Elite 8 - 2015

The annual Elite 8 has been tweaked for 2015. It is now divided into first half and second half. A total of 6 tournaments are eligible in each half with only 5 tournaments being counted toward points to qualify for the Elite 8. If a member competes in more than 5 tournaments in either half, the top 5 tournament points earned will be used. The four top point leaders from each half of the season will compete at the Turkey Shoot in November. Once you qualify in the top 4 in the first half of the season you are in the Elite 8 finals automatically. The Member/Guest, Turkey Shoot, and Ham Shoot tournaments are exempt from the Elite 8 and no points will be awarded for either of these tournaments. Each Elite player will contribute $25 towards prize money with the club contributing the balance to a total prize fund of $800.00. It will be a low net tournament with guaranteed prize money for each participant as follows:          

                                    1^st place = $200

                                    2^nd place = $150

                                    3^rd place = $125

                                    4^th place = $100

                                    5^th place = $75

                                    6^th place = $60

                                    7^th place = $50

                                    8^th place = $40

In addition to the Elite 8 tournament, the top overall individual point winner for both halves of the season combined will be awarded a free 2016 La Contenta Men’s Club membership.



Tiebreaker: In the event of a tie for 1^st place and 4^th place, the following rules will take place.

Tie Breaker #1:

This tie breaker will be based on Total Points then Tournament Participation Points (Maximum of 5 tournaments per half). For example:



Tom would finish in 1st place because his Tournament Participation Points are higher than Jim’s. Therefore Jim would finish in 2^nd place. 

Bob and Mike are tied for 3rd place. Bob and Mike are still tied after this Tie Breaker so we have to use Tie Breaker #2.

Tie Breaker #2:

The second tie breaker will only be used if the first tie breaker fails to determine the top four. This Tie Breaker is based on how a player placed in all tournaments.

In this example, Bob has two 1^st place finishes therefore Bob gets the 4^th place in the playoff. If the members are tied for 1^st place finishes then we would look at 2^nd place and so on. This would repeat down the line until we have a winner.

Since Tie Breaker #2 has now been applied, the results are shown below:



The top four would advance to the Elite 8 Skins game during the Turkey Shoot.

This table shows how points will be awarded for a tournament.