Mark Godfrey - chairman of the Rules and Greens 716-480-7553
Greg Breloff - assistant chairman of the Rules and Greens 716-870-9963
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For an explanation of rules, please contact Mark or Greg.
Tournaments start at 7:00 AM Monday unless otherwise noted and must be completed and posted no later than 6:00 PM Sunday.
The Deerwood Men’s Club tee positions for tournament rounds shall be played from WHITE tees for Buck, Doe & Fawn courses.
The Seniors Tee positions for tournament rounds shall be played from the YELLOW tees.
1. You must post you name, date, & handicap on the weekly tournament board BEFORE you tee off. The tournament boards can be found in the shanty.
2. Score MUST be entered on the tournament board hole by hole. Please include your HANDICAP in the appropriate column.
3. You must also enter your score hole by hole into the computer. Do not forget to checkmark the Tournament Box on the computer screen when entering score for your tournament round. The computer can be found in the shanty.
4. While playing the tournament round, another Men’s Club Member MUST attest your tournament scorecard and have played in your group.
5. All tournament scorecards must be legible and completely filled out, including first and last name of member (no nick names) and the date your tournament was played.
Completed scorecards must be dropped in the “Men's Tournament Card Box” found in the shanty.
** For an example of a completes score card, front and back, scroll to the bottom of this page. **
6. According to USGA rules, all rounds of a tournament play must be completed on the same day you sign the board. If you sign-up, tee off, and cannot finish the round for ANY reason, you cannot re-enter the tournament that same week.
7. IN CASE OF A TIED SCORE, THE TIE BREAKING PROCESS WILL BE A MATCHING OF CARDS.
FOR OUR WEEKLY TOURNAMENT BREAKER WILL BE WITH HANDICAP.
THE FIRST TIE BREAKER IS BACK 9 TOTAL MINUS YOUR BACK
9 HANDICAP. FOR EXAMPLE, A 15 HANDICAP GETS 7 OFF ON THE
BACK NINE AND 8 OFF ON THE FRONT NINE.
THE SECOND TIE BREAKER IS FRONT NINE TOTAL MINUS YOUR
FRONT NINE HANDICAP.
IF STILL TIED BACK 9 #1 HANDICAP HOLE WITH HANDICAP
STILL TIED FRONT 9 #1 HANDICAP HOLE, IF STILL TIED BACK TO
BACK 9 #2 HANDICAP HOLE.
IF STILL TIED BACK TO FRONT 9 #2 HANDICAP HOLE, ALL WITH HANDICAP ETC.
Scrambles – Gross Scores – Match of Cards
The same tie break procedure is used for scrambles except.
that handicaps are NOT used in the totals or in the hole by
hole.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE MATCH OF CARDS RULE IN THE DEERWOOD MEN'S CLUB RULES BOOK, RULE #4, IN THE SHANTY.
8. Any infringement of USGA, LOCAL, or the above rules will result in disqualification.
9. Any matters of dispute shall be referred to the Tournament Chairman, whose decision shall be final.
10. All club members will be limited to winning THREE (3) individual & Two (2) team prizes per season.
Once you are maxed out on prize winning for the season, you may still compete in the tournaments but are ineligible
to receive any more prizes.
11. When playing a team tournament, you MUST play in the same pairing.
12. You can only play either the (White Tees) weekly tournament OR the Seniors weekly
tournament (Yellow Tees) but not BOTH in the same week.
13. SOME TOURNAMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT THE TOURNAMENT CHAIRMAN.
2024 Deerwood Men’s Club Local Rules for all Club play
1. Preferred Lies: You may lift, clean & place 1 club length no nearer to the hole in the *General Area of the hole you're playing.
*Local General Area defined:
The area of the course that covers all of the course except for these three areas: (1) the teeing area the player must play from in starting the hole they are playing, (2) all penalty areas, and (3) the putting green of the hole the player is playing.
