2017 Monday/Tuesday Senior Scramble Rules/Policies 1. Men Or Women Must Be a Minimum of 50 Years of Age I
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BEAR CREEK GOLF CLUB : 2017 MONDAY/TUESDAY SENIOR SCRAMBLE RULES/POLICIES 1. MEN OR WOMEN MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 50 YEARS OF AGE IN ORDER TO COMPETE. 2. APRIL-OCTOBER, REGISTRATION OPENS AT 6:30AM AND THE SHOTGUN START OCCURS AT 8AM. SHOTGUN START TIME WILL BE 9AM IN NOVEMBER AND MARCH AND 10AM IN DECEMBER- FEBRUARY. (BEAR CREEK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJUST TO AN EARLIER START TIME IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE SCHEDULING LARGE GROUP OUTINGS LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY/TUESDAY. IN SUCH INSTANCES, SENIOR SCRAMBLE PLAYERS WILL BE NOTIFIED WELL IN ADVANCE.) 3. THE COST PER PERSON IS $28.00 & INCLUDES 18-HOLE GREEN FEES/CART FEES, COFFEE AND DONUTS PRIOR TO TEEING OFF, AND FLIGHTED CASH PRIZES. BEAR CREEK PASSHOLDERS DO NOT PAY GREEN/CART FEES, BUT PAY $5.00/PERSON FOR COFFEE/DONUTS/CASH PRIZES. 4. AT AN ADDL. COST OF $1.00/PERSON, PLAYERS MAY PLAY IN THE OPTIONAL CLOSEST-TO-THE-PIN CONTEST. AT AN ADDL. COST OF $4.00/TEAM, TEAMS MAY PLAY IN THE OPTIONAL SKINS GAME. 5. TEAMS COMPETE FOR FLIGHT/CONTEST/SKINS CASH PRIZES WITHOUT REGARD TO GENDER. 6. EACH PLAYER IS ASSIGNED TO PLAY FROM DESIGNATED TEE MARKERS AS FOLLOWS: • MEN AGE 50-69 WILL PLAY FROM THE SILVER TEES ON ALL 18 HOLES • MEN AGE 70 AND ABOVE MAY PLAY FROM EITHER THE SILVER OR GREEN TEES • LADIES OF ALL AGES MAY PLAY FROM EITHER THE GREEN TEES OR YELLOW TEES 7. NO ADVANCE SIGN-UP IS REQUIRED; HOWEVER, BEAR CREEK WILL ASK ALL PLAYERS FOR THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS, SO THAT PLAYERS CAN BE CONTACTED EACH WEEK TO LEARN WHO PLANS TO PLAY ON WHICH DAYS, IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN PLANNING OUR TEE SHEET. 8. REGISTRATION BEGINS 1½ HOURS PRIOR TO THE SHOTGUN START TIME; THE PROCEDURE WILL BE: • BEAR CREEK WILL ATTEMPT TO PAIR UP INDIVIDUALS; UNMATCHED SINGLES WANTING TO PARTICIPATE, WILL PLAY ONLY ONE BALL FOR THE SCORE THEY TURN IN. • TWO 2-PERSON TEAMS MAY REGISTER TO PLAY TOGETHER; HOWEVER, . • . AT LEAST ONE PLAYER FROM EACH 2-SOME OR 4-SOME MUST SHOW A PAID RECEIPT BEFORE HIS/HER 2-SOME OR 4-SOME IS ASSIGNED A STARTING HOLE • START HOLES ARE RESERVED ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVE BASIS FROM THE “FRONT OF THE PACK” TO THE “BACK OF THE PACK”, ON THE AVAILABLE HOLES. • A BRISK PACE OF PLAY IS REQUIRED; TEAMS WITH A HISTORY OF SLOW PLAY WILL BE PLACED AT THE BACK OF THE PACK, REGARDLESS OF ARRIVAL TIME. • A MAXIMUM OF TWO 4-SOMES WILL BE STARTED ON ANY ONE HOLE. 9. THE NO. OF FLIGHTS/PLACES AWARDED VARIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TEAMS PLAYING. 10. TIES ARE BROKEN BY SCORECARD PLAYOFF BASED ON MOST DIFFICULT HANDICAP HOLE. 11. IF NO SKINS ARE WON, THE SKINS POT WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TEAMS THAT “TIE FOR THE SKIN” ON THE HOLE WITH THE FEWEST TIES. IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE HOLES WITH THE “SAME FEWEST TIES”, THE HOLE SELCTED IS THE MOST DIFFICULT HANDICAP HOLE OF THE “FEWEST TIES”. 12. IF NOBODY WINS A C-T-P CONTEST ON A GIVEN HOLE, THE CASH IS KEPT IN THE C-T-P PRIZE POOL FOR THAT DAY, AND SPLIT BETWEEN THE WINNERS OF THE OTHER C-T-P HOLES. 13. CASH PRIZES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP ONE WEEK AFTER THE DATE OF PLAY. 14. MONDAY EVENTS ARE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 120 PLAYERS WHO REGISTER; TUESDAY EVENTS ARE LIMITED TO THE FIRST 100 PLAYERS, DUE TO A SMALL PRE-EXISTING LEAGUE ON TUESDAY. 15. IMPROVING LIES WHEN BALL IS IN FAIRWAYS/ROUGHS/HAZARDS/SAND TRAPS/COLLARS: • LIES MAY NOT BE IMPROVED SO THAT THE BALL MOVES CLOSER TO THE HOLE • BALL MAY BE MOVED A MAXIMUM OF ONE CLUB LENGTH (DRIVER/LONG PUTTER LENGTH) • BALLS IN FAIRWAY, ROUGH, HAZARD, SAND TRAP, COLLAR, MUST REMAIN IN SAME STATUS. 16. IMPROVING LIES WHEN THE BALL COMES TO REST ON THE GREEN: • LIES MAY NOT BE IMPROVED SO THAT THE BALL MOVES CLOSER TO THE HOLE • BALLS MAY BE MOVED A MAXIMUM OF ONE PUTTER-HEAD LENGTH • A BALL ON THE GREEN MUST REMAIN ON THE GREEN 17. IF A BALL IS STRUCK FROM HOLE #15, #16, OR #17, IT IS OUT OF BOUNDS IF IT COMES TO REST BEYOND THE WHITE STAKES THAT SEPARATE #15 ROUGH FROM THE DRIVING RANGE, LEFT OF THE WHITE STAKES ALONG THE ROAD ON #17, OR BEYOND THE WHITE STAKES BEHIND #16 GREEN. 18. IN ORDER TO PROMOTE QUICKER PLAY, A PUTT WILL BE CONCEDED (A “GIMME”) BASED ON: • PLACE THE BOTTOM OF THE FLAGSTICK AT THE EDGE OF THE HOLE CLOSEST TO YOUR BALL • IF THE BALL IS WITHIN THE FIRST RED SECTION OF THE FLAGSTICK, THE PUTT IS CONCEDED • PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO PUTT THE BALL IN THE HOLE; PLEASE ADD ONE STROKE .