How It Works
Windy City Golf League is Chicago's Only Flexible Golf League!
Stop spending time and money searching for amateur leagues and tour events. Windy City Golf League gives all golfers a unique and flexible way to compete fairly and affordably, meet new people, and have lots of fun!
New for 2010 --- WCGL introduces a 2-Person, Team-Scramble Format!
Windy City Golf League now offers a 2-Person Scramble League, in addition to its Individual, Head-to-Head League. Now you have two great ways to enjoy Chicago’s Only Flexible Golf League!
Now, golfers of any age, gender, and ability can play golf in 2 affordable, competitive and flexible formats! Individual League members can even round out foursomes by bringing friends, or even by playing alongside other league members – it’s completely up to you!
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Season Schedule
Windy City Golf League offers 2, 12-week sessions during the Chicago golfing season (Spring and Summer). Currently, you may sign up for the 2009 Summer Season. Typically, registration will open approximately 6 weeks prior to the start of the each season, and will remain open until 10 days before the season starts. Late registration will be available for an additional $10 fee.
2010 Spring Season:
- Registration: March 3 – April 11
- Late Registration: April 12 – April 15
- League play: April 18 – July 11
- Arghe Isle Cup Tournament: July 17
2010 Summer Season:
- Registration: June 1 – July 10
- Late Registration: July 11 – July 14
- League play: July 18 – October 9
- Arghe Isle Cup Tournament: TBD
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Cost
Each 12-week season requires a $60 registration fee that also serves as a membership fee. WCGL offers discounts to members who register for more than one league within the same season, and for those who prepay for more than one season at a time.
Click here to view a breakdown of WCGL registration discounts.
As an added benefit, WCGL members receive discounts on greens fees at member courses, and also have the chance to win prizes.
Click here to visit our Partners page for discounts at local courses and businesses. Late registration requires an additional $10 fee.
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League Formats
Windy City Golf League offers two (2) league formats: Individual and Team Scramble
Individual Head-to-Head League
In the Head-to-Head league, you will play your matches against each of your opponents as regular stroke-play matches. You will abide by USGA rules and scores for each hole will be entered on the website after the match. Although matches are head-to-head, don’t feel as if you’re stuck playing in a twosome all season long. We encourage you to round out your foursomes with friends, family, or other league members. Just make sure to coordinate with your opponent who you’re bringing.
2-Person Team Scramble
In the Team Scramble league, you and your teammate will play matches against other 2-person teams. The matches will be played in a 2-person scramble format, but will still be played in stroke-play format, where team scores are entered for each hole on the WCGL website. You will be grouped with your opponents, based on your preferred playing time (weekdays, weeknights or weekends) and team-average skill level (handicap, adjusted scoring avg., etc.)
The Individual and 2-Person Scramble Leagues run simultaneously. While you are certainly welcome to sign up for more than one league within the same season, keep in mind that that the number of leagues you join determines how many matches you will play in each 2-week period (i.e. signing up for the Individual League and one 2-Person Scramble League means you will play 2 matches in each 2-week match period. Join 2 teams and play in the Individual League, and you’ll be playing 3 matches each period.)
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Pairings
Windy City Golf League will group you into a flight, based on your preferred playing time (weekdays, weeknights, weekends), and your scoring ability and skill level (handicap, or average score, course difficulty and desired level of competition are all considered). You will then be bracketed with 6 other golfers or teams with similar preferences and abilities. Each player or team in your bracket represents a match for you during the season. You will have two weeks to complete each match over the course the 12-week season.
After your first season with WCGL, you will be flighted based on league play using WCGL's adjusted scoring average and player rating formulas.
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Match Scheduling
Scheduling Flexibility! As a member of WCGL, you will play 6 matches during the 12-week season. The great part is that you and your opponents will determine the time, course, tees to play from, and the number of holes to play (9 or 18) for each match. One of you will be designated the home player/team for each match, and will have the final word on match specifics and will be responsible for scheduling the tee time. The home player will also be responsible for entering scores after the match on WCGL’s website.
For members of the Individual league, don’t feel as if you’re stuck playing in a twosome all season long. We encourage you to round out your foursomes with friends, family, or other league members. Just make sure to coordinate with your opponent who you’re bringing.
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Player Page
As a WCGL member, you will have your own Player Page that displays all of your league information including your picture, playing preferences, match schedule for the current season and your stats. Your Player Page also shows your current season match results and statistics. It will allow you to see historical results and break down how you fare on par 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s. You can track the number of birdies, pars, bogeys, etc. you make per round.
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Leaderboard Pages
Our Statistical Leaderboard page allows you to monitor how well you stack up to the competition across key categories. There is a also Flight Leaders page that ranks the members of each flight overall by points, adjusted scoring average and player rating. Play your best golf against your competition and climb the leaderboard to qualify for the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament!
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Arghe Isle Cup Tournament
At the end of each season, WCGL sponsors a one-day tournament at one of metro Chicago’s top public courses, full of prizes, trophies, food and fun! A player must qualify for the tournament by winning their bracket, or by accumulating enough points on the flight leaderboard. Several wildcard qualifying spots are also up for grabs, based on your adjusted scoring average relative to others within your flight. The overall tournament winners from each flight win the coveted Arghe Isle Cup!
The fee for the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament will include greens fees, cart, range balls, lunch and prizes.
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Scoring and the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament
During the season, you have the opportunity to earn points to qualify for the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament! All matches will be played in head-to-head, stroke play format, and points are earned based on how competitively you play. The breakdown for earning points is as follows:
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9-Hole Match
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18-Hole Match
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| Win by (# of Strokes): |
Points Earned |
| 3+ |
80 |
| 2 |
70 |
| 1 |
60 |
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| Tie |
40 |
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| Lose By: |
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| 1 |
30 |
| 2 |
20 |
| 3+ |
10 |
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| Win by (# of Strokes): |
Points Earned |
| 4+ |
100 |
| 3 |
90 |
| 2 |
80 |
| 1 |
70 |
| Tie |
50 |
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| Lose by: |
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| 1 |
40 |
| 2 |
30 |
| 3 |
20 |
| 4+ |
10 |
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You can also earn a wildcard spot in the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament by achieving a low adjusted scoring average. The adjusted scoring average is a handicapping system developed by WCGL that relates your actual scores to the course rating and slope, thus leveling the playing field for you and other flight members. This ensures a fair comparison of other flight members who play different courses and who play from different tees.
WCGL strives to provide a fair and competitive experience for all members. To ensure that members are in the proper flight, WCGL developed a player rating system. This system relates your points earned to your adjusted scoring average, compared to your competition. In order to encourage honesty and eliminate sandbagging, a player whose rating is substantially higher than those of other flight members during the regular season will be forced to play in a more competitive flight in the Arghe Isle Cup Tournament. When you register for next season, you will be flighted based on your previous season's rating.
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