HGS Cheshire Trip (18th-21st June 2021)

Specific Rules for the Trip & Competitions

COVID-19 rules

• Please follow the Covid-19-specific rules at the hotel and golf courses
•  the latest Covid rules may allow buggies to be shared - please check
• it is anticipated that we will stay in our teams of six (or playing groups of four) for room sharing, meals and social events inside the hotel and clubhouses to comply with the 'Covid-19 Roadmap Rules'.

Daily Individual Stableford competitions

• Each round is an individual Stableford competition, with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, and usual Countback method used to separate tied scores
• players will start round 1 using their current WHS Handicap Index, and this will then apply to all 4 rounds of the Trip's competitions (regardless of whether a player submits their card(s) into the England Golf system and receives a WHS Handicap Index change mid-trip)
• each round will be played off a Playing Handicap, which will be 95% of the player's Course Handicap for that course less any Trip Handicap Adjustments that apply
• Trip Handicap Adjustments will be applied to the winner and runner-up of each round, and will affect their Playing Handicap for the rest of the Trip:
  • Winner receives an adjustment of -2
  • Runner-Up receives an adjustment of -1
• please Putt Out on each hole
• please keep individual cards for each player (mark your own if Covid-19 rules still apply, with a Marker to confirm scores), and ensure that you record your birdies and lost balls on your card
• please hand your signed card to Peter Bollands on completion of your round (this will be returned on request for submission for handicap purposes, if desired).

Trip Individual competition

• the total of the best three Stableford scores out of the four rounds count as the player's Trip score
• in the event of a tie, the discarded round score will be used to differentiate; if still tied, then Round 4 will be used

Trip Team competition

• Each fourball will contain one player per team
• a draw was made before the trip for team starting orders for round 1
• the new Order of Play algorithm will then use these first round team orders to generate an Order of Play for each of the three remaining rounds ensuring that no two players play each other more than once (each player will therefore be scheduled to play with 12 different players over the four rounds)
• a GHOST player will be drawn from the remaining 20 players not in that group if necessary
• Stableford scores & Countback will be used to rank players in each fourball group; the winner scores 4 points for their team, 2nd place scores 3 points, 3rd place scores 2 points & 4th place scores 1 point (should a player not start a round they will score 0 points for their team)
• in the event of a tie the total Stableford points scored for all 4 rounds by all members of the tied teams will be compared.

Virtual Knockout

• a draw was made before the trip to identify the virtual pairings in the first 3 rounds, with 3 players contesting the virtual final
• the winner of each virtual game will be the highest Stableford score of the two (or three), using usual Countback rules in the event of a tie

Sweepstake Competitions

• Darren Priest is organising this, and will send out details just before the event
• Birdies: guess the total number of birdies over 4 rounds; nearest the number (+/-) wins (multiple winners share the total prize) (Entry: £2)
• Lost Balls: guess the total number of lost balls over 4 rounds; nearest the number (+/-) wins (multiple winners share the total prize) (Entry: £2)
  • a ball is 'lost' if it goes out of bounds (even if retrieved) or is physically lost within the course
  • only 'live' balls can be lost; eg a missing provisional is not counted if the first ball is subsequently found
• Rounds of 36 and Over: guess the total number of rounds of 36 or more points over the weekend; nearest the number (+/-) wins (multiple winners share the total prize) (Entry: £2)
• Daily Stableford Winner: predict the winner of each daily Stableford (multiple winners share the total prize) (Entry: £1 per round)
• To minimise Covid risks, please pay for total entry (3x£2 & 4x£1 = £10) in advance of the Trip by electronic transfer to the HGS account and submit your entries to Darren via Whatsapp or email by no later than the 1st Tee Time on Friday and (for the other 3 daily winners) by midnight the night before

Updated: 9am 17th June 2021