Golf League Rules
STARTING HOLE
ALL MATCHES MUST START ON HOLE #1. WE PLAY ON A FIRST ARRIVAL/FIRST OUT BASIS. WE WILL TRY TO HAVE WEEKLY TEAM OPPONENTS PLAYING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, WITHIN THE SAME FOURSOME WHENEVER POSSIBLE BUT WE CANNOT SLOW DOWN PLAY. CONTACT YOUR OPPONENT BEFOREHAND AND ARRANGE A TIME TO PLAY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. YOUR WEEKLY OPPONENT WILL BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE MATCH.
PREFERRED LIES
IN THE FAIRWAY YOU MAY MOVE TO CUT GRASS AREA NO CLOSER TO PIN (NO PENALTY). NO PREFERRED LIES ARE TO BE USED IN “ROUGH”OR UNCUT AREAS. PLAY “AS LIES”
OUT OF BOUNDS
MOVE AS “UNPLAYABLE LIE” WITH (1) STROKE PENALTY. “OUT OF BOUNDS” :
TO CONSERVE TIME, RED STAKE RULE WILL APPLY FOR OUT OF BOUNDS SHOTS.
ANY BALL HIT BEYOND WHITE STAKES TAKE A (1) STROKE PENALTY.DROP BALL AT APPROXIMATE POINT OF ENTRY AND CONTINUE PLAY.
LOST BALL
(IN BOUNDS) DROP BALL CLOSE TO “BEST GUESS” AREA = (1) STROKE PENALTY
FOUND IN WOODS OR TALL GRASS
PLAYER HAS OPTION OF PLAYING “AS LIES” (NO PENALTY) OR TAKING “UNPLAYABLE LIE” DROP BALL 2 CLUB LENGTHS FROM POINT OF ENTRY = (1) STROKE PENALTY.
SCORING
COUNT ALL SWING ATTEMPTS TO HIT BALL (EVEN WHIFFS!) GOLF HONOR SYSTEM!!
WE PLAY DOUBLE PAR RULES. MAXIMUM SCORES ARE DOUBLE PAR FOR THE HOLE. IF YOU DOUBLE PAR, PICK UP YOUR BALL. DO NOT CONTINE TO PLAY IN ORDER TO SPEED UP PLAY.
THERE ARE NO "MULLIGANS" OR "BREAKFAST BALLS". EACH STROKE NEEDS TO BE REPORTED BASED ON THE RULES.
WE ASK EVERYONE TO REPORT THEIR SCORES TO THE DESIGNATED SCORER ON THE NEXT TEE. THE DESIGNATED SCORER SHOULD HAVE ALL SCORES RECORED BEFORE TEEING OFF THE NEXT HOLE.
PRACTICE SWINGS
WE ASK EVERYONE TO TAKE NO MORE THAN 2 PRACTICE SWINGS PER SHOT. ADDITIONAL PRACTICE SWINGS ARE ALLOWED WHILE WAITING FOR THE PLAYER FARTHEST FROM THE HOLE HITS.
PUTTING
YOU WANT TO REFRAIN FROM MARKING YOUR BALL TO SPEED UP PLAY.
ONCE A PLAYER BEGINS PUTTING THEY SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THEY'VE HOLDED THEIR PUTT WHENEVER POSSIBLE. "GIMME'S" SHOULD ONLY BE EXCEPTED WHEN THE PUTT IS WITHIN A FOOT AND YOUR WEEKLY OPPONENT AGREES. WHENEVER YOUR WEEKLY OPPONENT IS NOT PART OF YOUR FOURSOME, YOU MUST PUTT OUT. UP IN FRONT OF
MATCH SCORING ON YOUR SCORE CARD
FOR EACH HOLE MARK (+) FOR WIN, (-) FOR LOSS, OR (0) FOR TIE. PLEASE TOTAL YOUR SCORES AND MATCH SCORING BEFORE TURNING IN YOUR SCORES AFTER YOUR ROUND ON YOUR SCORECARD. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TRIED TO AUTOMATE THE SCORING THERE IS STILL A FAIR AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT IS CALCULATED BY HAND BY THE OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE. NOT FILLING THIS INFORMATION OUT RESULTS IN THE OFFICER SPENDING MORE TIME CALCULATING WHAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECORED. PLEASE TRY TO HELP THEM. BOTH MEMBERS MUST “SIGN” AND TURN IN CARD TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE DAY.
