May 12, 2012

Conditions of Competition

Tournament Committee: Doug Phelps (Chairman), Chris Barela, Bert Fish

The Rules of Golf as issued by the USGA govern play, along with Local Rules as applicable in the Club’s “Hard Card”.  See below for additional Conditions of Competition.  Violations are addressed by the Tournament Committee in cooperation with the Rules Committee.

Format:

This is a one-day, 18-hole, Flighted Individual Gross tournament. The Tournament Committee uses the Tournament Pairings Program (TPP) of the GHIN software to determine Flights and daily pairings. The Tournament Committee makes every effort to create Flights with the least amount of Course Handicap differential possible.

The 1^st and 2^nd Flights play from the Blue Tees, and all other flights play from the White Tees.

Each player is given a predetermined Negative Points Total, based on 100% Home Course Handicap (Hcp) as of the date of tournament set up.

Starting Negative Points Table

Scoring:

The objective is to get from the negative to the positive, clearing your “hurdle” (the starting total of negative points) by as much as possible. The winner of each flight is the player who has the highest point total.

The point system is the same for each flight - Points are based off of Gross scores:

                        Bogeys are worth 1 point                   Pars are worth 2 points

                        Birdies are worth 4 points                  Eagles and better are worth 8 points

A Sudden Death playoff will decide all ties for first place. Playoff holes are determined by the Tournament Committee based on course availability. Players are responsible for knowing the likelihood of a playoff possibility. Failure to be present for the playoff will result in relinquishing first place for second place. All other ties are co-winners and the place money is evenly split.

All scores are posted by the Committee for USGA Handicap purposes, with applicable Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) applied.

Other Information:

Prior to the first tee, at the Registration Table, a voluntary $5.00 will be collected from each individual wishing to enter a flighted Net Skins Game. In the event of “No Skins Out”, the competition will revert to a Best Skins format.

           Hole-in-One Pot – Active                   Eagle Pot – Active                           Ringer Pot – Active

Club Pace of Play and Lightning Policies are in Effect!

Tournament Payouts:

Closest to the Flagstick each day:  Holes #4, #8, #13 and #17             (Gift Cards will be awarded.)

Individual Payout:  “Money on the Books”, using Club Payouts Schedule A. The number of participants in each flight determines the number of places paid.