Participants compete in teams, of 8-24 golfers each, to qualify for:

1. Monthly team slots (2 players each) to compete in a 2012 Regional Els 4 Autism event
2. Championship team slots (20 slots/2 players each) to play in the SAP 2012 Individual/Team Championship at SAP sponsored Els 4 Autism Regional event in the Philadelphia area. Date and location is being finalized.
3. Opportunities to qualify for the televised Las Vegas shootout for Autism with Ernie Els.
4. Individual and team championship prizes, trophies and corporate bragging rights.

• Teams need 8 or more players - each player with 5 or more scores
• Team players must be employees and their immediate family of SAP and its partners, suppliers and clients
• Team Members may reside in different geographic locations. They do not need to play together
• 18 hole scores are required. Two 9 Hole league scores from different outings can be combined.
• Scores from rounds played Mar 1 - Sep 30, 2012 and entered before midnight Sep 30th are valid
• Scores entered more than 60 days after play count for charity points - but not for championship qualification
• Teams are ranked based on the average points-over-quota (POQ - see below) scores of their top six players
• Top two (2) ranked team members represent team at regional qualifiers
• Qualifying Team captains selects the two (2) players to represent their team at championship
• Players enter their hole-by-hole strokes-used as-is. The GolfChamp DB does all calculations and ranking
• Visit Championship link to revisit 2011 championship details
• Visit Prizes link to view all the different prizes that participants can win

Players are ranked using a Points-Over-Quota {POQ} ranking formula. POQ is a modified stableford rating process that is commonly referred to as the "Quotas" System. Players enter their gross hole-by-hole number of strokes used as per their scorecard. All calculations, ranking and reporting - using its same formula for all system and based only on those scores entered - is done automatically by the GolfChamp Databank for each player:

1. You start each round with a number of quota points (or points to earn during your round). The number of quota points that you start with is 36 less your "Handicap/GolfAbility"(GA) plus the difference between Course Par and the course rating for the set of tees you played.
2. The GA is your average Callaway Handicap for the best 4 of your last 9 gross scores entered in the DB. - Note that Els 4 Autism Regional events use the Callaway Handicapping process.
3. To be fair to all, a new GA and starting quota that includes the current round is calculated by the GolfChamp databank each time before calculating a POQ for that round.
4. You earn points for each good hole you score during the round. Points are: Bogey=1, Par=2, Birdie=4, Eagle=8, Double-eagle=16. You lose 1 point for each Triple or worse
5. Your POQ is the difference between your starting quota and the points you earned during the round
6. The average of the best 4 of your last 9 POQ (Points-OverQuota) performances (in date sequence) is used to rank you against all other players
7. Example:
   1. Your Calculated GolfAbility/Handicap (GA) = 16
   2. You played the Blue tees - PAR = 72 and Course Rating = 71.0
   3. Your Starting quota = 36 - 16 + 1 = 21
   4. You made 5 bogies, 6 pars, 1 birdie, 2 triples in your round
   5. You earned (5 *1) + (6*2) + (1*4) - (2*1) = 19 points
   6. Your POQ (points-over-quota) for that round is -2
   7. A positive POQ value indicates that you had a good round of golf

How are teams ranked?

Teams are ranked against each other based on the average POQ scores of their top 6 ranked players.

GAR (Golf Ability Range) Rankings?

After a player has entered 5 or more scores, GolfChamp uses those scores to place each player in a Golf Ability Range (GAR). The Ranges are: Low70s, High70s, Low80s, High80s, 90s and Over100. PGA Professionals are placed in their own separate category. These categories are also used to determine a player's strengths and areas for improvement by comparing them against all others in their specific GAR.

Seniority Rankings?

Each GolfChamp member can specify a seniority range and the databank will show how he/she compares to others in that seniority range. Seniority Ranges are: 4-12, 13-18, 19-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80, Over 80. For seniority groups 4-12 and 13-18 (events for kids/Juniors), members can just add their birthdates and the databank will calculate and rank their performances and improvements by age.

"What's in your Bag" Rankings?

Each GolfChamp member can specify what's in his/her bag (Driver, fairway woods, irons, wedges, putter, balls and shoes) based on the current manufacturer of the equipment they are using. Members can therefore see how they are performing compared to others with the same equipment based on their GAR and seniority.