The Nottinghamshire Amateur & Professional Golfers' Alliance (Founded 1921) Conditions of Competition

1. All Competitions are played under the Rules of Golf of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews and the following Alliance Conditions of Competition.

2. The Professional Golfers’ Association Tournament Rules will be applicable to all P.G.A. Registered Professional Players except as regards ‘Time of Starting’ where the disqualification penalty for lateness will be waived in line with Section D Paragraph 3 below.

3. The Honorary Secretary is the Authorised Representative empowered by the Committee to settle any problems which may arise regarding starting Times etc. and is appointed as Referee (Rule 34-2) as regards any dispute or doubtful point on the Rules of Golf.

A. Conditions & Method of Entry

1. Each Clubs’ Professional and Organiser are responsible for the submission of their Team Entry, which must be received by the Honorary Secretary at the latest fourteen days before each fixture. Only in exceptional circumstances will late entries be accepted.

2. Each affiliated Club may enter a Team consisting of the PGA Club Professional (or equivalent), one other PGA. Professional / Trainee and 6 Amateurs.

3. A Professional / Trainee may take the place of the Club Professional and an Amateur may take the place of either if they are unable to play. However, this must be for genuine reasons only and it is expected will only apply very infrequently.

4. Only 2 juniors per Club (under 21 as at the 1^st January) are normally permitted. Where a Team find it necessary to include more than 2 Juniors the 3^rd and subsequent Juniors will be required to pay the full Amateur Entry Fee.

5. If a Club has additional PGA Professionals / Trainees they may play (subject to the availability of Tee times) as ‘Not in Team’ Players. Professional ‘Not in Team’ Players play for prizes outside of the team.

6. Clubs may enter additional Amateur Players and they may play (subject to the availability of Tee times) as ‘Not in Team’ players. Where there are sufficient Amateur ‘Not in Team’ Players the Committee may provide additional prizes solely for these players.

7. All ‘Not in Team’ players must be nominated as such on the Entry Form. No changes will be permitted once play has commenced.

8. If a Player (or his replacement) fails to turn up for a fixture, without any prior notification, he will still be required to pay his entry fee and cannot play again until it is paid.

B. Stipulated Round / Handicap Limits / Handicap Allowances

1. All Competitions are played over 18 Holes, other than those stipulated as a 36 Hole Tournament on the Entry Form.

2. Where weather conditions necessitate a reduction in the Holes to be played Players will be notified at the earliest opportunity.

3. The Handicap Limit for all Competitions is 16

4. All Amateur Players will play off their current ‘Home’ Club Handicap to which the following allowances will be applied :

Singles Strokeplay - Stableford, Handicap Allowance Full Pro-Ams - Best 2 from 4 Stableford, Handicap Allowance 3/4

Harry Brown Final - TBA

C. Local Rules of Golf

1. The Local Rules in force at the Course being played will be applicable at all Alliance fixtures with the following additions :

· Embedded Ball - Through the green a ball embedded in its own pitch mark in ground other than sand may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green.

· Aeration Holes - Through the green, a ball which comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. The ball when dropped must first strike a part of the course through the green. On the putting green, the player shall place the ball at the nearest spot not nearer the hole, which avoids such situation.

· The use of Mobile Phones during the playing of a round is not allowed. In accordance with ‘Rule 6-7 Undue delay; Slow Play’ the Penalty for breach of this Rule is a deduction of two points from the points total scored for the round.

2. The Handicap Stroke Table as published at the Course being played will be applicable at each Alliance fixture.

D. Start Times / Markers

1. In all Singles Strokeplay Competitions the Competitors will play in three balls. In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary for play to be in two or four balls but only at the discretion of the official in charge of the Competition.

2. Players are required to collect their Scorecards 10 Minutes prior to their Start Time. Failure to do so may result in them being allocated a later Start Time. If they refuse to accept this ruling they will still be required to pay their entry fee and cannot play again until it is paid.

3. Time of Starting (Rule of Golf 6.3a Note). If the player arrives at his starting point, ready to play, within five minutes after his starting time, in the absence of circumstances which warrant waiving the penalty of disqualification as provided in Rule 33-7, the penalty for failure to start on time is the loss of the first hole to be played in match play or two strokes at the first hole in Strokeplay. The Committee has ruled that the penalty of disqualification for lateness beyond five minutes will be waived in individual cases and the player may then play if a later Start Time becomes available. If they subsequently refuse to play they will still be required to pay the entry fee and cannot play again until it is paid.

Note - The Start Time as published determines any penalties as regards Rule of Golf 6-3a.

4. The fellow Competitors in each Start group will mark each other’s Scorecards. All scorecards must be returned on completion of the round. All ‘No Returns’ to be countersigned by marker, with reason if ‘walking-in’.

E. Determination of Winners

1. The ‘Best Score of the Day’, all Team results and all Amateur results: Ties are decided by a count back over the last 9 holes.

In the event of further ties over the last 6, last 3, last 2, last 1, last 12, last 15, and so on until a result is reached.

2. Professional’s prize moneys in the event of Ties are shared accordingly.

F. General

1. The Committee has the sole right to interpret these Conditions of Competition and reserves the right to rescind, alter or add to these from time to time. Such interpretation to be final.