The League
Your course. Your schedule. One leaderboard.
Four steps to the Leaderboard
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Join the FFGLRegister your interest. Every member is approved by hand. |
| 2 | Play your roundAfter-work nine, Saturday fourball, holiday at the coast. Whenever life allows. |
| 3 | Give your wordPut your score in hole by hole as you play. Honest scores are what make the Leaderboard worth climbing. |
| 4 | Climb the LeaderboardYour best round each month counts. Watch your rank move. |
Compete against your level
Four handicap divisions keep the Amateur League fair. Divisions shown are provisional — final boundaries, including how handicap decimals are assigned, will be confirmed before launch.
Division 1
0.1–7.5
Handicap
Division 2
7.6–15
Handicap
Division 3
15.1–23.5
Handicap
Division 4
23.6+
Handicap
Scratch & Plus
0 or better
Playing off scratch or better? Respect. You get your own Leaderboard, kept apart from the overall standings. Pick it in the division filter to see where you stand.
Proposed format
- Individual 18-hole net Stableford
- This month: your best round that month, everyone starts at 0 on the 1st
- Season: your monthly bests averaged with 2 ghost months, so joining late never counts against you
- Divisions re-set on the 1st of every month, from your FFGL Handicap
- Joined mid-year? You start where the year is, nothing filled in
- Units on the side: birdies, greenies and friends, points only
The handicap and the Leaderboard
The FFGL Handicap (unofficial)
Everyone starts with the handicap they give us, official or a best guess. From round 5 your rounds start moving it; by round 20 it's the average of your best 8 of your last 20. It's built only from rounds posted to the FFGL and isn't an official handicap.
How the FFGL Handicap worksThis month: the monthly sprint
Everyone starts at 0 on the 1st. Your best Stableford round that month is your score.
The season
January to December. Your best round each month, averaged with 2 ghost months at your division's average. No minimum, and a Best rookie filter for first-season members.
Monthly divisions
Your division for the month comes from your FFGL Handicap on the 1st. Scratch and plus golfers get their own Leaderboard.
Joined mid-year?
You start from where the year is. Nothing gets filled in.
Units
Points only, for bragging: birdies, greenies, Arnies and friends. They never touch your Leaderboard points and can't be swapped for anything.