News and Announcements
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Highlights
Weekend Tournaments and Thursday League signups for 2026 will be opening soon. Watch your mailbox for tournament signup emails. If you haven't activated your EGC 2026 membership and/or GHIN account, now is the time to do so!
NEW for 2026: We will be using Live Tourney in 2026. See below to add Live Tourney to your contacts list and a few other tricks so that Live Tourney emails won't end up blocked or in your spam folder.
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Avoiding Spam Filters - how to get round signup information and other notices from Evergreen Golf Club
New for 2026 - We will be using the LiveTourney tournament management system to send out round signup information. Since this is a new system it is possible that notices will go to your spam folder or worse, get completely blocked. To prevent these notices being marked as spam, click on the "Information" link at the top navigation for this web portal site and look for the section on "Avoiding Spam Filters."
Tee Time or Playing Partner Requests: How do I request an Early or Late Tee Time, or request a specific playing partner?
New for 2026: Each time you register for a round, there will be an OPTIONAL question about preference for playing time and an OPTIONAL comment where you can put in other special requests such as playing partner. Please request either an early/late tee time OR a specific playing partner, but not both at the same time (e.g. Please don't request to have both an early tee time and play with Tiger). We will prioritize playing time requests over playing partner requests.
Thursday League
Put a block on your work calendar now for the entire summer (starting late April) for Thursday afternoons! It's time for the EGC Thursday Golf League. Sneak out a bit early and get 9-holes and a few beers in before dark. Click on Thursday League at the top of the page for more info and how to register.
Registration for each round opens up three weeks in advance for each Thursday round. There is an online/automatic wait list. When you sign up, if the round is full you will automatically be placed in a first-come, first-served wait list.
SAVE your Registration Confirmation email - If you can’t play, use the link in your email to cancel on the website as soon as you know so the next person on the waitlist will be put on the playing list. You will get an automated email notice if you are moved from the waitlist to the playing roster. Please do not email the board, we can no longer add or remove people from the wait list, it’s online only.
Scoring and Scorecards
Live Scoring: New for 2026 - EGC will be using Live Tourney for live, online scoring. As in the past, you must keep both a paper card and use live scoring as described below, and compare and verify your results before submitting. Live Tourney does not use an app - it is all web based, You will get links via email and/or QR codes for your foursome for scoring.
During Stroke Play tournaments (Weekend Tournaments and Thursday League), one person in each foursome is responsible for entering scores in Live Tourney scoring after each hole while a second person will keep a paper scorecard. Failure to enter scores for your foursome in Live Tourney scoring during the round mayresult in a 1-stroke penalty for each person in the group. Exception: If Live Scoring is not enabled when you tee off, and is not subsequently enabled by the time you complete the 5th hole (check again), you can defer entering your scores until the round is completed. Live Tourney scoring must be completed within 1 hour of completing your round.
For Match Play, entering scores in live scoring during the round is optional but recommended. A paper scorecard must be maintained in all match play. If scores are not entered in live scoring during the match, they must be entered in Live Tourney within 1 hour after the round is completed.
Paper Card: In addition to the live scoring, each group must keep at least one paper scorecard with all individual scores recorded. If a pre-printed scorecards are not provided, use a regular course scorecard from the golf course. The paper card should be kept by any player who is not the live scoring scorekeeper. Scores must be legible and any corrections made clearly. The card must be signed by the scorekeeper (marker) and by at least one other person in the group (certifier).
Each foursome must compare the results on the paper scorecards with the live scoring results at the end of the round to ensure there were no typos entering live score results before turning in the paper scorecard. You would be surprised how rarely there are not any typos in the live scoring. Make sure you always do this carefully!
Signed paper cards must be returned to the tournament director immediately following the round. If the tournament director is not available, a photo can be sent to EvergreenGC@outlook.com. This must be done within 1 hour after the completion of the round. Failure to turn in a card (paper or photo) promptly (1 hour) will result in disqualification per USGA Rule 3.3 b (2).
For Thursday 9-hole league, if you choose to play additional holes, someone from your group (or a group after yours) must bring the cards in to the tournament director. Do not plan to turn your paper cards in after playing 18 holes on Thursdays, they must be turned in within 1 hour of the completion of your round. The tournament director will not stick around waiting for you. Cards may be turned in at the course, or frequently, at Black Raven brewing on 95th Street in Redmond.
Match Play: We will not be collecting paper scorecards. Pease send in a photo of the scorecard to EvergreenGC@outlook.com. See match play instructions for details.
