MAC Individual Championship
The MAC Team Championship will be held at Blue Mash Golf Course on Wednesday, October 23.

 

Tees: All play from the White tees.

 

Additional red penalty areas: In addition to areas that are marked as penalty areas, all native grass areas and all wooded areas will be played as red penalty areas. (Therefore, the only out-of- bounds areas will be areas that are off the property or clearly marked with white stakes.) You may not hit a provisional ball for a ball that you suspect may be in a red penalty area; if you hit a second ball, you may not later take relief from the penalty area for a one-stroke penalty.

 

Lost balls: For balls that are lost not in a penalty area or out of bounds, players have two options: re-hit or use Model Local Rule E-5. To use E-5, for two penalty strokes, you can drop a ball from knee height anywhere between where you think your ball is lost and a spot two club- lengths into the fairway, no closer to the hole. You may drop behind this boundary line (the circular arc connecting the lost-ball location and the spot two club lengths into the fairway), back toward the spot from which you previously hit any distance you want. Note: if you play a provisional ball, you are not later allowed to use rule E-5 for the same shot. You can do one or the other, but not both.

 

Distance-measuring devices: Distance measuring devices are allowed under Rule 4.3a, but all features such as slope determination, club selection, wind/temperature data, etc. must be turned off. Players may use cell phones to enter unofficial scores in Golf Genius, check the leaderboard, or use GPS software, but they must not communicate with others via text, phone call, e-mail, or any other communication app.

 

Etiquette: Bag, club, and/or verbal abuse will not be tolerated during today’s MAC Tournament. Players who either intentionally throw a club as a result of frustration or anger or use of foul or offensive language will be penalized. In the first instance for breach of etiquette, the specific player committing the infraction(s) will be warned by a member of the Committee, and his/her fellow competitors will be notified of the warning. In the second instance of the same breach of etiquette, the player – in accordance with Local Rule 5H – will be disqualified.

 

Spectators: All spectators must stay on the cart path at all times. There is NO interaction allowed between players and spectators. Spectators may only leave the cart path for safety reasons or to assist in finding balls.

 

Coaching: Each team may identify ONE coach before the round to coach during the tournament. A player may only receive advice from that coach on any hole after all competitors have holed out and before anyone tees off on the following hole.