Overview:

We like to make sure we are not known as a slow playing group. We will tweak two rules, the out of bounds and lost ball rule. Basically, the rule is to re‐hit from the previous spot where you hit from. To speed things up, net5 will use the lateral hazard rule for these two situations. If it’s out of bounds off the tee, either re‐hit from the tee box or take the distance where the ball went out of bounds and add the penalty. Same goes for a lost ball. Instead of driving back to the previous spot where you hit from, just play as lateral hazard where you think the ball was lost and add the penalty. Just be sure to tell your playing partners what you’re doing to avoid any confusion and to get confirmation on where to take your drop. This will definitely speed up play and keep our club of not having that dreaded slow play reputation.

Here are the rest of the rules:

-There are no gimmie putts. Putt everything out no matter how close ball is to hole.

- Play ball as it lies unless there is some kind of relief rule that you can utilize.

- Par 3 holes. If you unfortunately end up out of bounds, lost and there is no drop area, consult your playing partners for best ball drop location.

- This is tournament play, so count every stroke no matter how painful.

- Please be honest, if you’re not sure how to score a hole, ask your playing partners.

- Each cart will have a scorecard, so every scorecard must be signed and turned in with the final correct scores tabulated. Scorecards not turned in, unsigned, incomplete or have incorrect scores could result in disqualification or penalty strokes. In the event that you are a member and your scorecard is inaccurate, it will result in you losing out on your points for the day and recieving the lowest points for the tournment.

- HAVE FUN!!!

We’ll also follow local rules from the golf course where they apply. Always ask for help if you’re not sure. That will just avoid any confusion or controversy.

Closest to the Pin Challenges

If the Tournament has a closest to the pin challenge, the first group that goes out should place the markers on the side of the green (out of the way). In order to qualify for a placement in the CP challenge, your ball must come to rest on the green from your tee shot. No mulligans. Since it’s a tournament, there shouldn’t be any mulligans anyway. However, if you hit your ball and it possibly goes out of bounds, but not sure, as usual, you can hit a provisional according to our accepted rules. However, If your provisional ball is the ball the lands on the green, it doesn’t count. You get one shot with your original ball and that’s it. There's NO second best ball.

Once ball lands on green and comes to rest, measure it from the center of the cup to the center of your ball where it came to rest, not where it landed.. Write your name and distance on the marker and leave the marker stake on the location where your ball was. Then leave it for the next group.

If you’re the last group, if you can kindly be sure to take the marker, pens, paper & measuring tape with you and bring it with you and turn it back in to the club at the end of the round so we can review and determine the winner.

GHIN & Handicap

Most of you know how the handicap system works, but in case you’re not sure we will try to explain as simple as possible. If your handicap is 18, we will use the course ratings to adjust your handicap for the course. The harder the course, your handicap may rise to 20. The easier the course, it could lower to a 16. Sometimes your handicap will just stay at 18, it all depends on where we play. To keep your handicap up to date, you will need to post scores of rounds that you have played. It doesn’t matter if you played 9 or 18 holes. There is a GHIN app that you could download on your phone. Once you get your GHIN number, just create a profile on your phone and you’re all set to post scores. It keeps track of your stats and scores, and you can even look up other golfers and see their handicaps. It’s a very simple app to use. The only time you do not post scores will be the tournament rounds. The handicap chairman will post the tournament scores himself for everyone.

Entry Fees & Payouts

Besides the green fees for the course there will be an additional cost of $30. This $30 will be used for prize money to be paid out to 3 places. So, if we have 10 players the total purse for the tournament would be $300. The percentages for the 3 places would be $150 (50%) for first place, $90 (30%) for second and $60 (20%) for third. The percentages will never change but more players mean higher prize amounts. In case there are any ties between players, we will go to the scorecards to see who recorded the first birdie. If there are no birdies, we will go hole by hole to see who recorded the first lowest score on a hole.