Wednesday evening league

GUIDELINES

A: ANY QUESTIONS ON PROCEDURE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE Secretary or COMMISSIONER. ( THE COMMISSIONER'S DECISION WILL BE FINAL)

B: ROSTER CAN CONTAIN 12 GOLFERS. ONCE ROSTER IS FULL,YOU CAN ONLY CHANGE A PLAYER ON THE ROSTER DURING THE YEAR IF ONE OF YOUR PLAYERS HAS LEFT TOWN,INJURED OR SOME OTHER GOOD REASON,

C: ENTRY FEE - $150 PER TEAM

PLEASE INTERPRET AND APPLY THE FOLLOWING RULES IN THE SPIRIT THAT THEY WERE CREATED AND NOT NECESSARILY THE EXACT LITERAL INTERPRETATION. THEY WERE CREATED BY YOUR TEAM CAPTAINS TO INCREASE YOUR ENJOYMENT.

HANDICAP WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY USING ALL SCORES DURING THE SEASON

TO ESTABLISH A FULL HANDICAP WE WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS

1st ROUND USE FIRST NIGHTS ROUND MINUS 1STROKES

SUBSEQUENTLY AFTER THAT ALL SCORES WILL BE USED

(HANDICAPS WILL BE ROUNDED UP AND DOWN ACCORDINGLY .4 AND LOWER GOES DOWN .5 AND UP GOES UP)

All Score Cards will be corrected to reflect no more than a Double Bogey on any Hole

Any player starting his round late will recieve a par score for the holes he missed.

(PLAYER WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE BUT DID NOT PLAY AT ALL THE PREVIOUS YEAR WILL BE CONSIDERED "NEW PLAYERS" FOR HANDICAP PURPOSES.)

POINTS SYSTEM ...... 2 POINTS PER INDIVIDUAL MATCH AND 4 POINTS FOR MOST HOLES WON BY THE TEAM A POSSIBILITY 12 POINTS TOTAL .

When a player is Late he may Join the group late and play the remainder of the holes the holes missed will go down as Losses.
IF A PLAYERS OPPONENTS DOES NOT SHOW UP FOR HIS TEE TIME THE UNOPPOSED PLAYER MUST GO AHEAD AND TEE OFF WITH HIS GROUP ALL HOLES THAT THE OPPONENT DOES NO SHOW BY THE TIME THE GROUP HAS LEFT THE TEEING GROUND ARE CONSIDERED HOLES WON, THE PLAYER IS NOT OBLIGED TO FINISH THE HOLE BUT IF THE PLAYER IS IN THE SKINS HE MUST HOLE OUT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SKINS.

LOW HANDICAPPER PLAYS LOW HANDICAPPER. IF ONLY 3 GOLFERS, in case of a "no show" the Team with both players present decide who plays the player present from the other team and this pairing stands no matter if the other player shows up late.

TEAM LEADING STANDINGS TEE'S OFF FIRST, IN CASE OF A TIE TOSS A COIN.

ONCE MATCH PAIRINGS ARE DECIDED ON FIRST TEE , THAT PAIRING WILL STAND. (IT IS PLAYERS RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE HANDICAP OF THE OPPONENT NO PROTEST WILL BE ALLOWED ) IF A PLAYER OR AN OPPONENT FEELS THERE IS AN ERROR IN THEIR OR THEIR OPPONENTS HANDICAP PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS AT THE FIRST TEE PLAY THE MATCH WITH THE POSTED HANDICAP AND THEN APPROACH AN OFFICER AND IF THERE IS AN ERROR IT WILL BE CORRECTED AND THE MATCH AND TEAM SCORES WILL BE ADJUSTED.

USGA RULES OF MATCHPLAY APPLY, BALL MUST BE PLAYED "DOWN" UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED ON THE NIGHT.

PLEASE NOTE THE MAIN RULE OF MATCHPLAY IS "THE PERSON FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE PIN HAS COMPLETE CONTROL YOU MAY NOT PLAY "READY GOLF" UNLESS YOU GET THE "OK" FROM YOUR OPPONENT TO DO SO AND YOU MAY NOT "PUTT OUT" IF YOUR OPPONENT DOES NOT GIVE THE PUTT. The penalty for an infraction of the rules of Golf is Loss of Hole (not 2 strokes) and a par is marked on the score card as the score for that hole regardless of the number of shots taken at that point.