JUNIOR LEAGUE RULES - March 2011

RULES APPLICABLE TO INTER-CLUB TOURNAMENT FOR JUNIOR TEAM AND EAST v  WEST MATCHES

 AS AMENDED MARCH 2011 (Rule 2 amended - maximum number of girls deleted & Rule 5 amended: play from men's forward and LGU tees deleted and specification to play from men's back tees confirmed.

DEFINITION  A junior shall be a member of an affiliated club who has not reached the age of 18 years at 0.00 hours on January 1^st of the year of the tournament. The player must have a current (not suspended) CONGU® Handicap.

 1         Eligible Clubs  The Tournament shall be played between Clubs affiliated to the Glamorgan County Golf Union and such other clubs as may be admitted at the discretion of the County Junior Executive Committee (subsequently the Committee).  A Club may only enter one team.

 2          Players  A player, being a junior as defined, may only represent the affiliated Club that is his/her HOME CLUB for handicap (as defined in the CONGU® UHS System).  Having represented that Club in the Inter-Club Tournament he/she shall not be eligible to play for another Club in the same Tournament.  The maximum handicap allowance permitted for each player is 14.  Players with higher handicaps may compete, but off 14.  Girls’ handicaps shall be adjusted, where appropriate, according to the CONGU System in use at the time (see note 1 below). This adjustment may mean a girl off 14, having a higher adjusted handicap in the match. Girls off more than 14 must be reduced to 14 and then any SSS adjustment added.  Any number of girls may be included in the team.

3          Rules of Golf  The matches in the Tournament shall be played according to the Rules of Golf, as approved by the RandA Rules Limited, and the Local Rules and By-Laws of the Club on whose course the match is being played.

4          Leagues  The Committee shall allocate and divide the Club teams into Areas and as many Leagues as appropriate.  Teams shall play home and away matches against all other Clubs in their League.

5          Period and Format.  The League Tournament shall run from March 1 to August 31.  Each match will take the form of three foursomes games and one reserve foursomes game.  The games will be played off handicap from the men’s back tees.  Girls' handicaps must be adjusted according to the formula given in note 1, subject to the the restriction in rule 2 being applied. The handicap allowance will be half the difference between the combined handicaps.  Pairings may be selected in any combination but the playing order shall be the lowest aggregate handicap first and so on.

6          Scoring of Results  All League matches, area play-off matches, the League final and the East v West match shall be decided by match play.  Strokes shall be taken according to the men’s card.  In League matches teams score two points for each game won, one point for each halved game, with tied matches   (3-3) allowed.  In all other matches a straight overall win/loss shall be recorded as the result (with ties resolved as in 7 below).  Individual game points do not count.

7          Resolution of Ties  On completion of the League Tournament, in the area play-offs and in the League final, ties shall be resolved by the result(s) of the reserve game(s), scored ½  point for a win and a ¼ point for a halved game.  In completed Leagues, where a tie is not resolved by the total points gained by the reserves of the teams involved, the results of the matches between the tying teams shall be used and if a tie still persists, lots shall be drawn.  In play-offs and the League final, ties that are not resolved by the reserve game, “holes up” shall be used, including the reserve match.  If the tie is still not resolved the top pair from each team shall play a “sudden death” play-off.

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8         Arranging Fixtures  The date and time when a match is to be played shall be mutually agreed between the Club Junior Organisers.  Failing such an agreement, a match shall be played on a date to be decided by the Committee, who will give 10 days’ notice of the date to the respective Club Junior Organisers, unless the closing date in 5 above dictates otherwise.

9          Match Results  The junior Organiser of the WINNING TEAM is responsible for completing fully and submitting the pro-forma result cards.  In the case of a halved match the HOME TEAM ORGANISER is responsible.  Individual handicaps must be recorded on the result cards.  Girl competitors shall be clearly identified on the card as (F).  The result shall be posted to the Area Junior League Secretary within 48 hours of the match being completed.

10        Electronic  DMDs The use of such devices is allowed if the home team’s club, or the club of the course on which the match is being played, has introduced a Local Rule to that effect.

Note.  If a DMD is used when no such Local Rule is in force or if the device used is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect play (gradient, windspeed, temperature etc.) the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional function is used.

11        Caddies  Caddies are not allowed in team matches unless prior approval has been obtained from the Committee.  Such approval will only be given in exceptional circumstances. Relatives / Spectators should not act as forecaddies

12       General  Relatives / spectators should maintain a reasonable distance between themselves and the players and must keep at least 20 yards behind play at all times

13         Breach of Rules  The Committee shall adjudicate on any breach of the above rules that comes to its attention, or is reported to the Committee Chairman in writing.  In all cases the Committee’s decision, ratified by the County’s Executive Committee where appropriate, shall be final.

14        East v West Match.  This shall consist of eight games.  In the event of a tie, providing weather conditions permit, each Team Captain shall nominate one player to take part in a “sudden death” play-off.

Note 1:

Adjustment to girls' handicaps to account for play off men's tees:

The adjustment shall be calculated by:

(LADIES SSS - MENS SSS) +[(length from men's tees - length from ladies' tees)/180].

The men's SSS being the SSS from the tees being played, the ladies' being the SSS from the red tees.

Example:

Men's tees: SSS 70 length 6050 yards

ladies' tees: SSS 72 length 5450 yards

Adjustment = (72 - 70) + [(6050 - 5450)/180]

= 2+ (600/180)

= 2 + 3.33

= 5.33 rounded down = 5 (note 5.5 0r greater would be rounded up)

Girls would have 5 shots added to handicap up to a maximum of 14 + 5 = 19.

THIS IS AN ADDITION TO THE HANDICAP OF THE GIRL(S) AND THIS GIVES THE HANDICAP TO BE ADDED TO THEIR PARTNER'S HANDICAP BEFORE THE 50% IS TAKEN TO GIVE THE FOURSOMES HANDICAP OF THE PAIR.