How to view Weekend and Thursday Results on this portal
After a round result is finalized, you can always see the full leaderboard/results from Thursday League (or Weekend Series) using the Evergreen Golf Club Web Portal - https://egc.golfgenius.com (when the leaderboard is no longer visible in the app).
Just click on Thursday League button (or Weekend Events) and then on Results, and you will see a list of all the event dates and a link to the corresponding results. You can use "Expand All" to see all the individual scores.
Handicap & Stats info
Check out the "Handicap and Stats" section in the Weekend Majors and Thursday League for some cool stats about your game and your opponents. Just look for the "Handicap & Stats" section on the Weekend Majors or Thursday League Portal page.
Payments:
Greens and Tournament Fees: When you register for a Weekend round in Golf Genius, you will be charged for the Greens and Tournament fee. We are required to pre-pay each course for the tee times we have reserved. This will make registration and payment an easy one-step process. For Thursday League, you will be charged the tournament fee, however you will pay the greens fee directly to Willows (rates vary depending on tee time, member and senior rates).
Optional Skins Payments: New for 2026 - When you register for an event in Live Tourney, you will have an option at the time of payment to do a "+1" Add-on for Skins. This is the ONLY way to pay for skins. If you don't sign up for skins when you first register, save your registration confirmation email - you can go back to the link in the email and add the Skins Add-On payment anytime up until registration closes for the event. After that, we will not be able to accept late payments for Skins (e.g. no Day-Of-Round, or I-forgot-on-the-first-tee). Since payment is now integrated with registration, rather than a separate email, this should not be a problem.
Posting Rounds under WHS - Please use Hole-by-Hole on GHIN when posting your own scores
You don't need to read this whole article.
- Evergreen Golf Club will post your scores for all Stroke Play (Weekend and 9-Hole) events, so don't post those or you will be double posting.
- For rounds you play on your own, and for EGC Match Play, just post your rounds using Hole-by-Hole entry on GHIN and it will take care of the math for you.
If you post your total score instead of hole by hole, be sure to use Net Double Bogey as the limit. Don't use ESC. It's wrong and it's been out-of-date since 2020. Equitable Stroke Control is no more. If you use ESC rules when posting you are probably posting a higher score than you are allowed, which is just like adding a few random extra strokes to your score.
Do it the easy way - Just use the Hole-by-Hole score entry in the GHIN App or web page, and it will automatically adjust for Net Double Bogey for you. It takes less than a minute.
Hole-by-Hole entry of each hole score is pretty quick. This is a lot easier than figuring out your Course Handicap with the new CH formula, then figuring out where you get dots, then figuring out the max score on each hole, and actually getting it all correct. However, if you do want your Course Handicap, use the GHIN App.
What is Net Double Bogey? Starting in 2020, WHS introduces the concept of Net Double Bogey for your maximum hole score. What does that mean? It means you simply figure ou the strokes (dots) you are allowed on each hole, add par, and add two. On a par 3 where you get one stroke, you get 3+1+2 for a max of 5. On a par 5 where you get two strokes, you get 5+2+2=9 strokes. Simple so far, right?
But what if you have to figure out the dots yourself? First, look up your Course Handicap on the GHIN App on your phone on the DAY of the Round. If you have to figure out your Course Handicap from your Handicap Index manually, it's a lot more complicated than it used to be before 2020. There's a new formula starting in 2020 under WHS. Not only do you have to multiply by slope, but then you have to subtract Course Rating from Par and then subtract that number from the old course rating. Trust me, without the formula in front of you and a calculator, you will probably screw it up. So look up Course Handicap in the GHIN App on your phone.
Next, apply the dots on the scorecard to the holes in handicap order (using the Handicap row on the scorecard). Make sure all the dots are on the right holes. Now, for each hole, add par to the dots, and then add two more strokes - that's the maximum score. Make sure to use the maximum when you add up your scores if it applies. It's not the same for every hole.
That sure is a lot of work; isn't there an easier way?
I'm glad you asked. First, for all EGC Stroke Play events (Weekend Majors, Thursday League, etc.) we will post for you and the software will make the adjustment. You don't have to worry about this for any EGC events where we post scores for you.
Whenever you post yourself, (Casual Rounds and EGC Match Play events) just use the "Hole-by-Hole" link on the GHIN App or web site, enter your full scores for each hole (3 at a time) and you are done. It will do all the math for you.
WAGOLF: https://wagolf.org/keep-score/handicap-information/#section-45173
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