| 2011 Men's Association Schedule
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2011 Men's Association Schedule
2011 Golf Association schedule offers a wide variety of tournaments and formats for all ability levels. This is a great chance to meet new people and have fun while improving your overall golfing ability. All tournaments are subject to change so please call the golf shop or watch news bulletins for more information on each MGA event.
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EVENT
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March 19
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Frostbite
4-Man Best Ball (computer will make pairings using the ABCD format)
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March 26
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*Rock-a-Billy
2-Man Best Ball (net and gross divisions) using the 6, 6, 6 formula (6 holes captain's choice, 6 holes alternate shot, 6 holes best ball) Field will be divided in ½ based on total handicap.
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April 9
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*Masters Pick a Partner
Pick a pro in the Masters to be your partner plus your net score.
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April 23
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*Blind Partner
2-Man Best Ball net and gross divisions (partners are drawn after last group has teed off.
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May 7, 8
May 21 & 22
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RVGHOF Qualifying
36-hole individual gross score.
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*Match Play Championship Qualifying (in conjunction with RVGHOF Qualifying.)
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Qualifiers for Championship Flight Only: Single Match Play rules will govern play. No handicap allowances – both participants will play to scratch. All matches play the blue tees. Qualifiers for all other flights: Single Match Play rules will govern play in the stroking off the lower handicap of the two in the match. All matches play from the white tees. Best 2 out of possible scores will count.
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May 28, 29
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*Member-Member
2-Man Best Ball – Second day will be flighted.
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June 18
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*Bench Tournament
Stroke play winners from net and gross. Net champions name will be engraved on a bench.
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July 2
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*Flag Tournament
Individual Stroke Play plus your handicap
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July 16
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*Red, White & Blue
Net and gross individual stroke play using red/white/blue tees.
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August 6-7
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*Club Championship (changed from original date of July 23, 24)
36-hole individual net and gross
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August 13-14
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*Member/Guest
1st Day: 2-Man Best Ball utilizing the Stableford System; 2nd Day: team score based on both player's scores utilizing the Stableford System.
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August 20
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*Score plus Putts
Total net score plus putts
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August 27
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*Beat the Pro
Individual net score against the pros gross score
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October 15
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9 Hole Shoot-Out
Top 10 highest point leaders will qualify for the point’s shoot-out
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*Denotes a point's tournament
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2011 Men's Golf Association Information
Eligibility: Must be a current Hanging Rock Golf Association Member with a valid Hanging Rock USGA handicap.
Format: There are a wide variety of formats that include gross and net divisions unless otherwise specified. Handicap computer will make the pairings.
Deadline: Deadline to sign up is 5:00PM on the Thursday before the Saturday MGA event.
Tournament Rules: Unless otherwise noted the below rules will be in effect for all events:
- Tees: Play will be from the White tees with the following exceptions: unless other tees are stipulated in the format (i.e. red, white & blue).
- Ball may be moved one club length in your own fairway.
- All putts must be holed out.
- There is a triple bogey maximum score limit.
Entry fee: $10 for one-day Saturday morning events. Special events may vary in price. Note: an entry fee for any of the events is not required unless a minimum of eight (8) people have signed up to play.
Payouts for Tournaments: 100% of the payouts will be in golf shop gift certificates used for golf shop merchandise only. The breakdown of the payouts will be determined by the number of players participating.
Pace of Play Policy: 4 ½ hours is the maximum pace of play. If you’re group is more then one hole behind the group in front of you and you are over the 15 minute per hole time limit allowed you may be asked to skip a hole to get back in position. In this case take a net par for scoring purposes.
Point’s System: There are 13 Men’s Association point’s events this year. Points will be awarded throughout the year to participants in each tournament based on the player’s individual net score determined by using 80% of a player’s established USGA handicap.
Point's breakdown:
- 1st 100
- 2nd 95
- 3rd 90
- 4th 85
- 5th 80
*Points then decrease by increments of 3 until 50 points is reached then points decrease by increments of 2.
*Two day tournaments will result in points being awarded for each day's net score.
*Flighted tournaments will result in points being awarded for each flight.
End of the Year Shootout: The ten (10) highest points totals for the year will qualify for the End of the Year Shootout tournament. Ties for the final 10th spot will be broken based on the higher point total in the final Association Points tournament. The Shootout is a 9-hole shootout based on player's gross scores. The highest score each hole is eliminated. Ties for high score are broken by a chip-off. Farthest from the pin in the chip-off is eliminated. This continues until the final hole and the last two remaining participants. A tie on the final hole will result in a "sudden death" playoff hole to be repeated until one player wins. Prizes are awarded to each player particapating in the Shootout.
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