INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEADERBOARDS AND CALCULATIONS ON THE FUN FACTS PAGES

Introduction

The Fun Facts page was first introduced in 2015 as a way of summarizing data collected throughout the year. Some of it was to show who was leading for various categories where prizes were given out such as Low Gross and Low Net for the year. Others were for fun like looking at Birdie leaders by total and by percentage of holes played or even who had the easiest and hardest schedules based on what their opponents’ net scores were against them throughout the year. It also includes a summary of scoring on each hole by player handicaps.

The database of scores starts in 2007, but it wasn’t until 2015 that hole by hole scoring was included in the database. Therefore some summaries aren’t included prior to 2015 since only total scores are available. Also, some rules for the awards or how handicaps are calculated have changed over the years, so for the purpose of created Fun Facts for past years, current rules are applied retroactively (eg. handicap indexes were calculated retroactively using the current rules and therefore award winners for Most Improved, which is based on starting and ending handicaps for the year, may be different than the players who actually won at the time).

All summaries are based on the regular season only.

Team Summaries

For each team, summaries are provided in various categories.

Member Matches

The number of matches a member from this team played in a match for their own team.

Subs Used and Subs Supplied

The number of times the team used a player from another team as a sub and the number of times a member of this team sub for another team.

Forfeits and Vs. Forfeits

The number of times the team forfeited a match (Forfeits) and the number of times the team played against a forfeit.

Playoff Qualified

The number of players on the team that played at least 3 matches during the regular season. This is the current rule for how many matches a player must play to be eligible to play in the playoffs.

At Least 1 Match

The number of players that played at least 1 match during the season (whether it was for their own team or they played as a sub).

New Players

The number of players that played at least 1 match in the current season and 0 matches in the previous season. This could include players who were in the league at some point several years in the past, but if they played 0 matches the previous season they are counted as a new player in this summary. For 2007, since this is as far back as the database goes, it is unknown who played in 2006 and therefore all players are considered “new.”

Team and Overall Leaderboards

The top 3 players for each team and top 10 players overall are included for each category. For Low Gross and Low Net, each player’s low score for each is determined, then they are listed on the leaderboard once even if other scores would have qualified. That way if there is one or two players who are very good, we don’t just see their name(s) over and over on the leaderboard.

Low Gross

The lowest gross scores. There is no minimum number of rounds required to qualify for this leaderboard.

Low Net

The lowest net scores. In order for a score to qualify, the player must have played at least 3 rounds prior to the round being considered. That way they have what we refer to as an “established handicap” at that point.

Highest Winning Percentage

Based on accumulated points won in matches, the percentage is calculated as Points Won / (2 * Number of Matches Played). At least 5 rounds need to be played to qualify for this leaderboard.

Golf of the Year (A.K.A. GotY)

Based on points won in matches, net scores and matches played, a composite number is calculated to determine Golfer of the Year. At least 5 rounds need to be played to qualify for this leaderboard. The formula is as follows:

where the Net Score Bonus piece is as follows (each round acquires points based on the net score):

Net Score	≤33	34	35	36	37	38	39	≥40
Net Score Bonus	2	1	1	0	0	-1	-1	-2

The idea behind this formula is that one must do well in their matches (ie. win points), do well scoring-wise regardless of the results of their matches (ie. net scores) and also play a decent number of matches.

Winning your matches is important, but sometimes you play really well and get unlucky when your opponent happens to play even better. Or you win your match, but it was more due to your opponent playing bad because you shot a net 40 yourself. Therefore the formula rewards you for good nets scores and penalizes you for bad net scores regardless of what happens in your match.

Although the minimum number of matches required to qualify is 5 matches, players are rewarded for playing more. Consider Player A plays 5 times and ends up with 10 for the numerator in the formula, then Player B plays 10 times and ends up with 20 for the numerator. Both players averaged 2.0 (10/5 and 20/10) in the numerator, but when dividing by the square root of the number of matches, the GotY values are 4.47 and 6.32 for Player A and Player B, respectively.

Example:

Net Score	Points	Net Score Bonus
34	1.5	1
38	0.0	-1
35	2.0	1
40	1.0	-2
34	2.0	1
31	2.0	2
35	1.5	1
Total	10.0	3

This player’s GotY value would be (10.0+3) / sqrt(7) = 4.91.