Winter Rules defined:
WINTER RULES: You cannot touch your ball in the rough. You can touch the ball in your own fairway only, you can move the ball within one club length no closer to the hole. Rake and place in ALL sand traps!
2. You may rake and place in all bunkers. Stones in the traps are movable objects and can be removed.
** If any sand trap is completely flooded take relief by dropping one club length behind the trap, no nearer the hole, keeping the trap between you and the pin at the nearest point of relief with no penalty. **
3. Roads and paths: You may take relief from roads and paths that have artificial surfaces if they could unfairly affect
play. In other words, if you are on a crossroad, you get relief to nearest point no nearer the hole.
4. Cart tracks: You may take relief from cart tracks in the GENERAL AREA. The new term formerly known as "through the green". The "GENERAL AREA" is defined as the whole area of the course except the teeing area, all penalty areas, and putting surface of the hole being played.
5. You may take relief from drainage ditches that cross the fairways on Buck #6, Buck#7, and Doe #1.
****6. All environmental areas are now gone from the course and the areas are red staked. If you enter one you can hit it from there or take a drop, no nearer the hole, with full relief from the hazard taking a one stroke penalty.*****
7. Fawn #2 is out of bounds on the left of the fairway until you reach the crossroad, after that, it's red staked for the remainder of the hole unless you go left past the white stakes that define Doe #2 as now, you're out of bounds.
8. Fawn #4, the hedgerow to the left of the fairway will be red staked hazard unless you go past the white out of bounds stakes for Doe #3. You are then O.B. as is area right of green and the area across the cart path near the green is also out of bounds.
9. Abnormal ground conditions: TEMPORARY WATER, ANIMAL HOLES, IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS, GROUND UNDER REPAIR, and an EMBEDDED BALL. Where damage is on the green you may also take relief no nearer the hole and not in a hazard to give total relief. Total relief may be off the green, if necessary, with no penalty.
10. All other plays follow U.S.G.A rules.
RULES AND OTHER NOTES:
*YOU NEED FIVE (5) 18 HOLE ROUNDS AT DEERWOOD GOLF COURSE POSTED IN OUR COMPUTER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP.
Club Championship handicaps will be based on the handicaps in the computer at the end of the day on July 28, 2024.
The club championship is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, August 3rd & 4th, 2024.
*RANGE FINDERS ARE NOW LEGAL TO USE IN ALL TOURNAMENTS.
ALL TOURNAMENTS USE THE WHITE TEES FOR A,B & C.
THE YELLOW TEES FOR SENIOR TOURNAMENTS ON ALL COURSES DURING TOURNAMENT ROUNDS.
*YOU MAY POST 9 HOLE SCORES, 18 HOLES SCORES, and SCORES FROM OTHER COURSES IN OUR COMPUTER
*IF YOU ARE PLAYING A TOURNAMENT ROUND, WHEN POSTING, YOU MUST CHECKMARK THE TOURNAMENT ROUND BOX IN THE COMPUTER OR YOU WILL BE DQ'ED.
*YOU MUST ALSO POST YOUR NAME, DATE, AND HANDICAP ON THE TOURNAMENT BOARD IN THE SHANTY BEFORE SHOOTING A TOURNAMENT ROUND.
*YOU MUST PLAY A TOURNAMENT ROUND WITH AT LEAST ONE OTHER MEN'S CLUB MEMBER WHO WILL SIGN AN ATTEST YOUR SCORE AND AFTER POSTING ON THE TOURNAMENT BOARD AND IN THE COMPUTER HOLE BY HOLE.
In a team event, a member of your team may attest your scorecard. You are on your honor.
* YOU MUST DEPOSIT THE SCORECARD IN THE MEN'S TOURNAMENT BOX IN THE SHANTY.
*CHECK THE SHANTY FOR RULES AND GREENS UPDATES.
*ALSO: All holes end when your ball is in the hole-no "gimmie putts". Any hole not finished in this manner will be scored as an "X" on the card and you will be DQed from Tournament play. For scoring purposes you enter a score in for any "Xed" out holes based on your handicap. That chart is posted and also in the computer.
