Getting your number
WHERE GOLF NEVER SLEEPS
Getting your number
WHERE GOLF NEVER SLEEPS
Back Nine Compete · The BTG Bridge
The Bridge takes the handicap you earned outdoors and turns it into a fair indoor one — so simulator regulars and grass golfers compete on level ground.
The Bridge · V3.2
Source sets confidence, not your number.
Your indoor reading
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Enter your outdoor handicap to see your reading — then move a lever and watch it react.
Round conditions
Pins
Green speed
Green firmness
Putting arrow
Wind
Terrain penalty
Gimmies (ft)
Mulligans
Just like a course’s length and difficulty shape your handicap outdoors, the sim’s setup shapes it indoors.
This is a conditions reading. Your competition number adds a first-event cap and sharpens with every verified round.
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It translates outdoor to indoor.
Your outdoor handicap was earned on grass — wind, run-out, real greens. A simulator plays differently. The Bridge converts your outdoor handicap into a fair indoor handicap, so an outdoor golfer and an indoor regular start the round on equal terms.
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It sets your start line, not your ceiling.
Your indoor handicap is what you play off — it sets your NET start line so every flight is a fair fight. It is the only number you ever need to see. Nothing you buy can move it.
03
It earns its accuracy from real rounds.
The Bridge doesn't guess once and walk away. As verified indoor rounds come in, it refines — keeping the whole field fair as a tournament goes on.
The evolving Bridge
Round 1 sets your indoor baseline. Every round after plays against it.
Your number isn’t carved at registration. It refines as real rounds come in, so the field stays fair as a tournament goes on. If your handicap moves between rounds, that is the system working for you — not against you.
A career day is a career day. Honest rounds clear without a word.
Your Bridge handicap does two jobs. It places you in a flight — Champ, A, or B — so you compete against players of your level. And it sets your tee, so the course meets you where your game is.
No verified outdoor handicap?
Your tee is set. Your flight is earned.
You start in a Provisional bucket. Tees do not move during the event — your tee is fixed for every round. Your flight (Champ, A, or B) is assigned once your rounds are in, on your combined result. This is the Bust-Out Rule.
Already have a verified outdoor handicap? The Bridge assigns your flight at registration and it stays fixed for the whole event — no mid-event reassignment. Read the full rules →
On integrity
The number is yours. It is earned from real golf, and nothing you can buy will ever move it.
The Bridge runs on a versioned curve we tune from real results — never a quiet edit, always a tracked change, so every number is reproducible and every round is judged the same way. That is what keeps the field honest: the same fair math sets the start line for the scratch outdoor player and the simulator regular alike. Your flight is won on the screen, not bought off it.
Questions about your number? Email a Back Nine team member.
The qualifier board
97 of 108 players in the Bridge Qualifier are carrying a Back Nine indoor handicap.
51 have rounds posted — open a name to see the card.
