PDGA TD School | Episode 13 | Scorekeeping & Digital Scorecard
The PDGA TD School series continues with Episode 13: Scorekeeping & Digital Scorecard. This video explores the importance of keeping accurate score in disc golf competitions and introduces the convenient alternative to traditional paper scorecards - the PDGA Digital Scorecard. By leveraging smartphones and apps, players and tournament directors can streamline scoring duties and maximize accuracy. However, this video also highlights the ongoing need for paper scorecards in certain situations, such as events with poor cell phone reception or players who prefer not to use digital devices. To address these concerns, new rules have been implemented for sanctioned events starting in 2024, requiring all players to keep an independent scorecard and share scoring duties equally. Through a clear explanation of scoring procedures, this video aims to equip tournament directors and players with the knowledge needed to accurately record and report scores, ensuring the integrity and fairness of disc golf competitions.
Master scorekeeping techniques and digital scorecard management with PDGA TD School experts in Episode 13 of our instructional series.
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Welcome back to TD School. In this video, we will cover important aspects of keeping score, including the PDGA Digital Scorecard, a convenient alternative to traditional paper scorecards. Let's dive right in. Keeping score is a critically important part of disc golf competition. After all, if we don't keep score or don't do it accurately, how will we know who wins the competition? Traditionally, score has been kept by writing down the number of throws each player made during a hole on a paper scorecard. Now score can be kept on a smartphone thanks to a variety of apps. These apps have become very popular as they relieve players and TDs from having to add up player scores, and they streamline TD duties by uploading scores directly to the Tournament Manager database and the pdga. com event results page. What we've learned, however, is that there's still a place for paper scorecards in disc golf, either at events played with poor cell phone reception for uploading scores, or for players who would prefer to not use a cell phone for scorekeeping. For those reasons, PDGA rules require tournament directors to have paper scorecards available for players, even if their preferred scorecard is digital. Beginning in 2024, all players in sanctioned events now keep an independent scorecard, recording scores for the entire playing group. This means that the scorekeeping duty is shared equally and maximizes the integrity and accuracy of scoring. After completing each hole, each player records the score for every player in their group in a manner that makes each score clear to everyone in the group. This includes noting any warnings or penalty throws alongside the hole score. The score for a player on a hole is the total number of throws, including penalty throws. The total score for the round is the sum of all hole scores plus any additional penalty throws. It's important to use numbers as scores. Saying "par" or "birdie" is not sufficient to report your score. In the event of a disagreement about a player's reported score, the group should review the hole together and try to reach a consensus. If consensus cannot be reached, the assistance of an official or the tournament director should be sought promptly. However, if all players in the group agree that a score is incorrect, it can be corrected before submitting the scorecard. All players are responsible...
