Best Ball Championship
July 25th & 26th
Format – Two-Man Best Ball (Fourball)
Tee Boxes – All players will use the White Tee Boxes
Skins- A team net and gross skin pot is available at check-in, $10 per pot
Closest to the Pin– Day 1 -Flight 1 #4 Flight 2 #16 Day 2 Flight 1# 9 Flight 2 # 12. - Check CTP markers to ensure you are posting on the right hole. On the green, mark and replace CTP marker to original location if the marker needs to be moved.
Handicap Information – Current revisions on the date of competition will be used for each competitor.
Posting of Scores– Scores will be posted to GHIN by the tournament chairman.
Competition Rules
-All tournament play is to be by USGA rules except where governed by local rules.
-Two‐Man Best Ball‐ Format in which there are two‐man teams but each player plays their own ball the entire round. The lowest individual score on a particular hole serves as the team score for that hole.
-Team Skins - if your team is participating in either gross/net skins, both balls count and must be played until both balls are holed.
-If your team is not participating in gross/net skins, players SHOULD pick up if they cannot beat their partners NET score. When a player picks up please record the most likely score they would receive.
-Record both players’ GROSS SCORES ONLY on the scorecard.
-During the course of play if you are in doubt as to how to proceed under a rule, play a second ball under USGA rule 3-3, make sure to declare which ball you wish to score with if the rules allow, and bring it up for a ruling with the tournament committee immediately following the round (this is required). The committee’s decision is final.
Distance Measuring Devices- Allowable by 2019 USGA rules. Player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only, not elevation, wind-speed, club selection, etc. These functions must be turned off. The penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions were actually used.
Local Rules
Balls Lost (Not In Penalty Area) or Out of Bounds: Alternative to Stroke and Distance: A new Local Rule allow golfers the option to drop the ball in the vicinity of where the ball is lost or out of bounds (including the nearest fairway area), under a two-stroke penalty.
Preferred Lies-Not in effect, play the ball down, play it as it lies.
Relief from Embedded Ball– In general areas, a ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, other than sand, may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped (knee height), as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole.
Ground Under Repair- French drains, ropes used to secure trees, and piles of discarded aeration pellets are considered ground under repair (Rule 25-1 applies).
Arroyos- The concrete arroyo to the right of #11 and short of the #12 green is played as a lateral water hazard. The concrete arroyo on # 8, the ball is played as ground under repair.
Out of Bounds Specified Areas-
Whole Course: chain-link course boundary fence poles or block walls.
Hole #9- wooden fence behind hole separating cart return area.
Hole #10- White stakes down the right side & fence surrounding maintenance building.
Hole #14- White stakes down the left side.
Hole #17- White stakes down the right side.
Hole #18- White stakes down the right side.
Out of bounds is define by the inside edge of the specified pole or stake at ground level
Changes to Out of Bounds Specified Areas-
Holes #17 & #18- White stakes down the right side will be played as RED stakes (lateral water hazard)
Exceptional Scores- The ADOGA Policy for exceptional tournament scores is in effect for this format.
PACE OF PLAY – Play ready golf, honors are not necessary. Be ready to hit your shot, 20 seconds or less once it’s your turn. When sharing a cart, drive to the first ball and drop off the first player, then the second player should proceed in the cart to his ball. On the green read your putt while others are putting, don’t wait until it’s your turn. Rounds completed in 4 ½ hours or less!
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