PLAYING AGAINST THE "CARD"
BECAUSE OF AN UNEVEN NUMBER OF TEAMS THIS YEAR, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW RULE WHERE YOU PLAY AGAINST THE "CARD" AS AN OPPONENT. THE "CARD" IS A FICTITIOUS GOLFER THAT EVENS UP THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU PLAY AGAINST DURING THE SEASON. EVERYONE WILL PLAY AGAINST THE "CARD" DURING THE SEASON. YOUR FLIGHT WILL DETERMINE THE "CARDS" SCORE. THE CARDS SCORE FOR A,B AND C PLAYERS WILL BE THE HOLES PAR PLUS ONE STROKE "BOGEY GOLF". D AND E PLAYERS WILL PLAY THE HOLES PAR PLUS 2 STOKES ("DOUBLE BOGEY GOLF"). CHECK YOUR WEEKLY SCHEDULE CARD EITHER ON THIS WEBSITE OR THE ONE GIVEN OUT AT START OF PLAY TO DETERMINE THE "CARDS" SCORE ".
FLIGHTS
EACH PLAYER IS ASSIGNED A “FLIGHT”(A,B,C,D,E) AS DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS YEAR SCORES. NEW PLAYERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A FLIGHT BASED ON THEIR AVERAGE REPORTED SCORES FOR 9 HOLES. ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE ONCE PLAY HAS BEGUN.
TEAMS
EACH TEAM HAS 5 PLAYERS, ONE FROM EACH “FLIGHT”.
TEAMS WILL CONSIST OF 5 PLAYERS EACH OF DIFFERENT FIGHTS (A,B,C,D,E) BASED ON LAST YEARS HANDICAPS. NEW PLAYERS WILL BE ASSIGNED A FLIGHT BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS REPORTED SCORES FOR 9 HOLES. THE TEAMS ARE ASSIGNED RANDOMLY . TEAM ASSIGNMENTS ARE FOR THE YEAR, NOT THE SEASON ALTHOUGH ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE MADE IF NECESSARY.
MATCHES
EACH PLAYER PLAYS THE OPPOSING TEAM PLAYER OF SAME “FLIGHT”. FOR THE LATE MONDAY PLAYERS, PLEASE LEAVE YOUR SCORE CARDS IN THE BOX IN THE PROSHOP. LEAGUE SECRETARY WILL PICK UP PRIOR MONDAY MATCHES. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE A MATCH, CALL ONE OF THE OFFICERS.
ALTERNATES
WILL BE USED AS SUBS IF YOU CALL THE SECRETARY BECAUSE YOU CANNOT PLAY. ALTERNATES MAY ALSO BE ASSIGNED AT THE GOLF COURSE WHEN ABSENTEE OCCUR. "ASSIGNEE" ALTERNATES WILL BE DETERMINED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS BY MATCHING SIMILAR SCORES/HANDICAPS.
POINTS
FOR VALID MATCHES, POINTS ACCUMULATED ON THE CARD WILL BE EDITED AND USED. IF NO OPPONENT SHOWS, OPPONENT EARNS ZERO POINTS AND ARRIVAL EARNS 4.5 POINTS.IF ARRIVAL'S SCORE IS EQUAL OR LESS THAN HIS AVERAGE, HE EARNS AN ADDITIONAL 3 POINTS.
HANDICAPS
PLAYERS HANDICAP WILL BE BASED ON LAST 4 SCORES FROM PREVIOUS HALF AND ALL SCORES OF PRESENT HALF - HANDICAP WILL BE: (AVERAGE SCORE MINUS 35) TIMES .8
STROKES
THE DIFFERENCE IN HANDICAPS WILL DETERMINE “STROKES” GIVEN DURING MATCHES.THE “STROKES” WILL BE MARKED "( )" ON THE SCORECARDS, BY HOLE, PRIOR TO WEEKLY MATCH.
