TERMS OF THE COMPETITION

Alberta Men’s Mid-Master Championship

Inglewood Golf and Curling Club, September 21-22, 2021

 

 

 

 

ELIGIBILITY: The competition is open to male amateur golfers 40 years of age and older as of April 01, 2021. Members or non-members.

 

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS AND DATES: The application deadline for the Alberta Men's Mid-Master Championship is Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at 5:00 PM (MDT). Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted following the entry deadline.

 

FORMAT INCLUDING HANDICAP MAXIMUM: 36 holes. 120 players. Handicap index limit: Less than 12. 

Age divisions within the event:

40-49; 50-59; 60 and over, together with overall Champion.

 

FORM OF PLAY: Stroke Play

 

TEE MARKERS:  Alberta Golf Tee Markers (Course Blue Teeing Areas) with yardage of approximately 6,575 yards.

 

RETURNING SCORE CARD: A player’s score card has been returned to the Committee when the player has completely exited the defined scoring area, unless the player, prior to leaving, verbally informs the Committee of his intention to leave the scoring area and receives the Committee’s permission to do so.

 

CLOSE OF COMPETITION: The competition is deemed to have closed when the trophy has been presented to the winner.

 

PLAYOFF: In the event of a tie for the individual championship there will be a hole-by-hole sudden winner playoff beginning immediately following completion of play on hole #18, #18, #10, #11, #18 repeated until a champion is determined.

NOTICE TO PLAYERS

 

Play is governed by the 2019 Golf Canada Rules of Golf, the 2021 Alberta Golf Standard Local Rules, and where applicable, by the Terms of the Competition and the following Local Rules. Rules on the host club scorecard do not apply. Unless otherwise noted, penalty for breach of a Local Rule or Term of the Competition is the General Penalty.

 

  1. PRACTICE AREAS: Practice is permitted in the following areas:

- Driving Range adjacent to the 18th hole

- Practice putting greens behind/adjacent to the 1st and 10th teeing areas.

- The chipping area between the 1st and 9th holes is NOT available for practice.

Rule 5.2a is modified in this way: “A player must not practice on the competition course before or between rounds.” Local Rule I1.1 is in effect. 

 

  1. OUT OF BOUNDS: Defined by white stakes and/or boundary fences.

 

  1. PACE OF PLAY: Pace of Play is governed by the Alberta Golf Pace of Play Policy. The maximum time to complete the round is 4 hours and 35 minutes.

 

  1. CODE OF CONDUCT: Code of Conduct and penalties are as per the Alberta Golf Code of Conduct Policy

 

 

  1. EVACUATION: In the event of dangerous conditions a horn will be sounded, and players should seek shelter immediately.

 

  1. PENALTY AREAS – NO PLAY ZONES – Inglewood has numerous “Environmentally Sensitive Areas” designated by red stakes with green tops. Entry into and/or play from within these areas is prohibited. Penalty relief must be taken, available options are outlined in Rule 17.1e. All are treated as Red Penalty Areas.

 

  1. DROPPING ZONE – If a ball is in the “penalty area – no play zone”, immediately left of the 9th green, as an extra relief option and for one penalty stroke, the player may drop the original ball or another ball in the dropping zone located at the back of the putting green, right of the bunker. The dropping zone is a relief area under Rule 14.3.

 

  1. RELIEF FROM TREE ROOTS IN FAIRWAY -    If a player’s ball is at rest in a portion of the general area cut to fairway height or less and there is interference from exposed tree roots that are in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, the tree roots are treated as ground under repair and the player may take free relief under Rule 16.1b. Interference does not exist if the tree roots only interfere with the players stance. Model Local Rule F-9.1 is in effect. 

 

  1. FLOWER BEDS AND LANDSCAPED AREAS: All cultivated flower beds and landscaped areas are NO PLAY ZONES; relief must be taken without penalty under Rule 16.1b. Local Rule E-8.1 is in effect.

 

  1. CART PATHS – All roads and paths on the course, even if not artificially surfaced, are treated as immovable obstructions from which free relief is allowed under Rule 16.1.Worn areas and stakes immediately bordering cart paths are considered part of the path.

 

  1. INTEGRAL OBJECT – The retaining wall on the face of the bunker, front and right of the 14th green is an integral object from which free relief is not available.

 

  1. CLARIFYING EDGE OF BUNKER – The edge of certain bunkers has lost definition due to entering and exiting of maintenance vehicles. The affected edge of these bunkers has been defined by white lines, the line itself is in the bunker. 

 

  1. BALL PLAYED FROM OUTSIDE THE RELIEF AREA WHEN TAKING BACK ON THE LINE RELIEF: “When taking Back-On-the-Line relief, there is no additional penalty if a player plays a ball that was dropped in the relief area required by the relevant Rule (Rule 16.1c(2), 17.1d(2), 19.2b or 19.3b) but came to rest outside the relief area, so long as the ball, when played, is within one club-length of where it first touched the ground when dropped.

This exemption from penalty applies even if the ball is played from nearer the hole than the reference point (but not if played from nearer the hole than the spot of the original ball or the estimated point where the ball last crossed the edge of the penalty area).

This Local Rule does not change the procedure for taking Back-On-the-Line relief under a relevant Rule. This means that the reference point and relief area are not changed by this Local Rule and that Rule 14.3c(2) can be applied by a player who drops a ball in the right way and it comes to rest outside the relief area, whether this occurs on the first or second drop. Local Rule E-12 is in effect.

 

  1. REPLACEMENT OF BROKEN OR SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED CLUB: “Rule 4.1b(3) is modified in this way: If a player’s club is “broken or significantly damaged” during the round by the player or caddie, except in cases of abuse, the player may replace the club with any club under Rule 4.1b(4).

When replacing a club, the player must immediately take the broken or significantly damaged club out of play, using the procedure in Rule 4.1c(1). Local Rule G-9 is in effect.

 

  1. LIMITING WHEN STROKE MADE FROM PUTTING GREEN MUST BE REPLAYED UNDER EXCEPTION 2 TO RULE 11.1B:“Exception 2 to Rule 11.1b applies, except that when a ball played from the putting green accidentally hits: the player, the club used by the player to make the stroke or an animal defined as a loose impediment (that is, worms, insects and similar animals that can be removed easily) the stroke counts and the ball must be played as it lies. Local Rule D – 7 is in effect.

 

 

 

 

TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE: Sam Kirkness (Tournament Chair), John Deneer (Tournament Director) and Doug Paterson (Tournament Rules Chair) 

 

RULES COMMITTEE: Doug Paterson (TRC), Les Swelin, Jim Dymianiw, Dave Mitchell