EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Classic is four-ball match play tournament conducted throughout the
season. The first week of this event will be qualifying for entrance into
the match play bracket. The qualifying score will be 2-man net best
ball stroke play. The size of the bracket (number of teams) will be
determined by League Chairmen. Seeding for teams advancing to match
play will be based on the qualifying score.
EVENT ENTRY FEES
This event requires an additional entry fee per team payable in the golf shop.HANDICAP
ALLOWANCES
Handicap
allowance FOR THE QUALIFYING ROUND is calculated by taking 90% of
of the course handicap for the combination of nines being played. If team
members have a USGA handicap
difference of more than eight strokes, then 80% of each player's course handicaps are
to be used.
The
above is per
USGA handicap
manual Sec 9-4(b)(ii).
Handicap
allowance FOR THE
MATCHES is calculated based on the
USGA Handicap systems Sec 9-4
(a) (iii) recommendation: “Reduce
the course handicaps of all four players by the course handicap of the
player with the lowest handicap, who shall then play from scratch. Allow
each of the other three players 100% of the difference.
HOW TO CONDUCT THE EVENT
In four-ball match play, two
play their better ball against the better ball of two other players.
All 4
players play their own ball on each hole. The
lowest net score of the 2 players on each team is recorded as the
team score for each hole. The team having the
lowest net score on a hole wins that hole. The team winning the
most holes during the round wins the match. The net score for a hole
is determined by subtracting any strokes that the player
receives (based on handicap) from the players actual
score.
How do I know what holes I get strokes on? (Click Here).
SETTLING TIES
The method
to settle ties in stroke play qualifying is based on
USGA Handicap sec 9-5 (b)
recommendation:
Match
the last nine holes. If the
teams have the same score for the last nine holes, then use the last
six holes, if still tied use the last three holes.
If there is still no winner, then the last hole is used.
The method to
settle ties in matches is to play extra holes at sudden death. The
first team to win a hole is the match winner. Handicaps are
applied as if an entire round were being played. If extra holes
cannot be played, then ask someone from the pro shop to administer a
chip-off on the practice green.
DATES OF
COMPETITION
The Qualifying Round MUST be played on the designated day. Players
are encouraged to play the matches on the designated day.
Players should contact each other and
sign up for a tee time that is suitable to all.
If
players cannot play the match on the designated day, they may try to
reschedule the date with their opponents. The match MUST be played
prior to the designated date for the next round of matches. If the
match cannot be rescheduled, the team unable to make the designated day
shall forfeit the match. The chairman may decide to conclude the
match with a coin flip.
SCORECARD
| At a
minimum, score cards should contain: |
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All Players
Full names |
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All Players
Local Numbers (please look this up to
double check it) |
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Individual gross hole scores
for all players for the entire round* |
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Winning Team
should be clearly marked |
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| * If one member of the 2-man team picks up before completing the
hole because their partner has a better score, the player who picked
up must record a reasonable estimate of the score they would have
recorded had they completed the hole. See
USGA handicap manual section 4-1 |
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