Payouts... I feel like Jerry McGuire

“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time”

The individual payouts are the same as they were when I reluctantly agreed to be The Commish.  I think they are fair.  If you don't think so then you come up with the algorithm that spreads it to your liking. What the previous Commissioners said to me was that if I wanted to finish in the money, play better.

#	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	GF	TOTAL
4	$25	$15					$40
5	$30	$15				$5	$50
6	$30	$15	$10			$5	$60
7	$35	$20	$10			$5	$70
8	$40	$25	$10			$5	$80
9	$40	$25	$15			$10	$90
10	$40	$30	$20			$10	$100
11	$50	$30	$20			$10	$110
12	$50	$30	$20	$10		$10	$120
13	$50	$30	$20	$15		$15	$130
14	$50	$35	$25	$15		$15	$140
15	$50	$40	$30	$15		$15	$150
16	$60	$40	$30	$15		$15	$160
17	$60	$40	$30	$20	$10	$10	$170
18	$60	$45	$30	$20	$10	$15	$180
19	$60	$45	$35	$25	$10	$15	$190
20	$60	$45	$35	$25	$20	$15	$200
21	$60	$50	$40	$30	$20	$10	$210
22	$65	$55	$40	$30	$20	$10	$220
23	$65	$55	$45	$35	$20	$10	$230
24	$70	$60	$45	$35	$20	$10	$240
25	$70	$60	$50	$40	$20	$10	$250
26	$75	$65	$50	$40	$20	$10	$260
27	$75	$65	$55	$45	$20	$10	$270
28	$80	$65	$55	$45	$25	$10	$280

As for the last team event I can see where some may have been pissed off that the total purse on Saturday, $280, went to 4 people.  I'm not pissed because I was lucky enough to be one of the 4.  In my defense, we just as easily could have wound up with 4 or 3 man teams had the numbers worked out.  They didn't, so we wound up with 2 man teams and the rest as they say is history.  I've heard you and I making a slight adjustment to the team payouts. Instead of just paying 1st and 2nd individual we will also pay the 3rd place individual.  Teams will always be 2 man affairs.  That means that when playing teams 5 people will cash, same as we are paying now.  The chart below is easy enough to understand. First, second, and third are paid just as above.  The team purse is made up of 4th, 5th plus the General Fund (GF).  The emphasis is still on individual achievement. Once again, if you know a better way to spread it, be my guest.

#	1st	2nd	3rd	Team	Total
12	$50	$30	$20	$20	$120
13	$50	$30	$20	$30	$130
14	$50	$35	$25	$30	$140
15	$50	$35	$20	$45	$150
16	$60	$40	$30	$30	$160
17	$50	$40	$25	$55	$170
18	$60	$45	$30	$45	$180
19	$60	$45	$35	$50	$190
20	$60	$45	$35	$60	$200
21	$60	$50	$25	$75	$210
22	$65	$55	$40	$60	$220
23	$65	$55	$45	$65	$230
24	$70	$60	$45	$65	$240
25	$70	$60	$50	$70	$250

As previous, winning individuals ARE NOT eligible for the team prize.  Speaking for myself, I enjoy the blind draw now and then. I (we) have been playing the same game now going back to the middle 90's.  Every now and then a little strange can be a good thing.