2011 Rules

1.     Two people to a card.   2.       Print full name with your local number (this is the two or three digit number beside your name on your handicap card).   3.       Record putts on the next line of the score card for better reading.   4.       Total your score showing handicap, gross and net score and total putts.   5.       Date, sign and have another golfer attest card.   6.       Circle Chip-ins on score card and on the Chip-in sign up sheet.   7.        Turn in card to Chairperson.

1.   Fees must be paid in full to compete for and/or collect a prize.   2.      A member must have played at least five Ladies Days to be eligible to win in the final tournament (best 2 rounds in August – 36 holes*). *THE JUNIPER score counts for the August Tournament.   3.      Guests and visitors are welcome to play at any time.   4.   New players without GHIN handicap will have a 40 handicap until a   GHIN handicap can be established.  Members are required to join the GHIN system.   5.      Ladies Day competition will be flighted by handicap, with 1st low gross, 1st low net, 2nd low gross and 2nd low net per flight.  First low gross and low net earns 1.0 point (stars) and 2nd low gross and net earns .5 point (stars).  Ties for low gross – scorecard playoff starting on hardest handicap hole.  Ties for low net – Person with lowest handicap wins; if same handicap – scorecard playoff starting on hardest handicap hole.   6.      If a lady wins two Ladies Days in succession, she is not eligible to win a prize the next Ladies Day she plays.   7.      The final Ladies Day tournament will award the following prizes: Medalist - Overall Low Gross Overall Low Net Low Gross - Each Flight Low Net - Each Flight Low Putts - Each Flight Additional prizes may be added by the tournament committee.  A player may win only one prize in the final tournament.   8.      Season Awards will be given for: RINGER SHEET - Low Ringer - Low Putts - Most Improved Ringer Stars - Birdies - Chip-ins Most Improved Golfer (based on improved handicap) Additional prizes may be added by the Awards Committee.   9.      You must play with at least one other Ladies Day member to be eligible to win Ladies Day prizes.  Must play on Wednesday.   10.  Duplicate awards will be given in case of ties for Season: ·         Low Putts – Low Ringer – Most chip-ins   11.  All 18-hole score cards will be posted for GHIN handicap.       12.  If raining at initial tee time, there will be maximum 30-minute delay before canceling competition for the day.   13.  When on the green, continue putting unless you are in another player’s line.   14.  Drainage ditches shall be played as hazards – Penalty, drop back – 1 stroke.  (Note: If you take a penalty stroke, you get 2 club lengths.)   15.  Lost and Out of Bounds – A ball is out of bounds when all of it lies        beyond the inside line of Out of Bounds Markers.  A ball is lost if not       found within 5 minutes of searching.  If you think a ball may be lost or out of bounds, play a provisional ball. (You must tell fellow players what you are doing and hit it prior to looking for the first ball.)  Penalty –   stroke & distance Stroke – hitting first shot Stroke – hitting second shot from original lie Stroke – penalty stroke   16.  No Penalty Areas – Flower beds - move back 2 club lengths but do not improve line. Staked trees - take swing relief and move ball so that tree is not in line of flight of ball. Rocks behind #3 green and screen on #9 tee - drop but do not improve line.  Area behind #15 green - go to nearest point of relief and drop.  Ball landing on wrong green or tee - move back. In all of these situations, you cannot move the ball closer to the hole.   17.  All flights will use the “one-drop” rule in the rough. This means that at any time, before each shot, you have the option to hit the ball as it lies or take a drop (1 club length) under USGA rules without penalty.  No drop will be allowed when your ball lies in a hazard or within a club length of a tree trunk, fence or an out of bounds marker. (Your longest club should be used to determine the distance.) When a ball is allowed to be dropped, it shall not be moved nearer to the hole; to get relief from a natural obstruction; from rough to fairway; or to any cut of the green.  If the ball rolls closer to the hole or more than 2 clubs lengths away when dropped, drop again.  If it still rolls closer to the hole or away, you may place it.  This rule is to be used in the rough or another fairway.  You may still roll the ball in your own fairway (1 open score card length).   18.  Play front (Red) or “Ladies” tee markers at all times.   19.     In case of “casual water” or other unnatural conditions on the green, you may place your ball at the nearest point of relief, no nearer the hole.    20.      If you miss the ball, you must count it as a stroke.   21.      Soft spikes are required.   IF A PROBLEM ARISES, CONSULT RULES CHAIR (MARGARET WHITTET).  IF SHE CANNOT SOLVE IT, SHE WILL GET A RULING FROM THE CLUB PRO.