A minimum of six players must be present to hold a Best Shot Doubles round.
If 15 or fewer players attend, the players may vote to change the format for that day. If 16 or more players attend then the regularly scheduled format must be used.

Entry fee to play is $5.00 for Active SSPDGC members and $6.00 for all others, plus an optional $1.00 Ace Fund Fee. Three dollars of each entry is paid out in the purse, one dollar goes to an Ace Fund, (optional) one dollar goes to the Competition Fund, and all other funds go to the SSPDGC treasury.

There are 3 different formats used to play our Best Shot Doubles. The pools of players will be determined by handicaps. See “The Pool Separation Guidelines” section for exact details.

The formats used are;
Mixed pools (1 – Top Cat & 1 – Under Dog per team)
Separated Pools (Top Cats teamed with Top Cats & Under Dogs with Under Dogs)
Random Draw

In the event that a player cannot continue or must leave, the remaining partner may play on with no extra shots or handicap.

Play-offs for ties of paying positions will use a sudden death format.
At North Water Tower Park;
The play-off holes used are: #1, #2, #3, and then short pad #18. Any remaining ties will then be played off as a CTP from #3’s tee pad to the #2’s basket.
At Lakeview Park;
The play-off holes used are: #11, 12, 13, 10, and then a CTP from the corner of the pavilion to #10’s basket.

The monthly schedule for BSD is;
1st Sunday of every month at Lakeview Park using the Random Draw format.
2nd & 3rd Sunday of every month at NWTP using the Mixed Pools format.
4th & 5th Sunday of every month at NWTP using the Separated Pools format.

Any player with a handicap of –10 or greater may use the short pads at Lakeview.
Any player with a handicap of –10 or greater may use the short pads on Holes #9, #10, and #18 at NWTP during the Mixed Pool format ONLY.

Best Shot Doubles - Pool Separation Guidelines
“ The Bubble Boy System” 1/12/04

The following Pool Separation Guidelines are for determining which pool players will be grouped for the blind draw of Best Shot Doubles (BSD) teams.

The pools of players will be determined by handicaps on the course the BSD is being played. No. Water Tower Park (NWTP) handicaps will be used for rounds played at NWTP. Lakeview Park handicaps will be used for rounds played at Lakeview.

The top ½ of the field, (players with the lowest handicaps) will be in the “Top Cats” pool. All others will be in the “Under Dogs” pool.

If a player has no established handicap, their tournament division will determine the pool. All Pro division players will play in the Top Cats. All Amateur division players (Advanced, Intermediate, Recreational, & Junior) and any players who have not played in a tournament will be considered Under Dogs.

In the event there are an odd number of players, the player whose handicap is exactly in the middle of the field OR in certain cases is the extra player, will be the called“ The Bubble Boy”.

The Bubble Boy is the odd number player and depending on the format being used, may have a choice of how to be grouped.

The right to choose only applies when the Mixed Pools format is being used. (1 - Top Cat & 1 - Under Dog per team) In this situation the Bubble Boy is the player whose handicap is the middle of the field, and can either; play as a single player team getting 2 extra throws per hole, with no more than 2 throws from any one lie. (including the tee pad) OR CHOOSE to be mixed in as an extra player with the Under Dogs to make a 3-person team of 1 – Top Cat & 2 – Under Dogs.

When the format is Separated Pools, (Top Cats teamed with Top Cats & Under Dogs with Under Dogs) the player whose handicap is the middle of the field plays with the Top Cats. In this situation the Bubble Boy becomes the player who draws the extra number or card, and plays as a single player team getting only 1 extra shot per hole.

When the format is Random Draw, a single player team will again be used. In this situation the Bubble Boy is not the player in the middle of the field. The Bubble Boy is the player who draws the extra number or card. In this situation if the Bubble Boy would fall into the Top Cat Pool (the top ½ of the field) that player will get only 1 extra shot per hole. If the Bubble Boy would fall into the Under Dog Pool (the bottom ½ of the field) that player will get 3 extra throws per hole, with no more than 2 throws from any one lie. (including the tee pad) If the extra players’ handicap is the EXACT middle of the field, the player is considered an Underdog, and will get 3 extra throws per hole, with no more than 2 throws from any one lie. (including the tee pad)