What is a Propagator?

Propagators are players with a rating above 699 and based on at least 8 rated rounds, and whose rating effective date is within a year of the start date of the tournament. Their scores each round are used to determine the course rating (SSA) and subsequent unofficial ratings for each player that round. It takes at least two propagators playing a specific course layout for the online software to calculate unofficial ratings for a round. Propagators are shown on the tournament pages with their rating in bold type. A layout with one or zero propagators will not receive unofficial ratings, but will receive hand-scored official ratings.