ROYAL CITY — It is said that handicaps level the playing field between golfers of differing capabilities, and that is proving out in the Thursday Night Men’s League at the Royal Golf Course.

Barely in its third week of existence, the league has seen different leaders at the top of the standings each week. Pete Christensen and Shawn Vetterick are leading this week. Matt Anderson led after one week. Patrick Dorsing was leading after two weeks.

The league generally has its two-man matches on Thursday evenings. But the opponents are allowed to adjust their schedule to meet their personal needs, as long as the match is played within the scheduled week.

The player point standings are based on various factors, including match outcomes, gross (actual) scores and net (minus handicap) scores.

In addition to changing leaders, the league is experiencing tight player point differentials. Christensen and Vetterick are leading with 19.00. Bob Murphy and Jeremy Russell are right behind at 18.50. Russell made the big jump of the week, going from 10.00 PP to 19.00 PP.

Week 3 scoring and standings.

— Gross scoring —

• Patrick Dorsing 36
• Jeremy Russell 39
• Shawn Vetterick 40
• Andrew Perkins 42
• Chad Smith 43
• Kyle Scroggins 43
• Ray Valle 44
• Pete Christensen 45
• Matt Andersen 46
• Josh Scroggins 48
• Bob Murphy 49
• Kyle Haugen 49

— Net scoring —

• Jeremy Russell 30
• Shawn Vetterick 34
• Patrick Dorsing 35
• Ray Valle 36
• Andrew Perkins 37
• Pete Christensen 37
• Bob Murphy 37
• Kyle Scroggins 38
• Chad Smith 39
• Josh Scroggins 39
• Matt Andersen 41
• Kyle Haugen 42

— Player Points —

• Pete Christensen 19.00
• Shawn Vetterick 19.00
• Bob Murphy 18.50
• Jeremy Russell 18.50
• Kyle Scroggins 17.00
• Patrick Dorsing 16.50
• Ray Valle 16.00
• Andrew Perkins 13.00
• Matt Andersen 11.50
• Josh Scroggins 10.50
• Chad Smith 10.50
• Kyle Haugen 10.00