning of each Sprint. Players may only be promoted at the discretion of the TD after the conclusion of a Sprint depending on their performance (players will not change divisions during the 6 week Sprint). Players may voluntarily demote with the approval of the TD before the start of the next Sprint. The purpose of promotion or demotion is to keep the field level and prevent better players from keeping an advantage by playing down in a lower division. League Championship points will be applied based on the division the played by a player in the final Sprint, but will account for all League points accumulated across all Sprints.

Example 1: Player A started in INT, but was demoted to REC before the start of the 4th Sprint after consistently finishing at the bottom of the INT field. That player goes on to win the next 3 REC division Sprints. They will have accumulated 3 points in the Intermediate Division (1 point for each finish below the top 3 places) and 12 points in the Recreational Division (4 points for each 1st place finish) and thus finishes the league with 15 points in the Recreational Division Championship.

Example 2: Player B started in the Recreation Division and took 1stplace in the first Sprint by a large margin. Player B was promoted to the Intermediate Division and finished the League with two 1st place Sprint finishes and three 2nd place Sprint finishes. Player B accumulated 4 points in Recreation (4 points for 1st place) and 17 points in the Intermediate Division (4 points for each 1st place finish and 3 points for each 2nd place finish) and thus finishes in the Intermediate Division with 21 points in the Intermediate Division Championship.