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Current Build: Version: 7.62.7393.12394 | Build Date/Time: 3/29/2020 6:53:08 AM

2020

March 29 - Version 7.62

Added

  • New option: Send League News. When entering league news you can check this box and after saving, the league news you entered will be preset in the e-mail form.

March 26 - Version 7.61

Added

  • Ability to log e-mails which are sent from the website
  • New Setting: Allow Players to Send Emails. By default, regular players can send emails to the whole league. Turn this off if you want to disable that functionality
  • New Setting: Hide Player Detail Infomation. Normallyer a player's phone and e-mail address are displayed in the player list. Turn this off if you want to hide that information from other players. League adminsitrators will still be able to view this information
  • Added highlighting for a player in the Assign Player/Team numbers to show if a player has been moved off the regular player list. This will make it easier to identify why the setup is not complete in those instances.
  • Added ability to change a player or team's League Group after scores have been entered for a particular round.

Changed

  • For leagues who pull handicap from the GHIN, the ghin has an "active" status for a player. Golf League Tracker would not pull the hanicap if "Active" was FALSE for a player. Turned out that the status from the GHIN is not always accurate. Changed it so GLT ignores this flag and pulls the handicap value anyway.
  • When entering players, it remembers the gender of the last player entered so the user doesn't have to keep choosing it.

Fixed

  • Link from the "scorecards" section for players to the Live Leaderboard was not working properly.
  • The handicap index "adjustment" for when a player has a handful of scores per the WHS rules was not being halved in two for 9 hole leagues.

March 12 - Version 7.60

Added

  • Ability to choose a "World Handicap System - Official" setting for handicap which automatically takes the best 8 of 20 scores. If a player has fewer than 20 it uses the WHS table to determine how many to take.
  • For leagues with multiple groups, you can now schedule 1 or more group at a time (previous you would do either 1 or "all")

Changed

    For WHS official, changed the handicap display to reflect only those settings which apply.

Fixed

  • Fixed the starting hole drop down for the back 9. When editing a saved tee time/starting hole, it wasn't preselected the saved value.
  • Course Hanidcap wasn't displayed properly on scorecards when WHS-Official was handicap type

March 7th, 2020 - Version 7.59

Added

  • Added more fields to both player and historical score import.
  • For leagues who don't keep track of segment or season points, add a sort by "weekly points" to the league standings

Fixed

  • Fixed a broken link from a help dialog box to one of the help documents
  • Fixed import of floating point values from excel which would translate values such as 36.1 to 36.09999999999994.

Feburary 29, 2020 - Version 7.58

Added

  • API for android app now returns HTML for the league news. The Android app was updated to display formatted HTML rather than plain text

Fixed

  • Remove the ability to remove all round from the league's schedule. Number of round must be >=1 round
  • Round numbers for position and fun nights were not being calculated properly when doing split tee time schedule
  • When removing more than 1 round at a time, an error would occur under certain circumstances.
  • Max Team Handicap for team totals was not being applied correctly when printing scorecards
  • Require a group name to be entered when adding a league group, otherwise an error would occur
  • "Review Scores" page was only display 9 holes for 18-hole leagues
  • Average score in Stroke Play Results would cause an error if a player had no scores entered

February 23, 2020 - Version 7.57

Added

  • Added Stableford point system for 5 under par

Changed

  • Logic to determine whether courses are set up has been changed. If you have 1 or more men in your league (regulars or subs), each course must have a Male tee box. Conversely, if you have 1 or more women in your league, each course must have a Femal tee box.
  • When adding a player, the system takes a "best guess" as to the default tee box for the player based on gender.

Fixed

  • API for Android application updated to handle some internal changes

February 16, 2020 - Version 7.56

Added

  • Player highlighting when editing a single round in the scheduler. Shows which players have already been selected
  • Added an "average" column to the Season Stroke Play Results report
  • Rearranged the score history edit screen to show the score near the top of the form, and to allow the ENTER key to save the score. This speeds up manual entry.
  • New Setting: Max # of Strokes For Team Totals points. This only applies when the handicap method is to set to use the difference in the two team's handicaps
  • New Loading Panel displayed any time navigation occurrs on the site. This is helpful for mobile devices and devices with slow internet connections

Changed

  • Removed the forced page break on the print scorecard screen. This will allow the user to control how many scorecards to print per page, rather than having a maximum of two.

Fixed

  • When adding a new course, the system allowed someone to enter a 9 hole course when the league was set up as an 18 hole league. This is now disallowed. If you play a 9 hole course twice, enter the course as an 18-hole course with the same information for the front and back 9.
  • The Player Course Handicap report would have incorrect number of columns when generating a report with two tee boxes named the same for different genders.
  • Prevented a league from making multiple copies of itself when copying from one season to the next.

Febrary 9, 2020 - Version 7.55

Added

  • Added gender to the player set up. This is used when assigning tee boxes so that only the tee box which matches the gender is available to select. It also affects which tee box is automatically chosen for a new player so that the wrong gender tee box is not pre-selected.
  • New League Mode: Handicap Only. For leagues who only want to track handicaps, a new mode has been created which changes the league's menu structure, eliminating those items which aren't needed or available.
  • New Report: Course Handicap Player List. This report shows each player along with their handicap index, and a column for each tee box and course entered into the system with the calculated Playing Handicap for the player.
  • New setting: "Handicap Index Decimals". Traditionally Golf League Tracker has rounded the player's handicap index to 2 decimals (note, the players playing handcicap is always a whole number). This setting allows you to choose between 0 and 3 decimal points for the calculation, in case you want to align with the USGA and World Handicap System of using 1 decimal point.

Fixed

  • Calculation of league cost was incorrect when multiple leagues of 6 or more.

February 6, 2020 - Version 7.54

Added

  • New setting: "Handicap Allowance Percentage". This percentage does NOT affect a player's calculated handicap index. Instead, it is applied at the time of the match to conform to the suggestions in the USGA Handicapping Manual Appendix C. For example, it is suggested that players get 90% of their Course Handicap when playing in a four-ball (2-player best ball) event.
  • New free Tools for non-members to calculate a single player's handicap index based on the scores they enter.

