HANDICAPPING RULES
1. All SMERGS who
win on a 9 hole event lose a shot;
2. Any SMERG who
wins overall an 18 hole event loses 2 shots. Winners front 9 and back 9 loses one shot;
3. If you don't turn
up for FOUR weeks you lose ONE shot regardless of whether you
missed a 9 hole or 18 hole or a Tour, (once you lose the shot the counter goes
back to zero.) WEEKS is the key word here NOT events!! Otherwise this penalises SMERGS who go on holidays over Xmas New Year as there are lots of games in very
few weeks.
4. The balls – on a
normal Sunday winner takes all and on Tournament days the tournament director
decides the prizes for his tournament…
5. No other rules
apply as the tradition continues...
BLACK TEE RULE for "older" SMERGS
The Black Tee rule that applies to all NGC events will apply to all SMERGS events at NGC. The current rule is:
Any golfer who meets both of the following criteria:
1. 65 years old and over; and
2. plays off a handicap of 25 or more
may choose to play off the Black Tees on any of the applicable holes, at the cost of one (1) stroke per hole.
The relevant holes on which NGC has Black Tees are: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 16th.
This choice to eligible golfers applies to all competitions.