A bag tag is a numbered piece of plastic that hangs off your bag where everybody can see it. Tags come with a membership and get handed out at league nights. The number on yours is the number somebody else wants, and beating the person holding a lower one is how it moves.
How it works
Challenge anybody, any time
There is no ladder to work up in order and no season to wait for. If you are carrying tag 24 and the person on the next tee is carrying tag 3, you can ask them for a round there and then. You play, you compare cards, and the lower score takes the better tag. The swap happens on the spot, before anybody goes home.
Any course, any day, any format the two of you agree on. Most of it happens at Odell on a Wednesday because that is where everybody already is, but nothing says it has to.
Tell a volunteer afterwards and the order above updates. Nothing is tracking your round for you — the table is maintained by hand, by one person, from what players report.
How do I get a bag tag?
A tag comes with a club membership. Twenty-five dollars for the year, and the tag is handed over at a league night.
A volunteer records the number against your name and you appear in the table above from that point on. There is nothing to set up and nothing to install — the tag is a physical object in your bag and the table is just the club’s record of where it currently is.
Do I have to be good to carry one?
No. A tag is a reason to ask somebody for a round, not a ranking of how well you throw.
It has done its job the moment it puts two people who would not otherwise have played together on the same card. Where the number ends up is secondary, and a tag near the bottom of the table costs you nothing but the next challenge.
Do bag tags decide the season?
No. Season points decide the season. Tags are the head-to-head running alongside it.
Points come from turning up — every league night, mini and club tournament you check in to, doubled if you are a member. A tag comes from beating one specific person on one specific day. You can sit top of the points table carrying tag 40, and the two things never touch.
I would rather my name was not on this page
Say so and you appear as Anonymous, with your tag intact.
The preference is on the member registration form, it applies to the season points table as well, and you can change it at any league night by telling somebody.
Not got one
Tags come with a $25 membership, along with cheaper league nights and double season points. Join, then pick your tag up on a Wednesday at Odell or a Thursday at Ripples.