a) Age Group

Girls’ Interprovincials – U18 as set out in the General Regulations

Boys’ Interprovincials - U18 as set out in the General Regulations

Boys’ U16 Interprovincials - U16 as set out in the General Regulations

Boys’ U14 Interprovinvials - U14 as set out in the General Regulations

b) Gender

Female & Male as applicable above

c) Handicap 

No strokes will be conceded. In the Girls’ Interprovincial Championship only, teams must play in order of current Handicap Index. 

d) Eligibility

In addition to Section A of the General Regulations:-

1. A player may declare for the Province in which she was born or the Province in which she resides or has resided, the Province in which her club is situated, or the Province in which her father, mother or grandparents were born.
2. Competitors must hold a Handicap Index.

e) Size of Team

For each match, each team will consist of six players, drawn from squad of a maximum size of 8. The squad must be selected by each Team Captain no later than 28^th June 2024. Thereafter, additional players may be added only provided they have won a Golf Ireland national or regional Open championship at the age level of the event or higher.

The team of six players, in their order of play, must be submitted to interpros@golfireland.ie for each match no later than seven days prior to the commencement of the match. The provisions for sudden illness / other emergency as set out below apply as the only allowable substitution(s) after this time. 

Each squad member must be selected for at least one match, unless the player withdraws their availability and provides reason of withdrawal to interpros@golfireland.ie. 

In addition to the above, each team will consist of a Captain and Manager.

f) Withdrawals and Draw

1. Should any player whose name has already been submitted be incapacitated by illness, accident or other unavoidable occurrence, a reserve may be submitted up to the time the player is due to start from the first tee. If no reserve is available the match concerned must be conceded. 

Note: In the Girls’ Interprovincials only, the reserve shall play in order of Handicap Index. If any match has started, the reserve shall play in order of handicap of the remaining players. In Foursomes if a reserve is substituted, pairings must play in order of combined current Handicap Index. If the first match has started the remaining pairs must play in order of combined Handicap Index.

2. If a reserve is not available the match concerned must be conceded.
3. If a player retires before completion of a match, the match is conceded
4. The draw for the Championship will be at the discretion of the Committee. 

g) Form of Play

Each Province shall play each other by Match Play which will consist of one Foursomes matches and four Singles matches. The round is 18 holes, with matches all-square after 18 holes being deemed tied. A team win shall count as one point. A halved match shall count as a half point. A lost match shall count as zero points.

h) Practice

An allowance of one practice round for the selected team at each match venue – practice round to be arranged with the host venue by the Team Captain/Manager.

i) Ties

The team with the highest number of individual points (including half points) will take precedence. If still tied the winner of the match between the two teams shall take precedence. Should there still be a tie, the teams tying will share the title.