EDGEWATER MEN'S CLUB
GOLF LEAGUE RULES
OFFICERS
LEAGUE OFFICERS WILL CONSIST OF A PRESIDENT, A TREASURER AND A SECRETARY. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED AND SERVE A TWO YEAR TERM. THE TREASURER AND SECRETARY DO NOT PAY MEMBERSHIP DUES.
CURRENT OFFICERS
PRESIDENT: MARK VAN DYKE 07'- 08'
TREASURER: JOE HERDER 08'- 09'
SECRETARY: DICK STEPHENS 07'- 08'
FORMAT
A. THERE WILL BE EIGHT TEAMS OF FIVE MEN PER TEAM, PLUS SUBS. SUBS WILL FILL IN FOR REGULARS UNAVAILABLE TO PLAY A MATCH. LAST YEARS' REGULAR MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE FIRST CONSIDERATION AS REGULAR MEMBERS FOR THIS YEAR.
B. POSITION ON THE TEAM WILL BE ACCORDING TO HANDICAP. POSITION #1 WILL PLAY POSITION #1 ON OPPOSING TEAM, WITH ALL OTHER TEAM POSITIONS PLAYING IN THE SAME MANNER. HANDICAPS WILL BE ADJUSTED WEEKLY. SUBS PLAYING FOR REGULARS WILL PLAY IN THE REGULARS NORMAL TEAM POSITION.
C. HANDICAPS WILL BE FIGURED BY USING THE AVERAGE OF THE LOWEST 3 OUT OF THE LAST 4 ROUNDS MINUS COURSE PAR WITH 80% OF STROKES GIVEN. ALL NEW MEMBERS MUST PLAY ONE ROUND TO ESTABLISH A HANDICAP BEFORE QUALIFYING FOR TEAM OR SUB PLAY.
PLAY
A. ALL MATCHES MUST BE PLAYED ON LEAGUE NIGHTS.
B. PLAY MUST BE HEAD TO HEAD, SCORING ONE POINT FOR MOST HOLES WON AND ONE POINT FOR LOW NET SCORE. NO PLAYING AHEAD OF YOUR OPPONENT. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PLAY YOUR MATCH, ARRANGE FOR A SUB TO PLAY FOR YOU AND ADVISE THE SUB AND THE OPPONENT WHO THEY WILL BE PLAYING.
C. THE LEAGUE WILL TEE-OFF BETWEEN 4:40 PM AND 6:00 PM. NO EARLY PLAY. ALL GOLFERS, INCLUDING SUBS, MUST POST A TEE-OFF TIME BETWEEN 4:40 PM AND 6:00 PM. ALL GOLFERS MUST ALSO POST A PHONE NUMBER.
D. IF AN OPPONENT DOES NOT SHOW UP WITHIN 15 MINUETS OF THEIR POSTED TIME OR A PREARRANGED TIME, HE WILL FORFEIT HIS MATCH. 6:15 PM WILL BE THE TEE-OFF TIME DEAD-LINE. IF THERE IS A FORFEIT, YOU MUST PLAY YOUR MATCH IN ORDER TO WIN POINTS. IF YOUR OPPONENT DOES NOT SHOW UP TO PLAY, AND THERE IS A SUB AVAILABLE TO PLAY, YOU MUST PLAY THAT SUB OR FORFEIT THE MATCH.
E. A FORFEIT OCCURS WHEN:
1.YOU DON'T SHOW UP FOR YOUR MATCH
2.YOUR SUB DOESN'T SHOW UP IN YOUR PLACE
3.YOU PLAY BEFORE YOUR OPPONENT ARRIVES WITHIN HIS 15 MIN. TIME LIMIT
4.YOU DON'T COMPLETE YOUR MATCH ONCE STARTED
5.YOU DO NOT PLAY AN AVAILABLE SUB
TWO FORFEITS WILL PUT YOU IN FRONT OF THE RULES COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE YOUR STATUS WITH THE LEAGUE.
