How well individual players have fared in the PAST 12 MONTHS in junior tournaments conducted in North Carolina and pre-selected regional and national junior events.

Who can earn points?

Junior golfers 18 and under who have not started college, who are legal residents of North Carolina and have played in a minimum of 5 rankings events.

Yes, those who have graduated are deleted in the September rankings after they have graduated from high school.

Yes, juniors must play in a minimum of 5 ranking's events before being ranked.

No, players are added to the rankings automatically after they earn points.  Players are asked to join TYGA (membership is free) to insure TYGA has the correct information for each ranked player.

Pre-selected state, regional and national events set by the TYGA rankings committee and any junior events conducted in NC that meet the minimum player requirements.

Each player who finishes a rankings event earns points. 

Each players total points earned and tournament scoring differential are used equally to determine the rankings.

What is a player's tournament scoring differential?

We take the stroke average from the ranking events the player has played in and subtract the average course rating for the course and yardage played to give each player their differential.

Why the course rating?

The course rating is the "USGA's mark that indicates the playing difficulty of a course for a scratch golfer under normal course and weather conditions. 

The rating is based on yardage and other obstacles to the extent that they affect the scoring ability of a scratch golfer."*

No, See definition of course rating above.

Any injury or emergency withdrawal will not hurt the player.  However, any player who has more than 1 unjustified withdrawal after starting a rankings event will be deleted from the rankings.   

Points are awarded in reverse order based on the size of the field that finish an event..  Overall winner also receives 5 extra pints for winning.

Example:  It there are 10 players in an event

1st place    10 + 5 = 15 points

2nd place    9 points

3rd place    8 points

4th place    7 points

5th place    6 points

6th place    5 points

7th place    4 points

8th place    3 points

9th place    2 points

10th place  1 point

The corresponding points are then multiplied by the "event multiplier".

The event multiplier gives us the chance to give bigger events more points.  The multiplier is determined based on historical data of the size and strength of the field.

They are split, unless an on course playoff is held and then that playoff determines the finish.

No, only the players who play from the longest yardage are awarded rankings points.

Then the divisions are merged into one overall division and points are then awarded for the overall and not the divisions.

Yes, there must be at least 25 boys or 8 girls start an event that are playing from the longest set of tees in each event before the results can be used.

That is up to the tournament committee for each rankings event.

Yes. A boys' tournament with 25 boys or a girls' tournament with 8 girls playing the longest set of tees in that event will be used. 

The multiplier for those events will be set after the results are received and evaluated based on the size and strength of the field.

While each event is judged on the previous years field,  the rankings committee reserves the right to adjust the multiplier. 

This may be done if the field is small, or the depth of the field is not as deep as it was in the past.

If a round or series of holes is cancelled, then the multiplier is reduced based on the percentage of holes lost for that event.

Example:  36 hole event with a 4 mulitiplier.  Round 2 is cancelled because of weather.  The multiplier is reduced by 50% to a 2.

We do not use Four-Ball or team score events because results do not reflect the contribution of two players in all cases. In some cases, one player may "carry" the other.

No. They are updated by the 5^th of each month, unless otherwise noted.

Unless catastrophic errors are found, mistakes are fixed for the next update.

Is there a maximum or minimum yardage to be played from?

No.  We do recommend that the boys play a yardage around 6900 yards and girls play a yardage around 5800 yards.