Easily Monitor the play of your friends If you are a member of a group, you will see recent rounds by your friends on your home page. By clicking on their names you can see their profiles. If you click on the score or date they played you can see the details of their round. The groups link on the bottom toolbar will allow you to review each group you are a memeber of individually, showing members ranked by handicap.
Automatically keep track group Champion There is a link from the groups page that will show the history of the Group Champion. This is calculated by finding the first time any 2 group members played together. Lowest net score is the reigning champ. Then you have to play the champ to take over the top spot. The group champion page shows summary of the matches where that first champion defended his title.
Create Match Scorecards From the courses search screen there is a link for creating a match scorecard. This will only work if you are the member of a group. You can select from any users who are members of any group you belong to by checking their name. The scorecard will take the lowest handicap person and set his handicap as the baseline then it will mark on the score card which holes each other member will recieve strokes.
Monitor and Evaluate their play. Once you've created a group you can request to be notified by email any time a member of your group plays. This way you can be sure they are entering all their scores. You can also compares stats for group members by clicking on the Compare stats with Group Members link on the home page.
How do I set up a group?
Click on the groups link on the bottom toolbar.
Click on the create a group link
Make up a name for you group and type it in the box displayed.
Click the Create Group button to create the group
Follow instructions on screen to add memebers by clicking on the link preseneted. This will bring up the user locator screen.
Enter the last name of the person you are tyring to find and press search
When the results show up there is a column with a checkbox that says add to group. If you are the owner of a group you will have a drop down list at the top that allows you to select the group you want to add the person to.
Select the appropriate group and check the box next to the names you want to add and then click the Add to group button.
NOTE: The person you are trying to add to your group must have an account in the system. If they do not you can use the logoff button to log off and create a new account for a friend or invite them to join.
I created a group but I can't seem to add other members?
First of all, in order to add someone to your group they must have their own Fairway files username and password established. A group is just a collection of users who track their handicap in the system.
To add members to a group click the find users button on the bottom toolbar.
Use the user locator to search for your friends. Search by last name, email or city. On the search results screens there is an add to group checkbox next to each account found that matched your criteria. Check the box next to the person you want to add to your gropu and then select the group name to add them to from the dropdown list at the top of the screen and click the Add users to group button.
Note: If you want to create accounts for people you play with using your same computer, you must log off (using the logoff button on the bottom toolbar) and then get the login screen by clicking on the Home link and click the link to create your own free account and fill in the form to create an account for your playing partners.
How do I join a friends group??
Right now the only way to join a group is to ask the person who created the group to add you. In the future you will be able to search for groups with your friends and request to be added. But it will still require the owner to either add you or invite you and give you the group password to join.