F. SCORE CARDS SHOULD BE ATTESTED BY ALL MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF GOLFERS.
G. IN CASE OF RAIN, CALL THE GOLF COURSE (377-1230) BY 4:15 PM. TO FIND OUT WHETHER PLAY WILL COMMENCE. A DECISION WILL BE MADE AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
DUES
A. REGULAR MEMBERS WILL PAY $50.00 AND SUBS WILL PAY $35.00 FOR EACH SEASON. $1.00 OF THE DUES WILL BE PUT INTO A HOLE IN ONE KITTY FOR ALL MEMBERS (HOLE IN ONE INSURANCE)
B. MEMBERSHIP DUES WILL BE SPENT DURING THE SEASON ON LEAGUE EVENTS (BEER AND BRAT NIGHTS, PRIZES AND END OF THE SEASON AWARDS ). THE AWARDS NIGHT BANQUET WILL BE HELD AFTER THE ONE CLUB TOURNAMENT ON (SEPTEMBER 4th). THE MEAL WILL COST EXTRA AND WILL BE PAID BY THOSE EATING.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
A. NIGHTLY PRIZES
1. $5.00 LOW NET SCORE
2. $5.00 CLOSEST TO PIN ON SECOND SHOT HOLE #4
3. $5.00 CLOSEST TO PIN ON FIRST SHOT HOLE #5
4. $5.00 LONGEST PUTT ON HOLE #9
5. $2.00 EAGLES
6. $1.00 BIRDIES
7. GOLF BALLS FOR BLIND BOGEY PRIZES. TWO NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN FROM 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND PAR. GOLFERS RECORDING THE MOST OF THE NUMBERS DRAWN WILL RECEIVE A GOLF BALL.
B. TEAM AWARD
THERE WILL BE A SPLIT SEASON. THE WINNERS OF THE FIRST HALF PLAY THE WINNERS OF THE SECOND HALF FOR THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP(AUGUST 28th). AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE TEAMS INVOLVED IN THE PLAYOFF. IF THERE IS A TIE AFTER THE PLAYOFF, THEN THE TEAM WITH THE MOST WINS IN THE SEASON WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. IF STILL A TIE THEN THE TEAM WITH THE MOST POINTS WON IN A HALF WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
C. INDIVIDUAL AWARD
AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE REGULAR AND SUB WINNING THE MOST POINTS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.
D. TOURNAMENTS
1. TEAM SCRAMBLE (MAY 15th) TEAMS WILL BE MADE UP OF TEAM MEMBERS OR A TEAM OF SUBS. PLAY WILL BE BEST BALL OR WHAT THE TEAM FEELS IS THE BEST BALL TO PLAY. AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNER. TIES WILL BE BROKEN BY A SUDDEN WIN PLAYOFF ON THE PRACTICE GREEN FOLLOWING THE TOURNAMENT.
2. 2-MAN BEST BALL (JUNE 26th ) GOLFERS WANTING TO PLAY WILL SIGN UP ON A POSTED SHEET. PARTNERS WILL BE DRAWN, AT RANDOM, FROM THE LIST. AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE 1ST AND 2ND PLACE TEAMS. TIES WILL BE BROKEN BY A SUDDEN WIN PLAYOFF ON THE PRACTICE GREEN FOLLOWING THE TOURNAMENT. YOU MUST SIGN UP TO PLAY.
3. INDIVIDUAL. (STARTING AUGUST 7th) THERE WILL BE 5 FLIGHTS. THE AVERAGE OF THE 5 LOWEST ROUNDS OF THE YEAR WILL BE USED FOR QUALIFYING FOR THE FLIGHTS. CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WILL BE PLAYED SCRATCH. OTHER FLIGHTS WILL BE HANDICAPPED AT 80% OF THE DIFFERENCE OF THE QUALIFYING SCORE AND COURSE PAR WITH 2/3rds STROKES GIVEN. THAT WORKS OUT TO BE 53.33% OF THE DIFFERENCE. TOURNAMENT WILL BE 27 HOLES WITH 4 WEEKS TO PLAY 3 ROUNDS. AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNERS OF EACH FLIGHT.