Fixed

  • Fixed an error which would occur if an administrator entered a really long tee box name
  • Display value of a Course Handicap in the schedule was sometimes rounded incorrectly depending on the settings of the league. This did not affect the handicap used when entering the actual score, but only in displaying the schedule.

January 31, 2020 - Version 7.53

Added

  • World Handicap Calculator - Simple online tool to calculate a player's Playing Handicap from their index using the rating, slope, and par of the tee box they will be playing.

Changed

  • Stripped down required Javascript for pages which are public such as the home page and login page, for faster initial load.
  • Other internal performance improvements

January 25, 2020 - Version 7.52

Added

  • Color coding of tee box when assigning tee boxes to players. Using the color of the tee box selected.
  • When assigning players a player or team number, highlight which player has been previously selected

Changed

  • Changed how rounding of slope work for 18-hole leagues since the USGA seems to have standardized this with the new WHS. Example, if the slopes are 130 and 125 for front and back respectively, the average is 127.5, and rounded to 128.

Fixed

  • Display of player handicap was not displayed properly when viewing schedule by player for all weeks. The handicap displayed would show the handicap of the last round in the schedule, rather than the calculated course handicap for each week.

January 18, 2020 - Version 7.51

Fixed

  • Option to hide/show date in player payment dashboard widget

Changed

  • Several internal changes to SEO related features on blogs and how-to info

Added

  • The ability to change your league name in the "League Info" administration section

January 11, 2020 - Version 7.50

Added

  • Added service worker process which translates into "You can add Golf League Tracker and install it as an App on your Phone".

Changed

  • Hide GHIN # from regular players. The GHIN has changed their login to only require GHIN # and last name. Hopefully they change this, as it's a very unsecure way to do logins
  • Updated the GHIN code to pull down the GHIN index to conform to the new GHIN site which went live on Jan 6.
  • Redesign of the footer for mobile for better SEO

January 5, 2020 - Version 7.49

Added

  • For live scoring, if more than 1 round was scheduled for the live scoring date, an option now appears for the player to select which round to use.
  • When sorting league standings by group, then by some other metric, the "Position" column resets at the start of each group

Fixed

  • An error occured when entering players, but where one or more courses didn't have a teebox defined. System was trying to assign the default tee box for the player but couldn't find one
  • Error occurred when logging in with a Live Scoring date not existing, e.g. live scoring from the previous year was carried over to the new season.

January 1, 2020 - Version 7.48

Added

  • Additional sort options for the league standings
  • Settings for the default sort method for the league standings, in the "display settings" category.
  • Interal optimizations/rewrite for point calculations. Necessary for live point calculations which I plan on doing

Changed

  • Optimizations for the Individual Player Stat report
  • Optimizations for the Team Stat report
  • Optimizations for the point calculation reporting which will affect nearly all reports
  • Converted Google Analytics library to use GA Tags.
  • Added posted date to the Blog content

Fixed

  • Fix to saving the proper player when editing a scorecard under certain circumstances
  • Fix to the schedule on the League Standings. Not displaying effectively when at end of season and no more rounds are available
  • Fix to Stableford Points for Triple Bogey. System was considering Triple Bogey as "other" rather than specific triple bogey points.
  • Fixed opponent report and opponent average report. If a player was absent it was considering their score as "0" instead of ignore it.
  • Handicap display was showing 0 for course rating and/or slope if rating/slope was not entered for an previous season. Up until 2018, a user could enter a tee box without rating/slope. This would only affect users whose handicap is calculated on really old scores (such as a sub which has only played a couple of times in the previous 3 or more years.
2019

November 23, 2019 - Version 7.47

Added

  • Add the ability to set custom tee times for specific rounds.

November 14, 2019 - Version 7.46

Added

  • When signing up after September, give the user the ability to choose the next year for their official "season".

November 13, 2019 - Version 7.45

Added

  • For league managers who manage more than 1 league, there's a new "My Leagues" section in the League Setup which shows each league the player manages, and allows easy switching between them. Also shows paid date and paid amount for each league.
  • For league managers who manage more than 1 league, all leagues they manage will be copied to the new season automatically
  • For league managers who manage more than 1 league, automatic league discount and payment ability to pay for all leagues at once.

Fixed

  • Handicap update and creating of padding score would cause an error if the handicap percent was set to 0.
  • Fixed season long score summary for net scores. It was displaying a negative score for a player who didn't have a score entered for a given week, essentially displaying their net score as 0 minus their handicap. It now displays a blank for those scores.
  • Fixed broken links to the old handicap update page, updating to the new link

Changed

  • Updated the Low Net Calculation routine for vastly improved performance

November 3, 2019 - Version 7.44

Added

  • Remove the season drop down from the login page and replaced it with a "switch season" option under the menu. The advantage of this is that whatever your current page is remains the same when you switch the season

October 30, 2019 - Version 7.43

Added

  • A user friendly interface for assigning the Equitable Stroke Control setting for your league

October 30, 2019 - Version 7.42

Added

  • Added Differential Calculation type setting to choose between par, Pre 2020 (USGA) Method, or the new 2020 World Handicap System

Changed

  • Refactored several SQL procedures to increase performance
  • Rewrote the handicap calculation procedure to convert from old ASP to C# to greatly improvement performance

Fixed

  • Fixed League Scoring Average report to show front/back columns properly when only 1 side is chosen
  • Fixed League Scoring Summary report to show front/back columns properly when only 1 side is chosen
  • Fixed Scoring Average By Year report to show front/back columns properly when only 1 side is chosen
  • Fixed Individual Scoring Detail report to show front/back columns properly when only 1 side is chosen

October 12, 2019 - Version 7.40-7.41

Added

  • Added new Handicap Calculation Type options for leagues who use USGA Handicaps (GHIN.com). You can automatically update player's handicaps from the GHIN website (Experimental!)

