While I'm happy to serve as team captain, I certainly don't mind if someone else would like to take on the job or if a majority of the team members want to vote on naming our team captain. All future discussions regarding our CC participation in the 2018 WC should be made on this thread. No further postings about the tournament will be made on the CC Forum.

The KAS II team roster is is shown in the chart below. If you are on this list but think that you will not be able to play assigned matches in a timely manner, please let me know now so that we can adjust our roster accordingly. We don't want to have to forfeit any matches unnecessarily. I have also noted the KAS II 8-player line up for the first round of the tournament. I will consider any suggestions regarding the team roster and Round 1 lineup that I get before this Thursday (2/22), which is when I intend to submit our final roster and Round 1 lineup.

KAS II Team Roster:

Anyone from the KAS II membership that would like to be considered for a spot on the list of alternates can still sign up on this thread. Depending on any additional feedback I get from team members the week 1 line up shown above is final. If you are currently designated to play in round 1, but won't be available during that time frame, please let me know ASAP so that I can adjust the roster accordingly.

All team members please review the tournament schedule shown in the chart above and compare with your personal calendars for any conflicts and let me know if you won't be available for any of the scheduled rounds.

Also, all team members please review the list of courses for the first 9 rounds shown above and let me know of any courses that you generally play best and any that you don't usually play well or would rather not play.

As a final reminder, please  DO NOT sign up for the team if you are only able to play on a mobile device as interactive play between mobile devices and PC/Laptop is not possible at this time on WGT.  

Thanks, Lar.    

Below are the rules for the upcoming 2018 World Cup and Message to Team Captains.

Rules for world cup 2018

Hello all

Here is a list of a few new rules for this year’s world cup, have a good look and post them on your forum for all players taking part to see,

You can email me with any questions you might want to ask and if anyone is unsure about any of the rules in place,

Tier concession

Any legend over level 100 and below 61 average will receive no shots/strokes off CHS/TLS,

All other concessions will remain the same.

Arranging matches

Players have 5 days to friend/accept invite or they will forfeit the match,

All matches must be arranged by end of first week,

Any matches not played will be reviewed by the panel and if any player has been at fault by not answering messages or moaning about time zones, refusing to play or trying to protect their points then they will forfeit their match,

All reviews must be supported by evidence ie screenshots,

Any player too ill to play must not be on wgt at all and only then can the captain find a replacement but they will have to be prepared to play at short notice,

Captains cannot pick any player who is or due to go on holiday during that round,

We have looked hard at this one because a few of the games last year could have been forfeited but my rule stood in place so this year we will get more games played with this new rule ,

Any other rules about formats and matches I will post nearer the time,

The draw

I am arranging a live draw with Jason young46 around the middle of February,

we have voted this year that there will be no seeded teams, everyone will go into the hat that could be interesting,

with those clubs with more one team, they will be drawn first and kept separate for the group stages only,

there will four groups of nine teams with the top four going through to the knockout stages,

the plate

we all know that the top four go through to the cup knockout stage but for this year the next four will go through to the plate knockout stage, this is new this year and will give nearly everyone a chance to play in a match play knockout, it’s also good the world cup forum which tends to a little stale as we go down to the last few teams so this should keep it busy.

that’s about it for now

I will be sending you captains a message what is expected from you to make the comp run as smooth as it can with no problems

Thx

finny

Handicap System:

There will be 32 to 36 teams entered this year.

There are four  groups with 9 teams in each group.

Each team will have up to 12 members with 8 players designated to play in each round.

Each team in the same group will play each other only once and under the designated format and course

Matchplay,strokeplay,stableford

Each match will be two weeks to complete,

3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw

THE HANDICAPS BETWEEN TIERS:

Message for all captains

First of all thx for taking the time to sort out the teams for my world cup, I couldn’t do it without you,

It’s going be a long and hard 6 months of hard but fair play from all players.

I’ve just got ask you to help on this by doing a few things.

This is the way I would like it to work,

Each round will be two weeks; it’s up to you as captains to push to get all games completed on time,

This comp will not stop but there will be a decision made on any games not played, if your player has not made the effort to get the match played in a certain amount of time, they may lose the match by default.

All the matches and tables will be on the first page of the forum, you will need a Google account to view it, its easy to sign up and its free,

Around two weeks before the comp starts I will want your first 8 players to play the 1st match. Anytime from the 15th February,

The order that you send them will be the order I put them in the matches, it’s a bit like the Ryder cup really, whether you put your strength at the front or rear or mix it up, that’s the beauty of it, you won’t know the other teams selection but handicaps will apply.

You can change any players for different matches but only from the 12 man squad and not once the round has started,

At the end of one weeks play I will want your team for the next match and so on,

Also it’s up to you to send me a report on the matches after the first week either on the forum or a pm,

Can you ask your team members to post any results on the forum, ask them to put the group and match and names please and result and a short post on the game, I want the forum buzzing with reports lol.

