If you want to join, need more information, or have any questions concerning this league, contact the Hole In Fun Golf League today!!
NOTE: Single players are always welcome to team up with other single players or to be used as a sub.
GENERAL INFORMATION
This league will start June 19th and will play until the last Tuesday in August. The league does not play the week of July 4th. A complete summer of golfing fun and another week for our picnic and BIG BREAK competition.
League Entry Fee: $100 per team (3 or 4 player team rotation welcome)
The league entry fee will go towards the weekly payouts, the mid-season payouts, and the end of the season payouts.
Weekly Green Fee: $20, includes the cart, paid to the Lebanon Valley Golf Club
Weekly Starting Time: Shot gun start at 5:30 (5:15 for the ENTIRE month of April and the LAST two weeks in August)
Alternate play on the front nine and the back nine each week.
LEAGUE PRIZES (prizes shown are for a full league, they will be adjusted accordingly if the league is not full)
There are FIVE weekly individual prizes:
- Closest to the pin = $20 gift card
- Longest putt = $20 gift card
- Closest to the pin = A league greens fee from the Lebanon Valley Golf Club
- Longest putt = 2 hot dogs and a non-alcoholic drink from the grille
- Weekly skins (gross or net with no additional charge to enter)
First half of the season Team Standings payouts: 1st $250, 2nd $200, 3rd $150, 4th $100, 5th $50
Note: After the first half Team Standings are paid, all the teams will start at 0 points to start the second half.
Second half of the season Team Standings payouts: 1st $250, 2nd $200, 3rd $150, 4th $100, 5th $50
Note: If there is a tie in the Team Standings at the time of a payout, the lowest net score from the night will win the tie. If the teams tie the low team net from the night, the previous weeks team low net will be used and so on until a tie is broken.
PLAYER HANDICAP SYSTEM
Each player’s handicap will be determined from their last 6 league scores with the two highest of the 6 scores being taken out of the equation.
Each team will have an “A” player and a “B” player determined by the player’s handicap for that week. You are not locked into being the “A” or “B” player for the season, it is determined weekly.
WEEKLY POINT SCORING SYSTEM
The two “A” players will play against each other head to head and the two “B” players will play against each other head to head using the player’s handicap and score (net score). NOTE: The difference in player handicaps will be applied to individual holes starting with the hardest hole first determined by the Lebanon Valley Golf Club scorecard.
Each “A” and “B” player match has 1 point available per hole = 9 total points per player match (if the players tie a hole, a half point will be awarded to each player.)
The team that wins the low team net (team scores with team handicaps) = 4 points (if the teams tie, 2 points will be awarded to each team)
There are a total of 22 points available for each team to win each week.
A running total of the each team’s points will be kept each week to create a team standings. Those team standings will determine the prize payouts.
WHEN A TEAM PLAYER NEEDS TO MISS A WEEK
If a team player(s) needs to miss a week, a substitute player(s) may be used and is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The substitute player must have an established handicap recorded with the league.
If there are any combination of player(s) missing from a team and no substitute player is used, the following scenario will apply:
If a player from a team does not show and no substitute player is used, the course scorecard minus 4 strokes will be used for the missing player. The player who showed up has to earn his points against the scorecard. THE MISSING PLAYER CANNOT EARN ANY POINTS FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL MATCH.
It is VERY IMPORTANT to have a sub lined up for the days you cannot make the league.
SCORECARD
The scorecard that you receive will already have your names and the names of the team you are playing listed in the proper “A” or “B” position. The players handicap will be displayed and any strokes given to a player will be indicated with a number as well. If you don’t understand or have any questions about the scorecard, just fill in your actual score for each individual hole in the indicated area and we can go over the scorecard after the event. It is VERY IMPORTANT that you fill your score in for EVERY hole CLEARLY. Please DO NOT mark up the scorecard you hand in at the end of the night with any other markings besides the scores for EVERY hole and your TOTAL SCORE.
If you reach triple bogey on any hole before you hole out, pick up your ball and indicate that you picked up by placing one more stroke than triple bogey on the scorecard for that hole. If you hole out reaching triple bogey on the hole, indicate the triple bogey score as normal.
- Par 3: The pickup triple bogey score is 7. The hole out triple bogey score is 6
- Par 4: The pickup triple bogey score is 8. The hole out triple bogey score is 7
- Par 5: The pickup triple bogey score is 9. The hole out triple bogey score is 8
Before turning in BOTH the scorecards to the club house, ALL the players MUST SIGN the scorecards indicating that all the players agree with what scores are being turned in. After you finish league play, turn your scorecards in immediately.
