| Munson Men's Golf League | |||||||
| Play and Scoring Rules | |||||||
| Rules of Play | |||||||
| PGA rules apply with the following exceptions and clarifications: | |||||||
| 1. A limited adjustment is allowed to balls as a result of shots that | |||||||
| land in the fairway. A player may | |||||||
| move or roll his ball out of a bare spot or divot without loss of stroke. | |||||||
| This exception to PGA rules | |||||||
| applies only to the fairway of the hole which is in play at the time. | |||||||
| This adjustment is limited to 8 inches, | |||||||
| and must never be made toward the pin. | |||||||
| 2. The league's "tree rule" is no longer applicable and a stroke will be accepted | |||||||
| anytime a player moves his ball away from hazards. Golfers must be | |||||||
| cognizant of risky shots that may place fellow players in danger. Please | |||||||
| ensure proper precautions are taken to warn other golfers of your foolish | |||||||
| intentions. | |||||||
| 3. Out-of-bounds shots are to be played by the lateral hazard rules. The | |||||||
| player must drop the ball at the | |||||||
| point where the ball crossed the out-of-bound markers and accept a penalty | |||||||
| stroke. | |||||||
| 4. Players are limited to three minutes to find a lost ball. If the ball | |||||||
| cannot be located in this time | |||||||
| period, a penalty stroke must be accepted. | |||||||
| 5. No "Mulligan's" are allowed. | |||||||
| 6. Players are allowed a maximum of 10 strokes per hole. Upon reaching | |||||||
| the maximum, a Player | |||||||
| must pick up his ball and record a score of ten for that hole. | |||||||
| 7. Players who begin their round are expected to finish it. Those golfers | |||||||
| who fail to complete their round are disqualified for that round and will be assigned | |||||||
| the least number of points to equate to a last place finish in their flight. | |||||||
| Further, their handicap will not be affected by this lack of completion. | |||||||
| 8. The golf course's management will make the call for continued play in the | |||||||
| event of inclement weather. Scores will count unless the management closes | |||||||
| the course. | |||||||
| Scoring | |||||||
| 1. Points will be distributed based upon net score. The Player scoring | |||||||
| the lowest net score for the flight | |||||||
| will receive one point per each of the Players in the flight that he | |||||||
| defeated regardless of whether the | |||||||
| entire flight participated. In the event of a tie, the Players would | |||||||
| receive the average point total of the | |||||||
| two positions they tied for. | |||||||
| For example, if a flight contains 14 players, the Player netting the | |||||||
| lowest score for that week would | |||||||
| receive 13 points. The next Player would receive 12, etc. If only 5 | |||||||
| Players golf in the flight, the winner | |||||||
| would receive 13 and the 5th place golfer would get 9 points. In the | |||||||
| event of a tie for first, the | |||||||
| 2 Players would each receive 12.5 points. | |||||||
| 2. Each week the Player's average weekly score will be re-calculated by | |||||||
| dividing the total season's | |||||||
| points accrued by the number of weeks that the Player has competed. | |||||||
| Therefore, a Player's | |||||||
| score would not change by missing a week of competition. | |||||||
| 3. Golfers must play seven regular season rounds in order to qualify to | |||||||
| win their flight. | |||||||
| 4. Players must play 2 of the final 4 competitions in order to qualify to | |||||||
| win their flight. | |||||||
| 5. The top four qualifying golfers in each flight will "play-off" for the | |||||||
| right to represent their | |||||||
| flight for the league's Grand Championship. | |||||||
| Handicapping | |||||||
| 1. Handicaps are based on 80% of the difference between a Player's score | |||||||
| and par (36) for the | |||||||
| nine holes played. | |||||||
| 2. Handicaps will be calculated on the most recent 10 rounds golfed. | |||||||
| Re-printed 5/25/01 | |||||||