4. ONE CLUB. (SEPTEMBER 4th ) THERE WILL BE THREE FLIGHTS. PLAYERS WILL BE ALLOWED TO USE ANY ONE CLUB AND A PUTTER. AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WINNERS OF EACH FLIGHT
RULES.
A. THERE WILL BE A RULES COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF THE PRESIDENT AND TWO ELECTED MEMBERS. THERE RULINGS WILL BE FINAL.
CURRENT RULES COMMITTEE
1. MARK VAN DYKE
2. KEN BROWN
3. LES WILLIAMS
B. OUT OF BOUNDS
ALL FENCES AND MARKERS ON HOLES 1,2,3,8,& 9 ARE OUT OF BOUNDS. ANY TEE SHOT HIT OUT OF BOUNDS MUST BE REPLAYED FROM THE TEE. LOSS OF DISTANCE AND ONE STROKE PENALTY(PLAYER HITTING 3 FROM THE TEE). A PROVISIONAL BALL OR BALLS MUST BE HIT UNTIL ONE IS CLEARLY INBOUNDS. VIOLATION OF THIS RULE WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL TWO STROKE PENALTY. ANY PLAYER HITTING OUT OF BOUNDS AFTER THEIR TEE SHOT MAY DROP BALL NEAR SPOT IN BOUNDS OR RETURN ANYWHERE ON LINE OF FLIGHT AND DROP BALL. ONE STROKE PENALTY.
C. LOSS OF BALL IN FAIRWAY
IF A BALL IS LOST IN THE FAIRWAY OR ROUGH, DROP A BALL NEAR SPOT AND CONTINUE PLAY WITH ONE STROKE PENALTY. A TIME LIMIT OF 5 MINUETS WILL APPLY IN LOOKING FOR THE BALL WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE STROKE PENALTY IF THE TIME LIMIT IS EXCEEDED. IF THE BALL IS PLUGGED IN YOUR FAIRWAY UNDER WET CONDITIONS, DROP A BALL NEAR SPOT AND CONTINUE PLAY WITHOUT PENALTY, IF AGREED TO BY YOUR OPPONENT
D. LOST BALL IN THE WOODS
A TIME LIMIT WILL APPLY WHEN LOOKING FOR A LOST BALL IN THE WOODS. PLAYER MAY DROP BALL NEAR SPOT OR RETURN ANYWHERE ON LINE OF FLIGHT AND DROP BALL. ONE STROKE PENALTY.
E. UNPLAYABLE LIE
UNPLAYABLE LIE IS DETERMINED BY PLAYER. MOVE BALL TWO CLUB LENGTHS IN ANY DIRECTION BUT NOT NEARER THE HOLE. IF BALL IS IN THE ROUGH DO NOT MOVE BALL INTO THE FAIRWAY. ONE STROKE PENALTY.
F. WATER HAZARD
PLAY ANOTHER BALL FROM PLAYABLE LIE NEAREST TO WHERE THE BALL ENTERED THE WATER. ONE STROKE PENALTY.
G. GROUNDS UNDER REPAIR
PLAYER IS ALLOWED, WITH THE AGREEMENT OF YOUR OPPONENT, A TWO CLUB LENGTH DROP FROM ANY NEWLY PLANTED TREES OR SHRUBS OR ANY GROUNDS STAKED OFF AS BEING UNDER REPAIR.
H. NO PRACTICE PUTTS
IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THIS RULE YOU WILL FORFEIT THE HOLE AND ARE ACCESSED A TWO STROKE PENALTY. ALL PUTTS MUST BE LEGAL AS DEFINED BY USGA RULES. A BALL SUBSTITUTION MAY BE MADE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING ONLY. GIMMIES ARE TO BE DETERMINED BY YOUR OPPONENT
I. COURSE CONDITIONS
WINTER RULES WILL APPLY FOR ALL PLAY IN THE FAIRWAY OF THE HOLE YOU ARE CURRENTLY PLAYING.
J. UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION RULES OF GOLF
ANY SITUATION NOT COVERED BY THE ABOVE RULES WILL BE SETTLED BY FOLLOWING THE USGA RULES. IF A DISPUTE ARISES, THE RULES COMMITTEE WILL MAKE THE FINAL RULING.