The Draw will indicate the "Home" Team. It will be the responsibility of both teams to
arrange a suitable date for the event. Failure to do so will result in the disqualification of
both teams.
All matches will be played MID-WEEK. All matches are to be played by the week specified
in the Draw Sheet. No extensions will be granted.
Matches should be played from the medal competition tees and will be determined by
the home Club before the teams are announced.
The Final will be played over the Course of the previous year's Champions.
Players are not allowed to use buggies except under rule 17.
10.
Handicap Championship & Coronation Shield
The Competitions shall be open to all Clubs affiliated to the Union. Each Club shall be
represented by a team of two players, one with a handicap of between 5 and 12 inclusive
and the other with a handicap of between 13 and 18 inclusive. All players shall be 18
years of age or over at the date of the Competition.
ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE A COMPETITIVE HANDICAP ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
The Competition shall be played by 36 holes Stableford off handicap.
The Handicap Championship shall be won by the player returning the highest points. A
tie shall be decided over the last 9, 6, or 3 holes by points scored. The Coronation Shield
shall be awarded to the team with the higher aggregate of the scores of its two players.
11.
Surrey Order of Merit
The Order of Merit is open only to players who are eligible to play in the Surrey Amateur
Championship.
Eligible players are automatically entered into the Order of Merit, for which there is no
Entry Fee or any other requirement.
The Open Scratch Stroke Play Events that qualify for the Order of Merit are selected and
a pproved each year by the Championship Committee.
Should the field in any such 36-hole Individual Stroke Play Event be such that one-third
or more of the starting field are of handicap 2 or less, then that event is designated a
‘Major Individual Stroke Play Event’.
The 6 County Champions (County, Colts, Mid-Age, Seniors and County Foursomes
Champions) are joined by the top players in the Order of Merit to bring the field for the
Surrey Amateur Masters to 15 players.
In the event of a tie for the 15th place, this is resolved by relative positions in the County
Championship Qualifying Competition and then, but only as far as is necessary to resolve
the tie, in the most recent Major Individual Stroke Play Event(s).
Ranking Events and Points Allocations
Apart from the Surrey Amateur Masters itself, any points awarded for events that take
place after the County Foursomes Championship are carried forward into the following
year.
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