Last Call for Reduced Fee Membership Applications

Hi JustGolfers,

There are only a few days left to purchase your JustGolf membership at the reduced fee of $12. If you mail the application after April 1, you’ll have to reach into your pockets for an extra three bucks.

Here is a link to the application:

http://justgolftournaments.blogspot.com/2016/03/2016-membership-application.html

2017 Local Rules in Effect at all JustGolf Tournaments

Please print a copy and store it in your golf bag.

1. Accidental Movement of a Ball on the Putting Green

When a player’s ball lies on the putting green, there is no penalty if the ball or ball-marker is accidentally moved by the player, his partner, his opponent, or any of their equipment. The moved ball or ball-marker must be replaced.

This Local Rule applies only when the player’s ball or ball-marker lies on the putting green and any movement is accidental.

Note: If it is determined that a player’s ball on the putting green was moved as a result of wind, water or some other natural cause such as the effects of gravity, the ball must be played as it lies from its new location. A ball-marker moved in such circumstances is replaced.

2. Relief for Embedded Ball

Through the green, a ball that is embedded in its own pitch-mark in the ground, other than sand, may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped as near as possible to where it lay but not nearer the hole. (“Through the green” is the whole area of the course except the teeing ground and putting green of the hole being played and all hazards on the course.)

3. Preferred Lies

When “preferred lies” are in effect, if a player’s ball lies on a closely-mown area through the green the player may mark, lift and clean his ball without penalty. The player must then place the ball on a spot within one foot of and not nearer the hole than where it originally lay, that is not in a hazard or on a putting green. (Note: “Closely-mown areas” include fairways, aprons around the green, and dew paths. The “first cut” of rough is NOT a “closely-mown area.”)

4. Aeration Holes

When a course has been aerated, a ball that comes to rest in or on an aeration hole may be lifted without penalty, cleaned and dropped, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. On the putting green, the ball may be placed.

 5. Stones in Bunkers

Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions. Rule 24–1 applies. The stones may be removed. If the ball moves, it must be replaced, and there is no penalty provided that the movement of the ball is directly attributable to the removal of the stones.

6. Immovable Obstructions Close to Putting Green

If a ball lies off the putting green but not in a hazard and an immovable obstruction (such as a sprinkler head) within two club-lengths of the putting green and within two club-lengths of the ball intervenes on the line of play between the ball and the hole, the player may lift the ball and drop it at the nearest point to where the ball lay that (a) is not nearer the hole, (b) avoids intervention, and (c) is not in a hazard or on a putting green. The ball may be cleaned when lifted.

7. Cell Phones

Cell phone usage is prohibited on the golf course (except for Rules questions or emergencies). Please add my name and number to your list of contacts: Linda Miller, 609-784-2550

8. Hazard Boundaries

If the margins of water hazards and lateral water hazards are not marked by lines or stakes, then if there is a question as to whether your ball lies in a hazard, or as to where to begin marking your two club-lengths relief from a lateral hazard, you will have to make this decision with the concurrence of your fellow competitors. To help guide you in establishing these margins, here are the USGA guidelines for where to place lines or stakes defining the margin of a water hazard:

“Lines and stakes defining the margins of a water hazard should be placed as nearly as possible along the natural limits of the hazard, i.e., where the ground breaks down to form the depression containing the water.”

You may consider the cut line (where there is a mowed area adjacent to the high grasses in the lateral hazard) to be the hazard boundary line from which to measure your two club-length relief.

9. Ground Under Repair

If a player suspects that his ball may lie in ground under repair that is unmarked, he should play his ball as it lies. He is entitled to play a second ball under Rule 3-3; he must report the situation to the tournament director prior to signing his scorecard.

Mail Check Without Membership Application

If all of the information requested on the Membership Application is exactly the same as last year, you may mail your check without the application. Please write your current Handicap Index on the bottom of the check.

Make your check payable to Linda Miller, and mail to:

Linda Miller

48 Cherry Street

Mount Holly, NJ 08060

The fee is $12 if you put the check in the mail by April 1. After that date, the fee is $15.

2017 Membership Application

Please read 2017 Membership Information and 2017 Tournament Policies before submitting this application. Links to both documents appear under JUSTGOLF LINKS on the website: justgolftournaments.blogspot.com

If all of the information requested on the Membership Application is exactly the same as last year, you may mail your check without the application. Please write your current Handicap Index on the bottom of the check.

Name: ___________________           _____________________________

Handicap number (fill in one):

     GHIN: __  __  __  __  __  __  __    

     Other: Name of handicap service: _____________________________

               Username: ___________________________

               Password:  ___________________________

               Handicap number: _____________________

         

Current Handicap Index: ______ . ____   (must not exceed 22.0 for men, 28.0 for women)

Home Club: _____________________________________________

Cell phone number:     (_____)  _____  –  ______________________

Home phone number: (_____)  _____   –  ______________________

E-mail address: ___________________________________________

Date of birth:  ________________      _____      _______

                        Month                            Date          Year

Home address: _____________________________________________________

                         _____________________________________________________

  

My signature below certifies that I post scores correctly, following all acceptable rounds:

______________________________________________________

Signature

The cost of membership for 2017 is:

• $12 if you mail your check by March 31;

• $15 if you mail your check on April 1 or later.

