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NOMADS GOLF CLUB – SOUTH AFRICA
RULES OF PLAY
'A' Division - up to 8
'B' Division - 9 to 14
'C' Division - 15 to 25
Except in the case where the actual playing field for any Member Club has
been an average of 60 (Sixty) Nomads (Excluding visiting Nomads) or less
for the preceding Club playing year. In this case the Member Club Executive
Committee may at their discretion opt to have two handicap divisions for the
subsequent Club playing year, namely:
'A' Division - up to 11
'B' Division – 12 to 25
(1)
In such cases there shall remain two divisions for the duration of the
Club playing year regardless of whether the playing field during the
current playing year exceeds 60 Nomads.
(2)
The divisional status shall be thus reviewed annually and reset for
the subsequent year.
The Executive of each Member Club shall be at liberty, at their
discretion, to adjust the handicap parameters of the aforementioned
handicapping divisions and the par for the course on which monthly
meetings are held (when it differs from the S.A.G.A. rating).
(c)
Handicaps shall be based on a par of 30 and shall be adjusted after each
monthly meeting. In the event of a player scoring 2 above or below 30, no
adjustment to his handicap shall be made, but for every two points or part
thereof thereafter, his handicap shall be adjusted by 1 stroke with the
proviso that at no time shall his handicap be adjusted upwards by more than
two strokes.
(d)
At a monthly meeting no Nomad shall play off a handicap greater than a
fixed amount below his club handicap, that being:
(1)
In the case where there are three divisions for the playing year
(Zero) 0 below for Nomads handicaps in the A division of the day,
(One) 1 below for Nomads handicaps in the B division of the day
and (Two) 2 below for Nomads handicaps fitting into the C division
of the day;
(2)
In the case where there are two divisions for the playing year (Zero)
0 below for Nomads handicaps in the A division of the day and
(One) 1 below for Nomads handicaps in the B division of the day.
(e)
In cases where a Member Club hosts an anniversary game within a monthly
game in any particular year, the amount of divisions used for that particular
game shall be the same as the amount of divisions determined in 10 (i) (b)
above.
(f)
The handicap in respect of any Member who has missed the last 4 or more
consecutive meetings shall be his last allocated Nomads handicap or that as adjusted
in accordance with Rule 10 (iii) NON-NOMAD PLAYERS as hereunder, whichever is the