TEE BOX COLOR SELECTION
- If a player is 60 years old at the start of the season, they may play from the gold tees
- Females may play from the red tees
- All other players must use the white tees.
If you are eligible to choose what tee location you want to play from, a tee location MUST BE decided before week 1 and it MUST STAY the same for the entire season. No moving tee locations throughout the season.
RULES FOR OUT ON THE COURSE
LEAGUE INTEGRITY:
Players should always respect the game of golf, the Lebanon Valley Golf Club and their employees as well as the other league members by being honest, playing by the rules, and being courteous.
WINTER RULES APPLY:
To help keep play moving, winter rules will apply throughout the entire season. This means using a club and not your hand or foot, a player may move their ball 6 inches in any direction from where the ball lies.
NOTE: Winter rules do not apply in the sand trap.
FREE DROP AREAS:
A free drop (no penalty stroke) will be allowed under the following conditions:
- Temporary standing water
- Cart paths
- Man-made obstacles
- Bare ground / dirt
- Ground under repair
The free drop can be two club lengths from the obstacle. If the drop is from a sand trap, the ball MUST stay in the sand trap unless the trap is completely filled with water. A hard packed sand trap IS NOT considered an obstacle to warrant a free drop.
OUT OF BOUNDS:
If a player hits a ball out of bounds on a fairway, the player must drop a ball from the spot the ball went out in a lateral manner (no closer to the green) until the ball is two club lengths from the fairway IN THE ROUGH. You may not move the ball onto the fairway. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
If a player hits a ball out of bounds in the proximity of the green, the player must drop a ball within two club lengths where the ball went out of bounds. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
If a player hits a ball out of bounds any place on a par 3, the player must drop a ball within two club lengths where the ball went out of bounds. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
OVER A HAZARD:
If a player hits a ball into a hazard while attempting to go over the hazard, the player must drop a ball two club lengths behind the hazard at the line of entry the ball went into the hazard. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
WATER HAZARDS:
If a player’s ball lands in a water hazard, place the ball at the point of entry of the water. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
UNPLAYABLE LIES:
If a player’s ball comes to rest against a tree or some equally undesirable location such as the middle of a bush, the player must decide if the ball is playable or not.
If the player decides the ball is playable, it MUST BE played from that spot.
If the player decides it is an unplayable lie, the player must drop a ball from the spot the ball is laying in a lateral manner (no closer to the green) until the ball is two club lengths from the fairway IN THE ROUGH. You may not move the ball onto the fairway. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted.
A PRESUMED LOST BALL:
After searching for a ball presumed in play for a maximum of 2 minutes, a ball must be declared lost. The player must drop a ball from the spot the ball is presumed lost in a lateral manner (no closer to the green) until the ball is two club lengths from the fairway IN THE ROUGH. You may not move the ball onto the fairway. One penalty stroke will apply. Provisional shots are not permitted. After the dropped ball is hit, even if the presumed lost ball is found, it MAY NOT be used and the penalty stroke will still apply.
SAND TRAP RULES:
If a ball is laying in someones non raked foot print / divot etc, the ball may be moved up to 6 inches in any direction onto a normal sand lie. No sand may be moved to build up a better lie. Please help avoid these situations by raking the sand after playing from it.
NOTE: Winter rules do not apply in the sand trap.
RAIN / WEATHER ISSUES BEFORE AND DURING PLAY
This one is pretty simple. If the Lebanon Valley Golf Club deems the course open for play, the league WILL NOT cancel. This is not a league decision.
The Lebanon Valley Golf Club will not make this decision until 3:30 the day of the scheduled event. If the league is cancelled, an email will be sent out by 4:00. If you do not receive an email, the league is planning on playing and it is advised that you show up to the course.
In the event we start to play and it rains before we complete 9 holes, the Lebanon Valley Golf Club will decide if they need to call the league in.
If you come in on your own without a notification from the Lebanon Valley Golf Club, you will receive the maximum score of triple bogey plus one stroke on the holes that you did not play.
In the event that the Lebanon Valley Golf Club does call us in, you should report to the pavilion. This DOES NOT mean we are finished for the night. This means play is suspended and a decision will be made at the pavilion. If the league is cancelled before we get all nine holes in, (1 hole or 8 holes), the Lebanon Valley Golf Club has agreed to give us a $10 rain check for the following week. No points will be awarded for any of the holes played. The league must complete all 9 holes for the scores to count.