New Name. More Fun!

Formerly known as the Strokers, the league is now call the Senior Men's League.

2024 League Schedule and Details

The Senior Men’s League is a weekly golf league offering an opportunity for like-minded people to play golf in a fun and friendly environment while offering equitable formats for all to participate in competitive golf.

Yearly Dues

• $75 fee includes the annual USGA handicap dues and 2024 League dues. Pay Now ($75) >
• If you already have a USGA handicap from the Coal Creek Men’s Club or another course or club your fee will only be $40 Pay Now ($40) >

• Flights will be determined weekly by creating flights of an equal number of players in each flight based upon handicap.
• Weekly points will be awarded based on your results within your flight.
• Payout in shop credit for the top 3 NET  in each flight and top 3 GROSS in the entire field.
• New players who join the league will be assigned to a flight by handicap
• Points will be awarded each week to the top 10 finishers
  • 5,4,3,2,1,1,1,1,1,1
  • Ties will not be broken but awarded similar points.
  • Double points added for tournament rounds
  • Triple points for the end of year championship ***
  • As your handicap changes through the year or by the handicap ranges on a given day, you may be reassigned to a different flight.
  • Points, regardless of flight, are combined to one leaderboard for the yearlong point competition.

Tees in play  

• Will have a choice between Pick & Shovel (6598), Coal Car (5756 yards) and Lantern (4825)
• Changes in tee will be reflected in your playing handicap
  • Tees must be declared before the first event you play with the option of changing your designated tee 1 time throughout the year.

Weekly Format of play

Team events pairings

• All team events will occur 1 time per month and be paired utilizing the tournament software to achieve the following:
  • As equitable as possible handicap dispersion
  • Foster more member interaction with fellow golfers.
• Yearly point system and Year end awards
  • There is only one flight and leaderboard for yearly point awards.
  • Gross point winners are paying three spots in 2024
  • Net point winners are paying ten spots in 2024
  • An individual cannot receive awards in both categories. Their best finish will be awarded.
• The $15 weekly entry fee is mandatory for 2024 and the price remains the same.
  • Breakout of the $15 fee
    • $7 to top 3 net winners per flight
    • $3 for net skins per flight
    • $3 for skill games combined flights
    • $2 allocated and saved for end of the year point total award.

Skill games

• Available to all flights
  • Skill Games will rotate between additional formats this year.
    • Individual events will feature the same four games as previous years. (Four closets to the pins, two longs drives, and two long putts.)
  • Skins game is unique to each flight and are NET (Canadian) skins.
• Starting times at the beginning and end of the season are moved to a later time.
• Individual score cards will be produced for five events.
  1. The Four Majors and the League Championship
  2. Tournament Rounds
  3. Four Majors will post as Tournament (T) rounds.
  4. End of year Championship will post as a (T) round.
  5. All other rounds will post as regular rounds.

Pace of play procedures

The expectation is to play 18-holes in 4 hours and 30 minutes

• 1^stoccurrence: Marshal will address the group. 
• 2^ndoccurrence, A member of the professional staff will address the issue.
• 3^rdoccurrence, a 1 stroke penalty is imposed on each player within the 4some.

Sign up procedures change for 2024

• **The Deadline for event signups is 5:00pm every Monday.**
• If you sign up for an event and then no-show without a no-call to inform us, $20 will be charged to your account.

Club Championship 2024

The club championship is a separate event from the yearlong Net and Gross Champions.  The results of the club championship are calculated into the yearlong competition.

The Club Championship will now be the premier Senior Men's League event of the year Tuesday, August 13 and Wednesday, August 14.

• The normal $15 weekly fee will be converted into a $25 (2 days x $10) tournament entry fee.
  • There will be 2 closest to the pin challenges each day
• Everyone playing in the Club Championship will be playing in one flight.
  • In the event of a tie for first place, a sudden-death playoff will occur.
    • A gift will be given to each contestant to commemorate the year and the event.
  • This will be a 36 hole, two-day, Club Championship Tournament.
    • • The Winner will get his name engraved on a plaque that will be updated yearly going forward.
    • There will be payouts for the Club Championship Winner and top 10 finishers. (Pool TBD by field size.)
      • • There are *no* payouts for Day 1 standings.
    • The Club Championship will award triple the points to the yearly leaderboard.

 

2024 Local Rule for the Coal Creek Golf Course Senior Men's League

• Any ankle high grass to be played as a penalty area ( lateral hazard ) 
• A ball lost off the tee on holes 5 & 15 can be dropped and played from the forward tees hitting 3. 
• Maximum of 7 strokes per hole on par 3’s and 8 strokes per hole on all others.

2024 Senior Men's League Calendar of Events

20 -Mar 12 noon              Spring Gathering @ The Grill at Coal Creek 27-Mar 8:50 am              Opening Day Fun Scramble 3-Apr    8:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 10-Apr  7:50 am              Greens Aerification       April 10, 11              17-Apr  7:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 24-April 7:50 am              Two-Man Chapman Alternate Shot (pick your partner) 1-May   7:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 8-May 7:50 am                Two-Man Scramble (Golf Genius pairings) 15-May 7:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 22-May 7:50 am*             May Major 29-May 7:50 am              Individual double your par 3 score. 5-June  7:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 12-June 7:50 am             Two-Man One Best Ball Net (golf genius pairings) 19-June 7:50 am*            June Major 26-June 7:50 am              Individual Modified Stableford 3-July    7:50 am              Individual Stroke Play 10-July  7:50 am              Two-Man Scramble (pick your partner) 17-July  7:50 am*            July Major 24-July  7:50 am              Individual stroke play 31-July    7:50 am             Individual Stroke Play 7- Aug   7:50 am              Four Man 1bb on par 5, 2bb on par 4, 3 bb on par 3 13,14-Aug 7:50 am         Two Day Club Championship 21-Aug 7:50 am               Two Man One Best Ball 28-Aug 7:50 am               Individual stroke play (throw out 1 holes score per 9 and insert par) 4-Sep    7:50 am              Green Aerification 11-Sep  7:50 am              Individual stroke play 18-Sep  8:00 am              Two-Man Scramble (pick your partner) 25  Sep  8:00 am*            Ryder Cup 6-Oct     9:00 am              League ends play continues