as Amended, January, 2025

     1. Who May Compete.
         All Active Members with a handicap may play during our time slot and                       compete in the regular weekly Competitions. Active Members are
         members of the Oceanside Wednesdays Men's Golf Club (the Club) that are
         current on their dues. Those Active Members who have an Associate                           Membership or Trial Membership may not compete in the President's Cup, the             Club Championship nor Club paid social events and may not vote. Guests of               Active Members are welcome, but may not participate in competitions.

Members shown as “inactive” by the USGA are not eligible to compete with the
exception that a member who is inactive because of delinquent dues, may compete with the permission of the Club's Treasurer when there is a question on the status of payment between the Club and the USGA. New players without a handicap may receive a temporary handicap from the tournament director.
     
     2. Fee to Compete.
         The weekly fee to play is $10.00. $1.00 of which we allocate to each                       of holes in the Closest to the Hole competition. For tournaments that                           extend multiple weeks, you must pay that fee each week you are in the                       competition.
     3. Play Ready Golf (except for match play or when it is previously announced not             to).
         Make every effort to stay up with the group ahead of you. You can do this by:            1. Tee-off as soon as the group ahead is clear. 2. Do not use the honor system,            the player who is ready should hit. 3.Shorter hitters should hit first off the tee if
        they can't reach the group ahead. 4. Carry an extra ball and use it to play a
        provisional if yours may be lost or OB. 5. When driving a cart, drop your                  partner at his ball, then continue to yours. 6. Take appropriate clubs to your ball          and hit without delay. 7. The group should watch where each shot goes. 8. Limit          search for lost balls to 3 minutes. 9. Park your golf cart by the side of the green            not in front. 10. Study your putt while others are putting. 11. Continue putting              until holed out. 12. Place your clubs where you exit the green. 13. Leave the                green immediately after holing out and mark your score at the next tee.
     4. Rules.
         Except as modified by these Local Rules (several are on the back of the                       Course's score cards) USGA Rules apply. Violation of rules can result in penalty
         strokes or disqualify you from winning. The decision of the Tournament Rules
         Director as to any violation will be controlling. The Committee has adopted the
         following local rules for Club Competitions:
     1. Alternate Relief For Lost Or Out Of Bounds: When a player’s ball has not been             found or is known or virtually certain to be out of bounds, the player may                   proceed as alternative to stroke and distance.

For two penalty strokes, the player may take relief by dropping the original ball or
another ball in this relief area:

Two Estimated Reference Points:
          a. Ball Reference Point: The point where the original ball is estimated to have:                  Come to rest on the course, or last crossed the edge of the course boundary                to go out of bounds.
          b. Fairway Reference Point: The point of fairway of the hole being played that                  is nearest to the ball reference point, but is not nearer the hole than the ball                reference point.

For purposes of this Local Rule, “fairway” means any area of grass in the general
area that is cut to fairway height or less. If a ball is estimated to be lost on the course or last crossed the edge of the course boundary short of the fairway, the fairway reference point may be a grass path or a teeing ground for the hole being played cut to fairway height or less.

Size of Relief Area Based on Reference Points: Anywhere between:

     A line from the hole through the ball reference point (and within two club-lengths         to the outside of that line), and
     A line from the hole through the fairway reference point (and within two club-
     lengths to the fairway side of that line).        

The Relief Area must be in the general area, and can not be nearer the hole than the
ball reference point.

