Rules And Information

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Welcome to the Rattlewood Tuesday Night League.

Pre-Play Warm-Ups

• We allow league members to arrive at the course early in order to play a few holes before their match to “warm up” on the opposite side that they were scheduled to play. You will be allowed on the course prior to your matches under the following conditions
  • You must check in to the Pro Shop and pay for your league play BEFORE going out onto the course.
  • You will not be permitted to pick a random hole and start wherever you chose on the course. The starter will let you know when an opening becomes available on the opposite side that you are scheduled to play on and you may play that side in consecutive order.
  • If you are caught playing on the side of the course you are scheduled to play on that evening, BEFORE your match is scheduled to begin, you will forfeit your match and any money paid to the pro-shop for your round.

Pace of Play

• Each team will be given a “Pace-of-Play” chart at the beginning of each match to show what time you should be on each hole. If your foursome falls behind, you will be given one (1) warning to catch up. If your foursome has to be reminded a second time, you will be asked to skip to the next hole, causing you to forfeit any chance to win prize money. Please call the Pro Shop to report slow play.

Handicaps

• We will use our returning member’s 9-hole handicap from the end of last season, with a maximum handicap of “11" for any given player. A maximum of 9 strokes will be given per player per match, with strokes given on par 3’s (no double strokes on any hole).

Substitutes

• Any substitute without a verified USGA handicap will start with a zero (0) for their first round unless they have played as a sub in the past or is a former league member. After the first round, they will be placed on our “sub list” and will get 9-hole handicap established for the next time they play as a sub.
• Notify the Pro Shop of any subs by email (up until the date of play) RWLeagues@gmail.com OR by phone call (301-607-9000) AT LEAST 1 HOUR PRIOR TO YOUR MATCH so that the scorecard changes can be made! DO NOT send an email to notify of subs on the date of play – You MUST call the Course!!!
• Failure to notify the Pro Shop of subs at least 1 Hour prior to play will result in your sub playing as a ZERO (0) handicap REGARDLESS of if they already have one established!
• **PLEASE ALWAYS HAVE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE IN MIND THAT CAN FILL IN FOR YOU AT ANY GIVEN TIME THROUGHOUT THE SEASON AND HAVE THEM TURN IN TWO 18-HOLE SCORES TO BE PUT IN THE SYSTEM IF THEY ARE NOT ALREADY IN IT**

5:15pm - Shotgun

• Each week we will begin the round as a shotgun start at 5:15pm. Please make sure you are arriving to the course with enough time to check in and load up on the cart prior to the shotgun start!
• PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR CART 5 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED START TIME OF 5:15PM! IF YOU FAIL TO REPORT ON TIME, YOUR OPPONENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEGIN THE MATCH WITHOUT YOU AT THE SCHEDULED SHOTGUN - AND YOU FORFEIT THE POINTS FOR ANY MISSED HOLES. If you arrive late, you will still be given the opportunity to join your match, but you will lose the points for any missed holes as a team.

Attendance

• ZERO (0) POINTS WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY TEAM THAT DOES NOT SHOW UP FOR A MATCH.
• EIGHT (8) POINTS will be awarded to the team that shows up to play the match AS LONG AS A COMPLETED 9-HOLE SCORECARD IS TURNED IN TO THE PRO-SHOP.
• AT LEAST ONE TEAM MEMBER MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN THE FULL 8 POINTS.
• Matches against “no show” teams are NOT eligible to win any prize money, as there is no one to attest your scores. Please contact the shop and your assigned match to reschedule ahead of time!

