16. Entries
Entries should be made on the entry form issued by the County with handicaps and CDH
numbers quoted. All entries must be accompanied by the relevant entry fee. All entries are
subject to the approval of the Golf Committee.
Start sheets and information will be placed on the County website and email sent (where
provided) giving the link.
17. Caddies/Buggies/Dogs
Players should walk at all times unless permission to ride has been given by the Golf Committee.
Note:- Permission to ride for a round will only be given in exceptional circumstances, provided
that the Golf Committee receives an application in writing from the player’s Club with supporting
medical evidence. This evidence would normally be a certificate from a doctor confirming that the
player suffered from a condition which came within the current Disability Acts.
(Note: - if a Club’s health and safety policy prohibits the use of buggies on the course or parts
of it, these regulations must be observed by a player even if he has been given permission to
ride by the Golf Committee.)
Caddies are not permitted in any Junior championship or event, except that they are allowed in
the Finals of the Boys Scratch and Handicap knockouts, where caddies must not be related to
the player or be a professional golfer and must be under the age of 18.
Dogs are not allowed on the course during play, whether or not allowed by the Club.
18. General
The Golf Committee shall appoint a sub-committee to be the committee in charge of any
competitions. The Chairman of the Golf Committee and Secretary of Surrey Golf shall form the
committee in the absence of any such appointed committee.
All Competitions shall be played according to the Rules of Golf as approved by the R & A and
the Local Rules of the Club on whose course the competition is being played in so far as they
are approved by the Competition Committee.
The ball and the clubs used by the player must conform with R & A rules.
In addition to the powers conferred upon it by the Rules of Golf, the competition Committee
may modify the regulations governing the Competition when necessary and under special
circumstances.
Distance Measurement Devices are allowed in all events organised by Surrey Golf. However,
under R & A Rules, the following is a condition of each Surrey Golf competition.
“A player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If,
during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge
or measure other conditions that might affect his play (e.g. gradient, windspeed, temperature,
etc), the player is in breach of the Rule for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of
whether any such additional function is actually used.”
All disputes shall be settled by the Competition Committee and their decision shall be final.
19. Dates & Green Fees in all the Inter-Club & Individual Knockout Events
All matches in Knockout Competitions must be played by the date given on the draw unless
the Secretary has granted an extension prior to that date. The Club drawn at home, will offer
the visitors three dates, two of which must be on different weekends (except the Senior Club
Team KO) and the third mid-week. If none of these are acceptable to the visitors and no other
mutually acceptable date is agreed, then both teams will be disqualified. The Secretary’s
decision shall be final.
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