Durham County Golf Union"Serving the clubs, golfers and talent of Durham County"

DCGUJ' LEAGUE RULES:

1.         EACH TEAM SHALL CONSIST OF 5 PLAYERS.

2.         WHITE TEES ARE TO BE USED FOR BOYS AND RED (LADIES) TEES ARE TO BE USED FOR GIRLS

3.         ALL JUNIORS WHO ARE UNDER 21 ON THE 1ST JANUARY OF THE COMPETITION YEAR AND WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING CLUB SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE.

4.         HANDICAP : BOYS WILL PLAY OFF A MAXIMUM OF 28, GIRLS OFF MAXIMUM OF 36 (INCLUDING COURTESY SHOTS). ALL GAMES SHALL BE PLAYED OVER 18 HOLES UNDER MATCH PLAY RULES OF GOLF.

IN SINGLES GAMES PLAYERS WILL PLAY IN HANDICAP ORDER.

HANDICAP ALLOWANCE SHALL BE:

SINGLES  : FULL PLAYING HANDICAP DIFFERENCES

5.         FEMALE COMPETITORS WILL BE ALLOWED ADDITIONAL SHOTS WHICH WILL BE EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE SSS BETWEEN THE BOYS AND GIRLS COURSES.

6.         CADDIES MUST BE UNDER 21 ON THE 1ST JANUARY OF THE COMPETITION YEAR. OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. BALL SPOTTING IS PERMITTED. RULES ADVICE MAY SOUGHT BY PLAYERS FROM THE NOMINATED JLO'S OF THE EACH TEAM ON THE MATCH DAY IF REQUIRED. ALL SPECTATORS MUST BE AT LEAST 20 METERS AWAY FROM JUNIOR COMPETITORS

7.         THE SCORING WILL BE FOR A TOTAL OF 10 POINTS, TWO POINTS FOR EACH WIN AND ONE POINT FOR A HALF.

8.         THE HOME CLUB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING THE RESULT TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY BY 11PM ON THE NIGHT OF THE MATCH VIA EMAIL, TEXT OR FACEBOOK GROUP.

9.         ALL GAMES MUST BE STARTED BY 6PM AND JLO'S EXCHANGE THE TEAM SHEET PRIOR TO THE FIRST GAME. PLAYERS MUST IDEALLY PLAY IN ORDER OF THE LOWEST TO HIGHEST HANDICAP.

10.       ANY POSTPONED MATCHES MUST BE REPLAYED NO LATER THAN THE FRIDAY OF THE FINAL WEEK FOR MATCHES AND THE LEAGUE SECRETARY MUST BE INFORMED. FAILURE TO PLAY CANCELLED MATCHES BEFORE THIS DATE WILL RESULT IN BOTH TEAM RECEIVING NO POINTS.

11.       PRE ARRANGED FIXTURE CAN ONLY BE CANCELLED IN THE EVENT OF COURSE CLOSURE. THE MATCH MUST BE REPLAYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 10. FAILURE PLAY THE MATCH FOR ANY OTHER REASON WILL RESULT IN A 10 - 0 DEFEAT.

12.       SHOULD THERE BE A TIE AT THE END OF THE SEASON IT WILL BE DECIDED

(1ST)   OVERALL TEAM POINTS

(2ND)  TOTAL TEAM MATCH POINTS

(3RD)  TEAM GAMES WON

(4TH)   HEAD TO HEAD TEAM POINTS WON

13.        PLAYERS SHALL WALK AT ALL TIMES DURING THE STIPULATED ROUND UNLESS PERMISSION TO RIDE A GOLF BUGGY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE DCGUJ' AND THE GOLF COURSE ALLOWS USE OF GOLF BUGGIES.

14.       THE DCGUJ' COMMITTEE WILL DECIDE ON ANY ISSUES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THESE LEAGUE RULES.

15.       A PLAYER STARTING THE LEAGUE SEASON WITH A CLUB MAY NOT PLAY FOR ANOTHER CLUB IN ANY OF THE DCGUJ' THREE LEAGUES DURING THE SAME SEASON.

16.       PLAYERS AND CADDIES ARE NOT PERMITTED TO USE ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO  DURING THE MATCHES. CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO DURING THE MATCH WILL RESULT IN AUTOMATIC LOSS OF THE GAME.

17.           THE 3 WAY PLAY OFFS WILL BE HELD ON THE THREE COURSES WINNING THEIR LEAGUES. TEAM A v TEAM B AT COURSE C

18.       SHOULD THERE BE A TIE AT THE END OF THE PLAY OFFS SEASON IT WILL BE DECIDED

(1ST)   OVERALL TEAM POINTS

(2ND)  CUMULATIVE HOLES WON ACROSS THE TWO MATCHES.

For more details regarding the Southern league please contact:

Martin Ball - 07821550021