Biggest Loser 2025

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Stratford, CT 06614
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Biggest Loser 2025

Mar 21, 2025, 11:52 AM

2025 LPGA Amateurs Northern New Jersey Biggest Loser Competition

We are excited to announce the return of the chapter-wide Biggest Loser Handicap Challenge! This four month long, stroke-shaving competition challenges LPGA Amateurs members from across our Northern New Jersey Chapter, to see who can improve the most.

What does the challenge involve? We utilize your golf handicap when you start the challenge and will provide monthly updates throughout the season, so you know how you are progressing. Winners are determined by the improvement you make on your handicap from the start to the end of the challenge. The competition is flighted, and prizes will be awarded to the members with the best overall improvement and to the most improved members in each flight.

EVENT DETAILS

Registration Fee: $15.00

Registration Opens: April 1, 2025

Registration Closes: May 31, 2025

Starting Handicap Registration: June 1, 2025

Ending Handicap Revision Date and Close of Competition: September 30, 2025
Minimum Number of Rounds: Competitors must post a minimum of 10 rounds during the competition period to be eligible for prizes.

*Note: starting handicaps must be based on a minimum of three (3) 18-hole equivalent rounds. Any combination of 9- or 18-hole rounds. This can include scores from the previous year.

Contact Sheila McDonough, lpgannjbiggest@gmail.com, for any additional information.

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2025 Biggest Loser Handicap Challenge Rules

Eligibility: Entry is open to all NNJ LPGA Amateur Golf Association members in good standing who have a verifiable USGA Handicap Index.

LPGA Amateur NNJ Golf Association Member-in-Good-Standing: Participants must be LPGA Amateur Golf Association members with current membership processed and on record at LPGA Amateur Golf Association Headquarters.

Handicaps: Players must have an established USGA Handicap Index with a minimum of three (3) 18-hole equivalent rounds as of the Beginning Date of June 1, 2025. (Any combination of 9- or 18-hole rounds)

Posting Scores: Participants must post a minimum of the equivalent of ten 18- hole rounds (or combination adding up to 180 holes) between June 1, and September 30, 2025, to be eligible to win. In the spirit of the Rules of Handicapping, players are expected to post ALL ELIGIBLE SCORES immediately after play (within 24 hours). Even the ones you would rather forget!

Registration Deadline: May 31, 2025

Beginning Revision Date: June 1, 2025 - The participant’s Handicap Index on this date will be used as the beginning point for determining improvement through the duration of the Challenge.

Ending Revision Date: September 30, 2025 - The participant’s Handicap Index on this date will be used as the ending point for determining improvement through the duration of the Challenge.

Flights: Flights will be determined at the end of registration and will be based on the size of the field and distribution of Handicap Indexes.

Awards & Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to the overall most improved player in each flight.

Determination of Winners: Winners will be determined using the USGA recommended method for determining the most improved Player. The method is as follows:

Add 12 to the player's Handicap Index at the start of the season. This is value A. Add 12 to the player's Handicap Index at the end of the season. This is value B.

Divide value A by value B, calculating to three decimal places. This is the improvement factor. The player with the highest improvement factor will receive the most improved player award.

Example: Starting Handicap Index = 22.6, Ending Handicap Index = 17.4 Value A: 22.6 + 12 = 34.6

Value B: 17.4 + 12 = 29.4

A / B: 34.6 / 29.4 = 1.177

Improvement Factor: 1.177
Continue this process for every player who improved during the year. The player with the highest improvement factor is the most improved player.

*The number 12 has been determined by the USGA as equitable in gauging the improvement of players encompassing the entire spectrum of handicaps. For example, it is relatively the same improvement factor to go from a 20.0 to a 10.0 Handicap Index (improvement factor of 1.454) as it is to go from a 5.0 to a scratch, or zero Handicap Index (improvement factor of 1.416), yet the change in Handicap Index is "10" (20 - 10) versus "5" (5 - 0) strokes. The number 12 takes into consideration the level of a player's improvement rather than the net change in Handicap Index.

Breaking Ties: Ties will be determined by extending beyond three decimal places until a winner is determined.

Example:

Player A Improvement Factor (IF): 1.134 (Beg. Index = 15.1, End Index = 11.9) Player B Improvement Factor (IF): 1.134 (Beg. Index = 31.3, End Index = 26.2)

Player A Expanded IF: 1.1339 Player B Expanded IF: 1.1335

Since Player A’s IF is larger by .0004, she is the winner.

Current Standings: Current standings will be posted monthly.