PARKWAY GOLF SOCIETY HANDICAP POLICY 2008

 

ARTICLE 1 - POLICY.

THE PGS (PARKWAY GOLF SOCIETY) HANDICAP SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE PLAYER'S USGA HANDICAP INDEX (ROUNDED UP FOR .5 AND HIGHER AND ROUNDED DOWN FOR BELOW .5), FOR PGS TOURNAMENTS, REGARDLESS OF COURSE PLAYED, EXCEPT IN THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES:

a)      GOLFERS PLAYING IN FIRST TOURNAMENT OF YEAR WILL PLAY OFF LAST YEAR’S ENDING PGS HANDICAPS.

 

b)      FOR THE SECOND AND ALL SUBSEQUENT TOURNAMENTS, MEMBERS MUST HAVE A CURRENT USGA HANDICAP CARD.

q       FAILURE TO PRODUCE THIS CARD TO A COMMITTEE MEMBER, BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT, WILL MEAN AN AUTOMATIC CUT OF FOUR SHOTS FROM THEIR PGS HANDICAP.

 

c)      WHERE  MEMBER’S USGA HANDICAP IS DEEMED BY THE COMMITTEE TO BE OUT OF DATE OR INACCURATE  A PGS HANDICAP WILL BE CALCULATED ACORDING TO CALCULATION IN ARTICLE 2

 

d)      NEW MEMBER PLAYING IN FIRST YEAR OF GOLF WILL BE ASSIGNED A 30 HANDICAP UNTIL USGA HANDICAP IS ESTABLISHED

 

e)      WHEN MEMBER WINS, OR TIES FOR A WIN, IN A PGS TOURNAMENT  HIS HANDICAP WILL BE REDUCED BY 1 SHOT FOR THE NEXT 2 TOURNAMENTS.

 

f)       A MEMBER’S GUEST MUST SHOW A CURRENT ACTIVE USGA CARD OR BE ASSESSED A HANDICAP DECIDED BY THE COMMITTEE.  – (THIS GUEST WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE FOR THE MONEY PRIZES BUT NOT FOR THE TROPHIES).

 

ARTICLE 2 – PGS HANDICAP CALCULATION.

 

PGS HANDICAP CALCULATION:

 PGS HANDICAP WILL BE BASED ON THE MEMBER’S BEST SCORE(S) FOR THE 2005, 2006, and 2007  SEASONS, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE USGA HANDICAP CALCULATION:

 

·          If 5 scores OR less, hcap will be based on best score

·          If more than 5 scores BUT LESS THAN 10 , hcap will be based on average of best 2 scores

·         If 10 OR MORE scores  , hcap will be based on average of best 3 scores

 

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING HANDICAP SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE HANDICAP COMMITTEE