Scoring

• For the leagues we are not doing “stroke and distance” for out-of-bounds shots. Do not return to the tee box/ last shot location in order to hit another ball. Instead, treat all Out-Of-Bounds shots as if a lateral hazard and take a drop in bounds WITH penalty stroke, no nearer to the hole from the point of entry. This includes Out of Bounds and lost balls.
• 1 Club length relief is allowed in the fairway – no nearer to the hole.
• League Specific Out-Of-Bounds Rules
  • Hole #1 - Driving range is OUT OF BOUNDS and will be staked.
  • Hole #9 - Stakes and fences line the out-of-bounds along the right hand side of the hole. In between fences is still O/B in a straight line between them.
  • Hole #13 – White Stakes on left side
  • Hole #14 - Anything to the left of the cart path along #14 is out-of-bounds (no longer our property). There may be a white line painted down the left side of the path in the near future. If there is not - anything to the left of the path IS out-of-bounds.
  • Hole #18 - The "no-mow" on the left dogleg of #18 is no longer out-of-bounds. The entrance driveway is now considered the out-of-bounds line.
• Water Hole Drop Areas (may or may not be marked with a circle of paint):
  • Hole # 6 – In the rough, to the left of the cart path, just past the water.
  • Hole # 10 – In the rough to the left of the Red Tee box
  • Hole #15 – In the rough, just past the water, with clear line of sight of green (to the right of a spot you’d be hitting at the trees).
• All scoring will be done off of the “low man’s” handicap. The “low man” is the player with the lowest handicap for the match being played. Each player’s handicap will have the low man’s subtracted from it and that will be their total strokes for the match.
• Maximum strokes for the match is 9, so with Par 3’s, the most any player can receive is one a hole!
• Although MAX SCORE PER HOLE WILL BE DOUBLE BOGEY IN THE HANDICAP SYSTEM, which will be calculated automatically through our computed handicap system, for all other scoring purposes, please write in your original score on your scorecard. Please PUTT OUT all putts - “GIMMIES” should ONLY be given if the ball lies within the length of a putter grip to the hole.
• Points
  • There are 8 points awarded for each match.
  • Each match will consist of three - 3 hole sets worth 2 points each.
    • 1 point given for most holes won for each 3 hole set.
    • 1 point given for team low net for each 3 hole set.
  • 1 point awarded for most holes won in the entire 9 holes
  • 1 point awarded for team low net for the entire 9 holes.
• If you want to try to keep track of the scoring during the match – USE A SEPARATE SCORECARD!!! DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING BUT THE GROSS/NET SCORES ON THE OFFICIAL SCORECARD!!

Inclement Weather

• Should we experience a rain-out on any given week, except during playoffs, and the league is cancelled, the next scheduled match will be played the following week as planned.
• We will make every effort to cancel the league, through e-mail notification, NO LATER than 3:00pm if heavy rains or lightning should persist or look likely.
• ALWAYS CALL THE PROSHOP IF THE WEATHER IS QUESTIONABLE!
• There has been one (1) week set aside at the end of the season for the FIRST rained out match of the season. Any other rained out weeks will not be rescheduled.

Prizes

• Prize money will be awarded each week for the following categories
  • Individual Low Net
  • Individual Low Gross
  • Team Low Net
  • Team Low Gross
• Prizes can only be won in one category per week per person/team
• In the event of a tie, scorecards are compared, starting at the #1 handicap hole

Prize Money

• If you win prize money throughout any given week of the league, it will be put into an individual “credit book” in the computer in the Pro-Shop (instead of being given as a gift certificate) and any money won during league play will be added to your individual credit book.
• All league money won will be recorded on a spread sheet for each week that will be kept on Google Drive where you can keep track of your winnings for the season. Please see a Pro-Shop staff member to find out how much you have accrued in your personal credit book throughout the season.
• The money in your personal credit book can be used at your discretion and for whatever reason, but can only be used at Rattlewood, at any time throughout the year! IT WILL EXPIRE ON 1/01/18!!!

Playoffs

• Seeding for playoffs will be based on final point totals.
• If there is inclement weather during a week of the playoffs, there is a week set aside for makeups. If there is a second weather event, or rain on the makeup date - you are expected to make up the match BEFORE the next week’s matches or Banquet night, at a time that is suitable for BOTH teams.
• NO substitutes will be allowed in the playoffs.
• Playoffs will be done in a different format this year - no more “ONE and DONE” brackets!!
  • The top 4 teams will be in Division A, the next 4 in Division B, etc – up to 24th place in Division F (Division G will consist of the last 2 teams) There are 3 rounds of playoffs with each team playing each other once.
  • Division A will compete for 1st and 2nd place prize money (the BIG money).
  • Division B, C, D, E, F & G will all compete for 1st place in that Division, which will be a decreasingly smaller prize than Division A based on the division. This way, everyone plays all 3 weeks of the playoffs and are competing for something.
  • Handicaps WILL be recalculated each week throughout the playoffs.
  • Scoring: We will be doing Stableford scoring, with points given per team/per hole as follows
    • Double Eagle = 8 Points
    • Eagle = 5 Points
    • Birdie = 3 Points
    • Par = 1 Point
    • Bogey = 0 Points
    • Double Bogey = -1 Point
    • Triple Bogey = -3 Points
  • 5 Points will also be given for winning the match each week (total Stableford points per team), which will be added to the team point total for that week. The team with the most cumulative points over the 3 weeks wins the division (and second place for the top division).

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