Please mail this form with a check payable to Linda Miller (NOT JustGolf). Mail to:

            Linda Miller

            48 Cherry Street

            Mount Holly, NJ 08060

2017 Tournament Policies

Changes for 2017 are highlighted in yellow.

1. Registration: Each tournament will have an open registration period. The full tournament fee must be included with the tournament application. Applications must be postmarked no later than the final day of registration. If the deadline for registration has passed, and you wish to play, please call to find out if there are openings.

2. Volunteers: This is an all-volunteer organization. Please make volunteers’ jobs easier by being on time with applications, requests, questions, etc. Volunteers do not need to pay membership dues unless they are competing in tournaments. Volunteers are needed and welcome to serve as starters, registrars, spotters, rangers, scorers, etc. Expenses incurred by volunteers will be reimbursed.

3. Communication:

     a. All information will be posted on this website: JustGolfTournaments.blogspot.com. If you subscribe to the website (free subscription), all information will go straight to your e-mail.

     b. If you need to reach the tournament director, please contact Linda Miller:

     E-mail: LLMillerGolf@gmail.com

     Home: 609-267-8630

     Cell: 609-784-2550

4. USGA Rules: All tournaments will be governed by USGA rules.

5. Local Rules: Local rules and course information for each tournament will be posted on the website prior to each tournament. Players are expected to print a copy of the rules for reference at the tournament.

6. Players Needing Partners: Players may submit single applications for team events. The tournament director will pair singles together, and will notify players as soon as a partner is found.

7. Withdrawal:

     a. Notification: Players who must withdraw from tournaments should notify the tournament director as soon as possible. In a team competition, if a single player withdraws and his partner finds or needs a substitute, that information needs to be communicated immediately to the tournament director.

     b. Refunds: The full tournament fee will be refunded until ten days before a tournament (three days for medical or other unforeseen emergencies). Players who withdraw within ten days (within three days for emergencies) will receive a refund of the tournament fee minus $10.

8. Tournament Cancellations: Call the golf course for possible weather-related cancellations on the day of a tournament. Call Linda’s cell phone if you withdraw or are running late on the day of a tournament:

609-784-2550

9. Tournament Prizes:

     a. $10 of the tournament fee per competitor will be used for prize money.

     b. Prizes will be in the form of gift certificates to Dick’s Sporting Goods.

     c. A minimum of 30% of the field will receive a prize.

     d. Unless otherwise specified, all tournaments will award gross and net prizes.

     e. Prize distribution will be approximately 30% gross and 70% net.

10. Tie-Breakers:  The recommended USGA tie-breaker will be used to break ties for first place (compare back nine total: if still tied, then last 6 on back, last 3 on back; compare front 9 total: if still tied, last 6 on front, last 3 on front; and finally hole by hole beginning with the #1 handicap hole). The same method will be used if more than two teams are tied for the last prize. All other ties will remain as ties and receive equal prize money.

11. Tee Policy for the Men

Men will have a choice of tees (standard or senior) whenever feasible, except the Championship. Yardage and rating information will be provided prior to each tournament, and recommendations will be offered regarding tee selection (based on the distance a player customarily hits his drive). Players will be informed prior to each tournament how many net strokes they will lose if they choose to play from the shorter tees.

Eligibility for gross prizes will be limited to those players who choose to play from the standard tees. All players will compete for net prizes.

12. Handicap Reductions: Players or teams that place first overall net will have their full Course Handicap reduced by two strokes in all subsequent tournaments. Second and third place overall net finishers will have a one-stroke reduction. Stroke adjustments are cumulative for two years on a rolling basis. Players do not lose strokes if they have not won prize money. The Handicap Adjustment Chart showing handicap reductions is posted under JUSTGOLF LINKS, and is updated after every tournament.

13. Maximum Course Handicap: 18 for men; 24 for women. This means that no man will receive more than 18 strokes in a tournament, and no woman will receive more than 24.

14. Eligibility for Club Championship: Players must compete in at least one JustGolf tournament in 2017 to be eligible to compete for the Club Championship.

15. Pairings: Individual players or teams will not be paired with members of their same club or with JustGolf members whom they customarily choose as partners. The reason for this policy is twofold:        

     a. to provide opportunities for players to meet new people; and

     b. to provide for uniformly fair competition.

16. Tipping: $2 is included in the cost of each tournament to cover tips. This will guarantee the bag boy $1 per bag at the start and finish of each tournament. If the money does not get used for tips, the surplus will be added to the prizes.

17. Distance-Measuring Devices: Players may use a distance-measuring device to obtain distance information only. If you use your device to measure other conditions (e.g., elevation changes, wind speed, etc.), you are in breach of Rule 14-3. The penalty is two strokes for the first offense, disqualification for a subsequent offense.

18. Cell Phones: Cell phone usage is prohibited on the golf course, except for emergencies or rules questions. Please add Linda's cell phone to your contact list: 609-784-2550.

19. Caddies: Players are not permitted to use caddies.