Out of towner

["Tiger"]

Hey guys, I played a round today with a guy from philly named Pete Ward. I just thought I'd let everyone know that he really enjoyed the course. He said it was one of the best designed and pretiest courses he's played. He was in town working with the Bob Dylan concert and had a couple of hours to kill before taking off tomorrow. He also gave me a suggestion of something we could do to maybe introduce more competitive play at GW. He suggested a Tag game. I think they do this in huntsville and probably many other places and one of you could explain it better than me but basically you hand out x number of tags to x number of players. Throughout however long you play for tags, so basically you do it on your own schedule. You have to beat someone outright to get their tag. The highest tags have the most points and you keep score. Anyone interested? I am. I think it'd be good even if we only had 15 or so people in on it. Just another way to get competition.

[Cotton Pickin' Bill]

Tiger here are the bag tag rules Huntsville plays by. Let me suggest that you order at least twice as many tags as you think you will need. We ordered 50 in Athens and I wish we would have ordered 100. It has been a decent fund raiser for us, we had no problem selling the tags for $5 each.

Here they are.
Some Rules of the Tag:

1.. Have fun - the point of having bag tags is to have fun, get
bragging
rights, and give yourself a competitive edge in tournament play by
playing
for something during casual rounds. All of this is defeated if you
decide
you like the number you have and no longer play for it. (See hiding
your tag
below).
2.. Anyone with a bag tag may challenge anyone else with a bag tag
when
playing in the same group for a full round. The only times you can
refuse a
challenge are:
1.. It is not a normal singles type round such as doubles or skins.
You
can still accept a challenge in these formats but it is up to the lower
number bag tag holder if they want to accept it.
2.. You had no intention of playing that day in the first place and
it
is an inconvenience to meet the challenge. No one is obligated to
rearrange
their schedule for a bag tag challenge. That said, if you are at the
course
and are challenged by someone in your group, the only way you can
refuse the
challenge is just hand over your tag because you are obviously not good
enough to defend it.
3.. Someone challenges in the middle of a round ( I'm five strokes
up
with six holes to go maybe I should challenge now).
3.. If you challenge someone more than 5 numbers better than you,
i.e. #11
challenges #5, and you lose, you owe the challenged player a dollar.
4.. You can not challenge if you don't physically have your tag with
you
displayed on your bag.
5.. If you lose your tag, replacements are $5 and you get whatever
number
I have left.
6.. You may not hide your tag, again this defeats rule #1. If you
don't
play for tags at least a couple of times a month you are hiding your
tag. If
you make excuses not to play for your tag you are hiding your tag. If
you
purposely leave your tag at home you are hiding your tag. If you get a
low
tag # and do any of the above to try to hold onto it you are a serious
wuss
and you should probably just give me your tag back because you are
missing
the point. If you aren't good enough to hold it, you don't deserve to
hang
it on your bag.
7.. To avoid disputes decide before you tee off if there is a
challenge,
whether you are going to do a playoff in case of a tie, extra holes to
be
played etc.
8.. You have to beat someone to take their tag. A tie doesn't cut it.
You
can do a playoff in case of a tie if both players agree ahead of time.
If
the challenge is more than 5 numbers down, a tie is considered a push
and
the challenger doesn't owe a dollar unless you play it off.
9.. There is no grace period for when you can be challenged after you
win
a tag. You can be challenged immediately, if you are playing again. You
can't
hide it for a week or even a day.
10.. You can play a group bag tag challenge and reorder tags
according to
the order of finish of all participants.
11.. Unless you agree to a different format (match play, doubles,
skins)
PDGA rules are in force when playing for tags. This also helps you
prepare
for tournament competition by getting you out of bad habits like
flipping
the disc, not finishing short putts, foot-faulting etc.

[Parkntwoputt]

There are a few guys in Birmingham who have made tags, but they will not sell them to anyone else.

Tags are a great way to raise money for a club. Huntsville does that. You can get a good deal on quantities of 100 or more, and sell them for $10 a piece and that is your membership card.

Might be something to consider for raising money for Trussville Tee pads.

["Tiger"]

I definately say we do it. I know I'm game and I'm sure most of the regulars are. We could have Tom sell them out of his van to the rec frequenters. And the people who have them and won't sell them suck :p

[Justin L]

Yeah, I like this idea too. I just wish we'd started at the begining of the year so we could do new ones each year (as fundraisers). I guess its not to late though...

Bill, care to share where you ordered yours from?

[Cotton Pickin' Bill]

Justin, I looked for the website last night with no luck. Contact Chris J he ordered some a couple of months ago.

[Justin L]

Thanks Bill!

[Putts With A Fist]

2.. You had no intention of playing that day in the first place and
it is an inconvenience to meet the challenge. No one is obligated to rearrange
their schedule for a bag tag challenge.

I love this one! So like if I'm at work and someone tells me at the water cooler that Vik wants to challenge me for my tag during work hours I won't be considered a coward because I couldn't get off work to play him...or...I have to explain to my fiance that I couldn't go out for our anniversary because Justin wants my bag tag.