FAYETTE GOLF ASSOCIATION

                                

2010 League Rules & Agenda


President:  Bill Plume
Vice President:  Shawn Armstrong
Treasurer:  Bob Markutsa

 

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DUES

 

2010 league dues will be $125 (The dues covers JR Golf /Scholarship funds donation, 22 Skins Games, Hole-In-One Insurance, Team & Individual Prizes and Trophies).   This year’s cart/green fees will remain at $30.00 weekly for all non members.  Cart/green feed must be paid to Nemacolin prior to teeing off each week.  Dues must be pay in full by May 13th.  If dues are not paid, you may continue playing, but your scores will not be counted, you will forfeit your match. 

 

Cash or checks made to “Fayette Golf Association” should be given to Shawn Armstrong or any league officer.  Please help make Shawn’s job easier by paying these dues on time. 

 

 

STARTING TIMES

Normal starting times will be from 4:00 to 4:30 p.m.  Tee off order will be determined by all team members arriving on the tee.  ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST BE PRESENT ON THE TEE before the team is placed in the tee off queue.

It is important that players who can’t make the 4:30 p.m. start time notify the NWL Pro-Shop or their team captain if they are coming after 4:30 and before 4:45.  If a player who is going to be late has not called by 4:30 p.m., his group does not have to wait.  However, groups are required to wait until 4:45 if a player has called in advance to inform the group that he will be late.  If a player shows up late (after 4:30) and has made no arrangements for being late, he may still join his group on the course. If his group had already teed off, he can only join his group on the next tee box. He will forfeit any earlier holes.

Foursomes that would like to set a specific time to play prior to or after 4:45 must have unanimous agreement between all players in the foursome and the early or late  4 man match must be played on the original scheduled league date.

 

 

LEAGUE RULES



There Will Be No Substitutes Used Again This Year

 

 

Any player who misses 5 or more matches (except for major medical or bereavement) will be taken off their team roster and replaced by a player from the league waiting list.

 

 

 

RULES COMMITTEE:

Tony DeCarlo, Richard Glover and Tim Whetsell.  This committee will be responsible for establishing and governing course rules for the league.

 

ROLLING THE BALL:

You may use the club face to roll your ball up to the width of the club face in any direction without penalty.  You cannot place the ball with you hand.  You cannot roll the ball from the rough to the fairway or from deeper rough to shorter rough.

 

CONCEDING PUTTS:

You may concede a putt to your competitor if the distance is 10 inches or less.  (No conceding any putts on hole # 6).

 

MULLIGANS:

Mulligan will be allowed on the first swing of the first hole played.  Mulligan must be played before leaving the tee box.  To save time, if your first ball seems to be lost, you may hit a second provisional ball.  If you find your first ball you must play it or declare it unplayable, reposition the ball using unplayable lie rules and take 1 penalty stroke.  

Players who play the same nine holes as the league is playing before the scheduled league match will not be allowed a mulligan.

 

FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES:

Handicaps WILL NOT be used for A-flight players. Handicaps will be used for B, C, and D Flights.

 

CANCELLATIONS:

For a match to be counted, all groups must complete all 9 holes.

Weather cancellation will be called by the league president or the Nemacolin Golf Staff.

In the event of cancellations, 2 makeup dates have been included in the 2010 schedule.  If there are more than 2 cancellations, those matches will not be made up.

 

FLIGHT CHANGES: 

A player whose season end handicap increases and causes him to drop from his current flight can drop only one flight level for the following season.  A player whose season end handicap decreases can move up only one flight for the following season.

To speed up play, "Ready Golf" is encouraged, i.e., if you are at your ball and ready to hit, go ahead and hit even though you are not away.


SCORING

 <>Scoring is based on match play using weekly-adjusted nine hole handicaps.  There is no maximum handicap.

The total number of points a four man team can win per week is 36.  Each team will have two players in two foursomes each week.  In each foursome only one match will take place as shown in the follow example:

        Match:  1 point for winning the hole and ½ point for tieing the hole. 


 Reminder, all matches will be played using full 9 hole handicaps. NET SCORE  for each hole is calculated by subtracting stroke(s) from the gross score for the hole.  Example, if you score a 7 on hole # 2, and you are getting a stroke, your NET SCORE for hole # 2 would be 6.  If you received 2 strokes on hole # 2, your NET SCORE would be 5.

Gross scores entered on score cards will be adjusted using a process called Equitable Stroke Control (ESC).  ESC sets a maximum allowable number of strokes on each hole.  For nine hole scores, golfers with handicaps of less than 5 are limited to a double bogey on a hole.  For other golfers the following apply:

Handicap --- Maximum Strokes (Used for handicapping only ~ No Max handicap in league)                     

  0 - 4          Double Bogey                       15 – 19                      9
  5 – 9                 7                                    20 or More              10                        
10 – 14               8


Players who do not pay their dues by May 13 2010 will forfeit their match and concede all 9 points to their opponent. 

