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Indiana Golf Association

IGA Senior Team

Jun 18 - Jun 19, 2008

Hillcrest Country Club

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Rules

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Cell Phone Policy Cell phone use is prohibited during a stipulated round, with the exception of areas such as the clubhouse or parking lot, when you are not interfering or delaying play.  First violation is two strokes, second violation is disqualification.
Distance Measuring Devices

In this competition, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. 

If during a stipulated round a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to guage or measure other condidions that might effect his play (e.g., gradient, windspeed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional functions are actually used.

Driver Head/Golf Balls

The driver head and golf ball the player uses shall be named on the current "List of Conforming Driver Heads/Golf Balls" of the USGA which is posted on the USGA website.

Penalty:  Disqualification

Lifting an Embedded Ball

(Appendix I) Anywhere "through the green," a ball which is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, except in loose sand, may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole.

Pace of Play Policy The IGA will be utilizing a two checkpoint system  to monitor the pace of play for this championship.   For complete details look in the
"Other" 
Section of this web page.
Playoff In the event of a tie for the Championship, a hole-by-hole playoff will commence immediately followin the posting of the final scores on a hole to be determined by the Committee. 
Rain Policy

Day One:  If day one is rained out, the event is an 18-hole event.

Day Two:  Should less than half of the field completes the round then the first 18-holes stands as a completed event.  Should half of the field complete the round, the event is completed the following day if course availability permits.

Should day one be a rain out and half the field doesn’t complete play on day two, the tournament is a rainout and will be rescheduled

Results of the Competition When all scores have been posted on the Official Scoreboard and approved by the Committee, the result of the competition shall be deemed to have been announced.  In the event of a playoff, the competitions shall be deemed to have closed when the playoff scores have been approved by the Committee.
Scorecards (returning) For the purpose of applying Rule 6-6c, a competitor is considered to have returned his scorecard when the score is posted on the Official Scoreboard.  Players shall report directly to the Scoring Area immediately following play.
Suspension of Play

ONE prolonged note signals a suspension for a dangerous situation and all players SHALL DISCONTINUE PLAY IMMEDIATELY. If a player fails to discontinue play, he shall be disqualified.

All practice areas shall be closed during a suspension for a dangerous situation until the committee has declared it open for use.

THREE notes signal all other suspensions, players have the option of finishing out the hole they are playing or they may discontinue play.

TWO notes signal a resumption of play unless otherwise declared by the committee.         

Time of Starting

(Note under Rule 6-3a and Appendix I.)

If a player arrives at his starting point, ready to play, within five minutes after his starting time, in the absence of circumstances which warrant waiving  the penalty of disqualification as provided in Rule 33-7, the penalth for failure to start on time is Two Strokes at the first hole in stoke play or loss of first hole in match play.


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