ARTICLE I

General Requirements & Guidelines for the River Place Cup ( RP Cup )

1. Eligible for the RP Cup

A member must be in good standing within the membership of River Place country club and within the Men’s Golf Associations (MGA). Any member who is not in good standing at the time of the RP Cup selection will be ineligible.

1. Team Names/Theme

Team names/theme will be defined by the MGA Board of directors each year with the assistance of the captains/co-captains for each team

1. Meeting regarding RP Cup Event

There must be a minimum to two MGA Board members present during the RP Cup draft.

1. RP Cup Event

The RP Cup will have 54 MGA members and 2 River Place Golf Pro staff. This number can be changed by a MGA board majority vote. Changes should be made prior to the middle of the RP Cup season. This is avoid impacting members personal schedules while trying to make the RP Cup. Also, the player’s status is published toward the end of the season. The MGA treasure must vote in favor of a change due to the financial impact.

1. Role of the RP Cup coordinator

Align with the tournament director on which events earn points
Keep an independent count of participation points and bonus points. Align with the River Place Golf staff and align with Golf Genius. This must be done after each tournament with the goal of approving the point total by Friday PM after each tournament.
1. Due to the many formats and limitation of Golf Genius, an independent and alignment is necessary
The RP Cup coordinator should monitor MGA member participation. In early January, the RP Cup coordinator should approve of the list for February MGA dues billing with the River Place accountant.
1. Only MGA members are allowed to play in MGA events. It is possible that a River Place golf member may play in a MGA tournament since membership is not checked. Should this occur, the RP Cup coordinator should notify the member and the River Place accountant. The member may join by paying the dues or be requested not to sign up for MGA events.
The RP Cup coordinator should publish a list of who is currently points eligible for the RP Cup after the last 4 tournaments of the RP Cup calendar. This is an important step for MGA members to view their standing which is not visible via Golf Genius due to exceptions. Some examples of exceptions are:
1. Members who are points eligible but have left the club and choose not to play
2. MGA Board members invoking their right to 1 exception per 3 year term
3. Members who are points eligible but have confirmed they will not be playing in the RP Cup.
The RP Cup coordinator is responsible for overseeing RP Cup participation, inviting members, and facilitating team selection.
1. The RP Cup coordinator will send out an invitation following the last MGA event in October to all the participants and the first 10 alternates. All responses will need to be returned by a date determined by the RP Cup coordinator. A non-response at the cutoff date will forfeit the earned RP Cup position.
The RP Cup coordinator is responsible for selection and decisions regarding expenses for the RP Cup excluding food and beverage. Expense levels are approved by the MGA board.

ARTICLE II

RP Cup Participation

1. Participants

MGA members will be selected to play in the RP Cup by being in the top point standings. Exceptions to the top 54 are when a MGA board member invokes the right for an exception year.

In the case of a tie in RP Cup points for the last position, the following items, in order, will determine participation

Highest number of MGA tournaments played
Most RP Cup bonus points earned
The most number of 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place finishes, in that order. Finishes for gross and net are equally weighted
A 3 hole shoot off to be administered by the RP Cup coordinator. Hole 1, 2 and 18 will be played. Preferably with all members that are tied playing together. However, the tie could be broken by scorecards with the holes played separately. 3 hole ties will be broken by scores on 18, 2, then 1. Decision of the RP Cup coordinator is final.

All MGA events will award participation and bonus points. Unless otherwise stated, 100 points will be awarded for participation. Bonus points will be awarded to the top 3 winners in each flight for gross and net scores. Unless otherwise stated in the tournament description, 75 bonus points are awarded for 1^st, 50 points for 2^nd, and 25 points for 3^rd.

1. MGA Board members

MGA board members are intended to be active in MGA tournaments throughout the year and must be eligible by earning points. To reward their service to the MGA, a limited exception will be given.

