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| SANTA MARGARITA WOMEN'S GOLF ASSOCIATION | ||||||
| TEAM RULES AND REGULATIONS - 2007 | ||||||
| Team Website: http://www.smwga.net/teamsite/ | ||||||
| The Team Calendar Year is defined as August 1 of the preceding year until July 31 of the team | ||||||
| play year. | ||||||
| Home Page | ELIGIBILITY | |||||
| To be eligible for SMWGA team play a player must: | ||||||
| Member Clubs | 1. Be a paid member of her declared home club; | |||||
| & Information | 2. Possess a valid U.S.G.A. handicap; | |||||
| Page 2 | 3. Have played in six (6) competitive rounds sponsored by the women's golf club of her | |||||
| declared SMWGA home club in the Calendar Year preceding the scheduled team play. Games | ||||||
| Calendar | must be posted within one (1) week of the date played; | |||||
| 4. Have played two (2) Field Days in the preceding time period August 1, 2006 and July 31, | ||||||
| Officers & | 2007, excluding the field day on her declared home course. EXCEPTION: Any new member who | |||||
| Directors | joins after January 1 may qualify for team with only one (1) field day; | |||||
| 5. And be a member of Santa Margarita prior to playing the six (6) qualifying Women's Day games. | ||||||
| Membership | COURSE RESPONSIBILITY & CONDUCT | |||||
| Information | 1. Team members are reminded that courses have given up revenue and playing time for members | |||||
| of the host club in order to allow SMWGA to conduct team play. | ||||||
| Team | 2. All players must conduct themselves according to the highest personal standards of etiquette | |||||
| Information | so as to reflect favorably on SMWGA as an organization. Incidents of inappropriate behavior | |||||
| Eligibility List | that occur during team play shall be resolved by the SMWGA Conduct Subcommittee in | |||||
| in accordance with 1.E. of the Standing Rules. | ||||||
| By Laws & | 3. Any portable phone or similar device which is used or rings during the stipulated round | |||||
| Standing Rules | (incoming/outgoing call or page) will result in an immediate loss of hole being played for the team | |||||
| in breach. Portable phones and devices are allowed to vibrate, but must not be used. If the cell | ||||||
| Field Days | phone disturbance occurs between the play of two holes, the errant team will lose the next hole | |||||
| Information & | to be played. | |||||
| Winners | 4. Rounds must be played within a 4-1/2 hour time frame. If a group is not on the tee prepared to | |||||
| strike the ball before the group in front has cleared the green, that group is in violation of the speed | ||||||
| of play regulations for SMWGA team play and shall be asked to move to the next tee, halving the | ||||||
| Minutes | hole. The group behind will be given one hole to catch up or this group, too, will be asked to | |||||
| move forward to the next hole. The first group will then be timed to insure that no further delays | ||||||
| occur. If any player in the timed group takes more than 40 seconds to play a stroke, that player | ||||||
| will be asked to pick up her ball until the next tee and her partner will complete the hole alone. | ||||||
| 5. On par threes, if there are two groups waiting to tee off, all eight players shall tee off in order | ||||||
| and proceed to the green. Group number two shall wait until group number one has finished | ||||||
| putting, waive up if a group is now waiting on the tee, and then complete putting out. Waving up | ||||||
| shall continue until smooth play is restored. | ||||||
| 6. All players must be at the course 45 minutes before the appointed shotgun time. Captains | ||||||
| must turn in all monies due to the Hostess Captain by 30 minutes before the appointed shotgun. | ||||||
| (All monies shall be collected in advance of the event and must be paid in cash or, if agreed to in | ||||||
| advance by the Hostess Captain, in a single check for the entire amount.) | ||||||
| 7. Team captains are responsible for advising and insuring that players tip appropriately for | ||||||
| Rev. 2/15/2007 | baggage handling and services requested. | |||||
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