MSG & FRIENDS
GOLF LEAGUE 2002
RULES PAGE
BELOW ARE THE RULES AND ASPECTS OF OUR LEAGUE. ALL LISTED BELOW
WERE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED AND ARE ETCHED IN STONE:
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INDEX:
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HANDICAP
1. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A REASONABLE HANDICAP BY WHICH MATCHES ARE CALCULATED, ALL HANDICAPS WILL BE FIGURED OUT AFTER THE THIRD WEEK. AT THAT TIME, THE SECRETARY WILL GO BACK AND USE THIS HANDICAP TO CALCULATE MATCH POINTS FOR THE EACH OF THE FIRST THREE WEEKS. IF A PLAYER DOES HAVE NOT HAVE THREE ROUNDS IN BY THE END OF THE THIRD WEEK, HIS AVERAGE WILL BE USED TO FILL IN THE MISSING WEEKS. IF THAT PLAYER HAS MISSED THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OR IF THAT PLAYER IS NEW THE LEAGUE, THE CURRENT LEAGUE AVERAGE WILL BE USED TO CALCULATE MATCH POINTS FOR THAT PERIOD. THOSE "INSERTED" ROUNDS WILL BE KEPT AND WILL DROP OUT AFTER THE "10-WEEK" PERIOD HAS PASSED. FOR MORE DETAILS AND A BETTER EXPLANATION, SEE THE SECRETARY OR PRESIDENT.
2. TO FURTHER ENSURE A MORE ACCURATE HANDICAP, A "SLIDING 10-WEEK" SYSTEM WILL BE USED. THIS MEANS THAT AFTER THE 11TH WEEK, THE SCORE FROM THE FIRST WEEK WILL BE DROPPED AND YOUR HANDICAP WILL BE A REFLECTION OF THAT LAST 10 WEEKS/ROUNDS THAT YOU'VE GOLFED. THE HANDICAP IS FIGURED ON 90% OF YOUR AVERAGE OVER PAR.
3. THE AVERAGES & HANDICAPS (TEAM & INDIVIDUAL) WILL BE CALCULATED BY ROUNDING ALL DECIMALS USING THE FOLLOWING POLICY: ALL NUMBERS FROM ".0009 TO .4999" WILL BE ROUNDED DOWN AND ALL NUMBERS FROM ".5000 TO .9999 WILL BE ROUNDED UP. THIS IS ADOPTED DUE TO THE EXCEL SPREADSHEET'S DEFAULTS. ALL TEAM HANDICAPS WILL BE CALCULATED BY ADDING BOTH TEAM MEMBER'S INDIVIDUAL HANDICAP (WITH DECIMALS) AND THEN THAT NUMBER WILL BE ROUNDED. FOR EXAMPLE, GOLFER A & GOLFER B'S INDIVIDUAL HANDICAPS ARE 11.350 AND 9.350 WHICH TOTAL 20.700. THAT NUMBER IS THEN ROUNDED TO 21. AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY.
POINTS/SCORING
1. THE POINTS EACH NIGHT ARE FIGURED AS FOLLOWED: THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHER TEAM HANDICAP WILL RECEIVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIER’S AND THEIR OPPONENTS’, I.E., TEAM "A" HAS 20 AND TEAM "B" HAS 15 FOR A TOTAL HANDICAP. THEREFORE TEAM "A" WILL RECEIVE 5 STROKES TO BE GIVEN ON THE FIVE LOWEST HANDICAPPED/HARDEST HOLES. THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF HANDICAP GIVEN TO ANY ONE TEAM IS 27 OR 3 STROKES A HOLE.
EACH WEEK, THERE ARE 9 POSSIBLE POINTS IN A MATCH, ONE PER HOLE. EACH HOLE, THE TOTAL SCORE FROM THE TWO PLAYERS OF EACH TEAM WILL BE COMPARED AFTER ANY HANDICAP STROKES ARE DEDUCTED. FOR EXAMPLE: TEAM "A" HAS A 4 & 6 (TOTAL OF 10) AND TEAM "B" HAS A 5 & 5 (TOTAL OF 10) BUT TEAM "A" GETS A STROKE ON THAT HOLE...SO THEY HAVE A NET SCORE OF 9 AND THEREFORE WIN THE HOLE. THE SECRETARY WILL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THIS FURTHER IF ASKED.
SCHEDULING - TEE TIMES, LATE ARRIVALS, EARLY DEPARTURES, ETC.
1. THIS YEAR (2002) THE "FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED" POLICY WAS TRIED FOR THE FIRST FIVE WEEKS. DUE TO A LACK OF READINESS OR NOT KNOWING EXACTLY "WHO'S FIRST", THE TRIED AND TRUE POLICY OF SET TEE TIMES WILL BE RE-INSTATED. IF YOUR FOURSOME'S TEE TIME IS UP AND THE GROUP IS NOT ALL PRESENT & ALL ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW, YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE LAST TEE TIME. IF YOUR GROUP ONLY HAS THREE PEOPLE PRESENT WITH ONE MISSING DUE TO A KNOWN ABSENCE, YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE FIRST TEE TIME WHICH WILL ALLOW YOUR GROUP TO GOLF AT A NORMAL PACE AND NOT BE HELD UP BY A FOURSOME. BE SURE TO SEE THE SECRETARY AS SOON AS REACHING THE COURSE TO ENSURE YOUR GETTING IT.