Fixed

  • Issue pulling up standings when changing leagues
  • Fixed the header for "Upcoming schedule" in the league standings when there is no upcoming schedule

Changed

  • Converted Individual Scoring Sumary to a web api call to improve performance
  • Converted Team Best Ball Stroke results to web api call to improve performance

September 28, 2019 - Version 7.39

Added

  • Equitable Stroke Control option and logic of "Net Double Bogey" to conform to the World Handicap System coming in 2020
  • Ability to Save a Player and Add Another to eliminate the number of clicks when setting up multiple players

Fixed

  • Fixed bad link between scoring averages and individual average reports

September 21, 2019 - Version 7.37-7.38

Added

  • New report for Teams - "Individual Season Long Point Detail". This report shows what points an individual won for each week, allowing you to take "best x" or "drop y" number of scores. This compliments the "Team Season Long Point Detail" report.
  • "Round Type" for each round - Normal, Position, Fun Night.
  • Balanced Tee Time Schedule Generation to try to get each player spread out among tee times equally rather than randomly
  • Player/Team Name on the header when generating the schedule
  • Improvement to the Live Leaderboard to show Front and Back scores for leagues who play split tee times

Changed

  • Renamed and moved "Season Long Point Summary" to Standings to match the new report listed above. New name is "Individual Season Long Point Summary" and "Team Season Long Point Summary".
  • When a player is changed on the scorecard when entering scores, confirm if the scores already entered for the player should be cleared
  • Converted Scoring Average By Year Report to MVC/WebApi for better performance
  • Converted Hole by Hole Scoring History to MVC/WebApi for better performance

Fixed

  • When editing an already entered scorecard, if the player was changed on the card, the "old" player's handicap was sometimes not recalculated
  • If editing the scores for the last round of the season, the user had to choose a different round from the drop down, and then select the last round in order for the screen to refresh properly
  • Scheduling being generated for Purchase Schedule was sometimes corrupt if buffer didn't flush properly

August 24, 2019 - Version 7.36

Added

  • Ability to "force" a date in your league dates which isn't on the standard rotation. If you play every 7 days, you can add a day which isn't one of those 7 days.
  • New Setting - "Sub Request E-mail Message". You can set a custom message which is included on all sub request e-mails. Useful for things such as indicating to your subs whether there's a fee to play.
  • Sticky Player Selection - In various reports, when a player is selected, that selected player is defaulted to for other reports with a player selection.
  • Several code optimizations for better performance.

Fixed

  • WLT Summary Standings not taking segment breaks into consideration

August 10, 2019 - Version 7.32-7.35

Added

  • New Golf League Tracker Blog
  • Internal performance improvements
  • Content Management System to allow updating of content without an application update

July 27, 2019 - Version 7.31

Added

  • New Report: Opponent scoring average. This is in conjunction wit hte Opponent History which is the detail of all opponents

Changed

  • Changed the layout to the GLT news section so it's easier to read.

Fixed

  • When a league uses split tee times, the skins summary was incorrect/blank for the 2nd round being displayed
  • Recode of saving the state of a report, so that the sort order is retained. The previous method was not compatible with all devices.
  • Handle error when user switches a contest type from player to team or vice versa, and no winners are added.

July 14, 2019 - Version 7.30

Fixed

  • Fixed blank standing when switching sorting method between segment and season

June 22, 2019 - Version 7.29

Added

  • New "add sub" functionality when entering scores

Fixed

  • Date sorting in contest winners
  • Date sorting for player payments
  • League Standings refresh when sorting by Segment or Season Points

Changed

  • Optimizations for WLT standings
  • Continued optimization of League Standings page

June 15, 2019 - Version 7.28

Version 7.28 was rolled back after an issue was found. Changes for 7.29 were included in version 7.29

June 8, 2019 - Version 7.27

Added

  • All standard tables with sorting now remember the last sort the user chose
  • Added back in the Sub Request Confirmation requirement for leagues who have that set to Yes.

Changed

  • Retrieve schedule data optimization to improve performance.

Fixed

  • Fix to Individual Scoring Detail for "all years".
  • Fix to League Group Manager when no teams are set up yet.
  • Sorting in the Player Sub Request list by date was
  • Fix to copying teammate when sub request is made
  • Fix to Contest widget so that it's refreshed properly

May 25, 2019 - Version 7.26

Added

  • Player image updates. Ability to rotate image which was uploaded for the player profile
  • Sticky Group Filter option in the league standings
  • Standings Widget to show optional Last Round points
  • Warning to admin when entering a handicap of 0 for players.
  • League Group interface so league can manage league groups themselves
  • "Forgot League Id" e-mail functionality

Fixed

  • Error when editing and resaving scorecard under certain circumstances
  • Position for Best Ball Stroke Play fixed when subs are included

May 11, 2019 - Version 7.25

Added

  • Added subs as an option to the League Score Summary
  • Added subs as an option to the Round Summary Widget
  • Added YTD Skins for Contest Widget

Fixed

  • Player skin count in the skin summary in the league standings was being calculated incorrectly
  • Total points were not including the TeamMatch totals setting in the Detailed Points Scoresheet. Points were being recorded correctly when doing "Record Points"

May 4, 2019 - Version 7.24

Added

  • Added a link to the live leaderboard for desktop users when league is currently in live scoring mode
  • Behind the scenes task running to calculate skins and low net at 3am if the user made changes to their league but never pulled up a page which would trigger a calculation. This will speed up rendering of pages by executing high volume tasks in the off hours.

Fixed

  • Skin contestant count on league standgs calculated incorrectly under certain circumstances
  • Fixed player list when player score entry was refreshed by the browser while entering scores.
  • Round summary widget was not being refreshed when scores were deleted

Change

  • Rewrite of Calculate Skins routine to improve performance
  • Handle invalid contest entry data gracefully

April 28, 2019 - Version 7.23

Added

  • New options for contest widget
  • New options for the standings widget
  • More robust message when entering a duplicate player name
  • Skins type in the league standings in the skins summary (net or gross)

Changed

  • New styling for live scoring screen to better fit on smaller screens
  • Hard coded the background color of the points entry in Record Points so it's the same with all themes

Fixed

  • League standings were not showing skins for both front/back rounds for leagues with split tee times
  • Table headers were overlapping their content on successive pages when printing
  • Schedule widget wasn't updating date after using the Rainout Function
  • Exception when generating schedule under certain group/team number combinations
  • Contest widget for skins was ignore the "most recent number of rounds" setting
  • Error occurred when someone tried to change a setting to a blank value
  • Layout of the team player assignments was messed up on some older browsers
  • SQL Deadlock issues under certain cirumstances when players were logging in

April 21, 2019 - Version 7.22

Added

  • The ability to hide flight designations for 2-player teams when printing scorecards
  • Additional help documentation
  • Equitable Stroke Control Settings for "Double Par minus 1". e.g. 5 for par 3, 7 for par 4, 8 for par 5

Fixed

  • Individual Scoring Summary report wouldn't let you pull up "all" years
  • Increased performance of Individual Scoring Summary report
  • Removed extra "Sent From Golf League Tracker" footer when sending e-mails
  • Schedule for individual players would show incorrect sub when selecting All Dates
  • Allow filtering of Historical Scores by sub name
  • Cart Signs were doing a page break after the first item rather than the second

Changed

  • When running auto scheduler mid-season, the scheduler now looks at the team lineup for the first round selected when scheduling, rather than looking at round #1.

