Mid Washington Senior Golf Association

Scramble Rules

 

General: 

 

Please comply with all state, local, course, USGA, MWSGA rules, policies and guidelines.

 

Tee Assignment:

 

·         Tee Assignment is ‘pre-selected’ in the player’s profile in the Golf Genius Portal.

 

·         Tee Assignment (e.g., White, Gold) will be identified on the player’s scorecard.

 

Score Cards:

 

1.     Exchange scorecard with opponents.

2.   Each Player must have at least six (6) drives. Failure to mark the 6 drives per player will result in a DQ. 

3.   Score cards must be signed and attested, no exceptions (Failure results in DQ).

 

Pace of Play:  Please keep up with the group in front of you.

 

Play the course conditions:

 

1.   The ball chosen for playing the next shot may be marked and moved no more than 1 club length and not closer to the hole.  If the ball is moved, it must be placed on the same cut of grass.

2.   A ball chosen that has come to rest on the putting surface is marked, it maybe moved no more than 6 inches and not closer to the hole.

3.   A player may take free relief from an immovable obstruction, as long as it is not in a penalty area or against a course boundary fence.  Relief is only granted if the obstruction interferes with the players swing or stance; you don't get relief from the line of play. 

4.   A player is entitled to relief from a cart path, yardage markers, ball washer, staked tree, sprinkler heads, or signage on the course as long as the ball is not in a penalty area.

5.   If the ball selected is in a penalty area:

·         The player hitting the ball into the penalty area must play first, and the ball cannot be touched in any manner except to hit the ball.  His partner must place the ball as near as possible to the original lie.

·         The player hitting the ball into a bunker area must play first, and the ball cannot be touched in any manner except to hit the ball. The second player can rake the sand where the first player hit from and then place his ball before hitting.

 

KP Holes:         Green   Card is for Flight 1 players

                         Yellow  Card is for Flight 2 players

                        Blue     Card is for Flight 3 players

                        Red      Card is open to All Flights

 

New Rules:  There were 20 rule changes approved in 2019 by the USGA such as:

• Option to leave the flag in
• Change from 5 to 3 minutes to find your ball
• No penalty for deflected ball (double hit)
• Dropping the ball from knee height
• A Ball hit out of bounds may be dropped 2 club lengths in the fairway nearest to point it went out no closer to the hole with a 2-stroke penalty. (MWSGA adopted)

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Revised: April 2022