2020 was the first official year the Golfer of the Year award was given out, but calculations were made for previous years retroactively.

Most Improved

Players who improve their handicap index the most from the start of the year to the end of the regular season are listed on this leaderboard. To be eligible, the player must have played 3 matches prior to the current season (to have an established handicap) and at least 5 matches in during the current season. The formula is the same formula used by the USGA for determining a most improved value:

Without adding 6 to the numerator and denominator, someone with a really low handicap could go from a 4.0 to a 2.0 and end up with a ratio of 2 which would mean a 20.0 index player would need to improve to a 10.0 index to end up with an equal value. Therefore adding 6 to the top and bottom helps even things out regardless of what someone’s starting index is for the season.

Since handicaps indexes are calculated retroactively based on current rules, some handicap indexes may not be accurate in the earlier years (2009 and earlier) since there may be scores that would have been used in the calculation, but were played earlier than 2007 and therefore not in the database.

Highs and Lows

An additional breakdown of gross and net scores. Leaderboards for the Front 9 and Back 9 are available for all years except for 2023 when Jeffersonville temporarily rerouted the holes due to construction. Players are listed once per category.

Low Gross (Front 9 and Back 9) and High Gross (Overall, Front 9 and Back 9)

Gross score leaderboards based on the category title. There is no minimum number of rounds required to qualify for this leaderboard.

Low Net (Front 9 and Back 9) and High Net (Overall, Front 9 and Back 9)

Net score leaderboards based on the category title. In order for a score to qualify, the player must have played at least 3 rounds prior to the round being considered.

Scoring Leaderboards

Double par is 6 on Par 3’s, 8 on Par 4’s and 10 on Par 5’s, which are the maximum scores on each hole.

Most ≤Birdies, Most ≤Pars, Most Double Par

Total number holes where a score of birdie or better, par or better or double par was achieved.

Most ≤Birdies (%), Most ≤Pars (%), Most Double Par (%)

Percentage of holes played where a score of birdie or better, par or better or double par was achieved. At least 5 rounds need to be played to qualify for this leaderboard.

Miscellaneous Leaderboards

Various summaries of luck and consistency.

Low Net in a Loss

Player lost the net point in their match with a low net score. Unlucky.

High Net in a win

Player won the net point in their match with a high net score. Lucky.

Low Net as Sub

Player played in a match for another team as a sub and shot a low net score. A captain’s nightmare.

High Net as Sub

Player played in a match for another team as a sub and shot a high net score. A captain’s dream.

Easiest Strength of Schedule and Hardest Strength of Schedule

Expected Win Percentages (EWP) are calculated based on the net scores of the player’s opponents. If opponents are consistently shooting higher net scores, the player is expected to win more often and therefore have a higher EWP. Conversely, if the opponents are shooting low net scores, the EWP will be low. For a given match, the EWP is the percentage of time player’s shoot net scores less than the opponent’s net score over the last 5 years. The total individual match EWP’s are added up and divided by the number of matches played to determine the EWP for the year. At least 5 rounds need to be played to qualify for this leaderboard.

Most Consistent and Least Consistent

For this leaderboard, consistency is measured from one match to the next match rather than overall variability of the scores. Therefore if a player shoots 45, 45, 45, 50, 50, 50, they will be considered more consistent compared to if they shot 45, 50, 45, 50, 45, 50 even though overall they shot the same six scores. Additionally, it has become apparent that an adjustment is needed when a player consistently shoots near the maximum score of 70. Since these players are picking up for reaching the maximum score on many holes, it is much easy to end up with “consistent” scores since they’re essentially ending up with a fixed score or close to it. The adjustment is based on the number of holes that reached the maximum score.

The consistency formula is admittedly complicated, but is as follows:

where is the round number, is the total number of rounds played, is the gross score for the ^th round and is the number of holes the maximum score was reached in the ^th round. For the second summation, any round that has three or less holes with a maximum score, there is no adjustment.

Hole Summaries

For each hole, the percentage of times the specified score was recorded is presented as well as the average score. The summaries are provided for all players and various handicap ranges.