2025 Senior League  Meeting on Wednesday, 3/26/25, 9am. Optional meeting for those wishing to find out more about our Senior League.

Senior League plays every Wednesday starting May 7th, with tee times between 7:30am-Noon. Tee time requests will need to be submitted after the meeting. Please email tee time requests to proshop@cherokeemetro.org

Wednesday Senior Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 9:00 AM 

Requirements and FAQs for participation in the

Cherokee Ridge Senior League…

1. What are the minimum requirements for participating in the Cherokee Ridge Senior Men’s League?

Answer: There are 4 requirements. An active USGA Handicap, you must be fifty years of age or

older, all league players are required to pay into the weekly $5.00 game, and you must at least

pretend to enjoy the game of golf!

2. What are the Cost Associated with a Golf Handicap?

Answer: Currently, a new USGA Handicap is: $50.00; every year after, renewing an existing GHIN

#: $48.00. These prices are subject to change based on the USGAs costs associated with hosting

and association fees. We won’t raise this fee unless they raise this fee on us. A transfer from

another golf course is considered a renewal, not the new fee.

3. When/where should I pay for my handicap?

Answer: Here and ASAP!

4. Can I use a handicap I have associated with another site or an app I already have on my phone?

Answer: No. Handicap must be through USGA GHIN system. While there are several free apps

that offer a handicap, we cannot determine the algorithm and equation they use, so in the

interest of equity, we would ask that you obtain and maintain a handicap consistent with the

USGA’s standards and the only one recognized at this time by our tournament software is a

GHIN handicap index.

5. Is a league fee or membership fee required for participation?

Answer: No. We do not charge a membership fee for the league, so we ask that all players

wishing to play in a league tee time pay the $5.00 game fee each week they participate in the

league.

6. Is there a “guest” policy?

Answer: Guests are permitted to play with the group and are permitted to participate in play if

they have an active handicap, qualify for seniors and pay the $5 game fee. If a guest does not

have a handicap, they may play with league members in a league tee time but still have to pay

the $5 game fee and will be in the game as a 0 handicap.

7. Do you offer a skins game?

Answer: Yes, when applicable, there is an optional skins game and you may decide to get into

the Gross, Net or both games. $3.00 per game, $6.00 total.

8. How do the payouts for the league work?

Answer: Each week, we payout the money paid in by the league members into “Book Money”

We take the total amount of money paid in each week and dedicate 50% of that total to the

Gross Division and 50% of that money to the Net Division. Our goal is to pay as many people as

possible to spread the wealth around as far as possible. 

Book Money may only be spent on merchandise in the golf shop by 15 Dec, NO EXCEPTIONS. It

may not be used for other golf services. We can no longer roll credit to the next calendar year,

spend it or lose it!

9. What formats are played?

Answer: We play several fun formats in addition to a regular Gross/Net stroke play format. In

the first few weeks of league play, we will pick games that can be posted for individuals for

score, so it helps establish your handicap indexes as soon as possible.

10. How do I sign up for the league?

Answer: TBA at the meeting.

1) 2025 League Changes

Discussion

a) First day of play for 2025 league: 7 May!

b) Games we’ve played and games to play.

i)

Are there any games that we play you’d like to play more?

ii)

Are there any games we play you dislike as a group and would like us to take out of the

rotation.

iii) Would you like to see more partner games?

iv) We will run games the first few weeks that can be posted for handicaps, so it helps establish

your indexes as soon as possible.

v) 18-hole rounds. Club Championship will be 18 holes. Must have played 6 rounds to be

eligible to win Senior League Championship. 

2) Day of Play League information:

a) What to do when you encounter maintenance during play, or as we interrupt their work.

i)

General Maintenance questions

ii)

Carts

iii) Maintenance dates you need to be aware of: Spring Greens Aeration: set for Monday, April

7th?

3) Rules Info 

a) Tournament Rules

b) Topics: Cover all of the basic general rules and procedures in a discussion and visual example

format as well as rules specific to play at Cherokee Ridge.

c) Notable 2025 Rules Changes

4) Important Days/Dates?

i)

Senior League Championship date: Wednesday, August 20/27th

5) Questions raised via email (excluding signups)

a) Posting scores to ghin?

b) Hole 9 Local Rule

6) Discussion:

a) How do we handle signups for league play?

i)

Need any changes by COB Wednesday the week before.

b) Consistent No-Call and No-Show players will have a reduced ability to sign up for games.

i)

NC/NS players make it hard for us to accommodate players that want to signup but cannot

because the tee times are already “full”. Signups close when they are full.

7) New Business for any item NOT already discussed on the agenda.

8) Adjournment

2025 Senior League Games

7 May- Odd Holes -Play golf, keep all scores.  The only scores that count for

the game are the odd holes.

14 May- Throw out worst 3- Play golf, keep all scores. The worst 3 scores will

be thrown out for the game.

21 May- Low gross/low net- Lowest scores win.

28 May- 34’s- Play golf, keep all scores.  The only scores that count for the

game are the par 3’s and 4’s.

4 Jun- Blind draw partners- Play golf, keep all scores.  Everyone will

randomly be given a partner and the lowest scores win.

11 Jun- Tee Time Shamble-Everyone in the group plays from the best shot

off the tee, then plays their individual ball until the ball is holed. Best score is

taken.

28 Jun-Even holes- Play golf, keep all scores. The only scores that count for

the game are the even holes.

25 Jun- Quota -Points are assigned to scores relative to par on each hole.

Based on handicap, quotas are assigned to the players. Best score relative to

individual quota wins.

2 Jul- Red/white/blue- Play hole 1 from red tees, hole 2 from white, hole 3

from blue, hole 4 from red, and so on.

9 Jul- 4/5’s- Play golf, keep all scores.  The only scores that count for the

game are the par 4’s and par 5’s.

16 Jul- 18 hole low gross/net (9 on Par 3, 9 on regular course)-Start on the

Par 3 then the regular course.

23 Jul- Stableford- Play golf, keep all scores. The system scoring software

awards points for scores such as 5 for eagle, 3 for birdie, 2 for par, 1 for

bogie, etc. 

30 Jun- Par 4’s- Play golf, keep all scores. The only scores that count for the

game are the Par 4’s.

6 Aug- Twisted low gross/net- Play golf, keep all scores.  For the game, only

65% of handicaps will be used to calculate Net scores.

13 Aug- Blind draw 5 holes- Play golf, keep all scores. Only 5 random hole

scores will be used for the game.  Will be the same 5 holes for everyone.

20/27 Aug- 18 Hole Club Championship ($10 Entry)- Play golf, keep all

scores.

3 Sep – Tee Time Scramble – Players will use the best shot of the group from

tee to hole.

10 Sep- Auto 2 putt-Once you are ON THE GREEN, the most putts you count

for your score is 2.  Example: If you are on the green in 2 and hit 3 putts,

your score is 4.  So for pace of play once you hit 1 putt, you can pick it up

since it doesn’t matter if you make the second putt.

17 Sep- Team game-Holes 1-3 everyone plays their own ball from the best

drive, use the best score for the entire team. . Holes 4-6 best ball the team

uses the best score on each hole. Holes 7-9 is a scramble-all players play

from the best shot through the hole.

24 Sep- ONES- Play golf, keep all scores. The only scores that count for the

game are holes that begin with the letter o,n,e, and s.(1,6,7,8,9)

1 Oct- Beat the Pro- Individual handicapped scores against the pro.