Pairings & Groups

Pairings determine which golfers play together each day. Tourlyx supports Twosomes, Threesomes, and Foursomes. Foursomes are automatically divided into Twosome A and Twosome B sub-groups for two-person prize calculations.

Navigating to Pairings

1. Click Pairings in the tournament navigation.
2. If the tournament is multi-day, select the day tab at the top.

Option A — Auto-Generate Pairings

Auto-Generate creates groups based on your configured Group Type.

1. Click Auto-Generate Pairings.
2. Confirm the dialog — existing pairings for this day will be replaced.
3. Tourlyx builds handicap-balanced groups: it splits the field into quarters by handicap and puts one golfer from each quarter in every group, so no team starts with an unfair edge in net team competitions.
4. If the field does not divide evenly, a Ghost Fill-in banner appears.

The Flighted, By Team, and Assigned Flights methods also balance handicaps within each bucket. For a pure lottery draw with no balancing, tick True random (ignore handicaps) before generating.

Current Pairings bar

Whenever groups exist, a Current Pairings bar shows the method behind them. For older or hand-built pairings with no recorded method, Tourlyx labels two unambiguous cases “(detected from groups)” — groups that line up with Assigned Flights, or with a shared team field. Anything indistinguishable after the fact reads “Method: Not recorded — generated before method tracking, or edited manually” rather than guessing.

Option B — Manual Pairings

1. Click Manual to enter the manual pairing editor.
2. Click Add Group and select the group type.
3. Assign golfers to each slot by selecting from the dropdown.
4. Mark Blind Draw (BD) for any slot whose golfer’s score is tracked independently.
5. Click Save Pairings.

Ghost Fill-ins

A ghost fill-in completes a group when the field does not divide evenly. Because ghost players pay that day’s entry fee, they are full participants in every respect: their scores count toward the group’s combined prize calculation, they compete for individual standings, and they are eligible for all prizes — including second-chance prize opportunities.

Ghost player names are displayed in gold throughout the app — on the Leaderboard, Financial Summary, Nassau results, Wolf results, Skins, Match Play, and Scores pages — so they are immediately identifiable at a glance.

1. When a ghost is needed, a yellow banner appears at the top of the Pairings page.
2. Select a golfer from the dropdown for each open slot.
3. Click the dice icon to let Tourlyx choose a suitable ghost automatically.
4. Click Assign. The ghost slot is filled and the banner clears.

Mulligan Purchases on the Pairings Page

If mulligans are enabled for this day, an M checkbox appears next to each golfer. Check it to record a mulligan purchase as an alternative to recording it on the Scores page.

Undo Pairings Changes

Tourlyx maintains up to 10 undo snapshots. Click Undo to restore the previous pairing state — especially useful after an accidental auto-generate.

Printing Pairings

Click Print to generate a printable pairings sheet: single-column group cards with golfer names, tee assignments, handicaps, and the day’s weather summary. The print window opens at full screen width so no columns are clipped.