Surrey Golf
Surrey Scratch League Knockout 2025 Rules
To be eligible to compete in any Surrey County Golf event or to represent the County in a match, a player must:
i) Be of Amateur Status as defined by the R&A.
ii) Be an affiliated member of a Surrey County Golf Club
iii) Have a valid handicap index as defined by the Worldwide Handicap System (WHS)
The Competition shall be open to players who are members of a Surrey Golf Club affiliated to Surrey County Golf Ltd.
All losing first round teams will be entered into the plate.
Each Club will be represented by one team of five players and all matches are played off scratch.
Players may be changed from one round to the next.
There are no age limits for players in this competition.
The Competition will be played over 18 holes as a singles scratch match play knockout.
Players must play in strict handicap index order.
All losing first round teams will automatically be entered into the Plate competition.
All matches should be played over a course set up as if for a qualifying competition, off the Club’s medal tees of the day.
All Surrey Knockouts shall be played under the rules of the R&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.
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 & 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.
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’ 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. For the individual/pairs knockouts (namely the Thornhill, County Card Foursomes, and junior scratch & handicap), if the club will not allow courtesy of the course for the match, then the home players are required to cover the cost of any green fee.
The home team/player is expected to offer at least three dates to their opponents to play the match, two at weekends and one 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.
The Championship Committee’s decision is final.
Assuming that the previous year’s finalists are in the draw, they will be seeded in each of the knockouts.
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.
Rounds Home or Away
Round 1 Top team home
Round 2 Bottom team home
Round 3 Top team home
Quarter Final Bottom team home
Semi Final Top Team home
Final - The finals date will be advised shortly, please note although the website shows the 14th September it will not necessarily be on that day. The date given by the county office will be fixed.
All results to be emailed to office@surreygolf.org as soon as the match has been played.
The contact for this competition is Nigel Coase
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