JOCK OEHLERS MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP SHIELD–
COMPETITION RULES
To be eligible to win the match-play championship, players:
- need to be fully paid-up members of the club.
- must have played a minimum of 10 playing dates with the WCGC in the Club’s current season ie: since 1st November annually.
To enable members who can only play on Monday or Friday to compete, the match play competition will have one round per week over 4 or 5 weeks (depending on the number of entrants). Nominations are made via the booking sheet and must be notified before the start of play on the Friday before round 1 to enable the draw to be completed at the conclusion of play that day.
Matches are decided by holes won on the basis of strokes taken to complete a hole. When it is obvious that he cannot halve or win the hole, a player is permitted to concede that hole to the opponent. Handicaps, as adjusted by the handicapper after the conclusion of play on the Friday before the start of Round 1, will apply to the Match Play Competition without change throughout the competition. Handicaps appropriate to the Old course will apply for Old course matches, and those for the Tuart will apply to Tuart course matches. Only one player to make a handicap adjustment, e.g. if the first player is on a 22 handicap, and the second player is on a 16 handicap, then the first player gets a one stroke advantage on the six holes having an index of six and under. If both players are on the same handicap, then neither of them has any advantage and they play off scratch.
Members should familiarise themselves with the Rules of Golf and Club local rules to enable them to resolve questions of penalties or procedures of play that may arise in the course of a round. A sincere attempt to resolve such matters should be made by members of the group at the time of play. If, however, a playing group cannot resolve a problem, the matter shall be referred to the Match Committee. Once the Match Committee is involved, its decision is final.
It is expected that most club members will be available to play on either Monday or Friday. However, to accommodate those who are unable to play on specific Mondays or Fridays, members, when nominating, can say whether they can play only on a Monday or Friday. When the draw is done, all the Monday-only players will be placed at the top of the draw and all the Friday-only players at the bottom in such a way that no Monday players are playing Monday players (initially) and the same for Friday players. The random draw is then carried out matching flexible players with those already placed. In this way no Friday player can meet a Monday player until later on, possibly the Final.
The draw will take place as follows. Based on the number of entrants, each player will be allocated a number to be drawn. A pre-determined template will show the position allocated in the draw for each number drawn. If a Monday only player is drawn in the bottom half of the draw he shall move to the first available position in the top half of the draw. If a Friday only player is drawn in the top half of the draw he shall move to the first available position in the bottom half of the draw. In this way no Monday or Friday only player can meet a Friday or Monday only player until the final.
Apart from any pairs containing Friday only players, all other matches should preferably be carried out on the Monday of the appropriate week unless both players mutually agree to play on the Friday, and the remaining pairs containing Friday only players will be carried out on the Friday. If a player fails to arrive on time on the appropriate day for any reason, he forfeits his match. If both players fail to show the Match Committee will toss a coin to see who proceeds to the next round. If a Friday and a Monday member happen to meet in the final, they must try to agree Monday or Friday in the Final week. If they can’t, but agree to play on any other day in that week they must inform the Captain. If they cannot agree, the competition is declared void and there is no winner for the year.
In the event of a tie in the early rounds the winner is determined by count-back. The winner under count-back will be the player with the greatest number of holes won in the second 9 holes. If players are still tied, the count-back will be on the last 6 holes, then last 3 holes and if still tied by counting back from the 18th.
In the event of a tie in the Final, the match is to be replayed on the next convenient playing date as agreed between the finalists. If agreement between them is not reached, the Captain will decide the replay date. Existing strokes apply to the replayed match. There can be as many cycles of replay as the finalists agree, but if these do not determine a winner, the winner is determined by count-back on the original 18 holes.
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