John Ling KO Rules

<p>The Competition shall be open to players who are affiliated members of a Surrey Golf Club.</p>
<p>Each team shall consist of ten players aged 55 years or older on the day of the match.</p>
<p>As per our rules, to be eligible to compete in any Surrey County Golf event, a player must:</p>
<p>i) Be of Amateur Status as defined by the R&amp;A.</p>
<p>ii) Be an affiliated member of a Surrey County Golf Club</p>
<p>iii) Have a valid handicap index as defined by the Worldwide Handicap System (WHS)</p>
<p>All entries into Surrey County events shall be subject to approval by the Championship Committee, which reserve the right to refuse entry if, in their opinion a players Handicap Index is not reflective of their playing ability.</p>
<p>Five pairs from each club shall play 18 holes in a fourball better ball match play format. The WHS Playing Handicap allowance is 90%. Each away player will receive one additional shot added to their course handicap before the 90% is applied.</p>
<p><strong> PLEASE NOTE:</strong> This is a change from last year and only applies to the fourball better ball knockouts. However, if one of the players in the away team is also a playing member of the home c</p>
<p>lub, that player does not receive the additional shot. The rest of his team are unaffected, and still receive their additional shot. Players will play off their handicap index subject to a limit of 24.0.</p>
<p>A competitor over the 24.0 handicap index may play in the competition but must play off a handicap index of 24.0.</p>
<p>Players may be changed from one round to the next.</p>
<p>All matches should be played over a course set up as if for a qualifying competition, off the Club&rsquo;s YELLOW tees or equivalent. All losing first round teams will automatically be entered into the Salver competition.</p>
<p>All matches should be played over a course set up as if for a qualifying competition, off the Club&rsquo;s yellow tees or equivalent tees of the day. All Surrey Knockouts shall be played under the rules of the R&amp;A and local rules as per the hosting clubs, unless otherwise advised. All matches must be played to a conclusion until the overall competition result is decided.</p>
<p>A player may represent his club in as many of the knockouts as required, but he may not represent more than one team in the same knockout i.e. a player cannot represent both an A &amp; B team in the same knockout should his club enter more than one team, nor can he play for more than one club in the same knockout.</p>
<p>Home clubs/players are reminded that the rules of the competition request that the players of the away team, where possible, be allowed to play a practice round at a rate equal to or less than the members&rsquo; introduced guest rate, prior to the match date. For the club knockouts (namely the Scratch, John Ling, Surrey Fives, Kelso Hamilton), it is a requirement that the away team are given courtesy of the course for the match to be played.</p>
<p>The home team/player is expected to offer at least three dates to their opponents to play the match, which must all be mid-week. These dates must be offered in a timely manner and must not be offered in the same week. If none of these dates are acceptable to the visitors and no other mutually acceptable date is agreed, then both teams will be disqualified.</p>
<p>The Championship Committee&rsquo;s decision is final. Assuming that the previous year&rsquo;s finalists are in the draw, they will be seeded in each of the knockouts.</p>
<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE: WHILST IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOME TEAM TO OFFER AT LEAST THREE DATES FOR THE MATCH TO BE PLAYED. IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOME TEAM TO MAKE FIRST CONTACT, ALTHOUGH IT IS USUALLY THE CASE. ALL TEAMS/PLAYERS WILL MUTUALLY AGREE TO PLAY THEIR MATCHES BEFORE THE COMPLETION DATE OF EACH ROUND AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL MATCHES ARE PLAYED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT, THEN IN THE FIRST INSTANCE CALL THE CLUB AND ASK THEM TO REACH OUT ON YOUR BEHALF. NO EXTENSIONS WILL BE GRANTED. </strong></p>
<p><strong>ROUNDS</strong> (home or away)</p>
<p>&bull; Round 1 - Top team home</p>
<p>&bull; Round 2 - Bottom team home</p>
<p>&bull; Round 3 - Top team home</p>
<p>&bull; Quarter Final - Bottom team home</p>
<p>&bull; Semi Final - Top team home</p>
<p>&bull; Final - The final will be played on a 'finals day' in September and details will be released by the county office shortly. Please note this date will be fixed, although the website shows the 14th September as the final it will not be on that day.</p>

The contact for this competition is Caroline Hardy-Evans

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