This will be the first ever PinGolf tournament hosted by First State Flippers! We are still following COVID guidelines. Rules for the PinGolf event are posted below, but please be aware that these rules may be tweaked before the tournament takes place.

Registration opens up on 8/30 at 8pm via Eventbrite. Eventbrite now handles all registration for First State Flipper events. Once you secure your “ticket” for the event, you must pay the registration fee in full ($30) using Paypal’s Friends & Family method. You are allowed to secure 2 tickets at a time.

NOTE – Once the event sells out, Eventbrite will automatically control the wait list. You have to sign up on the wait list through Eventbrite. Make sure you reserve a spot on the wait list if the event sells out. When signing up for the wait list, you can only sign up ONE PERSON AT A TIME (Again, this is only for the Wait List)

WHEN: September 19th

TIME: 11AM SHARP (We will tee off promptly at 11am). Practice will start at 10am.

WHERE: Joe Fox’s House 1112 E. Nutmeg Pl., Middletown, DE 19709

COST: $30 (must be paid in full and via PayPal Friends & Family ONLY. NO CASH)

ENTRIES: CAPPED at 24

REGISTRATION: Eventbrite Registration Link will go live this Sundayv(8/30) at 8pm.

FORMAT: 9holes of PinGolf for qualifying! Top 12 make “A” finals with the top 4 seeds getting a bye!. Everyone else will go to the “B” consolation finals. Non-IFPA Sanctioned. NO WPPRS!!! Strictly for fun!!!

PRIZES(based on 24 entries):

1st A Division – $200 plus trophy

2nd A Division – $100

3rd A Division – $50

4th A Division – $25

1st B Division – $100 plus trophy

2nd B Division – $25

Below is the list of our guidelines that will be in place for this tournament.

* Entry to the house will require a forehead temperature check for all players.

* Masks will be required by everyone at all times and must not be removed while inside the house. If removed, you will be DQ’d from the event. NO WARNINGS.

* Gloves will not be allowed.

* Hands must be sanitized upon every entry *and* exit of the house.

* No eating or drinking while inside the house as this requires you to remove your mask.

* Limited admittance into the basement. 12-16 people at a time in the basement with games spaced out between players during competition. The remaining players will be required to wait outside while maintaining social distancing. Rounds will take a little longer as we will have to wait for each group to finish and exit the basement before allowing the next group to start.

* We encourage social distancing at all times (inside and outside)

* We encourage ample hand washing

* NO CASH

* Non-Sanctioned IFPA event. We are here to have fun!

* No WPPRS on the line!

PINGOLF RULES AND FORMAT

1. Quick Overview

This event will use the PinGolf format, which essentially is the same idea as playing regular golf but with a twist of Pinball mixed in. All players will compete in foursomes (or threesomes if players drop out last minute), playing through a course made up of 9 total pinball machines. Each Pin-Hole will consist of a pinball machine with an objective that could be strictly score based or objective based. The number of balls it takes for the player to complete that objective will represent the number of Pin-Strokes earned for that hole. Each Pin-Hole will have a designated par of 3. For example, if the player completes the objective in 2 balls, they will record a score a “stroke” of 2 on their scorecard. If they need all 5 balls to complete the objective they will record a 5 on their scorecard. Should a player not complete that objective, he or she will receive a 6 on their scorecard for that Pin-Hole.

2. Qualifying – 9 Holes (9 machines)

Players will be divided into 4 players groups and will play in that group for the duration of qualifying. Each group will be assigned a different starting Pin-Hole (machine) and will play either all 9 “front” holes or all 9 “back” holes in any order until the entire course is completed (9 Pin-Holes in all).

Here are some examples of the various objectives:

Iron Man: Start Monger Multiball

Fish Tales: Score a Monster Fish

Stars: Score 40,000

At the end of qualifying, all players will be ranked with the highest qualifier having the fewest “golf” strokes – meaning the player who needed the fewest number of balls to reach each objective across all 9 games. The top 12 players will advance to the “A” Finals, with the top 4 seeds receiving a bye and advancing straight to the semi-finals.

The remaining 12-players(places 13th through 24th) will advance to the “B” consolation finals, with seeds 13-16 receiving a bye and advancing straight to the “B” consolation semi-finals.

In the event that two or more players are tied on the qualifying bubble, such that not all of the tied players can advance to the final rounds, a tiebreaking procedure will be utilized. A single game will be played on a machine selected by tournament officials from the qualifying bank of games. The tied players will play, in randomly determined order, in a multiplayer game on the selected machine, and will subsequently be ranked in the order of their scores on that game.

3. Finals

For the finals, the tournament banks will be divided into three separate courses made up of three pin-holes each. Each group will play one of these three courses.

Each four-player game will be played and scored using the same Pin-Golf scoring used in the qualifying rounds. Each round will consist of 3 games played. A minimum score per finals round is 3 strokes, and a maximum score per finals round is 18 strokes. Stoke count from qualifying rounds do not carry over into finals; all finalists start the round with zero strokes.

The group that contains the highest-seeded player gets first choice of available courses or order of play. The highest-seeded player within each group may choose either the course to be played, or the order of play. If the highest-seeded player chooses order of play, the remaining players may choose their order, in descending order of seeding, and choice of machine then goes to the next highest-seeded player in the group. Conversely, if the highest-seeded player chooses the machine to be played, then the next highest-seeded player chooses the order of play, with the remaining players choosing order of play in decreasing order of seeding. Once a player verbally announces their game choice, or chooses position, that decision cannot be changed.

If at any point a high-seed player declines to make a choice, the choice is deferred to the next highest-seeded player, as appropriate. The affected group still retains its order of choice among groups, however. If no player in a group will make a choice, the choice(s) are determined by tournament officials, who may or may not choose randomly.

Note that the original seeding of players when entering the final rounds from qualifying is used in every round. At no time does a player’s seeding change from round to round; therefore the advantage of qualifying in first place can be significant.

No group may select a bank which has already been selected by a group in the same round (unless machine malfunctions have made this unavoidable; tournament officials may choose to provide additional or substitute machines, however). Courses may only be chosen once by a competitor during finals.

When all games have been completed by a group, each player will have a point total for the round. The players with the top two point totals from each group will advance.

4. Order of Play

When starting the first hole of the tournament, position will be determined by the order drawn in Matchplay Events. For all subsequent holes the competitor with the lowest score on the previous Pin-Hole takes the honor of going first at the next Pin-Hole. The competitor with the second lowest score plays next and so on. If two or more competitors have the same score following a Pin-Hole, they play the next Pin-Hole in the same order as at the previous Pin-Hole.

5. Extra Balls and Other Machine Settings

All attempts will be made for extra balls to be disabled for all machines. Should a player earn an extra ball, they will play it as part of the same Pin-Stroke on that particular Pin-Hole. Games will be set to tournament mode if available. Expect ball savers to be limited if not off.

6. Rulings and Malfunctions

All rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA/PAPA Ruleset.

Tilting someone elses ball will result in a one stroke penalty for the offender. The player whose ball was tilted will wait until their turn is up again and play with 1 stroke subtracted from their score.

Playing someone elses ball (playing out of turn) will result in a 1 stroke penalty.