1. Handicap Index
limitations are:
26.0
CWDGA Championship
28.0 One-Day Stroke Play
33.0 Better-Ball and Senior Better-Ball
of Pairs
2. The playing field
is limited to the lowest 80 applicants for
the CWDGA Championship, the lowest 100
applicants for the One-Day Stroke Play Tournament,
and 56 two-woman teams (112 players) for the
Better-Ball of Pairs and the Senior
Better-Ball of Pairs Tournaments.
3. Participants are
accepted with Handicap Indexes as of the revision
date stated on the Tournament Entry Form.
4. For the CWDGA
Championship and the One-Day Stroke Play
Tournaments, players are accepted from the
lowest Handicap Index up to the capacity of the
field. In the event of identical Handicap Indexes,
Handicap Differentials will determine acceptance.
Current Handicap Indexes are used up to the limit of
the accepted playing field. For the Better-Ball
of Pairs and Senior Better-Ball of Pairs
Tournaments, if the field is oversubscribed,
players will be determined by a blind draw. 95% of
full host-course handicap will be used for the
Better-Ball of Pairs and Senior Better-Ball
of Pairs Tournaments.
5. For the
Better-Ball of Pairs and Senior Better-Ball
of Pairs Tournaments, if the field is
oversubscribed and one member of the team withdraws;
the team will be replaced with an alternate team
from the waiting list. If there are not alternates,
the remaining member of the team may select her own
replacement as long as the replacement’s Handicap
Index is acceptable.
6. The deadline for
entry means date of receipt by the CWDGA
Championship or Tournament Chair NOT the
postmark date. Entries should not be sent prior to
the date specified on the entry form. No refund
will be made unless cancellation is received by the
date specified on the Tournament Entry Form.
7. If a winner is
unable to stay for the awarding of prizes, she may
ask someone to accept it for her, providing the
designated person signs for the prize and the winner
arranges for its pick-up with the CWDGA Tournament
Chair.
8. Communication
Devices: The use of a cellular phone, pager, or
any other portable electronic communication device
by a contestant or caddie during a stipulated round
is strictly prohibited. Players who use such devices
may be subject to disqualification due to a serious
breach of etiquette.
9.
Distance-Measuring Devices (that conform to USGA
specifications) will be allowed in all CWDGA events
at host clubs where the Local Rule allowing such
devices is in effect.
10. If host-club
caddies are available, a contestant must: 1. use a
caddie or 2. take a cart with a caddie.
Contestants may not provide their own
caddies.
11. The One-Day
Stroke Play, Better-Ball of Pairs and
Senior Better-Ball of Pairs Tournaments
are stroke play competitions. Strokes should not be
conceded.
12. All scores in
CWDGA tournaments are tournament scores under the
USGA Handicap System. All scorecards must show an
eighteen-hole score for each player. The CWDGA
Handicap Chair will post all tournament scores.
These scores will be entered as “T” scores. The
Rules of Golf govern all CWDGA competitions as
supplemented by the conditions of the competition
established by the CWDGA and set forth in the annual
CWDGA Handbook for Members which is provided to the
Golf Chair, Handicap Chair, Team Captain and
Four-Ball Match Players at each member club.
TOURNAMENT ENTRY FORMS
AVAILABLE ►
2010 CWDGA Handbook for Members,
and member club locker rooms |