Ventura County Junior Golf Association 2008

VCJGA PLAYER'S CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov 8 - Nov 9, 2008

Cypress Ridge Golf Course

Info
- Tournament Info
Results

Detail
Title:	PACE OF PLAY
Detail:	PACE OF PLAY PROCESS The VCJGA Tournament Committee will designate a minimum of six (6) holes on the course as timing checkpoints. A volunteer will be stationed at each timing checkpoint and signal each group with a color-coded card (green or red) indicating a group's position on the course. Penalties will be confirmed with groups by a VCJGA Tournament Committee member and verified in the scoring tent. It is the responsibility of the player to know which color cards they receive at all checkpoint holes. OVERALL TIME PAR Overall time par is the amount of time in which the VCJGA Tournament Committee expects all players to complete a round. This will be expressed on a per hole basis and an overall time for 18 holes. In part, time par is established with the understanding that 45 or more seconds is excessive to play a shot without distractions. • A group's time begins when a member of the group has played a stroke from his starting teeing ground. • Checkpoint times are measured when the flagstick is replaced in the hole after all players in the group have holed out. • The VCJGA Tournament Committee may adjust time par between tournament rounds. OUT OF POSITION “Out of position” is defined as: • Failure to complete the hole being played before the group immediately ahead has completed the hole which follows the timing checkpoint. (e.g. your group is one hole behind). • When a checkpoint hole precedes a par 5, failure to complete the checkpoint hole before the group immediately ahead has made a stroke from the putting green. • When a checkpoint hole is followed by a par 3, failure to complete the checkpoint hole before the group immediately ahead has completed the par 3 and teed off and walked forward of the teeing ground of the next tee. * The first group(s) of the day is judged only against time par. TIMING CARDS Volunteers stationed at each checkpoint hole will signal the group according to their position on the course. • Green card (No Penalty): The group is in position AND/OR within overall time par throughout that checkpoint. • Red card (Warning): The group is out of position AND behind overall time par through that checkpoint. Upon receiving a Red Card (a) each player in a group is subject to being timed and “bad time” penalties, and will continue to be subject to timing until the group receives a Green card at a timing checkpoint, and (b) the group is subject to a Multiple red card penalty. PENALTIES/BAD TIMES • Bad times: A player has recorded a bad time when he has taken in excess of 45 seconds to play a shot once it is his turn to play and there are no distractions. A one-stroke penalty may be assessed to any player with three bad times. Players may incur additional one-stroke penalties thereafter for two or more bad times. The tournament Committee reserves the right to disqualify a player that incurs or is subject to more than two one-stroke penalties for bad times during any given event. Players will generally be advised when they have a bad time, but, once subject to being timed, can be penalized even if not so advised. • Multiple red cards: At the discretion of the Tournament Committee, a one-stroke penalty per card may be assessed to each member in the group if the group receives back-to-back red cards. The one stroke penalty will be assessed to any player with multiple bad times (minimum of three). • * A penalty stroke is added to the hole where the infraction is incurred. Penalties will be confirmed with the group by an VCJGA Rules Official and verified in the scoring area. UNDUE DELAY • If a player records five (5) bad times during the round, they will receive a one-stroke penalty for undue delay. • The player will receive another penalty stroke if they record two (2) or more additional bad times. RESCINDING A RED CARD A red card can be rescinded in three ways: 1. Group is in position with the group immediately ahead through next checkpoint. 2. Group is on or below overall time par through next checkpoint. 3. Group gains one minute on time par from red card checkpoint to following checkpoint or final hole. • A group will be presented with a green and a red card if they play checkpoint to checkpoint or to final hole gaining one minute on time par, but are still "Out of Position" AND behind overall time par through that checkpoint. • Timing will begin when the flagstick has been replaced in the hole of the checkpoint hole. FACTORS IN DETERMINING TIME PAR Listed are factors the VCJGA takes into consideration in creating a fair time par at each event: • Difficulty and length of course • Walks between holes • Conditions of competition • Pace of play history for course The VCJGA reserves the right to adjust the Pace of Play Policy. This policy mirrors the Pace of Play policy utilized by the AJGA.