Welcome to the new West Haven Men's League website!  The Committee is excited to announce we are using a new scoring system specifically designed for our league at West Haven.  Thanks to this unique web based program players can track their individual and team performance and we now have the ability to display live scoring on the TV in the lounge!

     The idea behind the program is simple... the more you play, the better it is for you and your team.  Teams will do battle in a season-long round robin with the winners of each weekly match earning 10 points, 5 points per team if there is a tie and 0 for teams that lose.  The most important aspect of the scoring is participation - teams receive 1 point for each participant regardless of their performance as long as they reach the minimum number of players required to post a team score (six).  Our goal is to have 10 teams of 12 players each but we'll adjust things based on the sign-up.  Team scores will be determined by the total of the 2 lowest gross score and the 4 lowest net scores.  Those that don't count toward the team total can almost assuredly count on being singled out, ridiculed and suitably labeled as Useless Bastards on both the TV and in this very space.  They will, however, earn a valuable participation point and, of course, they can always step it up and count the following week.

     One of the high-lights of the program is the actual real-time scoring.  As the Pro Shop staff enter scores throughout the day the standings, individual results and Team vs. Team information is updated in real-time on the Internet.  People that aren't able to play or those poor souls stranded at the office until later in the day can log onto the site (www.golfscoring.net/westhaven) to see how their team is doing.  We strongly encourage everyone to save this website address into your "favourites" file.  Another bonus is the program actually maintains a separate league handicap so there is no need to worry about each team being balanced with an equal number of liars, lowlifes, sandbaggers and cheats.  League handicaps will automatically be updated and applied based solely on your league scores.  That, my friends, is pretty damn good.

     The committee is excited about the possibilities of this program and we are looking forward to a great year.  If you have any questions regarding the program please speak to Tim Churchill (tchurchill@westhavengolf.com) or one of the guys in the Golf Shop and please remember to check back here often.  There will be periodic updates.  Let's make this a great year!

That is all,

The Committee