Tournament Procedures

 

 

Dues: Annual Dues must be paid, and you must be activated on the computer prior to playing in any Association tournament, no exceptions. Failure to pay dues will result in automatic disqualification. Dues also must be paid for the Club Championship and Governor’s Cup match play events, or you will be denied entry to those tournaments - no exceptions.

 

 

Rules: All OHMGA Men’s Tournaments are to be played by Official USGA Rules and Decisions, except as modified by OHMGA Local Rules. Check the OHMGA website or Bulletin Board (near the starter’s station) for special association local rules that are not on the score card.

 

 

Cancellations: The OHMGA Tournament Committee reserves the right to cancel any tournament or make any rearrangement of the tournament schedule as it deems necessary. A minimum of 8 competitors, or 6 teams in a team event, must sign up for a tournament to be official.

 

 

Tournament Tees: OHMGA Men’s Tournaments must be played from the designated tees for that tournament. Most weeks there will be a Blue Tee and White Tee Tournament open to all members. An exception to this Rule is if a particular Tournament calls for playing from different tees, then those tees will be used.
 

 
Sign up: You can sign-up from the weekly email received for the tournament on the day you are going to play. If you play without signing up disciplinary action may be taken by the Tournament Committee. It is vital to designate when you play in advance to keep track of scores on the day played.

 

You may sign up to play a Tournament, be it Blue Tee or White Tee, only once that week. You may not sign up for that tournament again. Violation of this Rule is an automatic disqualification from that Tournament.

 

Sign up for the Club Championship, Senior Club Championship & Governor’s Cup must be completed during the official entry periods. Please do not sign up unless you intend to play every match prior to its deadline. Detailed rules for these tournaments will be posted on OHMGA website and bulletin boards. Members 60 years old and over are eligible for all ‘Senior Events’.

 

 

Gimmes/Concessions: You must hole out every putt and count every stroke in Stroke Play Events – No exceptions. No mulligans allowed. Putts may be conceded in Match Play Events; however, Match Play scores must be entered for handicap purposes as per USGA Rules. Failure to play in accordance with the rules of golf will result in a disqualification and may lead to further disciplinary action by the Tournament Committee. Please do not submit scores for a weekly tournament that are stroke events that include conceded putts or "X" out holes. These scores, however, should be posted in GHIN according to the posting guidelines. If you do not know the guidelines, please ask in advance.

 

 

Attestation: Your score must be signed and attested whether physically or digitally by another Men’s or Women’s Association Member (you cannot either sign or attest the scorecard yourself). In two-man team events, you and your partner may sign (digitally) and attest your score if there are no other members in your foursome. Note: This procedure for two-men events is currently under review by the OHMGA.  It also means that both the scorer and attestation digital signatures must be verifiable in case a question arises that the Official Tournament Scorer wishes to clarify. You may also note your OHGA local number too.
 


Scorecards: Digital scoring is the only acceptable way to submit your scores going forward in the OHMGA. If you do not submit your score digitally, we will not consider your entry for competition purposes.

 

For an indefinite time period we will still concurrently do timecards, so we and our members can feel confident that everything is working perfect. In that regard, the scorecard must be legible and contain:

  • the members name (first initial and last)

  • the member’s OHGA local number (not the GHIN handicap number or Oak Hill’s Resident Card number)

  • the gross score made on each hole

  • your current handicap, 

  • in addition to being properly signed, dated, and attested as stated above. 

 

Single cards may be used for more than one stroke event simultaneously scheduled. As a practical matter, it's not permissible to conduct match play & stroke play at the same time. The results of matches played, and the scores returned under these circumstances will result in disqualification from the stroke play tournament.
 
Again, we are using this dual scoring method for parallel testing purposes. Please download the app, watch the instructional video and learn the system. It is very easy and simple.
 


GHIN: Your score must be entered into the Handicap computer or on your phone GHIN app. Post your scores with the proper designation (Example: T=Tournament; H=Home; A=Away). Please note that Match Play scores must also be posted per USGA handicap rules.

 

 

Tiebreakers: All ties in Stroke Events will be decided by a match of scores. Ties in Match Play events (e.g., Senior Club Championship, Governor’s Cup (e.g., Handicap Tournament) will be sudden death starting at the 16th hole. Handicap strokes for sudden death are applicable.

 

 

Premier Events: The OHMGA will assign tee times for all rounds of Club Championship. However, OHMGA does not obtain tee times for Senior Club Championship or Governor's Cup Match Play Events, except for the Senior Club Championship final and the Governor’s Cup final. Opponents must schedule their matches within the timeframes set by the Tournament Committee. As soon as you realize there may be a problem scheduling your match, you should contact a member of the Tournament Committee. The Committee will speak to all available participants and render a decision on a case-by-case basis.

 

Any person or team scheduling a match with no intention of playing the match or playing a match in any subsequent round will be disqualified from this year’s tournament and will not be permitted to sign up for the tournament next year.

 

The Governor’s Cup and Senior Club Championship will be played using 80% of the participant’s handicap differential. A conversion table will be posted on this website and the members' outdoor bulletin board and the bulletin board in the Pro Shop next to the handicap computer. The higher handicaps play off the low handicap in the match. For example, if one player is a 5 handicap and the other players in the match are 8, 12 & 20 handicaps, the differentials are 3, 7 & 15. When you look those differentials up on the conversion table the actual handicap strokes will be 2, 6 & 12, respectively.

 

For all the Club Championship Flights with more than 16 sign-ups there will be a qualification round. The committee will use the qualifying scores to seed those flights. If no qualification round is needed for a flight, it will be seeded by handicap index. First round byes will go to the highest seeds if there are less than 16 competitors in a flight.