General Regulations in regards to the use of the course and playing tournaments

ETIQUETTE RULES
RULES FOR PLAYING THE GOLF COURSE
CROSSING FROM ONE HOLE TO ANOTHER
PRIORITY ESTABLISHED WHILE PLAYING THE GOLF COURSE
NATIONAL HANDICAP
TEE TIME RESERVATION BOOKING
REGULATIONS REGARDING GAME SUSPENSION
REGULATIONS REGARDING PLAY-OFFS
REGULATIONS REGARDING PLAY-OFFS
NON-CUMULATIVE PRIZES
JUNIOR CATEGORY
SCORECARD PRESENTATION IN TOURNAMENTS
DRAWS AND PRIZES
CADDIES
COURSE MAINTENANCE

ETIQUETTE RULES

The Tournaments Committee, the Ruling Officials, the 1st. Professional and his collaborators will put particular attention that the Golf Etiquette Rules are obeyed, both on tournament days as well as during the week. Those who do not cooperate with the maintenance of the golf course, throw clubs, emit harsh yelling, or commit acts against the spirit of the Golf Etiquette Rules, will be notified and warned.

For this reason, we advise golfers that firstly, they will be receiving a written admonish and in case of relapse, they will be sanctioned according to the criteria adopted by the Tournaments and Handicap Committee.

Etiquette in Sports is the main pillar that constitutes upright and worthy golfers. You can be a gentleman without playing golf, but you cannot play golf if you are not a gentleman.

RULES FOR PLAYING THE GOLF COURSE

Those who wish to play the golf course and haven’t obtained the National Handicap, must have a golf instructor’s authorization signed at the Sports Secretary Office. In case a player hasn’t taken any golf lessons at all, he will have to tee off with a golfer with National Handicap, who will be responsible for complying with the established rules for playing the golf course. In case none of the above possibilities are met, the 1st. Professional Eduardo Payovich, or whom he designates, will be in charge of explaining the established rules; in both cases the authorization is to be signed.

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CROSSING FROM ONE HOLE TO ANOTHER

During tournament days, players not participating in them cannot skip or cross-holes while playing a round. They can only do so, on those days where there are no tournaments being played, verifying that the immediate previous hole to the one they are crossing to is free of players.

PRIORITY ESTABLISHED WHILE PLAYING THE GOLF COURSE

Any foursome playing a tournament will have priority in the golf course; in case golfers are playing a tournament but not in a foursome, they will have no right to request to pass.
The same proceeding will apply for Tee offs from Hole 1 and from Hole 9 or 10.

NATIONAL HANDICAP

In order to obtain the National Handicap, players must comply with the regulations established by the Uruguayan Golf Association; once the scorecards are presented, a basic exam of Golf Rules will be carried out, which will be endorsed by the 1st. Professional of the Club, Eduardo Payovich.

TEE TIME RESERVATION

Tee Time can be requested as from Mondays at 9.00 am; golfers interested in playing will be able to request and register a tee time; the Tournaments and Handicaps Committee will draw up the tee time schedule, trying to respect the requests received; requests must be confirmed by all registered players before Thursday at 6:00pm; if not, unconfirmed places will be assigned other golfers listed to play. The official schedule of the tournament will be available for golfers every week on Thursdays at 7.00 pm; players who register after this date will depend on tee availability.

Those golfers who were registered in the tee time schedule are obliged to participate in the tournament. We kindly request players to announce with due anticipation in case they are finally not competing.

REGULATIONS REGARDING GAME SUSPENSION

In case the game is suspended due to an electric storm and/or the course is not in playing conditions, partial suspensions will be carried out, taking into account the capacity of the course and the playtime schedule.
If due to the suspension, some categories do not get to complete the round, such categories round will be declared null; pre-senior and senior categories will not fall into these suspension regulations.

REGULATIONS REGARDING PLAY-OFFS

Tournaments which don’t provide a definition by Play Off system will be defined as follows:

54-hole Tournaments will be defined for the last 36 holes, in case the draw persists, for the last 18 holes, or the last 9 holes, last 6 holes, last 3 holes, last hole and by sweepstakes if the draw still persists. In all cases, handicap percentage will be considered. Handicap strokes fractions of half stroke or more should be counted as a full stroke and any lesser fraction should be omitted.

In case of simultaneous tee-offs, the last nine holes will be considered from hole 10 to 18.

36-hole and 18-holeTournaments will play off in the same way as stated above.

The Championship Committee shall determine any situation not covered by this Regulation.

ALTERNATIVE COURSE:

In tournaments where due to the amount of players it is not possible to have them all participating in our course, the Handicaps and Tournaments Committee will decide to have one of the categories play in an alternative course. The categories will be alternated every time this option is chosen.

NON-CUMMULATIVE PRIZES

In any tournament, handicap, pre-senior and senior categories playing the same amount of holes shall not accumulate prizes, making the order of the program prevail leaving no option for the player.

JUNIOR CATEGORY

All children under 18 years whose handicap is higher than 9 in men and higher than 15 in women, will play in the junior category, when the number of registered participants exceeds eight, with the exception of the following tournaments: Campeonato del Club Individual y por Parejas, Campeonato Abierto para Aficionados “Ciudad de Montevideo” Copa: “FRANCISCO ETCHEVERRY VIDAL”.

SCORECARD PRESENTATION IN TOURNAMENTS

All golfers are required to present their score each time they participate in a tournament and / or has declared before heading out to play that will present the card for handicap, even if the stipulated round is not completed.

SWEEPSTAKES AND PRIZES

A golfer who gets a prize for winning in either one of the categories in dispute or by sweepstake, will have 15 days to claim for it to avoid any kind of inconvenience that may arise.

CADDIES

Only those who meet the necessary requirements can fulfill the functions of a Caddie.

GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE

We request the collaboration of all golfers to ensure an adequate maintenance of the course

• Replace divots
• Repair green divots
• Smooth bunkers
• Don’t get the ball out of the hole with the putter or any other club
• Don’t practice shots to the green with more than two balls
• Remember it could be you playing in the coming back group.

NOTE

We inform that it is not allowed to play golf with joggings, bathing suits, t-shirts, top tanks and inadequate clothing for playing golf.

We also let you know that golfers will not be allowed to play with clothing or items that are not suitable for playing in our course and that players must dress according to the parameters indicated by the golf etiquette.

IMPORTANT:

• Golf Club’s Staff will let the person who is not complying with any of these rules know and will state it in the News Book of the Sports Secretary.
• Golfers who want to forward a complaint or suggestion to the Captain, Tournaments and Handicaps Committee or Course Manager must do so in writing or via e-mail.