Individual Medal Tournament Rules

Description: In medal play, individuals compete on the basis of their 18-hole net scores using their full handicap. Established handicaps are required, but if enough interest dictates, a separate flight for those with estimated handicaps can be established.

U.S.G.A. rules apply unless otherwise stated herein.

Rules for this tourney

• Men play from the White (or equivalent) tees. Women play from the RED (or equivalent) tees.

• Players with estimated handicaps shall be limited to 5 under par. Any score below that will be adjusted by adding strokes back, starting with the hardest hole.

• Play the ball as it lies with the exception that a ball sitting IN a weather crack (i.e. more than 1/3 of the ball below the level of the ground) may be lifted and placed at the nearest point of relief (like within two or three inches) no closer to the hole.

  If the weather or course conditions are suspect, the head pro or other golf course official should be consulted regarding other exceptions such as improving lies or lift-clean-and-place.

• Participants shall hole out all putts.

• Late Arrivals/Early Departures: Late arrivals may join the round in progress and play only the remaining holes. Any player who fails to complete all 18 holes, due to late arrival or early departure, is not eligible for tournament prizes other than the special prizes (e.g. long drives, closest-to-pins) applicable to the holes he/she played.

• Ties: Ties will be broken as follows:
  1. Low net score for the last 9 holes
  2. Low net score for the last 6 holes
  3. Low net score for the last 3 holes
  4. Low net score for the last hole
  5. Coin flip

General rules for all tournies

• In the case of bad weather, check with the golf course. If the course is open, we will play.
• If a player's ball is in the woods, the player has two options: 1) Play the ball as it lies; or 2) treat the woods like a lateral hazard and drop within two club lengths of the point where the ball was thought to have crossed into the woods with a ONE STROKE PENALTY.
• If a player's ball is lost in the woods or elsewhere, there is also the option to replay the previous shot with ONE STROKE PENALTY. This is often impractical during public play, so players have the further option of dropping another ball as near as possible to the place where the original ball is thought to be lost, keeping the same lie, and adding ONE STROKE PENALTY.
• All tournaments are flighted to allow individuals/teams to compete with those of near-equal ability.
• Prizes for each tourney are based upon the number of entrants.
• Play temporary greens as if they were real (i.e. hole out all putts).
• If any group can not finish the tournament due to weather or darkness, all scores and prizes for their respective flights will be determined by the last hole completed by all individuals/teams in each flight.
• Keep up with the group in front of you!

Handicapping for this tourney

Course Handicaps================1. Calculate the Course Handicap for each participant as follows:                                       (USGA slope rating for tees being played)   (Current USGA handicap index) X -----------------------------------------                                                      113   Round this result to the nearest whole number with .50 or more rounding up,   .49 or less rounding down.   Example: A player with a 7.8 index playing from the blue tees, which have            a slope rating of 126, would have a calculated Course Handicap of:                              7.8 X 126/113 = 8.697  or  9                     2. Make tee rating adjustments as necessary if participants are playing from   different tees.      Case 1 - Blue (or White) tees rated higher than Red tees:               Subtract Red rating from Blue rating and add the result to the            Course Handicaps of all participants playing from the Blue tees.

            Round this result to the nearest whole number with .50 or more rounding up,            .49 or less rounding down.        Example: Blue rating 70.6, Red rating 68.1.               70.6 - 68.1 = 2.5 or 3                        Add 3 strokes to the Course Handicaps of all Blue tee players.   Case 2 - Red tees rated higher than Blue (or White) tees:               Subtract Blue rating from Red rating and add the result to the            Course Handicaps of all participants playing from the Red tees.

            Round this result to the nearest whole number with .50 or more rounding up,            .49 or less rounding down.        Example: Blue rating 71.4, Red rating 72.2.               72.2 - 71.4 = 0.8 or 1                        Add 1 stroke to the Course Handicaps of all Red tee players.Tournament Handicaps====================

   The resulting number of strokes are subtracted from each participant's   gross score to determine their net score.