MILLER
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.
After the 20 scores used to calculate the handicap are established, two scores
are entered and the last two scores drop off.
The
Player of the Year Award will be replaced with an End of the Year Elite Top 12
Players Tournament. We will pull $5.00 from each tournament player’s fee towards
a cash pool to be used for prize money at the end of the year for the top 12
points earners. 5 points will be
awarded to all tournament participants (2 pay no play can be used), 5 points
will be awarded to each flight winner, 4 points for second, 3 points for third,
2 points for fourth, and 1 point for fifth place. This tournament is not on the
current schedule but we have discussed Winstar Golf
Course as the course to play at. It will be a handicapped tournament and all 12
participants will have an equal opportunity at the top prize. All 12
participants will win money from the cash pool. Every one is invited to play in
this tournament, not just the top 12 players. The format for players not in the
top 12 will be similar to the format the Sunday Group
uses.
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. If you
sign up for a tournament and are not able to play, you must notify a club
officer or put a note on the website at least 3 to 4 days before the
tournament. If you do not notify
the club, you will owe the entry fee and will not be able to play in another
tournament until that fee is paid. The only exception will be an
emergency.
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 3drop area will be the red tees. Since
it is a drop area, you cannot RE
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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 player’s ball has been lost in casual water, that player may drop a ball in
that area with no penalty.
There is no 14 Club Rule in the
Club.
Play the ball as it lies except where USGA rules allow otherwise, or when the tournament committee decides course conditions wont allow it. BUY A USGA RULES BOOK