Men's Competitions

ELIGIBILITY

Only fully paid-up members of the Club who have an official WHS handicap index of 54 or less, unless otherwise specified, may take part in Club Competitions. To be eligible to win prizes entrants to invitation competitions (Am guests etc.) must have an officially recognised WHS handicap index. Players who do not have a handicap index may not enter.   All members must have a handicap index at the time of sign up to all knock out competitions on Intelligentgolf. Handicap restrictions may apply to some competitions. Entrants must have entered/recorded a minimum of 6 qualifying or acceptable scores in the past 12 months to be eligible to win trophies or board competitions.  Players with less than 6 acceptable scores may enter board competitions (except knock outs) but will not be eligible for the award of trophies but may still win prize money.

Where limits on handicap index under 54 are specified for eligibility for the award of a Trophy a player with a handicap index above that specified may still enter, with no handicap index restriction, and participate in that competition. A player with a handicap index above that eligible for the Trophy will still be eligible to win any prize money that may be awarded. This exception does not apply to knock out competitions or the Centenary Cup where handicap index limits apply for entry.

Country members may play in and may win any Club Competition apart from knock-out competitions, subject to the handicap requirements above.

GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS

All singles stroke play events (Medal, Stableford, Bogey) will be run as Qualifying Competitions for handicap purposes unless playing conditions for such competitions cannot be provided, or if some other consideration arises. Players will not be able to withdraw on the day of the competition. The Halsey Cup is a medal knock out competition and it is mandatory that players medal cards are entered for handicap after each tie is completed.

All matches must be played by the date indicated for the round. The Competition Secretary will disqualify competitors not complying. THE CAPTAIN’S COMMITTEE WILL NOT ALLOW EXTENSIONS TO INDIVIDUAL MATCHES but may extend rounds if unusual ground conditions close the course.

TEES

All men’s competitions are played from White tees unless stated otherwise.

KNOCK-OUT COMPETITIONS WITH HONOURS BOARDS

Men’s knock-out competitions, where the names of the winner(s) are inscribed on an honours board in the Clubhouse, will always be organised so that the winner(s) will face at least four matches. If a competition has fewer than 16 entries, league matches will be arranged to achieve that.

JUNIORS

1. Junior members with a handicap index of 54 or less may enter Monthly Weekend and Monday Medal/Stableford Competitions. They may also play in the Eclectic.

2. Junior members with a handicap index of 54 or less may enter specified other Club competitions. Scorecards can be issued from the Hub where full information regarding competitions will be available.

3. Junior members playing in adult Club competitions must play with and have their cards marked by an adult member who is eligible for the competition and who ideally is not a parent.

4. Juniors playing in Club competitions will not pay an entry fee and may not win monetary prizes including vouchers.

5. Competitions run exclusively for Juniors are organised by the Junior organiser.

RESOLUTION OF TIES

Ties in Matchplay Competitions will be decided by extra holes, sudden death, played in sequence from the 1st hole played in the match, with handicap strokes allocated as in the first 18 holes.

Ties in stroke play competitions, except for the Royds Cup, will be resolved by card countback over the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 hole(s). In the case of Medal competitions, the countback will be after deducting the appropriate proportion of the course handicap from the gross score of those holes.

Royds Cup to be decided on a four hole playoff on holes 1, 2, 17 and 18. If that does not produce a result then sudden death over the same four holes. If the result is still a tie, there will be joint winners and sharing of the prize money.

PRIZE MONEY

The prize pool for each competition will comprise the total entry fees paid, less a deduction of 20%, divided equally between the Club and a fund to maintain the honours boards in the clubhouse.
The prize pool in all one-day weekend singles competitions, except the Summer Stableford Series, will be divided equally between Division 1 and Division 2. The two divisions will be determined according to handicap index, except where there are fewer than twenty entries, in which case there will be only one division. Foursomes, pairs competitions and the Monday Medal/Stableford, held on a single day, will comprise one division only. Each division or competition prize pool will be divided 50%/30%/20% to the best three scores.

For the Summer Stableford Series, the amount available for prizes from each daily competition comprises the total entry fees paid less a deduction of 20%, as noted above. £0.50 from each entry fee will then be reserved to create the prize pool for the Final. Prizes will be paid in one division only for each of the Series events divided 50%/30%/20% to the best three scores.

The prize money for most knock-out competitions will be divided 50% to the winner, 30% to the runner up and 10% to each losing semi-finalist. For knock-out competitions with traditionally small entries, namely the Winter Scratch Trophy, the winners will receive 70% of the prize pool and the runners up 30%.

For the Centenary Cup the Prize money allocation will be 70% to the winner and 30% to the runner up unless the number of entrants exceeds 25 then third place will be included  with the prize pool divided 50%/30%/20%.

Prize monies will be allocated to the member’s bar card account.

COMPETITIONS

Check in on IG - entry fees will be deducted from your account. The categories of membership eligible for entry to a particular competition are indicated by the following letter code:

• F  - Full
• C  - Cadet
• 5  - Five-day - must pay a weekend green fee. 5 Day members playing knock out matches must make themselves available to play at weekends and pay the green fee if required.
• Cty  - Country
• J  - Junior (Special conditions for Junior entries)
• Flexible & Lifestyle members - may not play in club knockout competitions but may play in other competitions and win prize money but cannot be declared the winner of a ‘Board or Trophy’ competition.

 In addition, please refer to the General Notes on Competitions and the General Rules of Play & Etiquette.

 General Competitions

 Summer Knockout Competitions

 Winter Knockout Competitions

 Other Competitions

 See Mixed Competitions for:

• Captain's Day
• Vaughan Vases
• Turkey Trot
• Three Club Challenge
• Cross Country
• Texas Scramble