The MGA Board of Directors will be eligible to play in the RP Cup if they did not qualify on points for 1 year out their 3 year term. MGA board members may play in 1 RP Cup for which they are not points eligible for each 3 year term served. If a board member is points ineligible for 2 years of their 3 year term the board must come to a majority vote to allow them to remain on the board. Under no condition will a board member get more than 1 by to play in the RP Cup in a 3 year term. If anyone of the board member is not eligible or is not available to play their spot will be given to the first available alternate.

1. Golf Pro Selection

There will be two River Place Golf Pro staff members selected to play in the RP Cup.

The captains will select the Golf Pro based on a coin flip. The captain with the highest point standing will call the coin toss.

1. Captain & Co-captain selection

Captain will be picked from the top two points standing MGA members who have not been a captain in the past three years. Ties are resolved is the same manner as participants in section 2.1

The captains will select a co-captain from the MGA players who have not served as co-caption in the past 3 years. The captain with the most points will select their Co-Captain first. The 2^nd place points Captain will select second. Co-Captains are to be MGA members and not RP golf staff.

To help with continuity the past captain may optionally be designated as an Assistant Captain but be selected onto the team via the normal process. This designation is at the discretion of the captain.

2.5 Team Selection

There will be a coin toss to see which captain will have the choice of first selection. The captain with the higher point standing will call the coin toss. The captain who wins the toss has the choice to select first or select second. The captain who selects first will pick one individual then the captain who selects second will choose two players and then the captain who selected first will select the next two players and this will continue until all players have been selected. The captains/co-captains will be provided with the index and handicap of all participants prior to team selection by the RP cup coordinator or RP Golf staff.

2.6 Alternate

If a player on either team has-to be replaced due to some unforeseen circumstances. The team that loses the player will get the first alternate. Alternates are determined by the items in section 2.1 Player Participation items 1-3. In the case of a tie, the RP Cup coordinator will determine the order. No shoot out will be held.

ARTICLE III

3.1 Competition

The standard rules that regulate all the MGA events throughout the year will govern the RP Cup event. The Pro Shop will provide the list of rules for each different format before the pairing party. The RP Cup format is subject to change with recommendations from the RP Cup coordinator and MGA tournament coordinator with board approval.

Below is an example of the format for the RP Cup.

Day One Format –

To promote competitive equity for the field, each 2 man teams will have a difference in course handicaps of 10 or less strokes.

To promote an enjoyable round of golf, each 2 man team matches will have a difference in course handicaps 15 or less strokes.

Holes #1 - #9 Four Ball, 2 Man Team Best Ball Net Match Play

Best Ball format. Each player will play their own ball throughout the 9 holes and the lowest score made on each hole will be the team score on that hole which will then be used to determine the Team Score for 18 holes. Each player will receive 90% of your 9 hole course handicap and dotted off the low CH in the group

Holes #10 - #18 Foursome, 2 Man Shamble Alternate Shot Net Match Play

At each hole, each player will tee off and a shot will be selected. The player whose shot is not selected will make the next shot. Players alternate shots until the ball is holed.

Each 2 person team will receive 50% of your 9 hole hdcp and then dot off the low team hdcp in the group.

Based on your 19^th hole: 9 holes on front 9 or back 9, 2 Man Team Scramble Net Match Play

Take the best ball position with you partner and each player hits from that position.

Continue this format until the ball is holed.

High CH 35% and Low CH 15%, add together 9 hole CH and then dot off the low team CH in the group.

Day Two Format -

The format for second day of competition will be a Singles -18-hole match play. Matches are determined by team captains.

To promote competitive equity for the field, each match will have a difference in course handicaps less than 10 strokes.

3.2 Player Pairing

There will be a coin toss to determine who selects first team for competition. The captain with the highest point standing will call the coin toss. The winner of the coin toss will have the right to select the first team or pass to the other team. The pairing for Day One will need to be completed 2 days before the pairing party.

There is one exception to the pairing, as a tradition in Day One, The Captains and Co-Captains will play each other in competition.

The pairing for Day Two will be completed following the end of Day One Competition. The team that is trailing in points after day one will be the team that selects the first player out in competition.