| We have made one significant change to the rules in an attempt to speed up play this season -- the maximum score you can take on any hole is now Par + 4 (7 on a par 3, 8 on a par 4, and 9 on a par 5) -- please pick up after you have made the maximum number of strokes on a hole so the groups behind do not have to finish in the dark. Obviously, this isn't the only thing that can be done to speed up play -- please make an effort to be ready to hit your shot as soon as it is your turn and don't be afraid to play 'out of turn' if it makes sense (like if someone in your group is looking for a ball in the woods and you're in the middle of the fairway). |
| There has been a change to the scoring rules regarding Blind scores. Obviously, no one wants to use a blind score but the rule was changed so that when they are used the missing players do not benefit tremendously without showing up. The rule change is this: if a player does not play and does not have a sub, their generated blind score cannot take more than half of the available 20 points in the individual match and their team match score cannot exceed half the available 20 points either. The opposing team does NOT get the 'extra' points -- they simply go unawarded. Therefor, it is possible to have a match including blind scores like: 28-24. |
| There was also a change to the rule regarding suspension of play -- the rule used to read that the match would be considered complete if the teams played 6 or more holes and the remaining holes would be 'halved'. We have amended it to read that the 2 teams can suspend play for weather *or darkness* if they agree that it is too dark to continue and the scores for remaining holes will be generated like a blind score which should result in roughly a half most of the time (but is much easier to effectively administer). |