 

IF YOUR OPPONENT IS ABSENT:

If your opponent is absent you will play a pre-determined card (from your flight) for the 9 match points.  For a flight leader point you must also play the card.  If you win your match by winning the most of 9 holes you will earn 1 flight leader point.  If you tie you will earn ½ flight leader point.



SKINS GAME


 

A skins game will be played within each flight (A, B, C and D).  Skins will be based on gross scores.   For A and B players, par or better is required to win.  For C and D players bogey or better is required to win.  Skins games will begin on April 8 and continue through the last regular scheduled match on Sept 2).  The skins game cost is $2.50/week for a total $55.00, this cost is built into the yearly entry fees. Skins will not be played during team events (if scheduled).  Skin game winners will be paid at the end of year dinner.  If there are no skins winners for a flight for the week, money will be carried over to the following week.

 
FLIGHT LEADER POINTS

 

 

The player in each flight (A,B,C, or D) who has accumulated the most individual flight leader points in their 22 matches will win $50.00.  One point will be awarded for each match won.  For ties, each player receives 1/2 point.  If your opponent does not show, you must play against the pre-determined card. The order for which golfer card is used will change weekly.  The card order will be pulled prior to the first match of the year and will be posted on the weekly score cards.  If neither player shows, no point will be awarded. Money will be paid to the winner at the end of the year dinner.  In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by the most matches won between the tied players.  Example, Team 1 "B" player and Team 9 "B" player both have 14 points.  However, Team 9 "B" had beaten Team 1 "B" 2 matches to 0 during their head to head matches, therefore Team 9 "B" is the flight leader winner. In the event they each won one match and are still tied, they will split the $50.



DRESS CODE

 

Please abide by Nemacolin’s stated dress code i.e. No Blue Jeans or Tee Shirts.  

 

HOLE-IN-ONE INSURANCE

$ 5.00 per player is included in the yearly entry fee.  If more than one Hole-In-One occurs on the same league night, money will be split between the winners. Note, special team event(s) count for hole in one. The amount of money awarded to a hole-in-one recipient will be based on the number of years the winner has paid into the fund.

Example 1:  If a new player makes a Hole-In-One and he is the only winner, he will be paid only the money collected for the year he joined.

Example 2:  If a new player and player(s) with 2 or more years in the skins pot have a hole in one the same night, all players split the current year monies. The veteran player(s) will also collected their share of the skins monies he/they has paid in from previous years.

 

Hole-In-One Special Exception:  If the hole-in-one was won by a player who only won a portion of the hole-in-one pot, the remaining money will be available the remaining weeks to all other players that still have money in the hole-in-one pot.

          

SCORE CARDS

At the end of each match, scorecards must be given to: Bill Plume, Shawn Armstrong, Bob Markutsa, or Dean Dennis.

 

TEEING OFF

A & B players will always tee off from the White Tees.

C Players less than 70 years old will tee off from the White Tees. 

C Players 70 years and older May tee off from the front of white tee box. 

All D players have the option of teeing off from the front of the white tee box. 

(To speed up play, D players with handicaps 13 or higher MUST tee off from the front of the white tee box).

 

VOLUNTEER DOWN FLIGHTING

All A, B & C players, 70 years old prior to the first match of the year, have the option to drop down one flight provided a golfer in the lower flight has the same handicap and agrees to take their place in the upper flight.

  

WINNERS/PAY OUT FORMAT

 

 

The season will be divided into 2 eleven match schedules.

 

          The first 11 matches will begin on April 8 and end on June 3.

 

                If there are no cancellations for the first nine matches, match #5 will be replayed

               As match #10 on June 10th.

 

         

          The second 11 matches will begin on June 24 and end on September 2nd.

 

                If there are no cancellations for the second nine matches, match #15 will be replayed 

                on August 26th as match #21.

 

 

Total Prize Money For 1st Half:

 

1st Place -  $240.00 per team

2nd Place - $160.00 per team

3rd Place - $100.00 per team

 

Total Prize Money For 2nd Half:

 

1st Place -  $240.00 per team

2nd Place - $160.00 per team

3rd Place - $100.00 per team

 

In the event of a tie, prize money will be divided among the teams tied.

 

Trophy Awards:

 

Trophies will be awarded to the three teams with the highest number of points earned in both the first and second half matches.

(Team events not included).           

 

If there are ties after the last match has been played, the following procedures will be used  to break all ties.

 

Trophy Tie Breaker Procedures:

 

1st Tie Breaker:  Total points earned in the matches played between the tied teams. (Could be more than 2 matches played).

 

2nd Tie Breaker:  Total points earned in the second 11 matches

played against ALL teams.

 

3rd Tie Breaker:  Coin Toss at end of year dinner on September 16th.

 



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