NOTICE TO ALL CONTESTANTS:
You must check in at registration no later than 30 minutes before your tee time and be at the first tee 10 minutes before your starting time. There will be no exceptions and violation will result in penalty or disqualification.
Notice To Contestants
Olympic Championship
May 4th , 2008
Competition
Individual Stroke play gross within each flight. Non-Member guests may play within a flight to ensure the Tour minimum of six players to constitute a flight. These Guests will not be included in the player prize pool nor will they accumulate Order of Merit or Team Championship points. Their finishing position may however effect point distribution for Members within that flight (example: in a 6 player flight, the first 2 positions are won by Guests and the next 4 positions are Members. The Members would earn points for positions 3 through 6 respectively.) The Member within the flight with the highest order of finish will be declared that event’s Flight Champion and will win the top prize and award / trophy for that flight.
There will be an optional $20 cash skins competition within each flight. Guests may participate in skins competition.This must be paid at time of registration. If no skins are awarded for a particular flight, the pool will roll over to the next event. In the event of a rolled over pool, that portion of the pool will be available to only the members who participate at the next event. Should a member not participate in the next event, said member forfeits any and all monies rolled over. The skins game is optional and thereby does not conflict with amateur status rules.
Rules
Current USGA Rules of Golf will govern all play. The Tournament Committee will provide an event rules sheet containing local rules and those rules will govern play for that tournament. If there is any confusion of a particular ruling during play, and a Tour Official is not accessible, the member is to enter a second ball into play (Rule 3-3). The member then plays both balls throughout the hole, keeping separate scores and must bring the situation to the Rules Committee at the end of the round for a ruling and prior to signing their scorecard.
Ties
A scorecard playoff will take place following the routine described in Section 9 of the USGA Handicap System Manual and use scores for only the players who are tied for prize pool places for comparison.
Under this method, the Tour compares the sum of scores for the last nine holes, then the last six holes, then the last three holes, then finally the last hole to determine a winner.
For awarding points in the event of a tie (other than for first place as described above), the Tournament Director will add up all points for the tied places and divide by the number of members tied for the spot. The tied members will then be awarded the same number of points (Example: If there are 3 members tied for 2nd place, add up 125, 100 and 90 and divide by 3 - each member will receive 105 points).
Pace of Play
Each group is responsible for maintaining and policing their pace of play.
The position of the group behind has no bearing in determining whether or not any group's pace of play is satisfactory.
1. Expected Pace of Play – As noted on the front of the Notice to Contestants and as defined on the scorecard.
2. Penalty Statement – All groups are deemed to have received their first warning at their designated starting tee. Subsequent warnings will result in penalty assessments. With exception of the lead group, in order for a group to be penalized, the group must be both behind the prescribed scorecard time and be out of position. The first penalty will be One-Stroke to each member of the group, the second penalty will be Two Strokes to each member of the group and the third penalty will be disqualification from the event. Any group who is searching for a ball is requested to allow the group(s) following to play through if necessary. Failure to allow this courtesy may be deemed 'Undue Delay' and each member in the violating group may be assessed a Two-Stroke Penalty. The assessment of penalty strokes will be by any course marshal and/or Tour official who will verbally notify the group when issuing a courtesy warning or a penalty. The courtesy warning will be only that the group is in danger of being out of position. Members within a group may inform another contestant that he/she is the cause of the group being out of position as a courtesy to that player. The group must report the notice to a course marshal or Tour official as soon as practicable who may assess a penalty to that member, individually.
3. Start Time – The lead group must be at their designated starting hole no less than 10 minutes prior to their starting time. Every member thereafter is responsible to be at their assigned starting hole in time to see the preceding group start and be ready to play. Ready to play means but is not limited to, that you have a good idea of what club you are going to play in your hand when approaching the Starters tent and that the balls that you are going to use are marked accordingly. Additional local rules and course information will only be provided once prior to the hitting order being announced. It is recommended that if you don’t personally know your cart partner that you proceed to the assigned starting hole as any member that is not present in time to see the preceding group start will incur a Two-Stroke Penalty on the 1st hole.
4. Rulings & Other Incidents - Except on the 1st tee, if a ruling or some other official delay occurs which causes any group to lose its position, that group is expected to regain its position no later than the tee area two holes ahead otherwise they are considered to be out of position.
5. Appeal Process - Pace of play penalties may be appealed to the Committee but must be made before scorecards are signed and returned. In order for an appeal to be considered, there must have been an action by the Committee, a circumstance beyond the contestant's control, or some similar occurrence that contributed to the delay such as an action by an individual member of the group. An appeal may result in a one step reduction of a penalty (i.e. two strokes to one stroke or one stroke to no penalty, but not two strokes to no penalty).
