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Entry details for the Seniors Scratch Knockout

The Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union have launched a Seniors Scratch Knockout competition, to start in 2016

Maximum Handicap 9, Entrance Fee £8:00, Scratch Match Play

Entrants must have attained the age of 55 before or on 26th March 2016. Entry will be limited to 32, if oversubscribed the lowest 32 handicaps at close of entry will enter draw.

Closing date for entries Saturday 26th March 2016, Cheques made payable to L&RGU, Entries to Hon. Match Secretary: Kevin Whitfield-Green, 43 Beardsley Road, Quorn, Leicestershire LE12 8UX Tel. 07894 700350, Email kevinwgreen@live.co.uk

Entry Form: LRGU Seniors Scratch KO Entry form 2016.docx

Online Entry is available for this tournament - click here to enter, CDH number and immediate entry fee payment required.

Tournament Rules and Conditions
1. Open to all male members of the L&RGU who have attained the age of 55 on or before the closing date in the current year of the tournament.

2. Entry to the tournament shall be as follows,

  • a. All entries should be on official entry form or online entry
  • b. Entries together with the entry fee must be in the possession of the L&RGU Hon. Match Secretary by the closing date.
  • c. Entry will be limited to 32 if oversubscribed the lowest 32 handicaps at close of entry will enter draw.

3. The draw will be published on the L&RGU website and a copy will be sent to clubs.

4. Each round of the Tournament shall be played by the date directed by the Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union. In the event of a match not being played both players will be disqualified.
It is the joint responsibility of both players in each round of the draw to arrange a mutually agreeable date and time to play the match. It must also be acceptable to the host club, who shall grant courtesy of the course for the purpose of the match.

5. All matches shall commence from the first tee, the order of play shall be determined by the draw, and top of the draw shall tee off first. Play shall be off the tee of the longest measured course available. The "teeing ground" is the starting place for the hole to be played. It is a rectangular area two club-lengths in depth, the front and the sides of which are defined by the outside limits of two tee-markers. A ball is outside the teeing ground when all of it lies outside the teeing ground.

6. The maximum handicap shall be 9. (Must be a competition handicap as defined by CONGU)

7. Matches will be played off scratch.

8. Each match shall be played on the course of the player at the top of the draw.

9. Each round up to and including the Final shall be decided over 18 holes. The Final will be played in the afternoon session of the Inter Club Mixed Foursomes and Under 35s Scratch Knock/Out Finals.

10. In the event of a tie, the match shall be resolved by a sudden death playoff.

11. The winner shall communicate the result of each round within 48 hours of it being known to the Hon. Match Secretary.

12. By entering this tournament you agree to The Leicestershire & Rutland Golf Union General Rules and Tournament Conditions. These can be found on the website www.lrgu.co.uk


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