| 2. Club Teams |
1. Only persons holding valid full year membership in an NBGA Category I member club shall be eligible to play on a team.
2. A player may not be eligible during a particular year to play for more than one club. A player who is a member of more than one member club should declare prior to play of the first matches which club he will play for.
3. The club team shall consist of a captain (who may be a playing or non-playing captain) and 16 players for each particular match. The club team does not have to consist of the same particular players for each match of the competition.
4. Each team shall be divided into 5 handicap flights for each match as follows:
Flight / # of Players per Flight / Slope Factor
A / 2 / 6.9 or lower
B / 4 / 7.0 to 11.9
C / 4 / 12.0 to 15.9
D / 4 / 16.0 to 19.9
E / 2 / 20.0 and +
5. During a particular competition season, a player may not play a subsequent match in a higher handicap flight regardless if his slope factor between matches has increased to a slope factor which would otherwise make him eligible to play in the higher flight. Exception: An exception shall be provided for a player who plays at a lower flight because there are not sufficient players with proper slope factors at the lower flight.
6. Each club shall have full discretion to determine its team members for a particular match, with the following exceptions:
It is recommended that where several club members wish to participate in the competition, the club use some form of competition to seed its members to play in the competition. |
| 3. Form of Play |
Each inter-club match shall consist of 8 two-man matches as follows:
Flight / # of Matches
A / 1
B / 2
C / 2
D / 2
E / 1
2. The order of matches shall be by flight with the flight A match being match #1 and the flight E match being match #8.
3. Pairings shall be determined by each captain simultaneously passing the order of his pairings to the other captain at the first tee prior to the commencement of the match.
4. Each two man match shall consist of 18 holes; the "front" nine shall be played four ball (better ball) format (See Rule 30); the "back" nine shall be played "two man scramble" format.
5. Each two-man match within the flight shall be played "straight up" with no allowance for handicap strokes within the flight.
6. Each hole of the match shall be worth 1 point so that each match is worth 18 points. The winner of the hole shall be credited with one point. A halved hole shall result in each side winning 1/2 point.
7. Commencing in 2002, the format will be a home-and-home format, with a match being played at each of the two clubs. The winner of the match will be the club with a two-day score of 144.5 or greater.
8. In the event that each team shall score 144 points, the participants in one of the 8 matches shall be selected by lot to participate in a sudden death playoff. The playoff shall commence on hole #1 and be played under the four-ball format. |