     2. Roads And Paths: All roads and paths on the  course , even if not artificially-               surfaced, including the bare dirt approaches to the path on holes 8 and 12                 near the one hundred yard marker, are treated as  immovable obstructions                   from which free relief is allowed under  Rule 16.1.
     3. Aeration Holes: If a player’s ball lies in or touches an aeration hole:
          (a) Ball in General Area. The player may take relief under  Rule 16.1b. If the                   ball comes to rest in another aeration hole the player may take relief again                 under this Local Rule.
          (b) Ball on Putting Green. The player may take relief under  Rule 16.1d. But                     interference does not exist if the aeration hole only interferes with the
               player’s stance or, on the putting green , on the player’s line of play.
     4. Relief From Seams Of Cut Turf: A portion of the course that has been repaired               with cut turf is ground under repair and if
          1) The ball lies in one of the cut turf seams (also known as sod seams) or
          2) The seam interferes with the player’s area of intended swing.
              When such seams only interfere with the player’s stance, there is no relief.
     5. Relief From Bunkers: Contain temporary water are deemed to be Ground Under           Repair. Relief Procedure: Determine nearest point of complete relief no nearer               the hole. Drop within one club length of that point.
     5. Procedures. Failure to follow the following procedures may result in
         disqualification or penalty in the discretion of the Tournament Directors.
          1. Score Cards. Two cards must be turned in on the day of the Competition by                each group with the last names, tees played, Course Handicap/Playing
              Handicap as applicable, hole by hole and total scores of all players in the                  group as well as any other information required by the Competition. Players                are responsible to do any necessary computations and show on the card the                net scores required of the Competition. The cards must be dated, agreed to                  and signed by all the players. Cards will be kept at least a month.
          2. Posting Scores. The club will post your “adjusted score.”
          3. Course Handicap/Playing Handicap: The Handicaps for our Competition
              will be that published by the USGA for the first of the month. It will be used
              for the entire month, even if yours should change in the month. PH                              Handicaps will be used for best ball and scrambles and Course Handicap                  will be used for all other unless specifically announced.
          4. Tees To Play: Unless the competition specifies otherwise, you may play from
             White, or Gold as long as you adjust your Course Handicap/Playing                         Handicap to match.
          5. Competition Results: Competitions will normally be broken down into
             flights determined by the Handicap Index of the player or team as                             applicable.
             With winners paid from each flight. When we have a tie score, the winner                 will be the one with the best last nine holes, net score. If still tied, best last 6                 net, then 3 net and if still tied, best net score on final hole. Competition                       results will normally be sent out by email the following Monday. You will                     have six days after that to contest the results by a reply email. Unless                           contested, the results will be final a week after being sent out. Winnings are               paid in Course Credits.

Procedures Applicable To Specific Competitions

     6. Scramble Rules: Separate cards for each team, show tees played, show                     handicaps for each player, total the handicaps for all players, divide by the                 number of players. You may lift, clean, place 1 club length, no nearer hole,                 from the shot selected. If the shot selected is in the rough, you must play from               the rough even if 1 club length might get you to the fairway. If in a hazard or             bunker it can not be moved out of the hazard or bunker. Nor can it be used to             put a ball on the green if it lies elsewhere.

When the ball is on the green, mark it so that each person putts from where the ball
came to rest. For a 2 man scramble a minimum of 7 tee shots of each player must be
used; 4 man - 4 tee shots; 3 man – 5 tee shots. Scores of 3 man teams will be
adjusted up 4 strokes if they are in a flight of 2 man teams or down 4 strokes if in a
flight of 4 man teams. Use the average of the PH handicap of all players when
arriving at the net score.

     7. Closest To The Hole Contest: Measure from the edge of the hole to the edge of             the golf ball. Ball must be on the green in one stroke to count.
     8. Best Ball: Circle the gross score of the player whose score is used and write his           net score, using the PH handicap, below as the team score. Handicaps are                 taken as the holes are played. If you don't have a partner, you will be               matched with another single player and if none a partner will be picked using             a blind draw.
     9. Club Championship: The Club Championship is a two week tournament from the
         Gold tees only. There will be a Gross and Net Club Champion. All members               playing during that two weeks will be in the concurrent tournaments. One                   Champion will be the man with the lowest gross score and one will be the man           with the lowest net score. If there is a tie for first place in the Gross tournament,           there will be an eighteen hole playoff. Ties for other places will be decided as             provided in paragraph 5, Competition Results. Cash awards will be paid to the           first three places in the Gross tournament and first six places in the Net                       tournament.
     10. President's Cup: The President's Cup is single elimination match play over                   several weeks depending upon the number of players. If tied at the end of 18             holes, the winner will be determined by sudden death. Third place will be a                 tie between the losers of the semi-final matches. The top four places will                       receive award money.
           Everyone playing the first week of the Tournament will play as there will be no
           alternative event for the first week. There will be an annual Awards meeting                 with food and drink provided by the Club.
     11. Hole In One: If during regular Wednesday competition an Active Member                   makes a hole in one, the club pays him $50 in addition to any closest to the               hole award.
     12. Combined Net Gross Competition: If an event has winners for both net and                 gross, a player who is a potential winner in both will only be paid for one,                 the one with the highest award.