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2011 League Rules
President:
Bill Plume
Vice
President: Shawn Armstrong
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Web:
www.fayette-golf-assn.com
2011 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 at the
Nemacolin Woodlands pro shop prior to teeing off each week. Dues must be pay in full by May
12th. 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 5:00. 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 5:00 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 5:00 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.
SLOW PLAY “NO WAY”
All players (and
foursomes) should make it a point to play at a pace that keeps up with
the
group in front of them. Maximum search
time for a lost ball is 5 minutes.
To help 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. Take all of the clubs you think
you will need when you leave the cart to hit your next shot. Slow
play affects everyone, please try to develop ways to increase your pace
of
play.
LEAGUE RULES
Players that
miss 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:
The rules committee will
consist of Tom Baxter, Tony DeCarlo, Richard Glover, Dan Nelson
and
Tim Whetsell. This committee will be responsible for establishing and governing course playing 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 roll the
ball from the rough to the fairway or from deeper rough to shorter
rough. You cannot place the ball with
you hand.
CONCEDING PUTTS:
You may only concede a
putt to your competitor of 10” or less (the length of a standard putter
grip). NO PUTTS may be conceded on hole #
6 until the
winner of the hole has been determined.
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 will not be
allowed a mulligan if they play one or more holes on the same front or
back as
the league is playing that night.
FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES:
Handicaps WILL NOT
be used for A-flight or B-flight year end championship matches.
Handicaps WILL
be used for C, and D Flights. All flight
championship matches will consist of 13 holes.
MATCH CANCELLATIONS:
For league matches to be
counted, all groups must complete all 9 holes. Weather
cancellations must be called by the league president or the
Nemacolin
Golf Staff. Individual players cannot
cancel a match. In the event of
cancellations,
no makeup dates have been included in the 2011 schedule. If
there are any cancellations, those matches
will not be made up.
FLIGHT CHANGES
A player whose season
end handicap increases, which causes him to drop from his current
flight, can drop
only one flight level the following season. A
player whose season end handicap decreases, which
causes him to move up to another flight, can move up only one flight the following season.
Players who are 70 years
old prior to the first match of the season, and whose season end
handicap would
cause him to move up a flight, has the option of staying in their
current
flight. Players who are 70 years old
prior to the first match of the season has the option to drop down one
flight
provided a player in the lower flight, with the same or better
handicap, agrees
to switch flights.
SCORING
Scoring
is based on match play using weekly adjusted nine hole handicaps. There will be no maximum handicap.
The winner / loser of a hole will be
determined by the NET SCORE. The winner of each hole will get 1 point,
the
loser will get 0 points. Both players
will get 1/2 point for every hole tied.
If all 4 players
complete a match, the lowest number of points scored by a player for a
team
will be dropped (Example: A-player scores 4 points, B-player scores 3
points,
C-player scores 3 points and the D-player scores 5 points…one of the
3’s would
be dropped and not counted in the team’s final points for the night,
and the
team’s total points for the night would be 12.
The most points any team can win in a team match is 27.
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 7 and continue through the last flight
championship match
on Sept 1. Skins games cost
$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 weekly skins
winners for
a flight, skins money will be carried
over to the following week.
DRESS CODE
Please abide by
Nemacolin’s stated dress code i.e. No Blue Jeans or Tee Shirts.
SCORE CARDS
At the end of each
match, scorecards must be given to: Bill Plume, Shawn Armstrong, or
Dean
Dennis.
FLIGHT LEADER
POINTS
One flight leader point is awarded to the player
in
each flight who wins the most holes in a match.
In case of a tie, each player will win 1/2 point.
If your opponent does not show, you must play
against the pre-determined card for the flight leader point. 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.
The player in each flight (A, B, C, and D) who
has
accumulated the most individual flight leader points in their 20 season
matches
will win $50.00. 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.
HOLE-IN-ONE INSURANCE
$ 5.00 is included in every player’s
yearly entry
fee. If more than one Hole-In-One occurs
on the same league night, money will be split between the winners. The
amount
of money awarded to a hole-in-one winner will be based on the number of
years he
had paid into the pot.
Example
1: If
a player makes a hole-in-one and he is the
only winner, he will be paid only the money collected for the year(s)
he had
paid into the hole-in-one pot. Any
remaining hole-in-one money will be available for the remaining weeks
to all
players that still have money in the hole-in-one pot.
Example
2: If
more than one player wins, all players
split the current year monies, and the remainder of the hole-in-one pot
will be
paid according to the number of years the winner(s) have paid into the
pot. Any remaining hole-in-one money will
be
available for the remaining weeks to all players that still have money
in the
hole-in-one pot.
Special
team events will
count for hole-in-one.
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).
WINNERS / PAY
OUT FORMAT
The season will be divided into
2 ten match schedules.
The
first 10 matches will begin on April 7th
and end on June 9th.
The
second 10 matches will begin on
June 16th and end on August 18th.
Total Prize Money For 1st
Half:
Total Prize Money For 2nd
Half:
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.
2nd
Tie Breaker: Total points earned in the last
10 matches
played against ALL
teams.
3rd
Tie Breaker: Coin Toss at end of year dinner
on
September 1st.