For the clubs with two teams in, there will be no swapping players between squads i will be monitoring this and there will be no adding players once the comp starts if you have less than 12 squad,

Please keep me informed if any players change tiers during the comp,

Nigel from lv knights has arranged the spreadsheet so that as each match is played when we put the result in the tables are updated automatically; I have 2 members from my club helping me as well so we should be able to keep up hopefully lol

It’s up to you as captains to push your players to get their games played in the time frame of two weeks,

What I don’t want is any arguments on the forum, if a player in your team has got a problem, get them to tell you 1st and you can sort it out with the other captain, I will send details of all captains,

I don’t really want to get involved unless I have to and remember it’s a game and a chance to make new friends, let’s keep it that way.

Lastly let’s keep this comp running smoothly, I know we will have a few hiccups along the way but we will sort them out if we work together,

I will send all the details of the comp to your email address and post on the forum,

All the best

paul

Additional rules for WC 2018 posted 27 February: (Please read)

The  world cup of golf 2018

Well here we go again

It’s that time of year when we all make new friends and enjoy the next six months playing golf  and having a chat to someone who may be on the other side of the world

This comp has truly gone global with an even greater participation this year,

We have 35 teams in with around 420 players ranging from tour masters to champions,

Our reigning champs wooden tee will have a tough time retaining their cup especially with the new teams taking part this year,

Me,Nico and Paul(dotty) will be covering 24 hours round the clock  to catch up with all the posts I’m sure will be on the forum,

I would like to say a big personal thank you to nigel(wupta) who has worked very hard on the spreadsheets which look amazing and make our job so easy to work with,

Enough of my waffling let’s get this year’s world cup under way,

Round 1

March 1st  to march 15th

St Andrews golf club

18 holes match play

The home of golf, a true links course. it is a risk and reward course with massive greens  but lots of breaks on them, some very nasty fescue to catch any errant drives and horrible pot bunkers, a great course to kick off the world cup,

All matches are on page 1 of this forum in the groups and tabs at the bottom of the page,

RULES

Each match will be played to a win, draw lose no sudden death,

Each match will have a 2 week timeline to complete

Any matches not completed on time will be looked at by the panel and a decision made on the result depending on evidence supplied,

Any players refusing to play will forfeit their match,

Any gimmies must be agreed by both players before start

Any player with a -2 by their name must concede holes 5 and 14

Once a match been played the result will stand so it’s up to all players to check the opponents tier before start of play,

i would suggest  a 90sec shot clock with maximum timeouts,theres no panic to get the game played and have a chat inbetween,

if both players agree they can have 60 or 45 that would be their choice,

No focus boosts will be allowed during matches. Use of this tool will lead to a disqualification

Players please when posting results, I would like group number, teams and players please and a short post of the match,

Let’s keep the forum busy but no negative comments from anyone, if you have problem contact your captain first,

Closest  to the pin for round 1 and sponsors

Round 1

1st march to 15th march

St Andrews links

Alcaucin

1 sleeve

Hole 8

Birchi

1 sleeve

Hole 17 ntp 2nd shot

Stevereilly

1 Sleeve

Hole 11

There is a separate thread for all ctth challengers, do not post on this forum or we may miss it,

Make sure you have a photo shot or the back up of your opponent will do,

Stu(spino1) or me will contact the sponsors after the round has finished,

dont forget to check the ctth forum,there are some sleeves for some special shots

there is also a sperate thread for any live matches so please if you can let us all see what fine players you are,

THE ARRANGING RULES PLEASE READ

Arranging matches

Player 1

If you are the player 1 it is up to you to send a friend invite to your opponent and keep an eye on your friend list to make sure he has accepted it. If they do not accept it after 3 days let your captain know ASAP please.

Once they have accepted your friend invite it is up to them to send you a message stating what time zone they are in and what days and times they can play there match with you

You then can reply with an answer from there pick of times and dates but please remember to check the time difference 6pm where you are not 6pm all over the world so please adjust the time difference.

Player 2

If you are the player 2 you just wait for a friend invite once you have received it you need to send him some dates that you can play your match

Something like this

Hi thanks for the friend invite my time zone is GMT

Times I can play are

Thursday 24th at 7pm to 8pm my time

Friday 25th at 8pm to 9pm my time

 ETC the more dates you can give them the better

But please make sure you put a time not just Thursday night or Friday night.

 Do not wait for a player to be green

That does not mean anything.state an exact time between you when you

Both free and play,

That’s about it all I can say is enjoy the game and have fun

go with this attitude and it will be great 6 months

finny

URL for the CTTH & other sponsored prizes thread for WC 2018 participants:

http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/511420.aspx?PageIndex=1.