April 14, 2019 - Version 7.21

Added

  • Enhancements to the Player Payments
  • Created specific YouTube links for a variety of administrative functions

Fixed

  • Widget settings not being saved if widgets were dragged and deleted in a specific order when creating layout
  • For live scoring the "start hole" would not update property when the round # or player was changed for split tee time leagues
  • Division count was incorrect for API call from Anroid application
  • Feet/Inches contest winner data entry

March 24, 2019 - Version 7.20

Added

  • Keep track of player payments for league dues
  • Automatic "forgot password" functionality for league administrators
  • Added highlight of a skin in the Season Long Player Best Ball Report

Fixed

  • Fixed issue with league dates not refreshing after adding or removing a round
  • Fixed issue when retriving scores in certain situations for various reports
  • Fixed an issue where the dashboard settings would revert to default values upon editing the dashboard a 2nd time

March 19, 2019 - Version 7.19

Added

  • Schedule Widget - New options for display: show course, show side, and hide empty tee times
  • Gave ability of administrato to switch between regular date management and "custom dates". Custom dates allows a user to pick specific dates for each round, rather than a starting date and a regular interval.
  • Internal maintenance functionality to support my leagues more effectively

Changed

  • Schedule now only shows tee times which have groups assigned.

March 13, 2019 - Version 7.18

Added

  • Ability to import players and historical scors from Excel or a CSV file
  • Upgraded text editor to allow creating of tables in your text for rules or news

Changed

  • Updated the styles of the administration site to a more modern look and feel.

March 2, 2019 - Version 7.17

Added

  • Best Ball Stroke play points for position finished
  • Upgraded text editor to more closely match the font size and styles for league news and rules

Fixed

  • Issue when trying to send me e-mail from "contact us" form if the user's email was preceded with a space
  • Fixed login when user is copying league to new season. If user was admin, it would mistakenly forward the user to the "player" version.

Febrary 26, 2019 - Version 7.16

Added

  • Redesign of home page to more modern look and font
  • Golf League Tracker "tips" section
  • Added points settings for team totals front and back 9

Changed

  • Cleanup of reports for consistency
  • Rewrite of export for reports to allow exporting on all but the Detailed Point Scoresheet and moved the export function to the upper right of each report under a hamburger menu

Fixed

  • Fix to net score point calculation for 18 hole leagues for front and back 9 net score

January 17, 2019 - Version 7.15

Added

  • Home page layout designer and widgets
  • Handicap history report
  • Live scoring to allow starting hole to be chosen
  • Setting for taking the best "N" number of rounds when calculating points in the league standings

Fixed

  • Fix to individual player scorecard printing when only 2 players are scheduled in a group
2018

December 15, 2018 - Version 7.14

Added

  • Add settings to be able to split skins by League Group

November 29, 2018 - Version 7.13

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where Mac users would retain session, and would have to kill their browser before being able to log in again.

Added

  • Rewrite League Setup main screen to MVC
  • Rewrite Player administration to MVC
  • Rewrite Tee Time administration to MVC
  • Rewrite League Date administration to MVC
  • Rewrite Create Schedule administration to MVC
  • Rewrite Historical Scores administration to MVC
  • Enhanced auto scheduling so you can schedule withing Leauge Groups (or not), or schedule and leave schedule as is for specific weeks.

November 3, 2018 - Version 7.12

Changed

  • Updated project libraries to newest versions
  • Added League Group filter to more reports

October 21, 2018 - Version 7.11

Added

  • Moved Skins to MVC
  • Moved Custom Contests to MVC

September 3, 2018 - Version 7.10

Added

  • Moved League Scoring Average to the MVC reporting from the old classic asp
  • Added total line to W/L/T report
  • Added an "average" capability for reports summary lines

August 16, 2018 - Version 7.9

Added

  • Show/Hide expired sub request options
  • Options to drop best/worst point totals in the "Season Long Point Summary" report

Fixed

  • Exception was thrown when an admin tried to move a group which was only partially scheduled (i.e. 2 players in a 4 player group)
  • Individual point summary update wasn't breaking out "Team Groups" properly
  • Schedule for All Teams/Players was showing groups even if the administrator left a group blank in the schedule
  • Major clean up of design for mobile devices in the Statistics section. Large tables now scroll right/left if they don't fit on the screen

June 4, 2018 - Version 7.7

Added

  • Show/Hide expired sub request options

Changed

  • Report optimizations.
  • Skins are calculated when League Standings or Skins Summary is pulled up rather than after each scorecard entry

May 20, 2018 - Version 7.6

Added

  • More options when live scoring is enabled to only view leaderboard
  • Option for stroke play points by position to score by Groups or for all league
  • Included Group filter on w/l/t stat screen
  • Live scoring prev/next holes to rollover to first/last hole
  • Setting for max strokes given and max strokes received vs course

Changed

  • Small redesign of stat screen to categorize the League Standings stats into logical groups.