TEE'S
MOST MEMBERS SHOULD PLAY FROM THE WHITE TEE'S. SENIOR MEMBERS (65+) HAVE THE OPTION AND ENCOURGED TO PLAY FROM THE GOLD TEE'S. "D" AND "E" FLIGHT PLAYERS HAVE THE OPTION AND ENCOURGED TO PLAY FROM THE RED TEE'S.
DIVOTS
PLEASE TRY TO REPLACE YOUR DIVOTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
PLAY GUIDELINES
SCORECARDS WILL BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE WITH NAMES AND “STROKES” FOR EACH MATCH. WHEN BOTH OPPONENTS ARE AT COURSE THEY CAN EITHER PLAY ALONE OR PREFERABLY JOIN THEIR WEEKLY OPPONENTS TO MAKE A “FOURSOME”.
IN THE INTEREST OF KEEPING PLAY MOVING, PLAYERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF OTHERS ON THE COURSE AND LIMIT TIME SPENT LOOKING FOR BALLS, ETC! ALLOW OTHERS TO “PLAY THROUGH” IF DELAY IS UNAVOIDABLE.
RAINOUTS
WILL BE CALLED ON THE COURSE(OR BEFOREHAND GIVEN THE FORECASTED WEATHER CONDITIONS) BY THE RANKING OFFICER AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS QUESTIONABLE WEATHER, CHECK THE WEBSITE BEFORE LEAVING HOME. WHEN A RAINOUT IS CALLED, IT IS FOR BOTH THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING LEAGUE. ALTHOUGH WEATHER MAY CLEAR, A RAINOUT IS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. YOU DO NOT NEED TO MAKE UP THIS ROUND. YOU MAY CONTINUE TO PLAY ON YOUR SCHEDULED DAY/TIME IF THE WEATHER CLEARS BUT YOUR SCORES WILL NOT BE RECORDED. RAINOUTS WILL BE POSTED ON THIS WEBSITE AS SOON AS THE OFFICERS MAKE THE CALL.
MAKE UPS
IF YOU MISS YOUR SCHEDULED MONDAY LEAGUE PLAY, YOU CAN MAKE IT UP. PLEASE LET ONE OF THE OFFICERS KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE PLAYING ON MONDAY WHENEVER POSSIBLE. MAKEUPS MUST BE PLAYED WITHIN THE SAME WEEK. THE LEAGUES PLAYS ON MONDAY MORNINGS, EVENINGS AND ON THURSDAY MORNINGS. PLEASE TRY TO MAKE UP YOUR SCORES BY PLAYING WITHIN THESE DAYS/TIMES. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PLAY WITHIN THESE DAYS ,YOU MAY PLAY ON OTHER DAYS WITHIN THE WEEK. SCORES MUST BE TURNED IN BEFORE THE NEXT WEEK BEGINS. IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A CERTAIN WEEK, YOU MAY PLAY YOUR ROUND BEFOREHAND AND LET ONE OF THE OFFICERS KNOW. YOUR CARD NEEDS TO BE TURNED IN BEFORE THE END OF YOUR SCHEDULED WEEKLY PLAY.
POSITION ON COURSE
THE MOST IMPORTANT GUIDELINE - EACH GROUP MUST KEEP UP THE AND PLAY READY GOLF
ON THE GREEN
AVOID MARKING BALL & JUST CONTINUE PUTTING TO HOLE OUT, WHEN ALL ON GREEN.
EXCEPTIONS
THERE ARE ALWAYS EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES. THIS LEAGUE IS BASED ON FRIENDLY COMPETITION, NOT WHO WINS OR LOSES. THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN IN EXISTANCE FOR GREATER THAN 75 YEARS AND ITS MEMBERS ARE NOT ONLY GOLFER LEAGUE MEMBERS, BUT MANY HAVE BECOME BEST FRIENDS. PEOPLE THAT NOT ONLY MEET ON THE GOLF COURSE BUT MEET FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER AS FRIENDS. THE RULES ARE GUIDELINES AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHENEVER POSSIBLE BUT SHOULD NOT INTERFER WITH THE REAL CHARTER OF THE LEAGUE WHICH IS FRIENDSHIP. IF EXCEPTIONS ARE MADE AND YOU DO NOT AGREE YOU SHOULD CONTACT ONE OF THE LEAGUE OFFICERS. GRO