MILLER GOLF CLUB

General Rules and By-Laws

Members must play in EIGHT tournaments (SIX handicap) to qualify for the Year-End tournament. Exception…. Members may pay entry fee and green fee and not play in up to TWO Tournaments to satisfy the EIGHT tournament rule, as long as they play in SIX Handicap Tournaments.

Handicaps for new members are adjusted after each tournament played, until they are in the USGA handicap system. (Minimum of five rounds required.)

The lowest adjusted handicap will always prevail through the five-round qualifying period,

after which, the USGA handicap system will adjust each handicap up or down. All scores after the first five scores will be entered twice.

All tournament fees must be paid by the deadline date posted on the schedule, or in the tournament notification letter. (Unless other arrangements have been made in advance with a Club officer.) NOTE: A $5.00 late fee will be assessed to any entry fees paid at the course, the day of the tournament.

Players will be considered late for a tee-time if they have not checked in with the tournament director by the time their foursome is on the tee box. The late party can play, with a two-stroke penalty assessed, if he arrives before his group leaves the tee box. If his group has left, the player may only play (with a two-stroke penalty), if there is an opening in another group. In the event that there is no opening, the player is disqualified, and his fee is forfeited.

A player who wishes to play in a tournament, but did not sign up, may be substituted for an absent player or put in a vacant slot, by contacting the tournament director. His name will be put on a “first come, first served” list. If there is space for him he can play after paying the regular tournament fee, plus a $5.00 late fee.

Every foursome or group is to keep two completed scorecards, reflecting all scores.

Scorecards should be compared after every hole for accuracy – and any discrepancy settled at that time.

Both completed, identical cards are to be turned in together at the completion of the round.

USGA and/or local or Club rules will govern all play, except as amended by the tournament committee.

The committee has waved the Fourteen Club rule.

The Par 3 drop area will be the red tees. Since it is a drop area, you cannot RE -TEE your ball.

You still have the option of re-teeing your ball from where the original ball was hit.

All challenges are to be presented to the Tournament Committee upon the immediate completion of play. Any decision of the Committee is final.

Out of Bounds: If there is any possibility that your ball may have been hit out-of-bounds, no matter where on the golf course, always hit a provisional ball before you attempt to find your original ball. If your ball has been hit out-of-bounds and no provisional ball has been played, a two-stroke penalty is to be taken. Do not go back to the tee box (or original area), if a ball is “lost” or “out-of-bounds”.Take your drop no more than two club lengths and no closer to the hole from the point where your ball entered the OB. As is always the case, the foursome should decide the correct place to drop. If not sure, play two balls and the tournament committee will rule on it after the tournament.

TO SPEED UP PLAY: Any ball hit into an area where there are no out-of-bounds markers is to be played as though it were hit into a lateral water hazard, with a one-stroke penalty.

When the group agrees that a players ball has been lost in casual water, that player may drop a ball in that area with no penalty.

Play the ball as it lies except where USGA rules allow otherwise, or when the tournament committee decides course conditions wont allow it.

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