All local rules will be followed including out of bounds shots - you are penalized for stroke and distance.
Red stakes and water hazards are lateral hazards - one stroke penalty and drop the ball two club lengths from where the ball entered the hazard, no closer to the hole.
THE FOLLOWING RULES CLARIFICATIONS WHICH WERE ADOPTED AT OUR BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 17, 2021. YOU CAN ALSO FIND A COPY OF THE FOLLOWING RULES POSTED IN THE SHANTY:
Rules, scoring clarification, and tournament information.
(I) Presidents Cup
1. Qualifying round.
A. Qualifying round are to be played from the white tees in the A, B, &C classes and the yellow tees in the A & B senior classes.
Whatever your handicap is from the white tees & yellow tees on the course that
is being played that week is the class (flight) that you will qualify
in, A, B, or C and the A & B senior classes.
If the course rotation that week includes the fawn
there could be a 2 or 3 stroke difference from Buck/Doe which
could place you in a different flight than expected. It is the
player’s responsibility to sign and play in the proper flight for the
rotation that week. This is the flight you will play the remaining
matches in regardless of changes in your handicap from week to
week.
B. Seniors during qualifying round ONLY: If you wish to play the
senior tournament that week but still want to qualify for the
Presidents Cup A, B, &C white tees, you must indicate this on the signup sheet. There
will be check boxes to accommodate this going forward. Play your
qualifying A, B, &C round from the white tees but you cannot claim a prize
if you also sign and play from the yellow tees that week. This is
the ONLY time you need to sign twice during the week and
is only for the Presidents Cup Qualifying Round.
2. Subsequent Bracket Matches during The Presidents cup.
A. The remaining matches contested in the brackets for the duration
of the tournament may be played in the A, B, &C classes from any set of tees as long as
BOTH opponents agree upon it. If either of the players does not
wish to play from the yellow tees then the match must be played
from the whites. Senior A & B classes play from the yellow tees.
B. Handicaps: For all remaining bracket matches after qualifying,
your handicap on the day the match is played is the one to be
used.
This may be different than the handicap used for qualifying
since there are differences caused by the rotation of the nines. As
an example, if one player is a 14 handicap and the other is a 16 handicap, the 16 handicap
will get a stroke off on the 2 hardest holes. In this case it would be the
number 1 handicap hole on the front nine and the number 1 handicap hole on the
back nine.
(II) Club Championship and Presidents Cup – Sudden Death Playoff
For the Presidents Cup
If a match is tied after 18 holes the
match must be determined by a sudden death playoff. Players
will go out and play one hole at a time until one of them wins a
hole and thus the match. Holes to be played will be
determined by availability on the course at the time as
determined by the course management. HANDICAPS CAN NOT
be used since it can’t be determined ahead of time which holes
will be played.
For the Club Championship
1. Gross Winner each flight - will be determined by a sudden
death playoff using the same procedure as in the Presidents
cup as it is written above.
2. Net Winner each flight – will be determined by a Match of
Cards using the same procedure as the weekly tournaments
net scores as it is written above.
Club Championship participation August 3rd & 4th, 2024.
1. Wednesday, July 31st, is the deadline to sign up for the Club Championship. If you prepaid with your dues, you are already in. The club will
publish a list showing who's in and will also ask members to confirm their entry on the signup sheet that's posted in the shanty.
2. Flights for the club championship will be based on the handicaps in the computer at the end of the day on July 28, 2024
The front and Back of a completed scorecard.
The Shanty
Casual / Temporary water.
Walking up to the green on Buck #7
Monday, April 15, 2024
More rules for download below:
| 2024_deerword_mens_club_local_rules_for_all_play.pdf |
| 2024_dmc_local_rules_for_club_play.pdf |
| 2024_rules_and_greens.pdf |
| ll._tie_breaker_scoring.pdf |
| ll._tie_breaker_scoring_page_2.pdf |