All Skill Levels Welcome
With a Verifiable Active Handicap

Join the League

  • One time league fee of $30 pays for prizes, awards, expenses and end of season party. Due when you play your first match.

  • New players to the league are welcome to play their first match as a guest. League fee is due on their second match.

  • There is a $5 optional throw in game each week.

Sign Up to Play

  • Sign up on our website each week you would like to play.

  • Golf course fees are $55 plus tax until end of December. $65 thru March. Players with a Premier Card receive 10% off.

  • Includes small bucket of range balls.

  • Sign ups close at 12:00 noon each Sunday.

About Our League

Information You Need to Know ...

Notifications: We close our sign ups on Sunday at 12:00 noon and start the pairing process. It is not disruptive to the process if you cancel before Sunday at 12:00 noon. Late cancellations can cause a complete repairing of all players. If you are unsure if you can play, please sign up as an alternate, and if we can put you in late, we will. A player list will be posted on this website and emailed to the players on Saturday evening. The pairings list will not be sent prior to the matches. Let it be a surprise!

Our league is growing and that's a very good thing! It is even more important to cancel BEFORE Sunday at 12:00 noon so that we can accommodate the players on the waitlist. Plantation Preserve reserves our spots and late cancelations also cause lost revenue for our course. This season, late cancellations and no shows will carry a sign-up penalty for repeat offenders.

Posting Scores: The USGA requires that match play scores are posted. See section 4-1 of the USGA Handicap System. Our player policy also requires that players must post their scores timely after the match. Enter the score you most likely would have received had you completed the hole if you pick up- not to exceed your handicap limit. Players who don't post their scores timely may not be able to play in future matches until their scores are posted. We are playing USGA Rules. If you're unsure about an action your opponent is taking, let her know that you're not sure that was correct and you're filing a claim. We will be allowed to lift clean and place in the fairway, length of a scorecard. Our handicap committee will verify that all scores are posted before the next match.

Common Match Play Rules, Etiquette and Strategy

Local Rules
and Policies

Local Rules and Policies


Preferred Lies- Lift, clean and place within one scorecard length in your own fairway.


Local Rule E-5 - Is in effect for all league matches (option to drop where ball crossed out of bounds in fairway with additional penalty).


Concede those putts! If you concede putts your playing opponent will concede putts too! Matches will move along faster with less stress. The conceded putt will count as a stroke on the score. For instance, if the player lies 5, the putt is conceded for a score of 6. Remember a conceded putt can not be declined or withdrawn.


Though we are a competitive league, we are pleased that our league's players are also friendly. We are here to have fun, to learn and to practice match play skills, rules and etiquette. Being supportive of one another is good sportsmanship and creates a friendly playing environment. If you feel that a player has not been respectful of this policy, contact the captains so that we can resolve the difficulty.


We want our money's worth so we continue to play all 18 holes after our matches are decided, unless both players agree to discontinue playing following completion of their match. However, please yield tees (tee off last) and greens (putt last - even when away to avoid showing the line unfairly) to the match still in progress until it is also decided. The USGA and our league require that match play scores are posted.

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Match Play
and Pace of Play Tips

Happy golfers are golfers playing in the four hour time range and not waiting on the group in front of them!

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Remember that we have 30 to 40 players to get around the course. The best pace and position is one to two shots behind the group in front of you.

  • Most important tip. Concede putts. If you think she can and will make the putt. Give it to her :-)

  • Hit and Sit ! One of the best habits to improve pace of play is for everyone is to get into the cart with your clubs in your hands. When you get to the next stop, you can then put your clubs away. Easy !

  • Be ready to hit when it is your turn. Read greens while other players are putting as long as you do not interfere with their putt.

  • If your ball is in the area where the cart stops (and you won't obstruct other players) take your club and walk to your ball so you are ready to hit when it is your turn.

  • Leave enough space between carts to go around should you be the first in your cart ready to go at tees or greens.

  • Honors on the tee are between the twosome, not the foursome. While both matches are in progress, jump up there and tee off. Then your playing opponent tees off. Then the other twosome tees off. Play provisional balls and water balls last.

