Hmmmmmm.
Two players are tied for 1st place at the end of regulation. They are on a course that snakes through a park and where the headquarters in nearest to hole 5, because it is a long skinny parking lot and the electrical power is closer to hole 5 than hole 1. The players turn in their (electronic) scorecards and are summoned via PA to the HQ. The TD tells them that they will play holes 5, 6, 7, 17, & 18 in a loop, keeping them as close to HQ as possible during the playoff. Sudden death. First hole where one player has a lower score than the other gives that player the win.
At that point player A begins to challenge the TD on the playoff holes selected. He says there is nothing that gave them any indication that there would be "special holes" for a playoff. He is insisting that they begin on hole #1. (The reality is that hole #1 sets up really nicely for the player with a backhand roller and he has a pretty decent one whereas player B does not ever even throw rollers. Hole #1 is a difficult drive off the tee for the air shot, requires precision 275 feet away.) He is asking for them to show him any written or previously communicated information -- on the tournament flyer, tournament Facebook page, the registration page on disc golf scene, anywhere -- about this special "playoff loop." The TD tells him that they've been running this same event this same weekend for more than 10 years now, and we've done every playoff this way. Does he have a case?? Why or why not?
Two players are tied for 1st place at the end of regulation. They are on a course that snakes through a park and where the headquarters in nearest to hole 5, because it is a long skinny parking lot and the electrical power is closer to hole 5 than hole 1. The players turn in their (electronic) scorecards and are summoned via PA to the HQ. The TD tells them that they will play holes 5, 6, 7, 17, & 18 in a loop, keeping them as close to HQ as possible during the playoff. Sudden death. First hole where one player has a lower score than the other gives that player the win.
At that point player A begins to challenge the TD on the playoff holes selected. He says there is nothing that gave them any indication that there would be "special holes" for a playoff. He is insisting that they begin on hole #1. (The reality is that hole #1 sets up really nicely for the player with a backhand roller and he has a pretty decent one whereas player B does not ever even throw rollers. Hole #1 is a difficult drive off the tee for the air shot, requires precision 275 feet away.) He is asking for them to show him any written or previously communicated information -- on the tournament flyer, tournament Facebook page, the registration page on disc golf scene, anywhere -- about this special "playoff loop." The TD tells him that they've been running this same event this same weekend for more than 10 years now, and we've done every playoff this way. Does he have a case?? Why or why not?