TERMS OF THE COMPETITION

Alberta Senior Men’s Amateur Championship

Sturgeon Valley Golf & Country Club, August 3-5/2021

 

 

 

 

 

  1. ELIGIBILITY: Amateur - The competition is open to male amateur golfers who are members in good standing of their provincial and/or state golf associations.

 

  1. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND DATES:
  2. FORMAT INCLUDING HANDICAP MAXIMUM: 54 holes. 120 players. Cut to low 60 players and ties after 36 holes. Handicap factor limit: 15
  3. FORM OF PLAY: Stroke Play
  4. TEE MARKERS:  Alberta Golf Tee Markers (Course Black/Blue Combo Teeing Areas)
  5. RETURNING SCORE CARD: A player’s score card has been returned to the Committee when the player has completely exited the defined scoring area, unless the player, prior to leaving, verbally informs the Committee of his intention to leave the scoring area and receives the Committee’s permission to do so.

 

  1. CLOSE OF COMPETITION: The competition is deemed to have closed when the trophy has been presented to the winner.

 

  1. PLAYOFF: In the event of a tie there will be a hole by hole sudden winner playoff beginning immediately following completion of play on hole #10, #17, and #18, repeated until a champion or positions are determined.

 

NOTICE TO PLAYERS

 

Play is governed by the 2019 Golf Canada Rules of Golf, the 2021 Alberta Golf Standard Local Rules, and where applicable, by the Terms of the Competition and the following Local Rules. Rules on the host club scorecard do not apply.

Unless otherwise noted, penalty for breach of a Local Rule or Term of the Competition is the General Penalty.

 

1.   PRACTICE AREAS: Practice is permitted in the following areas:

•           Practice area - Driving Range

•           Practice putting green adjacent to the clubhouse.

Rule 5.2a is modified in this way: “A player must not practice on the competition course before or between rounds.” Local Rule I1.1 is in effect. 

 

2.   OUT OF BOUNDS: Defined by white stakes, white lines, and boundary fences on holes 10, 15, 16, and 17.

 

3.   PACE OF PLAY: Pace of Play is governed by the Alberta Golf Pace of Play Policy.

 

4.   CODE OF CONDUCT: Code of Conduct and penalties are as per the Alberta Golf Code of Conduct Policy

 

5.   EVACUATION: In the event of dangerous conditions a horn will be sounded, and players should seek shelter immediately. Players will gather at the clubhouse, or if necessary at the nearest grounded shelter.

 

6.   BALL PLAYED FROM OUTSIDE THE RELIEF AREA WHEN TAKING BACK ON THE LINE RELIEF: “When taking Back-On-the-Line relief, there is no additional penalty if a player plays a ball that was dropped in the relief area required by the relevant Rule (Rule 16.1c(2), 17.1d(2), 19.2b or 19.3b) but came to rest outside the relief area, so long as the ball, when played, is within one club-length of where it first touched the ground when dropped.

This exemption from penalty applies even if the ball is played from nearer the hole than the reference point (but not if played from nearer the hole than the spot of the original ball or the estimated point where the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area).

This Local Rule does not change the procedure for taking Back-On-the-Line relief under a relevant Rule. This means that the reference point and relief area are not changed by this Local Rule and that Rule 14.3c(2) can be applied by a player who drops a ball in the right way and it comes to rest outside the relief area, whether this occurs on the first or second drop. Local Rule E-12 is in effect.

 

 7.  REPLACEMENT OF BROKEN OR SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED CLUB: “Rule 4.1b(3) is modified in this way: If a player’s club is “broken or significantly damaged” during the round by the player or caddie, except in cases of abuse, the player may replace the club with any club under Rule 4.1b(4).

When replacing a club, the player must immediately take the broken or significantly damaged club out of play, using the procedure in Rule 4.1c(1). Local Rule G-9 is in effect.

 

 8.  LIMITING WHEN STROKE MADE FROM PUTTING GREEN MUST BE REPLAYED UNDER EXCEPTION 2 TO RULE 11.1B: “Exception 2 to Rule 11.1b applies, except that when a ball played from the putting green accidentally hits: the player, the club used by the player to make the stroke or an animal defined as a loose impediment (that is, worms, insects and similar animals that can be removed easily) the stroke counts and the ball must be played as it lies. Local Rule D – 7 is in effect.

 

 9.  FLOWER BEDS AND LANDSCAPED AREAS: All cultivated flower beds and landscaped areas are NO PLAY ZONES; relief must be taken without penalty under Rule 16.1b. Local Rule E-8.1 is in effect.

 

 

 

 

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE:

Tournament Chair:  Mark Beckwith 

Tournament Rules Chair: Leigh Cormack

Tournament Director: Zach Farkas

 

RULES COMMITTEE:  

Leigh Cormack (TRC)

Robert Lavallee

Ray Provencher