2 Courses 1 Day at Each Course

CATEGORY: AGE TOURNAMENT Date Revised: 09/26/16

OPERATIONS SWINGIN’ SENIORS #PR9-012 Tournament Procedures Date Reviewed: 09/26/16

2 Courses – 1 Day at Each Course

Four Ball Stroke Play – 2-Day Better Ball of Partners – Stableford Scoring (95% of Handicap)

Age Divisions: Swingin’ Seniors is open to members age 70 and up. Entrant must meet the age requirement during the year of the tournament. If oversubscribed, members 80 years old and above are automatically accepted. Players whose birth date qualifies them for two tournaments will choose between the applicable tournaments but may not play both. Notes:  Maximum Handicap is 40.  Carts must not be restricted to path.  Closest to the Hole – 1st day only.  Entries by partners only.  Entries are accepted, refused or canceled as partners. No single entries.  Size of field – 112 players (56 teams), 2 courses, one each day.  Flight by USGA handicap index of team.  If partners have a difference of more than eight strokes, an additional 10% reduction will be applied to both of their course handicaps.  Accepted players will be emailed a tournament packet consisting of an acceptance letter, Tournament Bulletin, players list and a menu/hotel list.  Inclement weather – tournament will not be canceled unless there is evidence of lightning. The host course management makes the decision to cancel the tournament, not WGANC.  Make sure markers are available in case of player cancellation. A team may not play alone.  If weather is threatening, the committee does not have the authority to reduce the number of holes of a stipulated round once play has commenced in that round. In case of inclement weather, however, any round not completed can be canceled and the tournament can be reduced to one 18- hole round. This is a committee decision. See Decisions 33-1/2. Flights:  A full field of 112 players will be 3 flights paying 3 places gross and net (32% of field – 36 medallions).  Team handicap index spread within flights should be in the range of 15 – 20 strokes.  Flight sizes should be as close to equal as possible, without splitting the same indexes between flights. Pairings:  1st round pairings by the sum of the handicap index of both partners within flights. NOTE: Do not pair with players from their own club.  2nd round pairings by sum of gross score of both players within flights. NOTE: Do not pair with same team as in Round 1 or players from their own club.

Awards:  The office and TD in charge will determine the number of awards needed at the close of entries. The office will order the awards. Stones in medallions will be as follows: 1st – CZ, 2nd – Ruby, 3rd – Sapphire, 4th – Amethyst, 5th – Topaz, 6th – Orange CZ, 7th – Peridot.  Equal gross and net prizes in each flight.  Ties will be broken using the USGA Card Matching Method, second day only.

#PR9-012 Revised 09/26/16 Tournament Procedures Manual Swingin’ Seniors  Presentation: Begin with last flight, starting with last low net and proceed up to first low net in the last flight, then go to last flight, starting with last low gross and proceed up to first low gross in the last flight. Repeat for each flight working from last flight to first flight.

#PR9-012 Revised 09/26/16 Tournament Procedures Manual Swingin’ Seniors