1. All play will be from the white tees unless the yardages is less than 6000 yards in which case the play will be from the blue tees.

2. All play will fall under the rules of golf.

3. All play will include the savannah rule where if a ball is hit out of bounds or is lost it will be played as a lateral hazard and will be brought back into play one club length where the ball went out of bounds or was lost. During NCGA qualifiers the rules of golf shall be followed for a lost ball or out of bounds and a provisional ball should be used where necessary.

4. In all championship events both stroke, Best Ball and Match Play and or qualifiers, pairings will be utilized to match opponents in the same foursomes.

6. All scores will be posted by the club.

7. Any player that turns in scores that are lower than net par more than 3 times throughout the year will have their handicap adjusted for the following tournament the average number of strokes that they are below par on the preceding events. This adjustment will stay with them for the rest of the TPC events or until their index lowers to the adjusted index. For example if a player nets out at 65, 69 and 68 the average of the three scores below par is 4.6 that will adjust up to 5. If the players index is 15 they will play the following events at a 10.Their index will never go lower than a 10 unless the index drops as a result of consistent lower scores adjust their index down with the NCGA. This ruling does not affect Best Ball events.

Tournament Payment Guidelines

1. Payment for all tournaments must be paid a minimum of 30 days prior to the event.

2. Please make payments for tournaments on separate checks.

2. Once payment is made it will be non refundable. All lost tournament fees if refunded by the golf course will be used to off set NCGA qualifiers fees. If there are no NCGA events to be played, the monies will go into the tournament prize fund. There will be no exceptions.

3. Players must be present to receive any and all prize fund or certificates.

4. Players that have left but would have received funds or certificates will forfeit their rights and monies or certificates. The winnings will be used to purchase golf balls or given to the next person on the scoring sheet. Skin winners that have left prior to the end of the event will have their winnings be divided by the players that have stayed until the end of the tournament.

5. The above guidelines will eliminate the TPC from having members receive a credit for monies paid out or won during the 2010 tournaments.

Tournament Scoring

1. Gross scores will receive points as follows; 1st: 100, 2nd 90, 3rd 80, 4th 70, 5th 60, 6th 50, 7th 40 8th 30 . All participants will receive a minimum of 25 points for playing in the event.

2. Net scores will receive points as follows: 1st 100, 2nd 90, 3rd 80, 4th 70, 5th 60, 6th 50, 7th 40 8th 30

3. Best ball events will have the team score Gross points and the individuals scoring Net points.All participants will receive a minimum of 25 points for playing in the event.

4. There will be two double point events to be held at the last two tournaments of the year.

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