Club Information:                                           

Baylands Golf Links

1875 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Phone: 650=856-0881

Website:  https://www.baylandsgolflinks.com/

 

PLEASE REVIEW: COVID-19 TOURNAMENT SAFETY POLICIES

Note: Masks are required around the clubhouse area.

Note: There will be no spectators or caddies allowed on the course or around the clubhouse. Parents/Guardians may either drop off the participant or wait in their car during the round. We will not be allowing any congregating or loitering around the clubhouse or practice areas and you will be asked to go to your car if seen. 

 

IMPORTANT: All participants will be required to sign a waiver in order to play at Baylands Golf Links. If the participant is a minor their parent/guardian must sign the waiver. You may sign, scan, and email the waiver to Lphipps@ncga.org or Ewiniecki@baylandsgolflinks.com or you may sign and bring to the course on the day of and give to the starter at the first tee. You may NOT play unless you have turned in a signed waiver. CLICK HERE for waiver. 

 

Format:

18 holes stroke play.  Boys Flight will be playing from the Black tees. The Girls Flight will be playing from the Blue/White Combo tees. Qualifiers will advance to the Championship proper at Lake Merced on July 13 – 14, 2020. The number of spots available at each qualifying site will be determined based on the total number of entrants and the final field at each site. Final number of spots will be available from the Committee on the day of qualifying.

 

Competition Schedule:

8:06 AM off tee 1. Players should be at their assigned tee immediately following the group in front of them. Please do not congregate near the first tee. Pairings will be posted Friday, June 12.

 

Practice Round Information:

Practice rounds must be booked through the pro shop or online in advance. Please contact the course for the most up to date rate information.

 

Local Rules / Hole Locations / Scorecards:

All paperwork will be available for players ONLINE linked below on or before June 18th:

  • Notice to Players (Local Rules)
  • Hole Locations - You will be playing Hole Location 2 when looking at the sheet.
  • Scorecards (scorecards are available to print as a convenience for players, but have no Rules status)

No paper materials will be provided or available on site.

 

Food and Beverage Availability:

Currently, The Cafe is open for to-go orders with CREDIT CARD ONLY. 

 

Practice Facilities:

The driving range is open and spaced for safe distancing. We ask players to limit their warm-up and arrival time. The practice putting and chipping greens are available only for the 2nd and 3rd up groups, meaning within 20 minutes of your starting time. Please do not use the practice greens prior to 20 minutes before your starting time.

 

Cart Information:

The use of automatic transportation is prohibited for ALL play.

 

Caddies:

Caddies are NOT permitted in any NCGA competitions at this time.

 

Additional Information:

Prior to the first day of the event, you must make yourself familiar with the Player Handbook, Hard Card and Pace of Play Policy. You, the player, are responsible for knowing this information.

 

Scoring: Players are expected to download the USGA TM app (or GolfGenius). The GGID for the group is available on the scorecard PDF available above. This GGID will also be texted to each player and available with the starter.

  • Within the group, players should enter scores for one other player. If someone does not have a phone available, players must ensure at least one player in the group is entering scores.
  • At the end of the round, all players in the group must confirm hole-by-hole scores posted online are correct. This can be done using the Leaderboard in the app or online in this event portal.
  • Any issues with scores after leaving your group must be communicated to staff via text, call or email no later than one hour after the final group has entered the 18th hole scores. After that time, the scorecard is treated as officially returned and certified. Staff contact information is available in the Notice to Players linked above.
  • For guidance using the Mobile Scoring App, please see this training video.

 

 Code of Conduct – Flagstick: The flagstick must not be moved or deliberately touched by hand during the round, including with a gloved hand or a towel wrapped around the flagstick. Any player who deliberately ignores this code of conduct policy will be considered guilty of Serious Misconduct (see Rule 1.2b), the penalty for which is Disqualification.

 

Holing Out: A foam insert has been installed that allows the ball to fall into the hole part way, while making the ball easily retrievable to minimize shared contact points. The foam is treated as part of the flagstick, and if any part of the ball is below the surface of the putting green and is resting on that device or leaning against the flagstick, the ball is treated as holed. However, a ball that hits the foam and does not come to rest with any part of the ball within the hole below the surface of the putting green is not holed.

 

Preferred Lies in Bunker: When a player’s ball lies in a bunker, the player may take free relief once by placing the original ball or another ball in and playing it from this relief area:

  • Reference Point: Spot of the original ball
  • Size of Relief Area Measured from Reference Point: One club-length from the reference point, but with these limits:
  • Limits on Location of Relief Area:
    • Must not be nearer the hole than the reference point, and
    • Must be in the same bunker.

In proceeding under this Local Rule, the player must choose a spot to place the ball and use the procedures for replacing a ball under Rule 14.2b(2) and 14.2e.

 

Deciding Ties: All ties for the final qualifying spots and/or position of alternates will be broken by the USGA recommended method of matching scorecards (Committee Procedures, Section 5A(6)).

 

 

Any questions concerning this event should be directed to the NCGA Rules and Competitions Office at 831-625-4653.