With any league, there must be parameters lest there be chaos. A few things in our league needed to be tightened up and after talking with our membership over the winter, the following was the overwhelming consensus.
Note: Remember, these guidelines deal mainly with the $1 NET weekly winner and the Season long Race for the FEDEX Cup, especially #1 because if you are losing balls on a hole, you won’t be winning a RANG.
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- (a) PROVISIONAL TEE SHOTS- When you have hit the ball off the tee in an area that MAY be off the golf course property, you MUST hit a provisional tee shot. Here are those areas.
*RIGHT on #3
*RIGHT on #4
*LEFT on #12
*LEFT on #14
*LEFT on #16
On all other tee shots, if you chose not to hit a provisional, drop a ball in the fairway adjacent to where your ball entered the woods. YOU WILL THEN BE PLAYING YOUR 4TH SHOT. Nobody will be winning a RANG when dropping their 4th in the fairway.
(b) PROVISIONALS FROM FAIRWAY– You should hit a provisional if you hit your second or third shot from the fairway into an area that COULD BE lost. If you can’t find your ball, drop it in the fairway adjacent to where your ball went in woods and take a 2 stroke penalty.
NOTE: If at any time during the round you are forced to drop a ball in the fairway, YOU ARE ELIMINATED FROM WINNING THE WEEKLY NET PRIZE. However, you WILL still get your FEDEX POINTS for that week.
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- BALL SECURITY– Play the ball as it lies UNLESS we are playing “Lift, Clean and Place” during wet or soft conditions. That will be determined before the first group tees off #1.
- PUTTING & GIMMIES– (a) Put out your birdie putts (b) Wait until someone in your group verbally gives you a putt before picking it up or slapping it at the hole.
- HAVE FUN– After all, that’s what it’s all about.
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