• We want to make your course look good! Pictures must be taken during the spring or summer and optimally on a sunny or partly cloudy day. No winter pictures, or pictures with a lot of leaves on the ground.
• When taking the pictures, please avoid including any people or cars in the photo, unless doing so is impractical. Wait for any pedestrians to get out of the way, golfers to finish holes, cars to drive by, etc. We want a clean look at the hole.
• One picture must be taken from the very front of the longest tee, as you would normally see the hole, with all, or as many as possible, pin placements in view. If pin placements are too indistinguishable in the picture, mark them with a brightly colored disc so they will be visible in your pictures. If needed, use a supporting device, (we use another tripod) to prop the disc up or elevate it so that it's visible (see this hole).
• Another picture must be taken zoomed in, also with all or as many as possible, pin placements in view. The zoomed in picture should be taken from the exact spot of the zoomed-out picture (the tee), unless all pins are not visible from the tee. In this case, move to the nearest location where all pins are visible. In the case of a single basket, center it in the picture as much as possible. If the basket is in clear view from the tee, please do not attempt to simulate a zoom by walking up the fairway and taking the 'zoomed in' picture. Some people who don't have the needed zoom capabilities on their camera may think this will work, but it produces undesirable results. Walking up eliminates some data and introduces new data to the photo, which impairs our zoom effect. This is fine if the basket is not in view, but on holes where the zoom in effect can work well, we want to use it as such.
• Please make sure the basket is centered in the photo, and takes up no more than one ninth of the entire photograph. Hole 5 at Staring Lake park is a good example of the largest a basket should appear in a zoomed in picture. A picture with nothing but a basket in it is not useable, but so is a picture where the basket is barely noticeable. Find a happy medium.
• Additionally, a picture must be taken of the park sign. If there is no park sign, get a picture with some distinguishing landmark of the park or area, preferably showing some of the course in the picture.
• A 2 megapixel or better digital camera with at least a 5x optical zoom should be used. Do not use digital zoom.
• Pictures must be taken at the best possible quality setting, and at a minimum size of 640x480. We also recommend that you keep image sizes from being extremely large to reduce your upload time.
• Using a tripod also helps get everything lined up right. It also prevents blurry pictures. Blurry pictures can't be used. We also won't accept scanned pictures from a traditional film camera.
  

• You must provide distances from all tees to all pin placements. If distances are marked on the course, you may use these. If they're not marked, you will need to measure them. The best way to do this (unless you have access to survey equipment) is to use a GPS to plot each tee and pin placement. Earlier in the site development, we were using a measuring wheel. This proved fairly accurate, but is nearly impossible to get accurate readings on holes that go over water, through thick woods, around a fence, or over large elevation changes.
  

• Please provide a description of each hole in addition to a general course description. Descriptions should be kept under 250 characters in length.
  

• If par is marked on the course, please provide that information. If not, we have a system in place to determine the public par based on distance. Pro par will always be listed as 3.
  

• This is for the index page and the feature icons. A hard copy is available for you to download. It's best to take this with you when you go to the course, unless you're sure you can remember all the info. It also has pin distance blanks on it.
  It's a pdf document, and can be downloaded here.
  

• We're also asking you to rate the course. On the last page of the submittal process is instructions on how to do so. Your rating will not be the final rating on the site, but will have a 50% influence on the final rating.
  

Updates

• Since we're not able to visit all of the courses that are submitted, we're asking that you provide updates if there are any major changes on the course submitted.
  

• You will be recognized on the site as being the course submitter.
  

Quality Assurance

• If any of the data listed above is not provided or does not adhere to our standards you may be asked to provide additional information before course production can begin.
• If all said information cannot be provided, the course will not be posted on playdg.com.
• We have the right to use, discard, or alter any documents or images that are submitted to assure continued quality of playdg.com.
• You must be available for consultation on any of the data provided so we can assure accuracy and quality.
  

• You may provide a GPS file (gpx or gdb) for our interactive overhead googlemaps. If taking this information, please turn the 'track' feature on when marking points so we have a guide for creating fairway routes.
• You may provide a coursemap.
  

• If you find the submittal process initiated by clicking the 'Begin' button below is too arduous, or your internet connection is just too slow for it, you may alternately put all your information in a zip file and send it to .