What is a Propagator?
- Propagators are players rated 700 or higher, based on at least 8 rated rounds, and a rating effective date within one year of the tournament start date.
- Their scores are used to calculate the course rating (SSA) and generate unofficial round ratings for all players on that layout.
- At least two propagators must play a specific layout for the online system to generate unofficial ratings for that round.
- Layouts with one or no propagators will not receive unofficial ratings online, but they will still receive official ratings calculated by hand.
- Propagators are identified on tournament pages by having their rating displayed in bold.