My take on the spirit of the bag tag rules is that challenges are meant to be taken care of sooner, rather than later. If the tournament is the first time the challenger and challenged can both be at the same place/same time to play, then that makes sense. If however, both players are available at a previous time to play (let’s say they show up at the same course/same time to play a round), then it makes sense that they should play the challenge before the tournament. Dodging challenges when you are physically able to accomodate them, IMO, goes against the spirit of competition that the tags were intended for. Hiding the tag or creating artificial barriers to challenges would also be against the spirit.

So if Goat Hill really is the first time you guys can play, alrighty. But if you both show up at another course before then, ready to play, I think you should play the challenge. That’s my opinion as a founding member and board member.

Allen Risley
Montiel Park, Sunset Park & CSUSM Course Representative

I just wanted to express my desire for a weekly, singles bag-tag event in the North County area.

Reasons:

1) To decrease the secret nature of tags, who has what number, etc… As it is now, you have to know the ins and outs of people’s locations, contacts, etc to get a bagtag round going.

2) To provide a singles competition format besides the Goat Hill Monthly. Competitive players need to put on their “singles competition head” as much as possible in order to develop.

3) To promote the growth of the community, connections….

4) To make bagtag holders defend their numbers against a larger mass…

5) And possibly to create a points system, tracking system for final bagtag ( a la Santa Cruz).

All the best,

Jamie

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