2. IF YOUR GROUP STARTS BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL, YOU MAY MEET UP WITH THEM OUT ON THE COURSE. LATE ARRIVING GOLFERS MUST MEET UP WITH THEIR GROUP BEFORE THEY TEE OFF ON THE 5th HOLE FOR THEIR SCORE TO COUNT. IF THE LATE GOLFER ARRIVES, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE THIRD HOLE AND THE GROUP IS IN THE THIRD FAIRWAY. HE WILL BE ABLE TO TEE OFF ON THE FOURTH HOLE. AN AVERAGE SCORE PER HOLE WILL BE FIGURED USING THE REST OF ROUND AND THEN USED TO FILL IN THE MISSING HOLES. THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY OR STOP PLAY DUE TO RAIN, DARKNESS OR OTHER ACTS OF GOD. AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO BOB OR RICK. PLEASE TRY TO CALL IF YOU'RE RUNNING LATE.
3. SUBS, A.K.A. PACERS, WILL BE ALLOWED AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. THEY ARE HIGHLY SUGGESTED, BECAUSE THE GOLF COURSE WILL NOT HAND OUT RAIN CHECKS FOR MISSING GOLFERS OR ALLOW "PRE-GOLF", I.E., GOLFING BEFORE A CERTAIN LEAGUE NIGHT FOR THAT NIGHT. IF A LEAGUE MEMBER KNOWS IN ADVANCE THAT HE WILL MISS, IT IS THAT PERSON'S RESPONSIBILTY TO: 1) LET EITHER BOB M. OR RICK P. KNOW; 2) POSSIBLY GET A SUB; 3) SINCE YOU PAID FOR THE GOLF, IT IS YOUR DISCRETION TO DELIBERATE A PRICE THAT THE SUB IS TO PAY.
THE SUB/PACER WILL BE NOT BE ABLE TO WIN ANY OF THE ON-COURSE PRIZES. ALSO, THE SUB'S SCORE WILL NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE LEAGUE'S NIGHTLY POINTS. THE MISSING GOLFER'S AVERAGE SCORE WILL BE USED FOR FIGURING OUT THE NIGHTLY POINTS.
TO REITERATE, THE MAIN REASON FOR THE SUB/PACER REQUIREMENT IS DUE TO THE COURSE'S RELUCTANCE TO GIVE OUT RAIN CHECKS OR ALLOW "PRE-GOLF". SO IT IS SUGGESTED THAT EACH TEAM LINE UP ONE OR A FEW SUBS FOR THE UNFORESEEN OCCURRENCE WHEN YOU CAN'T MAKE IT. IT IS ONLY TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO GET A SUB. PLUS, HAVING FOUR PEOPLE IN EACH GROUP WILL KEEP EVERYONE PROPERLY SPACED OUT ON THE COURSE.
GENERAL LEAGUE RULES
1. THIS YEAR SOME OF THE BASIC RULES/PENALTIES STILL COME INTO PLAY, SUCH AS SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:
GROUNDING YOUR CLUB IN SANDTRAPS IS NOT ALLOWED. THIS IS A TWO-STROKE PENALTY, ACCORDING TO THE RULES OF GOLF.
MSG SAND TRAP RULE: DUE THE LACK OF UPKEEP OF THE SAND TRAPS ON THE COURSE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PICK UP YOUR BALL, RACK THE TRAP TO A DESIRABLE "FLUFFINESS", THEN PLACE YOUR BALL IN APPROXIMATELY THE SAME LOCATION WITHOUT PENALTY.
LOST BALL OR UNPLAYABLE LIE: ONE STROKE PENALTY, DROPPED IN LAST KNOWN AREA AND NO CLOSER TO THE PIN.
BALL IN WATER: ONE STROKE PENALTY AND DROPPED ON A LINE (OF FLIGHT) BETWEEN POINT HIT FROM & POINT OF ENTRY INTO WATER HAZARD.
BALL HIT OUT-OF-BOUNDS: ONE STROKE PENALTY AND THE NEXT SHOT IS PLAYED FROM NEAREST AS POSSIBLE TO THE POINT AT WHICH IT ENTERED THE PENALTY AREA.
WINTER RULES ARE IN EFFECT, WHICH MEANS YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ROLL THE BALL, NO CLOSER TO THE PIN, TO A BETTER LIE A FEW INCHES EITHER WAY. BUT YOU MUST STAY IN THE FAIRWAY, ROUGH, OR WOODS.
2. TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION, HOLE #4 IS TO BE PLAYED AS A PAR 4 FROM THE WHITE TEES, ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CREEK.
PRIZES
1. EACH WEEK THERE WILL BE TWO ON-COURSE PRIZES AWARDED. THIS YEAR ADAM P. HAS BEEN THE DESIGNATED "PRIZE-HOLE SELECTOR". IF HE IS UNAVAILABLE, THEN THE SECRETARY WILL FILL IN. WHEN THE "LONGEST PUTT" PRIZE IS POSTED, THIS MEANS ANY STROKE MADE ON THE GREEN, NOT THE FRINGE, SAND TRAP, OR ROUGH. THIS MAY ALSO INCLUDE A 2ND PUTT, IF PUTT IS STILL LONG ENOUGH.
2. FOR THE "SKILLFUL" PERSON THAT HAS A HOLE-IN-ONE, A PRIZE OF $20 WILL BE AWARDED.
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