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BELLAIR MEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION
1. All USGA
rules are in effect unless stipulated by the following rules.
All members are
personally responsible to know and
understand the rules of Golf.
2. Players shall refer any disputes to the
tournament chairman, or any member of the Board of Directors for
discussion by the board. The boards decision shall be final.
3. A member must have minimum of five (5) attested
eighteen (18) rounds played at the Bellair Golf Course, a BMGA
approved handicap, or a USGA handicap before participating in a
Bellair Men’s Golf Association handicap tournament in order to reach
the minimum five (5) rounds, but the member will play at a scratch
handicap. The Handicap Chairman is
coordination with the Tournament Chairmen must approve any deviation
from this rule.
4. Through the Green: A ball embedded in it's own ,
pitch mark in the ground other than sand, water
hazard or lateral water hazard area can be lifted without penalty,
cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where I lay and must come
to rest no nearer to the hole in accordance with the current
U.S.G.A.
rules.
5. A ball shall be played as it lies.
6. Each hole will be played from the de signated
markers as directed by the Tournament Chairman.
7. On holes #1 and #13 if a ball goes into the water (for any
reason) the player must move to the designated drop area for his next
shot. The ball will than be dropped, not placed, and the player will
be hitting three (3) from that point.
8. The rest rooms on hole #13 and the structure around the pump on
hole #1 are immovable obstructions. A drop of two (2) club lengths is
authorized when the ball is in a position, which would interfere with
the golfer's stance or the area of the swing. The fact that the
immovable obstruction intervenes with the line of play is not, in
itself, interference under the rules.
9. Mud adhering to the BALL does not make it unfit for play.
10.A ball is out of bounds when All of it lies out of bounds. A
fence at the ground level is the out of bounds. (Note: A ball lying
flush against the inside of the fence is not out of bounds. On hole
number 1 . the white stakes
left of the fairway separating the driving range from the golf course
is OUT OF BOUNDS.
11. A ball is deemed on the putting surface when any part of it
touches the putting surface.
12. The are a number
of drainage channels on the course, If these channels
interfere with the stance or swing a one (1) club drop is
authorized without
penalty.
13. If casual water
is present within the stance, the following will apply:
Through the Green a ball may be lifted and cleaned without penalty
and dropped/placed at the nearest relief no nearer the hole.
14. Players shall not agree to exclude interruption of any rule or
local rule, or to waive penalty incurred. Penalty for doing so is
disqualification.
15. Any player who fails
to HOLE out in stroke play will be disqualified. Disqualification
includes all events in the
tournament.
16. First place ties in tournaments will be played off in "sudden death"
playoffs on the scorecard, beginning with the hole #1.
The only exception is the club Championship, which will be physically
played off in "sudden death".
P layoff for "CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP"
events, to include all FLIGHTS, is to remain the same; i. e., on the
course in a sudden death lowest score format. For all other events, the
playoff will follow the stated steps:
A. Compare the Total score for the back (last) nine holes
played.
B. If not resolved, sum the scores for holes 10 thru 15.
C. If not resolved, sum the scores for holes 10 thru 12.
D. If not resolved, compare the total score for the
E. front nine holes.
F. If not resolved, sum the scores for holes
1
thru 6.
G. If not resolved, sum holes
1 thru 3. Should the
playoff be for a multiple day tournament, repeat the above
using the scores from the preceding or first day. Should not
be the case, and the "f" step was not resolved, compare
backwards from hole 3 to hole
1.
If not resolved, declare a
draw and split the positions.
17. During all tournaments, a player, during the round, shall not
play and practice strokes to the putting green of any hole he HAS
PLAYED in the round. It is not permissive to play any practice strokes
on the golf course, being or about to be played. A player cannot hit
range balls back to the driving range from any hole on the golf
course. Penalty: One (1) stroke for each ball struck.
18. Should a player's ball move as a result of removing leaves,
rocks, twigs, etc., from around the ball and :the ball moves
accidentally, the plenty is one (1) stroke.
19. During tournaments, which run on consecutive days, play or
practice on the course is authorized.
20. All members with a current BMGA approved handicap are eligible
to play in the Caveman Shoot Out. Members must play in a minimum of
six (6) tournaments to be eligible for the Club Championship, and must
have played in a minimum of eight
(8)
tournaments to be eligible for the Big
Monev
tournament in December. [Current
schedule forces need for Constitution modification in this specific
arena.]
21. Throwing golf clubs, use Aug abusive language, failure to meet
personal and financial obligations with reference to the association
activities, vandalistic damage to the Bellair Gold Course, etc., will
be considered "personal conduct detrimental to the game of golf", the
good name of the association and the proper functioning of the
association, Member guilty of the above may be subject to suspension
or expulsion. Complaints relative to such conduct must be submitted to
the Board requesting action to be taken.
22. The Board of directors may, after review, freeze the handicap
of any member for three (3) months based upon previous scores, current
scores and unusual fluctuations.
23. Non-Player guest are not allowed to hit or play during any BMGA
tournament.
24. Scramble Tournaments: The Tournament director may elect to
handicap all "A" players based on the lowest handicap in the
tournament. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the difference in the
handicap will be the handicap of the team and will be subtracted from
the team score and used to determine the winners of the event.
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