Quick Overview
18 holes to be played between 9am and 5pm on Saturday the 22nd of Jan 2022 Top 16 to advance to matchplay finals on Sunday the 23rd from 9am to 2pm 1. Qualifying Rounds
players will complete 18 pin-golf holes across 9 machines the number of balls it takes for the player to reach the target/achievement score will represent the number of Pin-Strokes earned for that hole. (1st ball = Hole in 1, 2nd ball = 2, 3rd ball = 3, etc) should a player not reach the target score within the allotted balls (par), then the par +1 pin stroke will be awarded for that hole.(3 balls = 4 strokes, 5 balls = 6 strokes) players can play the machines in any order, but must play the Pin-holes on a particular machine in order
2. Finals Round
Top 16 players to be split into 4 groups as follows: 1, 8, 9, 16 2, 7, 10, 15 3, 6, 11, 14 4, 5, 12,13 each group to play 3 randomly chosen pin-golf holes using pin-golf scoring highest seed chooses playing position first, second seed second etc on subsequent games the person with the highest stroke score from the previous game chooses playing position first, then second highest stroke score etc two players with the lowest pin-golf scores in each group advance, 3 rounds in total. 16-8-4 points do not carry over ties for placings will be determined by a single pin-golf hole playoff grand final will be a best of 5 3. Extra Balls
all attempts will be made for extra balls to be disabled for all machines. Should a player earn an extra ball, they will play it as part of the same Pin-Stroke on that particular Pin-Hole as a mulligan  4. Rulings and Malfunctions
all rulings and malfunctions will be based on the rules for the IFPA World Pinball Championship

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