Rules Of Play - 2015 | Page 9

Page 9 of 21 NOMADS GOLF CLUB – SOUTH AFRICA RULES OF PLAY (iii) At a National Tournament; If all players have completed at least three holes, the following formula shall apply: Players 18 hole score = ((28 - a) * b/18) + a + c where items a, b and c shall have the same meaning as in (a) (i) above. The 18 hole score as calculated shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 or greater going up to the next whole number). (b) If the conditions of (a)(ii)(2) above are not fulfilled then the competitions affected shall be competed for at the next meeting that a minimum of 9 holes have been completed by all those participating who have qualified to participate. (c) Except as allowed for in (b) above, should some players not have completed 3 holes then:(i) At a Club meeting, the Club Executive will decide whether or not to count the curtailed meeting, postpone it or cancel it. (ii) At a National Tournament for the – (a) Bert Hunt, National Individual Champion of Champions and Prometheus Trophies: (i) (ii) (b) National Eclectic Trophy: (i) (c) Only scores actually achieved will apply - excluding any disregarded rounds above. Ferneyhough Gold Salver (i) (d) For the purpose of calculating the 18 hole score of those players who have completed at least 3 holes the formula as in 12 (a) (ii) shall be applied. Those players who were unable to complete three holes shall be awarded 28 points as their score for that round and this score shall be recorded against the appropriate Tournament Round in respect of that individual. Only actual completed rounds played will be counted towards the Bert Hunt Trophy. The last two rounds counted in (a) will apply. Without in any way derogating from the aforegoing, the National Chairman, National Coordinator and National Senior Vice-Chairman, shall, acting as a body, be entitled in their entire and unfettered discretion, to cancel a complete round of the tournament at a National Tournament, irrespective of how many players have failed to start, started or completed that round, and irrespective of whether players have completed that round on a day other than the day upon which the decision to cancel the round is taken.