Fixed

  • Sub Opt In flag was not being recognized in all cases
  • Optimized query for add/move/remove rounds screen
  • Error would be thrown when system would try to resend emails to a sub whose e-mail address had been removed since initial communication
  • Fixed some bad breadcrumb links

April 10, 2018 - Version 7.5

Fixed

  • Scorecards stroke display under certain circumstances

Added

  • Live scoring option to switch divisions if multi-division league
  • New Live Scoring leaderboard screen
  • Double par +1 ESC Option

Changed

  • Live scoring date rather by round # to handle leagues with split tee times

March 16, 2018 - Version 7.4

Changed

  • New security model to conform with industry standard
  • Combined logins for leagues with multiple divisions into one login

March 10, 2018 - Version 7.2

Added

  • Live scoring pilot program
  • Scorecard update
  • Team point stroke play position options
  • Fix to date/time timezone set to eastern time rather than UTC

February 18, 2018 - Version 7.1

Added

  • New Stroke Play format: Set up a point system to automatically award points for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, either by an absolute point system, or a percentage based payout
  • Added option to include skins entry on the scorecard for Net/Gross skins (NG)

February 10, 2018 - Version 7.0

Added

  • Multi-tee box support. Add more than 1 tee box which will be used for scorecards, handicap calculation, and point distribution
  • New Setting: Combine same teebox info on scorecards

December 1, 2017 - Version 6.9.3

Added

  • Moved entire system to Microsoft Azure for superior performance, monitoring, and up time
  • New 3rd party e-mail system which handles mass e-mail more efficiently
  • Rewrite of the Sub Request system to link a sub request to a date rather than a round number
  • New Setting: Copy League Admins for Sub Requests
  • New Setting: Copy Teammate on Sub Request Emails
  • New Setting: Blind Copy When sending Email to Players
  • New Setting: Show Date/Time on Schedule
  • New Setting: Show subs on schedule
  • New Settings: Max strokes for par 3/4/5 for Net Skins

Changed

  • Preselect a reserved sub automatically when entering scores
2017

September 12, 2017 - Version 6.9.2

Added

  • Automatically choose the sub reserved in the sub request when entering scores
  • Added net skins settings for max # of strokes on par 3s, 4s and 5s. This replaces the yes/no for "no strokes on par 3s" option

June 22, 2017 - Version 6.9.1

Fixed

  • Finalize score matchups finally working properly with subs

Added

  • Invalid e-mail handling added. Any e-mails returned to the GLT servers will be flagged as invalid and highlighted in the player list
  • When retrieving schedule, the next round to be played will automatically be pulled up
  • Implemented some internal e-mail configuration so a mail server can be switched in case of an issue with the primary server
  • A "switch division" functionality in the mobile menu for leagues with more than 1 division.
  • Individual Point summary Group Filter

May 12, 2017 - Version 6.9.0

Added

  • New Setting: Points for showing up
  • New Setting: Option for league admins to get copied on sub requests
  • New Setting: Team leagues, points for low net for A vs B and B vs A matches
  • New Setting: Points for low Best Ball team net score for 2-player teams
  • Validation to signup screen so customers have to put in valid e-mail addresses
  • Season Long Point Summary report: Filter by Player/Team Groups
  • Set league date option for leagues with custom dates

Changed

  • Improved formatting of tables and charts on various pages
  • Rewrote e-mail library for more consitent formatted e-mails

Fixed

  • Player Dashboard score history tick marks didn't line up with graph
  • Re-flight option when a sub was playing was not working in certain circumstances

April 4, 2017 - Version 6.8.6

Added

  • New Report: Individual stroke play summary. Allows you to view every score (net or gross) by each player on one screen for the entire season, and to filter those by best or worst X number of scores
  • Added option to show player/team numbers and names on the intial score entry screen

Changed

  • Sub request page clean up
  • Sign up page data validation enhancements
  • Changes Excel export to CSV. Decided to do this because the Excel export required Flash with some browsers, and CSV does not

Fixed

  • Updated bootstrap styles which were preventing pages from printing in color

March 27, 2017 - Version 6.8.5

Added

  • New Setting: Minimum points when playing the course
  • New Setting: Minimum points when playing a sub

March 10, 2017 - Version 6.8.4

Added

  • New Setting: Team points when both players win their individual match play match, as well as the option on how to handle those points if both players do not win (split or drop the extra points).
  • New Setting: Team points for the team who wins the most individual match play holes.
  • Added filtering so that only those settings which apply to each league type are displayed.
  • Added a group filter for the settings to make the categories more readable

Changed

  • Simplified the signup process

Fixed

  • Change to the setting for "Max Difference in Score Over Handicap Calculation". Was calculating the limit incorrect under certain circumstances.
  • Workaround for IE and Safari as they were losing session when deleting scorecards under certain circumstances.

February 24, 2017 - Version 6.8.3

Added

  • New setting: Option to play off low man in net skins
  • New report: Team Bestball Stroke Play Results. Shows net score for the best ball team
  • New Handicap padding option. Instead of handicap padding being on or off, you can now specify how many padding scores you want the system to use. Great for leagues who take scores from the whole season to calculate handicap, yet want only a few padding scores for new players

Changed

  • Thorough speed and performance testing of the site, and optimized pages where necessary to decrease loading time.

February 11, 2017 - Version 6.8.1-2

Changed

  • Internal code refactoring

January 27, 2017 - Version 6.8.0

Changed

  • Redo of League Setup section for updatable grid for links
  • Internal rework of some pages and styling, page routing
  • Added new landing pages for SEO purposes

January 7, 2017 - Version 6.7.0

Added

  • New standings screen which combines rounds for leagues with split tee times into one screen
  • Added Gift Certificate acceptance
  • Added the option to use a flat (fixed) skins pot for both gross and net skins
2016

November 21, 2016 - Version 6.6.0

Added

  • 18 hole league separate point settings for front and back 9 low net totals
  • 18 hole leagues - display in/out totals when entering scores
  • Convert stats and several pages to use Bootstrap for responsive design compatibility

October 29, 2016 - Version 6.5.0

Added

  • Settings Module - Ability to change all of your league settings from the admin
  • Conversion of several pages to .NET from Classic ASP for performance and upgradability improvements

May 2, 2016 - Version 6.1.0

Added

  • Ability to customize which columns you want to see in the league standings screen
  • Ability to swap order of players when entering scores for 2-man teams (team order or flight order).
  • Ability to enter multiple e-mail addresses for players
  • More options for team total handicaps
  • Added Team Best Ball handicap options
  • More scorecard printing options
  • 2-man Scramble Format setting so schedule and grouping are calculated correctly

Changed

  • More style tweaks and updates for better tablet/mobile/desktop cross compatibility
  • Allow a Par 6 to be entered into the course administration
  • Removed automatic login credentials from e-mails users send

Fixed

  • Fix to e-mail limitation from my hosting provider which was affecting some deliveries of sub requests
  • Workaround for how Chrome is now handling numeric inputs (c'mon guys, get it together! stop changing this!)
  • Historical scores was requiring rating/slope even when rating/slope wasn't used by the league
  • Changed the Disqus discussion forum code
  • Stableford Team Total match points were not calculated corretly in some circumstances
  • Formatting of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight were not correct

March 3, 2016 - Version 6.0.0

Added

  • The ability to edit scorecards and enter partial card
  • New "Theming". Choose your own color theme!