| Player | Location | B9 indoor handicap |
|---|---|---|
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 11.1Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Paradise Valley, AZ | 10.7Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Knoxville, TN | 7.2Measured (4 rounds) | |
| Anthony Bell | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 22.6 |
| — | 5.5Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Sioux Falls, SD - South | 9.3Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Bill Ayoub | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 8.1 |
| Brandon Cross | Las Vegas, NV - Enterprise | 10.0 |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 14.4Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Dayton, OH - Centerville | 7.5Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Brigham Mclaws | Hurricane, UT | 8.2 |
| BROOK JONES | Lansing, MI | 17.4 |
| Cameron Wilabay | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 8.5 |
| St George, UT - Sunset | 12.1Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Ched Smith | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 18.4 |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 12.0Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 10.7Measured (1 round) | |
| Keller, TX | 1.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Cody Graves | Granbury, TX | 8.9 |
| CODY M KEULER | Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 2.4 |
| Henderson, NV | 7.8Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Fishers, IN | 16.8Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Connor Cate | Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 8.9 |
| Corey Cupp | OKC, OK - Edmond | 0.1 |
| Fulshear, TX | 17.1 | |
| Katy, TX | 18.0Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 10.2Measured (2 rounds) | |
| David Lauterbach | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 17.4 |
| David Lemoine | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 17.4 |
| David Moldonado | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 11.7 |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 1.2Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Derek Baughman | White Marsh, MD | 10.9 |
| Donny Elder | Fulshear, TX | 8.5 |
| Drew Littleton | Midland, TX | 27.7 |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 3.1Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Frank Carbajal | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 10.5 |
| Gerard Shumpert | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 10.0 |
| Heidi Wilstead | St George, UT - Sunset | 17.4 |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | +0.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Jacop Christensen | St George, UT - Sunset | 4.0 |
| Jake Lewis | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 8.6 |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 3.9Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 4.6Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Houston Memorial, TX | 10.4Measured (4 rounds) | |
| Dayton, OH - Centerville | 7.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 9.5Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Jenna Bestard | Vernon, BC | 17.4 |
| Las Vegas, NV - Enterprise | 12.5Measured (1 round) | |
| Fulshear, TX | 3.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Anthem, AZ | 19.4 | |
| Anthem, AZ | 11.8Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Cedar City, UT | 1.4Measured (1 round) | |
| Josh Bravin | Las Vegas, NV - Enterprise | 8.6 |
| Joshua Wood | White Marsh, MD | 9.8 |
| Atlanta, GA - Midtown | 10.4 | |
| Kaleb Mclaws | Hurricane, UT | 8.3 |
| Keaton Henson | Fulshear, TX | 18.0 |
| KEITH PAGE | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 5.0 |
| Cincinnati, OH - Montgomery | 3.6Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 20.8 | |
| Logan Wilstead | St George, UT - Sunset | 10.0 |
| Logan Wilstead | St George, UT - Sunset | 10.5 |
| Logan Wilstead | St George, UT - Sunset | 10.0 |
| Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 7.0Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 8.6Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Luke Adams | Cumming, GA | 7.6 |
| Lansing, MI | 10.2Measured (1 round) | |
| Mark Johnson | Las Vegas, NV - Enterprise | 9.6 |
| Matt Gumbinger | Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 4.2 |
| Mike Garcia | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 10.0 |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 7.4Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Houston, TX - Atascocita | 9.8 | |
| Knoxville | 5.7Measured (1 round) | |
| Henderson, NV | 12.7Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Patrick Groome | Suwanee, GA | 8.5 |
| Patrick Lipinski | Towson, MD | 8.1 |
| Paul Billon | Fulshear, TX | 5.9 |
| Philip Shipp | Fulshear, TX | 6.1 |
| Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 8.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Rick Carns | Henderson, NV | 8.0 |
| Roberto Garcia Lastro | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 13.3Measured (2 rounds) |
| Lansing, MI | 8.4Measured (1 round) | |
| Keller, TX | 13.8Measured (2 rounds) | |
| Fulshear, TX | 6.5Measured (2 rounds) | |
| White Marsh, MD | 10.7Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Shay Perkins | Cedar City, UT | 3.2 |
| SONYA WHYTE | Houston, TX - Atascocita | 17.4 |
| Stephen Rabideau | Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 8.6 |
| Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 27.7 | |
| Summerlin, NV - South | 0.4Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 2.3Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Jacksonville, FL - Lakewood | 8.6Measured (3 rounds) | |
| St George, UT - River Road | 6.0Measured (3 rounds) | |
| Traton Staheli | St George, UT - Sunset | 3.3 |
| College Station, TX | 10.1Measured (1 round) | |
| Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | 16.3 | |
| William Herten | Naples, FL - Tarpon Bay | 3.3 |
| Crystal Bullock | St George, UT - Sunset | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Gene Moyer | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Jace Mortensen | St George, UT - Sunset | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Jarrett Shipman | Fulshear, TX | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Joseph Smith | St George, UT - Sunset | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Mike Christner | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Nicholas Losey | Lansing, MI | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Scott Fann | Cumming, GA | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Steve Kirk | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| Thomas Strickland | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
| TODD Anselmo JR | Glendale, AZ - North - Arrowhead | Pending · 0 of 3 rounds in |
Back Nine Bridge V3.2
