In an effort to sustain membership levels that promote increased play, competition and enjoyment, the TPGL will exercise the option of allowing its members to compete at a golf course from different tee boxes.
TPGL POLICY:
Members will need to declare their tee box preferences for each host home course prior to the 2018 season.
Once preferences have been selected, they will be locked in for the entire 2018 season.
Players will not be allowed to switch back and forth at a specific course during the season.
In order to abide by the rules of golf which is the 1st guiding principle of our Mission Statement, the TPGL will comply with the USGA Rule Section 3-5/9-3C on “Players Competing From a Difference Course Rating or Tees”. There will be NO TPGL EXCEPTIONS to this USGA rule of golf.
USGA POLICY:
A Course Handicap represents the number of strokes needed from a specific set of tees to play to the level of a scratch golfer; i.e. to the USGA Course Rating.
The calculation of a Course Handicap only includes a player’s Handicap Index and the Slope Rating of the tees being played.
When a USGA Course Rating Difference exists among competitors, they are playing to different benchmarks, and an adjustment equal to the full difference in USGA Course Rating must be made in order for the competition to be equitable.
A golf club may not ignore Section 3-5/9-3C when players are competing from a different USGA Course Rating as doing so would be waiving a Rule of Golf. The Committee in charge of competition does not have the authority to waive a Rule of Golf (see Decision 3-5/2).
Example:
Player A is competing from the Blue Tees (71.0). Player B is competing from the White Tees (69.0).
Since the USGA Course Rating difference is two strokes, Player A must add two to the Course Handicap calculated from the Blue Tees. As an alternative, Player B may deduct two from the Course Handicap calculated from the White Tees, as the overall effect would be the same (see Decision 3-5/1).
TPGL COURSE TEE OPTIONS
Allowing players to SELECT THE TEE BOX of their choice and playing from distances that are more REALISITIC of their skill level
USGA and PGA Recommendations
TPGL HOME COURSES - COURSE RATINGS/SLOPE
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