Changed

  • Complete UI redesign
  • HTTPS Security
  • Updated several 3rd party libraries for better graphing and tables
  • Even better compatibility with mobile devices and tablets.
  • Improvement to 18-hole reporting

January 2016 - Version 5.3.1

Added

  • 9 hole totals for 18 hole leagues on various stats pages
  • Added a net score display option for the detailed scoresheet
  • Extra name column for 18 hole scorecards
2015

April 30, 2015 - Version 5.2.0

Added

  • Delete player functionality
  • Added ability to change tee times for groups by dragging them to the order wanted
  • Added option to display team/player names in the "All Weeks/All Teams" schedule
  • Added course handicap calculation for leagues who use rating/slope
  • Added Team Points Summary stats

Fixed

  • Verifying a sub request sometimes cause an error in the system
  • Move round after rainout sometimes moved it to the incorrect week
  • Handicap for net skins was sometimes calculated incorrectly, *only for the display in the standings*. Net skin winners were always calculated correct.

March 30, 2015 - Version 5.1.0

Added

  • Added new live chat capability with my customers!
  • New Season Point Summmary stat which shows points for every week by every team/player on one screen
  • New login screen and toolbar
  • Added more validation of schedule maintenance screen to prevent invalid schedules from being entered
  • Added Carry Over Skins options to carry the pot over to the next week if there were no winners
  • Added more options for team best ball for handicaps

Changed

  • Change to print scorecard to handle more formats

Feb, 2015 - Version 5.0.1

Added

  • New page to differentiate between new customer and a returning customer to streamline the process
  • Add new "How to run a golf league" page to help people with an overview of running leagues
  • Ran system through penatration testing to check for security vulnerabilities

Fixed

  • Check if a course is used in the system and don't allow delete if it is
  • Fix to teams assignment where it was possible to put the same player on two teams

Feb 5, 2015 - Version 5.0.0

Added

  • Added ability to calculate handicap using course rating and slope rather than par.
  • Added course rating and slope to the course setup.
  • Added a function to manage rainouts, with the ability to move a rainout round to another round in the league.
  • Broke out points for teams and individuals and added reports to include this data.
  • Added high/low scoring point system
  • Added a player dashboard to the league home page
  • Added sorting ability to the player list by name and handicap.
  • For 2-player team leagues, added ability to save custom contest results for a team in addition to an individual.
  • Added function to allow administrators to add a week to their league in mid-season.
  • When a timeout occurs, system will remember which page you were on and forward you to that page after you log in.

Fixed

  • Optimized all of the reports for better printing
2014

June 3, 2014 - Version 4.8.0

Added

  • Added the sent date for a sub request to the system
  • Added an averages summary in the stats, Stroke Play Results screen

Changed

  • Put in checks and balances to prevent scores from being entered on one screen while the schedule is changed on another, and vice versa.

Fixed

  • Handicaps less than 0 and > -0.5 were being rounded and displayed as "-0". This is fixed.

May 17, 2014 - Version 4.7.0

Added

  • Added an "out" and "in" column in the printed scorecards for 18 hole leagues.
  • Setting to limit number of shots a player gets in match play against another opponent
  • Various related links in the admin.
  • In the "How Is My Handicap Calculated" screen, include the round in the history which last rolled off the player's score list.

Changed

  • In the auto scheduler for 18 hole leagues, only "front & back" can be chosen
  • Removed auto selecting sub form drop down when entering scores. The sub was autoselected from the sub request, but the system wasn't updating the handicap correctly.
  • Any time handicap calculation is done, the "after" handicap is updated for the latest week which is entered. Previously the logic was to update the "after" only if it had not been updated yet. This occasionally caused the "after" handicap to be out of sync with the actual current handicap.

Fixed

  • Player Image delete threw an error.
  • Delete extra tee times if the admin changes the number of players in the league setup.

May 4, 2014 - Version 4.6.0

Added

  • Added a configurable "Tips" section which I can apply to various screens for help, allowing the user to dismiss the messages
  • Addeed verbiage about AOL DMARC policy for e-mails.

Changed

  • Change the textbox type when entering league links from a textarea to a one line text box.
  • Changed the net score display style to conform with other scoring styles.
  • Modified some styles to play nice with FireFox 29
  • Disable the "Enter Scores" button when the validation on subs/absent players isn't kosher, as well as when the user picks a sub and the system is attempting to update the handicap for that player. System was allowing user to click the button while the update was happening.
  • Added better help verbiage to the screen for max points for absent players/sub in View League Settings
  • Update to internal code called DataTables to the latest version for printing/exporting some of the grids.
  • Highlighted the ScoreCards tab when in the Delete Scorecard function.

Fixed

  • Net score was not being displayed correctly in Standings for 18 hole leagues
  • Time of day was being displayed incorrectly for hours with 2 digits (i.e. 10, 11, 12)
  • Fixed bad breadcrumb links in the Stats / Contest Winners page
  • Changed the code to flight the players correctly for 2-player leagues that are set to Static Flights. Subs weren't being flighted correctly
  • Various code to handle when Handicap % is set to 0. Was causing a divide by 0 error on some pages.
  • Fixed column alignment on some pages when printing.
  • Added code to remove extra tee times when an admin reduces the size of their league.

