PACE OF PLAY:
PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES
The Committee would like to encourage the playing of READY GOLF during this year’s St Andrews Links Trophy.
Player Responsibility
- Always be ready to play when it is your turn
- Play within the published maximum times allowed and keep up with the group in front
- Even if you lose a ball, have a lengthy search or a ruling, it is still the responsibility of the group:
- to play to the scheduled time, and
- to get back into position as soon as possible
- If you keep up with the group in front, your group will not be timed
Ready Golf
- In stroke play, Ready Golf should be played but in a safe and responsible way
- Play when you are ready – you don’t have to wait until the farthest away player has played
- For example, play Ready Golf:
- when the player farther away has a difficult shot and is assessing options
- when a longer hitter has to wait for a green to clear
- on the tee if the player with the honour is delayed
- by playing your shot before helping to look for a lost ball
- You will be encouraged by a referee to play Ready Golf if your group falls behind
- Where possible, advise other players that you are going to play first
When Your Group is Out of Position
- A referee will ask your group to get back into position (but if group is significantly out of position, the referee may start timing immediately)
- If your group is not back into position within two holes or no effort was made after one hole, your group will be “timed”
Procedure When You are Being Timed
- The maximum time allocated per shot is 40 seconds, 10 extra seconds are allowed if you are the first player to play:
- on a par three hole
- an approach shot to the green, and
- a chip or putt
- The timing starts almost as soon as you reach your ball
- Obtaining a yardage and selecting a club are included in the time allocated for your shot
- If you exceed the allocated time you get a “bad time”
- If you play your shot within 40 seconds, you cannot get a bad time
Random Timing When You are Not Out of Position
- You may be timed without warning, including when your group is not out of position
- In such cases of “random timing” without warning, you risk a bad time if you exceed 60 seconds to play a shot, with an extra 10 seconds given (ie 70 seconds in total) for a “first to play” shot
Penalties for Bad Times
- 1 Bad Time = You are warned
- 2 Bad Times = You get a one stroke penalty (stroke play)
- 3 Bad Times = You get an additional two stroke penalty
- 4 Bad Times = Disqualification
Note: The full Pace of Play Condition and explanation of the timing procedures are available from the Tournament Office.
The Pace of Play Condition will be strictly applied.
PACE OF PLAY:
PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES
The Committee would like to encourage the playing of READY GOLF during this year’s St Andrews Links Trophy.
Player Responsibility
- Always be ready to play when it is your turn
- Play within the published maximum times allowed and keep up with the group in front
- Even if you lose a ball, have a lengthy search or a ruling, it is still the responsibility of the group:
- to play to the scheduled time, and
- to get back into position as soon as possible
- If you keep up with the group in front, your group will not be timed
Ready Golf
- In stroke play, Ready Golf should be played but in a safe and responsible way
- Play when you are ready – you don’t have to wait until the farthest away player has played
- For example, play Ready Golf:
- when the player farther away has a difficult shot and is assessing options
- when a longer hitter has to wait for a green to clear
- on the tee if the player with the honour is delayed
- by playing your shot before helping to look for a lost ball
- You will be encouraged by a referee to play Ready Golf if your group falls behind
- Where possible, advise other players that you are going to play first
When Your Group is Out of Position
- A referee will ask your group to get back into position (but if group is significantly out of position, the referee may start timing immediately)
- If your group is not back into position within two holes or no effort was made after one hole, your group will be “timed”
Procedure When You are Being Timed
- The maximum time allocated per shot is 40 seconds, 10 extra seconds are allowed if you are the first player to play:
- on a par three hole
- an approach shot to the green, and
- a chip or putt
- The timing starts almost as soon as you reach your ball
- Obtaining a yardage and selecting a club are included in the time allocated for your shot
- If you exceed the allocated time you get a “bad time”
- If you play your shot within 40 seconds, you cannot get a bad time
Random Timing When You are Not Out of Position
- You may be timed without warning, including when your group is not out of position
- In such cases of “random timing” without warning, you risk a bad time if you exceed 60 seconds to play a shot, with an extra 10 seconds given (ie 70 seconds in total) for a “first to play” shot
Penalties for Bad Times
- 1 Bad Time = You are warned
- 2 Bad Times = You get a one stroke penalty (stroke play)
- 3 Bad Times = You get an additional two stroke penalty
- 4 Bad Times = Disqualification
Note: The full Pace of Play Condition and explanation of the timing procedures are available from the Tournament Office.
The Pace of Play Condition will be strictly applied.