COMPETITION POLICIES, PROCEDURES & DEFINITIONS
The Nile Ladies Golf Club shall be governed by the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) rules as modified by local rules. The USGA Handbook shall be used as guidelines by Committee Chairs
- Prior to league play or competition:
- All players must sign up for league play and competitions at least five (5) days in advance.
- Also, all players are requested to forecast their participation for the following three (3) weeks, whether they are playing or not playing those weeks. Sign-up and forecast information should be added to the sign-up sheets in the club room on Tuesdays.
- Members may also sign up by contacting a member of the Competition Committee via email, text or phone call at least five (5) days in advance. Please note that the sign-up sheet is the preferred method.
- Competition Committee members:
- Michele Catalano: michele@healycat.org, (206) 300-9150
- Lisa Monke: lmmonke@frontier.com, (425) 774-6737
- If a player who has signed up cannot play, they must contact a member of the Competition Committee as soon as their absence is known, preferably prior to Thursday, when the tee sheets are due to Nile for the following Tuesday.
- If a player must cancel after Thursday, they must still contact a member of the Competition Committee as soon as possible.
- If a player must cancel on the day of golf (Tuesdays), they must contact a member of the Competition Committee via text or phone call no later than 8:00 am.
Day of league play or competition:
- Players must sign in on the day of league play or competition by 8:30am if teeing off in the first four groups, and by 9:00am if teeing off in a later group.
- Players will prepare their own scorecard. If you have questions on how to fill in a scorecard, please ask the competition committee for assistance.
- Your scorecard is given to your pair partner, noted on the tee sheet, who will record your score on the top line. You will record your partner’s score on the top of the card you carry. You should record your score on the bottom of the score card you carry so that you can check your score with your pair partner after nine (9) holes and at the end of the game.
- After play has finished, the scores are tallied and the scorecards are signed and attested. Players sign the card with their official score, and attest their partner’s official scorecard.
- The results of the league play, or competition are recorded on the score sheet, with each player recording their own scores. All scorecards are to be turned into the Competition Committee.
Post competition:
- The Competition Committee will check the scorecards of individuals who have won awards.
- All players must post their results on GHIN.
COMPETITION PLAY WEEKS
- Except on “Choose your own Partner(s)” league play weeks, players will be divided into as many as four (4) flights, according to handicap. Prizes will be awarded to three (3) places in each flight.
- Except on “Choose your own Partner(s)” league play weeks, there will be a different type of competition each week. A description of each possible type of competition is given at the end of this section.
“CHOOSE YOUR OWN PARTNER(S)” LEAGUE PLAY WEEKS:
- No later than one (1) week prior to “Choose your own Partner(s)” league play weeks, players may choose all or some of their foursome partners.
- Players may sign up with one (1), two (2), or three (3) other players.
- Alternatively, players may sign up individually and the Competition Committee will randomly complete the foursomes utilizing all players signed up for that week.
- It is to be understood by all players that cancellations or tee time schedule gaps may require the Competition Committee to make changes to requested foursomes.
COMPETITION FORMATS:
2 BEST BALL FOURSOME
- A team of four (4), each playing their own ball.
- Using individual handicaps, determine which two (2) net scores are the best per hole.
- Add together for a total net score of 36 holes of golf.
5 & 4
- Total of the first five (5) holes on the front nine and the last four (4) holes on the back nine.
- Deduct half (1/2) your handicap.
BEST BALL TWOSOME
- One team of two (2), each playing their own ball.
- Using individual handicaps, determine which score is the best.
- Circle the best ball score.
CHAPMAN
- A two (2) player team game.
- Partners both drive from the tee.
- Each player plays a second shot with their partner’s (drive) ball.
- After second shots are made, determine which ball is better positioned and pick up the other ball.
- The partner with the better ball hits.
- The partner who didn’t take the third shot plays the fourth.
- Finish the hole alternating shots, including putts.
DOUBLE IF
- On each nine, subtract the score of the worst hole.
- Use full handicap.
FIELD DAY
- A fun golf game with props and rules that are not in the official rules of golf permitted. Examples: requiring putts to go through croquet hoops, using string to extend your putts, playing a different game on each hole, or driving with your putter and putting with your driver.
- The Field Day committee will decide the game’s rules.
FIVE OF CLUBS
- Each player is allowed only five (5) clubs in her bag.
- It is each player’s choice which clubs to carry.
HIDDEN HOLES
- Nine (9) holes are drawn from a hat after completion of play.
- Use the scores on the holes drawn.
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
HODGEPODGE
- Score includes the best three (3) holes on the front, the best three (3) on the back and the worst three(3) holes overall.