April 26, 2014 - Version 4.5.0

Added

  • Internal changes to how points are related to a player, sub, and course
  • Added a "custom dates" flag for a league. If a league doesn't play on a weekly basis, GLT support can set specific dates, and prevent the admin from changing them.
  • Added option of printing strokes on the scorecard using numbers instead of slash marks.
  • Added another way of sending e-mail by using your default email program on your computer.
  • Added validation on team setup making sure there that all teams are set before saving.
  • Option in individual point report to include points won by the course and/or sub for that player.

Fixed

  • Styling change to net scores in the detailed scoring sheet.
  • Fix point display in standings sheet which would errornously show points for an absent player in certain circumstances.

Changed

  • Removed extra line spaces in the league news.
  • Increased timeout value for sending large emails.

April 17, 2014 - Version 4.4.0

Added

  • Internal code to allow me to clear scores for an entire league easily

Fixed

  • Logic for leagues who don't allow negative handicaps
  • E-mail optimizations so it plays nicely with the server. This should help in reducing e-mail bounces
  • Logic in determining team points for team winning the most holes
  • Record Results throwing an error under certain circumstances for leagues with static flights
  • Logic in rounding handicaps properly

Changed

  • Altered some graphics for the buy now option.
  • Purchase schedule now requires an even number of teams
  • The calculation of the max weeks for unpaid leagues, making it standard throughout the site

April 8, 2014 - Version 4.3.7

Added

  • Added options for handicap for team best ball. 1) use same as individual match, 2) use absolute handicaps, and 3) handicap based off low player
  • Added option in printing scorecards to mark scorecard strokes based off of low player for 2-person team leagues

Fixed

  • A couple of broken links in breadcrumbs

April 2, 2014 - Version 4.3.6

Added

  • The ability to edit contest winners instead of deleting and readding them

Changed

  • The format of some reports for better display

Fixed

  • Error when recording results under certain combinations for 2-man teams, players without handicaps, and absent players

March 30, 2014 - Version 4.3.5

Added

  • Golf League Tracker partnership information
  • Added the ability for players to print their own scorecards
  • Added point value for when team wins the most points

Changed

  • Reserve sub function only allowed once the schedule is complete
  • Now allowing spaces in the user ID or passwords

Fixed

  • Overall team schedule fixed when leagues play on more than 1 course
  • Sub opt-out request had an error under certain circumstances

March 23, 2014 - Version 4.3.4

Added

  • Ability for players to print their own score cards from the schedule screen

Fixed

  • Point calculation bug for points for an individual winning the most holes.
  • Problem adding a new customer for the referral program

March 21, 2014 - Version 4.3.3

Fixed

  • Don't show e-mail link for league contacts if an e-mail wasn't entered
  • Avoid sending duplicate e-mails to players and league admins
  • Various formatting and making-the-site-pretty fixes.

March 2, 2014 - Version 4.3.2

Added

  • Added an option to have the system not reflight team players based on handicap. By default the system will always take the lower handicapped player and make them the "A" flight. With this option turned on, flights are set by the league secretary.

February 27, 2014 - Version 4.3.1

Fixed

  • Problem generating chart in some stats sections when no scores were available.
  • Stats totals weren't totally correctly in certain circumstances.

Added

  • 'View League Settings' weren't showing all of the settings available

February 26, 2014 - Version 4.3.0

Added

  • New scoring methods for team play added: team totals per hole. Also added the groundwork for other new team piont systems for future revisions.

Changed

  • Scoresheet when recording points altered to incorporate new team totals, as well as a change in the way the scores look for easier viewing.

February 22, 2014 - Version 4.2.2

Added

  • The ability to enter historical scores for players for handicapping purposes
  • Passed monthly penetration test for security purposes.

Changed

  • Streamlined the header and account settings section

February 16, 2014 - Version 4.2.1

Added

  • New custom league contest section, allows admins to add a contest not tracked by score (e.g. Long Drive, Closest to the pin). You can add as many contest as you like, tracking the winner by week, hole number, distance, money, and player.
  • New option for 2-person teams which allows the admin to switch the matchup so A filght plays against B flight. This option can be changed in the League Setup admin screen and is effective for any scores going forward.

February 9, 2014 - Version 4.2.0

Changed

  • Major mobile site optimizations. Removed the stand alone mobile website and changed styling of main site to be optimized with mobile devices. This will be an ongoing enhancement as new devices are released.

January 27, 2014 - Version 4.1.3

Added

  • Added a drop down to the Detailed Points Scoresheet to display the net score for match play and/or stableford

Fixed

  • Miscalculation of stableford points under certain circumstances.
  • Style enhancements on some pages

January 20, 2014 - Version 4.1.2

Added

  • Added a stroke play leader board in the statistics section for net and gross score

Changed

  • Changed the display of points in the record results setting to ignore whether opponent has a handicap or not. While this doesn't change the functionality, it gives the display more consistency.

Fixed

  • Fixed some broken links throughout the site

January 17, 2014 - Version 4.1.1

Fixed

  • Added Microsoft conversion code
  • Fixed a bug in setting up courses if an empty course name was entered
  • Fixed a bug in league dates when updating skipped dates
  • Fixed a bad link in league date admin
  • Fixed a bug in course summary stats when there was no stats available

January 6, 2014 - Version 4.1.0

Added

  • Scoring options for Stableford Point System
  • Additonal options for match play scoring in determing match winner
  • An HTML editor for email, league rules, and league news
  • New HTML5 charts in the stats section

Changed

  • Enhanced the detailed score sheet to better display points, totals, and net scores
  • Refactored scoring code to better incorporate future point systems
  • Change to view league settings to show the new options

January 2, 2014 - Version 4.0.3

2013

Changed

  • Adjusted the logic in asking if the league should be copied to the new year for leagues who span across the year change.  Now the system checks if the last scheduled date is at least 30 days ago before prompting to copy.

December 30, 2013 - Version 4.0.2

Changed

  • Adjusted the logic for the default year drop down for customers whose leagues span the new year.

