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G.U.I.
Rules
BYE-LAW 14 - REGISTRATION OF GOLFING SOCIETIES
14.1
A Golfing Society shall be entitled to
become registered with the Union provided
its membership comprises not less than
fifteen members and it undertakes:
14.1.1
To pay an annual Registration fee before
31st January each year of an amount as
prescribed by the Union.
14.1.2
To forward to the Union, with the Registration
Fee, the name and address of both the
Captain and Honorary Secretary of the
Society and the number of members.
14.1.3
To permit control and management of the
Society to be operated by Officers and
a duly elected Committee.
14.1.4
To conform strictly with the Rules of
Golf and the Rules of Amateur Status as
laid down by the Royal & Ancient Golf
Club of St. Andrews.
14.1.5
To conform strictly with the Constitution,
Rules and Bye-Laws of the Golfing Union
of Ireland in relation to Auction Sweeps,
Gambling, Prize Vouchers, Prizes and Optional
Sweeps
14.1.6
To return all scores which equal or better
the Standard Scratch Score to a player's
Home Club immediately after each Competition.
14.1.7
To prohibit any member of the Society,
who is not a current member of a Club
affiliated to the Union and to whom the
Society may have allocated a handicap
for competitions within the Society, from
using that Society handicap in any competition
outside that Society.
14.1.8
To fully complete and return the Registration
Form annually and to strictly comply with
the regulations contained therein.
14.1.9
Not to adjust any official Club handicap.
Scores returned off an official handicap
may be adjusted by the addition or subtraction
of bonus or penalty points/strokes/holes
to or from the score returned off such
official handicap.
14.2
The union will not issue a mandatory direction
to Affiliated Clubs precluding them from
providing facilities for non-registered
Societies. At all times acceptance or
refusal is the sole prerogative of the
Affiliated Club
14.3
The Union will maintain a Register of
Societies, a copy of which shall be issued
to all Affiliated Clubs in April of each
year.
GENERAL
GUIDEINES FOR GOLF SOCIETIES
I wish to remind all Societies of their
written obligation in respect of Society
Golf Outings:
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To conform with the Rules of Golf.
- 2.
To conform with the Rules of Amateur
Status as laid down by the Royal &
Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. These
Rules prescribe that no prize may be
of retail value in excess of £300
sterling for any event. I must draw
to you attention the importance of making
sure that the Amateur Status Regulations
are strictly observed as the Union intends
to fully investigate all alleged breaches.
In addition, breaches in the Amateur
Status Regulations by any Society can
put Host Clubs in a very embarrassing
position as, in accordance with the
G.U.I. Constitution, any Club which
permits breaches of the Amateur Status
Regulations on its course of links or
in its Club House could be suspended
from Union Membership.
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To return all scores which equal or
better the Standard Scratch Scores to
players Home Clubs.
- To
prohibit any member of your Society
who is not a current member of a Club
affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland
and to whom a Society handicap has been
allotted by you for use within your
Society form competing in any competition
outside your Society off that handicap.
Society
handicapping has become a rather haphazard
affair and a few observations on this
subject are listed hereunder
It
is important to remember that a Society
is not entitled to change the official
handicap of a member of an Affiliated
Club.
If
an official handicap is considered too
high or too low for our Society, a system
of Penalty or Bonus Stableford Points,
Strokes or Holes can be worked out, and
the score returned in your Society Outings
by Club members off their official handicaps
can be amended by the subtraction or addition
of these Penalty or Bonus Stableford Points,
Stokes or Holes.
May
I take this opportunity to advise you
to make all your members fully aware of
the Society Handicap System you intend
to adopt and also to inform them how ties
will be decided, thereby removing the
possibility of dissatisfaction and disagreement
when such details only emerge after an
event is completed.
I
would also ask you to remind all your
members who are not member of Affiliated
Clubs, that handicaps allotted to them
in you Society are for use only in your
Society. It has come to the notice of
the Golfing Union that some persons who
are not members of Affiliated Clubs are
using Society handicaps in Open Competitions
and such action is a direct contravention
of your written obligation set out in
Clause 4 above.
Seamus
Smith
General
Secretary
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© Squires
Golf Society 2005
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