WILLETTON GOLF
CLUB
STANDING RULES
Ratified by AGM on
11/09/2010
The W.G.C season runs for the full year, with
membership fees due on October 1st each year. All members are deemed
non-financial on October 1st.
Membership Fees are $60
per year.
Junior membership fees are $20. Available until 16
years of age is reached.
Junior members will not be allowed to stay
overnight at Club away fixtures.
Ball fees (incl green
fees) for all members/visitors at
A maximum handicap of 32 applies to all events including
Match Play and Championships.
Any member who has a Willetton Golf Club Handicap, shall use that handicap for
events run by the Wllletton Golf Club regardless of
that member having a handicap from any other club.
A minimum of three valid cards must be submitted in
any 12 month period for a member to retain a WGC handicap. Otherwise they must
submit three new bona fide cards.
Initial handicaps will only be given when players have :-
A / Paid
full membership fees.
B/ Submitted
three (3) bona fide cards or provide acceptable evidence of an official
handicap from another golf club. These cards can be obtained prior to
becoming financial
Any 18 hole card signed by
a financial member of the club constitutes a bona fide card.
Handicaps maybe adjusted from partner games at the
discretion of the handicapper.
3. TROPHIES
Trophies for winter events will
take the form of a $25 golf voucher or goods to the value of, at the committees discretion. Three balls for second, two balls for
third and one ball for fourth will be awarded when. Nearest the pin prizes –
one ball, Eagles – one ball.
For fields of less than 16, 4th
place will not be awarded and for fields of less than 12, 3rd place
will not be awarded.
To be eligible to win weekly
trophies players must have an official handicap and must be fully financial
members of WGC at the start of the days play.
Longest drives will also be contested in
A,B and C grades determined by the handicapper with
the winner receiving a golf ball.
All players, having paid green
fees are eligible for nearest the pin prizes in all events.
In partner
events, both players will receive a ball on PAR 4’s and 5’s that are nominated
holes. Only the player who lands nearest the pin will receive a ball on PAR
3’s. Longest drives will be to the individual only and will receive a golf
ball.
Nominated Hole(s)
The captain will choose one (or more) nominated
holes on the day of play. A prize of one golf ball will be given to the player who
is nearest to the pin in regulation shots (ie 2nd
shot on a par 4) on that hole. The ball must be ON THE GREEN on that hole to be
eligible.
4. DECIDING TIES
Criteria for deciding on ties in
weekly competition to be
(if
different for club championships then committee to announce before
championships each year)
5. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Pre-requisites for eligibility during Championship
weekend are as follows :-
Only members having played 10 club games following full payment of
membership fees are eligible for Overall Championship prizes/trophies. All
other players will be classed as non-qualifiers / visitors and will play for a
separate trophy over the final round plus nearest the pins and longest drives.
Championship will
consist of two rounds at
6. INVALID CARDS
Cards submitted
without the name and signature of both the marker and the player, the
players handicap, or that record an incorrect score etc may be disqualified.
All queries relating to cards
must be clarified with a committee member prior to submission to the captain.
7. ECLECTIC
COMPETITION.
An Eclectic competition will be
run over the Winter Season on individual events only. One half a player’s
handicap will be applied. Partners games will count where own ball played
throughout round. Unfinancial members cannot count
scores for Eclectic prior to becoming financial.
8. CONSISTENCY
COMPETITION.
A Consistency event will be conducted over the
Winter Season, points awarded as follows.
- One point for attendance, PLUS 3 points for a
win, two for second and one for third.
- All winter events will count toward this event.
The member with the highest total of points immediately prior to the
Championships will be declared the winner.
Unfinancial
members cannot count scores for Consistency prior to becoming financial
9. VIEWING
PUTT LINES
In partner events ONLY it is permissible for partners to view one another’s Putt
line.
10. PREFERRED
LIES
Preferred lies are to be
taken as follows. Whilst on the fairway of the hole you are playing only – 1 club
length. Unless otherwise directed by the Captain on the day.
11. BUNKERS – FOOTPRINTS.
Balls are to
be played as they lie unless directed by course management.
12. TEE OFF POSITION.
White TEE markers to be used
unless dictated otherwise by respective course management. BLUE markers at
13. MATCHPLAY
A Matchplay
event is to be organised by the committee each winter
season
14. GROUPINGS
Club
will encourage all players to go in an open draw. But where players
specifically request to be paired with someone, the club will “try their best”
to facilitate that.
Handicap Rules
The
following is not part of standing rules but just a summary of where the club
had got to in allocating handicaps to members ..
WGC Handicap Rules
If someone has not
played ANY games for the club
They must either produce an official handicap from another club, and they have that adjusted under the “old’ system until they have 10 cards with WGC; or
They must submit 3 cards playing with WGC members that can be used to create their initial handicap. High scores on each hole will be reduced to a double bogey score at most. They then are under the “old’ system until they have played 10 cards with WGC.
New Handicap
System – implemented when a person has played their 10th game
10 rounds Take lowest 3 gross scores
11/12 rounds Take lowest 4 gross scores
13/14 rounds Take lowest 5 gross scores
15/16 rounds Take lowest 6 gross scores
17 rounds Take lowest 7 gross scores
18 rounds Take lowest 8 gross scores
19 rounds Take lowest 9 gross scores
20 rounds Take lowest 10 gross scores
To work out the gross score you need to take out the big numbers. So the most anyone can get on a hole is the equivalent score to what would be zero points for stableford for that person. So if they got a 12, but for them an 8 would have been zero points, they are given an 8 in calculating their “gross score”.
When you have taken the requisite number of scores, you then add them up, divide by the number of rounds, subtract 72, then multiply by 0.96. Then the new club handicap is to the first decimal point). You round up or down for that day’s playing handicap.
Example
Say a player has 18 rounds under the new system. You take the best 8 rounds, say they add up to 745, you then divide this by 8, subtract 72, multiply by 0.96 and it becomes 20.28. The handicap is 20.2. the playing handicap that day is 20.
If NOT 10 rounds –
OLD system (take course rating as par for course (normally 72)
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Category 1 |
Golf Handicaps of 5 or less |
Buffer Zone = 0 to 1 shot |
Adjustment factor = 0.1 |
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Category 2 |
Golf Handicaps of 6 to 12 inclusive |
Buffer Zone = 0 to 2 shots |
Adjustment factor = 0.2 |
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Category 3 |
Golf Handicaps of 13 to 20 inclusive |
Buffer Zone = 0 to 3 shots |
Adjustment factor = 0.3 |
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Category 4 |
Golf Handicaps of 21 to 28 inclusive |
Buffer Zone = 0 to 4 shots |
Adjustment factor = 0.4 |
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Category 5 |
Golf Handicaps of 29 to 36 inclusive |
Buffer Zone = 0 to 5 shots |
Adjustment factor = 0.5 |
Example
A 15 handicapper shooting a NET 70 (ie two shots better than their handicap) will some in 2 x 0.3 =0.6 shots.
A 22 handicapper shooting a NET 75 (ie three shots worse than handicap) will not change their handicap as they are in “buffer zone” of 4 shots. However if they had shot a NET 80, they would increase their handicap by 0.1 of a shot.