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
LONG JOHNS
- Count the score on the nine longest holes (3,5,6,8,10,11,12,14,16).
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
MATCH VS. PAR
- A match between the courses Par and your Par using your handicap for the hole.
- If you are even with par you get a zero (0) for the hole. If you are over Par you get a minus one (-1) for the hole and if you are under Par you get a plus one for the hole.
- Add up the score for the eighteen (18) holes.
MEDAL MONTHLY
- This net competition will be the first Tuesday of the month, except for the second Tuesday in April.
- The first Tuesday in October will be the Monthly Medal Tournament.
- If Monthly Medal play is canceled, it will be played the following Tuesday.
- If play the second Tuesday is canceled, there will be no Monthly Medal for that month.
- Each month will have two (2) Monthly Medal winners.
- For the purpose of determining winners, two (2) flights will be created and the players with the lowest net score in each will advance to the October tournament.
- A player may win only once during the same year, so if either winner has previously won a Monthly Medal the advancing player will be the person with the second-best score in that flight.
- If there is a tie, all players with the lowest net score would be considered Monthly Medal winners and all will advance to the October tournament.
ODD OR EVEN
- Choose odd number holes or even number holes, whichever totals less.
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
POINTS (STABLEFORD)
- Use your net score on each hole.
- Points for each hole are:
- 0 = double bogey or worse (2 over par or worse)
- 1 = bogey (1 over par)
- 2 = par
- 3 = birdie (1 under par)
- 4 = eagle (2 under par)
- 5 = albatross (3 under par)
- 25 = hole-in-one
SCRAMBLE
- Four person team scramble, following NLGC rules.
- All four (4) players tee off. The best shot is selected. The player whose ball is selected does not hit the next shot; the other players all hit from that location.
- The process is repeated until the ball reaches the green, at which point the best ball is selected and all four (4) players putt until the hole is complete.
SUBSTITUTE PAR FOR 3 WORST HOLES
- Substitute par for the three (3) worst holes.
TOMBSTONE
- Each player starts the round with a designated amount of strokes and plays until they run out.
- The player places a flag, with their name on it, at the location where their last shot landed.
- The allocated strokes are a sum of the course par and a fraction of your handicap (e.g. half of handicap, rounded to next full stroke.)
T’S AND F’S
- Count the holes beginning with a T and F (2,3,4,5,10,12,13,14,15).
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
T.O.E.
- Count the holes starting with the letters T, O, and E (1,2,3,8,10,11,12,13,18).
- Deduct half (1/2) the handicap.
TOURNAMENT WEEKS
Tournaments have bigger pay outs and prizes. They include a social event at the conclusion of the tournament, which allows that day’s winners to be congratulated by the club.
CAPTAIN’S CUP
Captain’s Cup will be a Tournament of the Captain’s choice.
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
The Club Championship is a two-day tournament. The Club Champion is the player with the lowest gross score combined over the two days. Our Club Champion is eligible to play in the Greater Seattle Women’s Public Golf Association Champion of Champions Tournament annually.
The tournament will be flighted by handicap and prizes will be awarded to top net scores in each flight. (The Club Champion is not eligible for these awards). The number of flights and awards per flight depends on the number of players participating. Additionally, the player with the lowest number of putts will receive an award.
MONTHLY MEDAL PLAYOFF
- All winners of a Monthly Medal event can compete in this 18-hole tournament, played the first Tuesday in October.
- The results are based on net score.
- Prizes will be awarded to four (4) places.
CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT
- To be eligible for this tournament the player has not won a flight of the Captain’s Cup, Club Championship or a Monthly Medal.
- All players not participating in the monthly medal playoff are eligible for the consolation tournament, held the first Tuesday in October.
- The results are based on net score.
- Prizes will be awarded to four (4) places.
INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITIONS
BIRDIES
A birdie pin will be awarded to any player for any and all birdies of the season when earned on any sanctioned day at Nile Golf Club, ie. weekly competitions and all tournaments.
CHIP INS
A chip in is defined as the ball going into the hole from a stroke played off of the green. A golf ball will be awarded to a player with a chip in during weekly competitions and tournaments.
HOLE-IN-ONE
To qualify, the hole-in-one must be made during NLGC weekly competitions or tournaments. Hole-In-One recipients will be honored with a trophy at a party held during the year.
ECLECTIC
- Eclectic begins the first Tuesday in May and ends the last Tuesday in September.
- At the beginning of May each player writes their score for each hole and their overall score.
- On subsequent Tuesdays, players change the scores for individual holes when their score is lower.
- The original overall score is NOT changed.
- After the competition has ended, the total of the revised scores will be compared to the original overall score from the beginning of May.