Sample
Scorecard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where will we play the matches?

All Winter League matches will be held at Plantation Preserve Golf Club.


When will we play the matches?

We will play our matches every Tuesday 1:00 Shotgun. November through March.


How much does it cost to play?

Before December 26th cost is $65. After December 26 cost is $75. Premier Card holders will receive a 10% discount. Small bucket of range balls are included.


Other costs ?

There is a one time $30 per player membership fee to be paid in cash at your first match. This fee pays for our prizes, trophies, tips and end of season gifts and party. We offer a free trial match for new players to try out our league. If you like it, you can pay your league fee when playing your 2nd match. There will also be an optional throw in game of $5 for the winners on that day's match. The 19th Hole will be open for us for drinks only. No food, so bring your own snacks.


How do I sign up to play in a match?

We will send a reminder by email to sign up for the next match on Tuesday evening each week and a final reminder on Friday evening. No early registrations can be accepted. You must sign up on the website and no later that Saturday before the match. If you sign up after, you may be placed on a wait list or alternate list.


Do you have a maximum handicap limit?

No. Players are only required to have a verifiable handicap index to enter the league. Broward Winter League will observe a league handicap calculated by scores posted in our league.

As with Broward Summer League, scores from all Broward Winter League matches must be posted. If a player does not finish a hole, per USGA rules, she will record the score that she most likely would have had. Our handicap committee will verify that all scores are posted before the next match. Players with unposted scores are not eligible to participate until their scoring record is complete and has been updated in their handicap system.

How do I win points?

Scoring is done in traditional match play. 1.00 for win, .50 for ties, 0 for loss, plus .01 point for each hole won regardless result of the match. Players will retain all points and holes won for the season.

Do I have to play all the matches?

No, although we hope you will want to. Because points are earned on an individual basis you will only accumulate points when you play. If you don’t play you will not earn any points.

What is the Gross Division?

The player with the most points at the end of the matches will be declared the winner of the league. The player with the 2nd highest total points will be the runner up.

What is the Percentage Division?

The Percentage Division will allow those players who don't play every match to compete for highest percentage of points won vs points played. You must play 12 or more matches out of the 20 scheduled matches to qualify for the percentage division. There will be a winner and a runner up in this division as well.

What will we win?

Besides glory ! There will be trophies for the winners and runners up for both divisions, in addition to prizes. There will also be special prizes for special events and holes in one.

Important Information

Posting Scores: The USGA requires that match play scores are posted. See section 4-1 of the USGA Handicap System. Our player policy also requires that players must post their scores timely after the match. Enter the score you most likely would have received had you completed the hole if you pick up- not to exceed your handicap limit. Players who don't post their scores timely may not be able to play in future matches until their scores are posted. We are playing USGA Rules. If you're unsure about an action your opponent is taking, let her know that you're not sure that was correct and you're filing a claim. We will be allowed to lift clean and place in the fairway, length of a scorecard.

Rain Policy- If we call the matches off for rain, we will send an email so please check your email frequently. If you do not receive an email proceed to the course. Please remember, our league is growing and the only way we can efficiently and quickly communicate with all players is by email. If you cannot check your email, and the weather is questionable, please call the course and check with the staff. 954-585-5020.


No Shows: Plantation Preserve is extending a courtesy of reserved holes shotgun especially for our league. This means that they do not sell these tee times to the public, but instead reserve them specifically for us. If we have players who “no show” we will not fill our obligations to the course, and this could jeopardize our league accommodations. If you have made a commitment to play please fulfill that commitment.


Quitting a Match- Though we promote fun and friendly matches, we are still a competition league. If you quit during a match, your opponent will win the forfeited point. If the remaining player is in the $5 game, her $5 will be refunded. If the player who quits is in the $5 game, then her $5 will be awarded to the remaining player as well. The remaining player will not receive addition won hole, which determines our league winners in the case of a tie. Please, unless you have an emergency or an injury, continue to play until the match is decided !