November 14, 2013 - Version 4.0.1

Added

  • Added optional comment section for tee times to display on the schedule and printed scorecards

November 12, 2013 - Version 4.0.0

Added

  • Major redesign of Golf League Tracker interface
  • Several internal rewrites to accomodate new scoring features for 2014 (soon to come!)
  • Added an optional comment section for each tee time for leagues with shotgun starts to indicate starting hole numbers.
  • Redesign of the league dates setup to (hopefully!) simplify the process.
  • A second look at design to better accomodate 18 hole leagues

September 23, 2013 - Version 3.2.0

Added

  • A number of new settings for Net Skins:
    • Handicap %
    • Max # of Strokes
    • Half strokes per hole
    • Option to turn off strokes on par 3s
  • A number of different views on the standings screen to filter scores for All scores, net skins, gross skins, all absolute net scores.

Fixed

  • Standings screen sometimes counted the number of skins incorrectly in the skins summary. Note that the Skins Details in the Stats section is correct.

September 19, 2013 - Version 3.1.7

Added

  • League Scoring summaries. Compiles best scores for individual and teams

September 11, 2013 - Version 3.1.6

Added

  • Course Summary Statistics which ranks each hole by average over/under par

September 9, 2013 - Version 3.1.5

Added

  • Additional error handling to tell me if someone hits a non-existant page on the site

Changed

  • Revamp of the admin pages and flow to better handle the additional options for scorecards and subs

September 5, 2013 - Version 3.1.4

Added

  • Ability of the league administrator to send a sub request on behalf of another player, eliminating the need to verify the request.
  • Ability of the league administrator to cancel or reinstate outstanding sub requests.

September 2, 2013 - Version 3.1.3

Added

  • The ability to export many of the stats to Excel or PDF with a simple button click

Fixed

  • The standings would display a handicap even when a player was absent.

August 29, 2013 - Version 3.1.2

Fixed

  • Display showing that league is in test mode overlapped the buttons. Change the style to fix this.

Added

  • Added net score display for several of the statistic pages.

August 27, 2013 - Version 3.1.1

Fixed

  • Phone numbers not displaying for the player list in the non-admin player list page. Made display of phone numbers consistent through all pages.
  • Allow the administrator to add a sub reservation even if the match date is in the past.
  • Fix to stats by year where an error would occur if the player had no scores in the system.

August 23, 2013 - Version 3.1.0

Added

  • Sub Request Feature. Allows a player to request a sub, and a sub can then reserve his spot. Notifications are sent to the original player, and the sub will appear on the scorecard when printed.
  • Allow the league admin to manage sub reservations in the admin section without e-mail approvals

Changed

  • Print Scorecard layout altered to accomodate sub request feature, including the sub on the scorecard itself, and layout more typically like a regular scorecard
  • Changed layout of Manage Scores admin screen to group similar functionality.

Fixed

  • Fix to print scorecards for 18 hole leagues

August 15, 2013 - Version 3.0.15

Fixed

  • An issue where the system didn't think a schedule was set under certain circumstances.

August 14, 2013 - Version 3.0.14

Fixed

  • A problem retrieving a matchup when the current week has no schedule set.

August 1, 2013 - Version 3.0.13

Fixed

  • Style updates so the site renders better in IE7. Please upgrade!!!
  • Changed some logic in retrieving players when entering scores to prevent retrieval of invalid tee time.

July 27, 2013 - Version 3.0.12

Fixed

  • A problem calculating net match when the course played for both players in 2-person leagues

July 22, 2013 - Version 3.0.11

Added

  • Better internal issue reporting

Fixed

  • Error when a user's session times out on the Choose Players screen, and the admin chooses a sub

July 11, 2013 - Version 3.0.10

Fixed

  • Changed the logic in determining if the team setup was complete. Giving erroneous results if a player was moved to the inactive list.

July 5, 2013 - Version 3.0.9

Fixed

  • Review scores screen wouldn't pull up scores if the first score for the week was the course
  • Tweaked the design for 18 hole leagues so the scores fit better on the screen
  • Fixed Low Net calculation for 18 hole leagues
  • Tweaked design of low net screen

June 25, 2013 - Version 3.0.8

Fixed

  • Maximum points when a player was absent was not being applied in certain circumstances

June 24, 2013 - Version 3.0.7

Fixed

  • Hide the "Retrieve Matchup" button when the tee time is changed until he page gets refreshed. If a user clicked on the button before the page was refreshed, an error could occur.
  • Altered the width of the columns in the Record Results screen so the points textbox would fit better.
  • Fixed a bug in Record Results which could occur under certain circumstances.
  • Fixed a bug in Stats/Scoring Average where an error would occur when stats were retrieved when no rounds existed.

June 19, 2013 - Version 3.0.6

Fixed

  • An error occurred when viewing the Detailed Points Sheet when all the scores were not yet entered for the week

June 18, 2013 - Version 3.0.5

Fixed

  • Discussion forums not working for league names with a ' in their name

Changed

  • Admins will now be forced to enter all scorecards before proceeding to the following week.

June 17, 2013 - Version 3.0.4

Fixed

  • Standings threw an error when Net score was being calculated for a player without a handicap
  • Adding a sub from the Enter Scores screen was throwing an error if the player didn't have a handicap entered

June 17, 2013 - Version 3.0.3

Added

  • Standings now allow players to view the standings sheet in Net or Gross score.

June 16, 2013 - Version 3.0.2

Fixed

  • System not allowing points to be recorded when two players from the same team were absent

June 14, 2013 - Version 3.0.1

Fixed

  • Fixed a bug in Stats/Scoring Average that threw an error when the number of rounds was zero.

June 14, 2013 - Version 3.0.0

General Changes

  • Added release notes, and versioning for better tracking of issues and updates.
  • Several UI enhancements
  • Internal changes to the way player images are stored which will improve performance.
  • Internal code refactoring which will improve performance

Player Changes

  • Added a statistics page called Scoring History to enable a player to see all of their scores from any course compiled into one screen.

Administrative Changes

  • Several changes to the way scores are entered. For 2-man teams, if a player is absent, gives the ability to choose either the course, or the teammate to "play for" the absent player.
  • Warning when a sub is chosen who doesn't have an established handicap
  • Changed the "Review Scores" screen for the admin which will show just the scores that were entered.
  • Allows admin to override points for absent players
  • When Recording Results, default to the first week in which points have yet to be recorded
  • Ability to change a player's handicap when entering scores just for that round