Members:

Any member of the PGA 2000 community can become a member of the Dappawit Course Ratings and take part in the voting. The only requirements are that you:

• own PGA Championship Golf 2000 by Sierra Sports, and...
• have a valid email address.

(Only one member is allowed per email address.)

When signing-up, a member will be required to chose a member name. A welcome message containing a unique password will be sent to the user's email address. Both the user name and password will be required to submit a ballot.

The Ballot:

The ballot can be found on this web site and consists of ten blanks, one for each golf course in the ballot. Ten different courses must be listed on a ballot, no courses may be repeated.

Only one ballot per person, per voting period, will be counted. If more than one valid ballot is recieved, only the first will be counted.

It should go without saying, but in order to enter a course onto one's ballot, the voter must have played at least one 18 hole round in any conditions. Preferably, the voter will have played the course a few times.

We also encourage members to try as many courses as they can before deciding which courses to vote for. And please expect your ballot to change from voting period to voting period. New courses will be released, and old courses will re-emerge, so please be flexible.

The ballot must be completed in full to be valid and counted in the ranking.

A link to the ballot will appear on the main page of this site during the voting period.

Course Eligibility:

User-created courses released for PGA 2000 or PGA 99 are eligible for the Dappawit Rating. Courses must also be released before the voting period begins in order to be eligible.

The real-life courses included on the PGA 2000 and PGA 99 CDs are NOT eligible for the Dappawit Ratings.

Any additional versions of a course will supplant previous versions of a course. The most updated version of a course is eligible for the rating. Any previous versions of a course listed on a ballot will be assumed to be the most updated version, and will be counted as such.

The Ranking:

The Dappawit Course Rating is conducted every four weeks during a one week period. The voting period will begin on a Sunday and end the following Saturday. This allows portions of two weekends to be used and allow our members the best opportunity to vote. The ballots will be counted as the voting continues, and the final ranking will be released a few days after the end of the voting period.

Courses are awarded points based on their ranking in each ballot. Here is the per-ballot point breakdown:

The ratings listing will contain the following information:
Rank - The rank of the course based on total points.
Total Points - The total points the course recieved from all eligible ballots.
Ratings Index - The total points divided by the number of ballots recieved. This rating is a percentage and thus allows course ratings to be compared from poll to poll.
Previous Rank and Previous Index - The course's rank and ratings index in the previous poll.

Other Considerations:

Any ballots considered to be fraudulent will not be counted in the poll. Repeated violation of the rules will not be tolerated, and members who do so may be subject to expulsion from the Dappawit Course Rankings.

All ballots will be kept confidential by Dapawit Course Ranking staff. Of course, members are certainly welcome to reveal their own votes on any of the many golf message boards on the internet, or anywhere else they choose.

Conclusion:

The Dappawit Course Rating is not scientific or definitive. It is designed for fun and the benefit of voters and other members of the community. We hope that it provides assistance to newcomers to PGA Championship Golf in their selection of courses to download. At the same time, however, just because a course is not listed here does not mean it is a bad course. There are plenty of excellent courses available on the internet, and a true PGA 2000 player will choose to play a large number of courses as they all provide a unique golf experience.