Definitions
Out of Position - With exception to the lead group, at any time during the round any group that reaches the tee of a par 3 and the hole is clear or fails to clear the tee of a par 4 before the preceding group clears the putting green or arrives at the tee of a par 5 when the preceding group is on the green is deemed to be out of position. The lead group is deemed to be out of position when it is both ahead of the scorecard pace and the group following is not behind on their scorecard pace.
Monitoring - Any contestant in a group out of position who takes more than 40 seconds to play a stroke on one occasion will be informed as soon as practicable that they have one bad time. If they exceed 40 seconds on one more occasion (a total of two timings exceeding 40 seconds), they will be informed as soon as practicable that they have been penalized one stroke. If they exceed 40 seconds on one more occasion (a total of three timings exceeding 40 seconds), they will be informed as soon as practicable that they have been penalized an additional two strokes. Any contestant who takes more than 40 seconds to play a stroke on one more occasion (a total of four timings exceeding 40 seconds) will be informed as soon as practicable that they have been disqualified. NOTE: If the group in question regains it proper position, any previous timings of more than 40 seconds will be carried over for the remainder of that round in the event that group requires additional monitoring. Members within a group may inform another contestant that he is exceeding the 40 seconds time limit to play their shot as a courtesy to that player. The group must report the violation to the Committee or a course marshal to assess a penalty.
Timing - The timing of a contestant's stroke will begin when they have had reasonable opportunity to reach their ball, it is their turn to play and they can play without interference or distraction. Except on the putting green, if a contestant has reached his ball, it is their turn to play and there are no distractions, timing will begin after they have had reasonable time to select a club. Time spent walking forward and backward for determining yardage will count as part of the time taken for the next stroke.
Points Distribution
Calloway Merit Points will be awarded in each flight based on the order of finish. Points will be awarded as follows:
POS POINTS
1st 175
2nd 125
3rd 100
4th 90
5th 80
6th 70
7th 60
8th 50
9th 40
10th 30
11th + 20
All flights that do not have a minimum of 10 players will be awarded points from a "bottom-up" perspective. The "bottom-up" perspective is just that. Example: If a flight has the Tour required minimum of 6 players, the last place finisher will be awarded 10th place points of 30( instead of 6th place points of 70). This process goes up the scale until 1st place points are awarded In this case that would be 80 points. In addition first place will receive 25 bonus points for the win for a total of 105 points.
What happens if there is not a Rules Official available on the course?
If, during the course of play, a situation arises that requires a ruling and an official is not available, the member shall play two balls through the hole and keep score for both balls (Rule 3-3). The situation in question must be submitted to the Tournament Committee for an official (final) ruling prior to the signing of the scorecard.
Electronic distance measuring devices:
The Seattle Tour allows the use of any electronic distance measuring device that complies with the Rules of Golf. The use of non-conforming devices is cause for disqualification and revocation of membership
Dress Code Policy
The Tour will strictly enforce a tournament dress code with no exceptions. Collared shirts are required, and no jeans, denims, jogging outfits, or sweat pants are permitted. Shorts may be worn, but must be within five inches of the knee.
Code of conduct
The GCAT will not tolerate swearing, vulgar language, alcohol abuse, lack of golfing etiquette, or other such behavior. Such conduct may result in tournament disqualification and suspension or expulsion from the Tour. Any member that uses a cell phone, beeper, radio and other such device during play will incur a 2-stroke penalty per occurrence. A Tour official need not be present or witness the use. An exception will be made in the event of an on course emergency or request for assistance. Any member that throws a club in anger or frustration will be immediately disqualified from the event. Two disqualifications in any season for club throwing will warrant revocation of membership for the balance of that season.
Scorecards
Scorecards are exchanged between players. Each golfer is responsible for the correctness of their scorecard even though a fellow competitor will be marking the scores on each hole. Each scorecard must be signed by the marker and attested by the member. In attesting the scorecard, the member is stating that the score for each individual hole during the round is correct. Members are not responsible for the calculation of the total round score. In an effort to equitably resolve any scoring disputes all members in a pairing must submit their scorecards at the same time to the scorer's table and each member must be available for a reasonable amount of time afterwards to answer questions by the Tournament Committee in the event that a ruling is required. Any protests need to be made to a Tournament Official as soon as possible after an incident occurs so that a proper ruling can be made in a timely fashion. In the event no protests are made within a five-minute period after all scores are posted on the tournament scoreboard, the scoreboard shall be considered final. All scorecards should be reviewed and signed at the “scoring table" with all parties from the group present.
If a member submits a scorecard that has not been signed or submits a signed card with a lower score on a particular hole than the actual score, the member will be disqualified from that event. If a member submits a signed card with a higher score on a particular hole than the actual score, the higher score will be posted. Members are only responsible for the score on each hole and not the total score (math).
Olympic Championship Tee Times Sunday May 4th, 2008
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