1. Who May Compete. All Active Members with a handicap may play during our time slot and compete in the regular weekly Competitions. Active Members are members of the Oceanside Wednesdays Men's Golf Club (the Club) that are current on
their dues. Those Active Members who have an Associate Membership or Trial Membership may not compete in the President's Cup, the Club Championship nor Club paid social events and may not vote. Guests of Active Members are welcome, but may
not participate in competitions. Members shown as “inactive” by the USGA are not eligible to compete with the exception that a member who is inactive because of delinquent dues, may compete with the permission of the Club's Treasurer if there is a question on the status of payment between the Club and the SCGA. New players without a handicap may receive a temporary handicap from the tournament director.

2. Fee to Compete. The weekly fee to play is $10.00. For tournaments that extend multiple weeks, you must pay that fee each week you are in the competition.

3. Play Ready Golf, except for match play or when it is previously announced not to. Make every effort to stay up with the group ahead of you. You can do this by: a. Tee-off as soon as the group ahead is clear. b. Do not use the honor system, the player who is ready should hit. c. Shorter hitters should hit first off the tee if they can't reach the group ahead. d. Carry an extra ball and use it to play a provisional if yours may be lost or OB. e. When driving a cart, drop your partner at his ball, then continue to yours. f. Take appropriate clubs to your ball and hit without delay. g. The group should watch where each shot goes and help search for lost balls limiting searches to 3 minutes maximum. i. Park your golf cart by the side of the green not in front. j. Study your putt while others are putting. k. Continue putting until holed out. l. Place your clubs where you exit the green. m. Leave the green immediately after holing out and mark your score at the next tee.

4. Posting Scores. The club will post your “Adjusted Score”. Adjusted Score is for handicapping purposes and equates to a net double bogey. The goal of an Adjusted Score is to prevent exceptionally high scores from unduly increasing a player's handicap.

 

5. Course Handicap/TEAM Handicap. The Handicaps for our Competition will be that published by the USGA near the first of each month. It will be used for the entire month, even if yours should change in the month. TEAM Handicaps will be used for best ball, scrambles and other team competitions. Course Handicap will be used for all other unless specifically announced.

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6. Tees To Play. Unless the competition specifies otherwise, you may play from White, or Gold as long as you adjust your Course Handicap/TEAM Handicap to match.

7. Competition Results. Competitions will normally be broken down into flights determined by the Handicap Index of the player or team as applicable. With winners paid from each flight. When we have a tie score, the winner will be the one with the best last nine holes, net score. If still tied, best last 6 net, then 3 net and if still tied, best net score on final hole. Competition results will normally be sent out by email the following Monday. You will have six days after that to contest the results by a reply email. Unless contested, the results will be final a week after being sent out. Winnings are paid in Course Credits. If an event has winners for both net and gross, a player who is a potential winner in both will only be paid for one, the one with the highest award.

 

8. Score Cards. Two cards must be turned in on the day of the Competition by each group with the last names, tees played, Course Handicap/TEAM Handicap as applicable, hole by hole and total scores of all players in the group as well as any other information required by the Competition. Players are responsible to do any necessary computations and show on the card the net scores required of the Competition. The cards must be dated, agreed to and signed by all the players. Cards will be kept at least a month.

 

9. Local Rules. Except as modified by these Local Rules USGA Rules apply. The Board has adopted the following local rules for Club Competitions:
I. Alternate relief for Lost or out of bounds. When a player’s ball has not been found or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds, the player may proceed as alternative to stroke and distance.

For two penalty strokes, the player may take relief by dropping the original ball or another ball in this relief area:
Two Estimated Reference Points:
a. Ball Reference Point: The point where the original ball is estimated to have:
Come to rest on the course, or last crossed the edge of the course boundary to go out of bounds.
b. Fairway Reference Point: The point of fairway of the hole being played that is nearest to the ball reference point, but is not nearer the hole than the ball reference point.
For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the general area that is cut to fairway height or less.
If a ball is estimated to be lost on the course or last crossed the edge of the course boundary short of the fairway, the fairway reference point may be a grass path or a teeing ground for the hole being played cut to fairway height or less.
Size of Relief Area Based on Reference Points: Anywhere between:
A line from the hole through the ball reference point (and within two club-lengths to the outside of that line), and
A line from the hole through the fairway reference point (and within two club-lengths to the fairway side of that line).
The Relief Area must be in the general area, and can not be nearer the hole than the ball reference point.
II. Roads and paths. All roads and paths on the  course , even if not artificially- surfaced, including the bare dirt approaches to the path on holes 8 and 12 near the one hundred yard marker, are treated as  immovable obstructions  from which free relief is
allowed under Rule 16.1 .
III. Aeration holes. If a player’s ball lies in or touches an aeration hole:
a. Ball in General Area. The player may take relief under  Rule 16.1b . If the ball comes to rest in another aeration hole the player may take relief again under this Local Rule.

b. Ball on Putting Green. The player may take relief under  Rule 16.1d . but interference does not exist if the aeration hole only interferes with the player’s stance or, on the  putting green , on the player’s  line of play .
IV. Relief from Seams of Cut Turf. A portion of the course that has been repaired with cut turf is ground under repair and if:

a. The ball lies in one of the cut turf seams (also known as sod seams) or
b. The seam interferes with the player’s area of intended swing. When such seams only interfere with the player’s stance, there is no relief.
V. Relief from Bunkers which contain temporary water. are deemed to be Ground Under Repair. Relief Procedure: Determine nearest point of complete relief no nearer the hole. Drop within one club length of that point.
VI. Relief from Mud or Bare Ground in the fairway. will be deemed an Abnormal Course Condition and relief may be taken as in USGA Rule 16 by dropping one club length from the nearest point of relief no nearer the hole.

VII. Local Rule Red One Stroke Penalty Area on hole 12. A Red Penalty area on hole 12 starts at the right/inside edge of the cart path north of the bridge. It continues along the inside edge of the cart path all the way to the cart turn out area behind the blue tee box on hole 13. Then wraps around on the east side of the tee boxes on hole 13 and crosses over the cart path. From this point the red penalty area runs along the inside edge of the cart path bordering the 12th hole and continues south until the cart path bends easterly, just past the tree stump. At this point the red penalty area continues southerly on a straight line aimed at the east side of the palm tree that is across from the 13th green and ending upon reaching the existing red penalty area (water) behind hole 13. A drop zone is established at the 150 yard marker on the right side of Hole 12 two club- lengths from the marker.