Mid-Am Team & Senior Team Championships
DAILY FORMATS

 

Round One – Shamble
 

Both players tee off each hole.  For the second stroke on each hole, one of the two balls is selected.  The ball selected is played out as it lies by the player to whom the ball belongs.  The other player drops or places within one club-length (if in the general area, penalty area or bunker the ball is dropped) or on the exact spot (if on the putting green), not nearer the hole, of the position of the ball selected (for the second stroke) and plays out the hole with that ball.   The player whose ball is selected IS NOT REQUIRED to hit first, but his ball MUST NOT be moved or marked (unless on the putting green), if he does not hit first.  The position of the ball may not be improved from the rough to fairway, from fringe to putting green or to outside of a penalty area or bunker.  The team’s score for the hole is the lowest number of strokes taken between the two balls in play (as in Four-Ball).  If one player fails to complete a hole, there is no penalty.  A side may be represented by either partner for all or part of a stipulated round; both partners need not be present.  An absent partner may join his partner between holes, but not during play of a hole.  The marker is required to record for each hole only the gross score of whichever partner’s score is to count.  The gross score must be INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE on the scorecard. 

 

Balls belonging to the same side may be played in the order the side considers best. 

 

A player who will be playing from a bunker must drop his ball in the bunker (first striking in the bunker, not on the area outside the bunker), after recreating the conditions of his partner’s bunker shot. 

Net Scoring Handicaps – For the net scoring component, teams will receive 40% of their combined team course handicap in Round One.  The KGA reserves the right to adjust a contestant’s Handicap Index prior to, during, or after the event at its sole discretion.  Should a contestant return a net score that falls outside the USGA’s estimate of “less than 250:1 odds,” that contestant/team may be assigned a revised handicap in multiple day events or in single day events¸ such will be grounds for upward modification of the net score (to result in odds no less than 250:1).

 

Round Two – Foursomes

Two players play as a team and alternate hitting the same golf ball for each hole until the hole is completed (there is only one ball in play for the team at all times).  In Foursomes, the players alternate hitting tee shots.  The players on a team get to choose who tees off on No. 1, and alternate from there.  One player will tee off from all of the even numbered holes, the other player will tee off from all of the odd numbered holes. 

Net Scoring Handicaps – For the net scoring component, teams will receive 40% of their combined team course handicap in Round Two.  The KGA reserves the right to adjust a contestant’s Handicap Index prior to, during, or after the event at its sole discretion.  Should a contestant return a net score that falls outside the USGA’s estimate of “less than 250:1 odds,” that contestant/team may be assigned a revised handicap in multiple day events or in single day events¸ such will be grounds for upward modification of the net score (to result in odds no less than 250:1).


Round Three - Four-Ball
 

The two competitors play as partners, each playing his ball only.  The lower score of the partners is the score for each hole.  If one partner fails to complete the play of a hole, there is no penalty.  A side may be represented by either partner for all or part of a stipulated round; both partners need not be present.  An absent partner may join his partner between holes, but not during play of a hole. 

The gross score used on each hole must be INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE to the player that made the score for the hole otherwise the side shall be disqualified.  Balls belonging to the same side may be played in the order the side considers best.

Net Scoring Handicaps – Player’s will receive 90% of their course handicap in Round Three.  The KGA reserves the right to adjust a contestant’s Handicap Index prior to, during, or after the event at its sole discretion.  Should a contestant return a net score that falls outside the USGA’s estimate of “less than 250:1 odds,” that contestant/team may be assigned a revised handicap in multiple day events or in single day events¸ such will be grounds for upward modification of the net score (to result in odds no less than 250:1).