KW EIGHTEEN HOLE MEN'S GOLF LEAGUE ( KW18 )
Conduct of Play
League play will be in accordance with USGA rules including out of bounds, hazards and lost balls. Balls must be played as they lie unless relief is appropriate( no preferred lies ). Balls must be played to the hole ( no gimmies). The maximum strokes per hole is double bogey plus the handicap for that hole. Golfers should pick up if they reach this number of strokes, and enter the number on the score card.
Explanation of Weekly Sign-up Procedures
Sign-up is done on-line through Golf Genius. A message to sign up for play will be sent by email to all league members for each week’s tournament. Cancellations also are done on-line.
Player must be a paid up member of the Kings Way Golf Club and the KW 18 Hole Men's League.
Explanation of Weekly Completion of Cards and Scoring
Player must have, or be in the process of establishing, a U.S.G.A. handicap at the Kings Way Golf Club (see Pro Shop for more information). All cards must be completed in order to be posted and considered for prizes: • Total all Gross Scores • Total all Net Scores • Signature of score keeper on the back of the card • Attest signature on the back of the card All scores will be posted, as appropriate, by the League.
Tee Box Policy
For team formats(Scrambles, Shambles, Best Balls, Trifectas), all players will tee off from the gold tees. For individual play(Individual Stroke Play, Stableford), the age plus handicap rule is used:
If the golfers age plus KW handicap from the white tees is less than 85 then play will be from the white tees. If 85 or over then play will be from the gold tees.
GLOSSARY
Best Ball:(Team play only, gross or net) Record best individual score on each hole. Winner is best total score for that team.
Best Ball Easy 1,2,3 ( Irish Scramble ):
The format is what we are calling Best Ball Easy 1, 2, 3. This format is played as a team of four. Holes are scored as follows: holes 1-6 is one best ball, holes 7-12 is two best ball, and holes 13-18 is three best ball. Record gross scores for individual team
members. We will score the rest. All golfers tee off from the gold tees.
Individual Stroke Play:
record individual scores
Ryder Cup( Match Play)
In keeping with the Ryder Cup philosophy, the two nine-hole events on Thursday and the 18-hole event on Friday will be conducted using match play.
Match play is a scoring system in golf where players or teams compete head-to-head on a hole-by-hole basis, earning a point for each hole they win. The winner is the player or team with the most points at the end of the event format, and the total number of strokes taken doesn’t matter. Match play encourages more aggressive and strategic play, as players focus on winning individual holes instead of minimizing their overall stroke count.
Some key rules of match play:
· A player/ team wins a hole by completing it in the fewest number of (gross) strokes.
· A player/ team may concede a stroke, hole or even match to their opponent.
· In case of a tie, the match is considered halved.
Wednesday June 19, 2024 at 4 pm
The 24 players will be divided up into two teams….Europeans and Americans. European Team Captains will announce their teams.
Pairings for Thursday golf matches will also be announced.
We will also conduct a putting contest ……Europeans against Americans…..with each team member putting to a hole and the distance remaining to the hole measured. The total remaining distance for each team will be totaled and the team with the shortest distance wins.
Tee Boxes
For both days of play, everyone will play from the WHITE tees EXCEPT on Holes 4, 5 & 17 where the GOLD tees will be utilized.
Handicaps
Match play is characteristically played using the gross score without using handicaps.
Thursday
Tee times will begin at 8:30 am .
There will be two separate nine-hole formats this day and the same two-person teams will play each. To keep pace and scoring easy, please play all nine holes in each format even if one team wins the match prior to finishing the nine holes. After both rounds are completed, a member from each Team shall sign the official scorecard certifying the accuracy of the scores and it should be turned into the Pro Shop.
Holes 1 thru 9
This is a two-person best ball format. The lowest gross score should be recorded per two-person team. The team with the lowest gross score on that hole will win one point for their match. If score is tied, the hole is halved. The team with the highest number of points after nine holes wins the match and will win 1.0 point for their side. If a tie, each team will win 0.5 point for their side.
Holes 10 thru 18
This is an alternate shot format which starts at each tee box. First golfer tees off and the team alternates until ball is holed. The team must use the same ball all the way through the hole. Second Team member tees off on next hole. The team with the lowest gross score on that hole will win one point for their match.
Friday
An email will be sent out late Thursday after the Captains’ create the new pairings for the Friday format and associated tee times. This is a one-on-one match round with the player with the low gross score on each hole winning a point for the hole. A tie halves the hole. The player with the most points after 18 holes is the winner of the match. The match winner will get 1.0 point for their side. In case of a tie, each will get 0.5 point for their side.
After the round is completed, a member from each Team shall sign the official scorecard certifying the accuracy of the scores and it should be turned into the Pro Shop.
Winners Determined and Announced
The winning side will be determined by adding up the match points won by each side for all three formats. The side with the most points wins.
Scramble: (Team only, gross or net) On each hole teams choose one best drive from the team players and have every team member play their next shot from that spot. Repeat for each subsequent spot.
Shamble: ( Team only, gross or net): Similar to a scramble , on each hole, teams chose one best drive( only)from the team players and have every team member play their next shot from that spot. Each player plays their own remaining shots until holed out.
Stableford:
A Stableford competition is a golf tournament in which the object is to get the highest score. Each player obtains points as follows: • Bogeys – 1 point • Par – 2 points • Birdie – 3 points • Eagle – 4 points In some formats each player starts with points that reflect his handicap
Texas Scramble:
Teams of four-same as regular scramble except each team member must contribute 2 tee shots, one on the front nine and one on the back nine.
Trifecta: (Modified)1-6 Scramble, 7-12 Shamble, 13-18 Best Ball(4)
