Competitions by Ryan Gregg
in breach of Rule 25-3. His situation was not one where he dropped or placed a ball in the wrong place and then played, but rather he played the ball from a place the rules did not permit—a wrong putting green. Rule 25-3 requires a player to lift and drop the ball off the wrong putting green. Since Noh did not do so, he in- curred a two-stroke penalty under Rule 25-3 for playing from a wrong place. Just as frequently, play-
ers play from a wrong place under the second category because they do not re-drop a ball that the rules require to be re-dropped, or they decide to re-drop a ball when the rules did NOT require it. Rule 20-2 gives us the various situations that require a player to re-drop, including rolling more than two club-lengths from where the ball first struck the course, rolling into a hazard, rolling nearer the hole than the reference point for relief or rolling into a posi- tion that still has interference from the original condition. Earlier this year, Rory
McIlroy played from a wrong place in this man- ner when he played a ball that Rule 20-2c required to be re-dropped. When he played the ball, his foot was still touching the line defin- ing the ground under repair he was taking relief from. Because he failed to re-drop the ball, he incurred a two- stroke penalty in breach of Rule 20-2c. As always, it pays to
know the rules.
By Ryan Farb, PGA Assistant Director of Rules and Competitions Email:
rfarb@ncga.org
2015 Calendar To assist your club in preparing for next year we have included the NCGA’s 2015 tour-
nament calendar. This will allow your club plenty of time to schedule any necessary qualify- ing events for next year. Please note the closing dates. All clubs will be provided a packet of entries for club tournaments in the first two weeks of January. Be sure to update the mailing address of your club’s tournament chairman with the NCGA prior to Jan. 1. The NCGA also accepts online registration for club tournaments.
Volunteer with the NCGA If you have participated in an NCGA competition you
have interacted with our volunteer tournament officials. The rules and competitions department is very fortunate to have more than 200 volunteers that assist at more than 500 days of tournaments each year. The NCGA is always looking for people who are willing to donate their time to giving back to this great game. If you are interested, please complete the online registration form at
NCGA.org/volunteer.
By Ryan Gregg Director of Rules and Competitions Email:
rgregg@ncga.org
Tournament
Tentative 2015 Tournament Calendar Closes Qualifying Championship
Tournament
Dates and sites are subject to change. INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS: Does not require club-level qualifying Senior
2/8 Public Links
Public Links (Net) Mixed Team I Four-Ball Senior Net
Master Division Senior Four-Ball Junior
Women’s Amateur 2/26 3/30-3/31
3/1 3/26 or 4/2 4/27-4/28 3/1 3/26 or 4/2 4/27-4/28 3/8
3/22 4/10 4/12 5/7 5/3 5/3
5/21
Senior Women’s Amateur 5/24 Amateur Stroke Play Amateur Match Play Parent-Child
Women’s Net Amateur Senior Valley Amateur
8/23 8/23
10/4 10/11 10/25 11/19
3/27-3/28 5/8-5/10 6/1-6/2
6/15-6/16 5/20-5/22
5/10 6/6 or 6/11 7/6 - 7/7 5/24
5/24 6/12 6/28 7/16 6/28 6/28
Senior Amateur Match Play 7/19 8/10 Valley Amateur
Master Division Four-Ball 9/20 Super Senior Mixed Team II Scramble
No. CA Women’s Four-Ball Net
6/15-6/16 6/15-6/16 7/10-7/12 8/10-8/14 7/18-7/19 7/20-7/21 8/11-8/14 9/12-9/13 9/12-9/13 10/5-10/6
10/26-10/27 10/30-10/31 12/21-12/22 TBD
REGULAR CLUB TOURNAMENTS: Must qualify at your club in order to participate–entries accepted from club officials only Team Match Four-Ball Net
4/5
Senior Four-Ball Net Net Amateur
4/19 5/14 7/5
7/29 8/23 9/17
10/23-10/24 6/22-6/23 8/31-9/1
10/12-10/13 FALL 2014 /
NCGA.ORG / 69 Closes Qualifying Championship
REGULAR CLUB ZONES: Must qualify at your club in order to participate–entries accepted from club officials only All Zones to be played at Poppy Hills GC & Carmel Valley Ranch GC North
San Francisco Bay Central Valley Sacramento
East Sacramento North Valley South Bay North Bay
Northeast Bay South Valley South Coast East Bay
North Sierra South Sierra
ZONE CHAMPIONSHIP
3/22 4/13-4/14 3/22 4/13-4/14 3/29 4/20-4/21 3/29 4/20-4/21 5/3 5/3
5/17 6/8-6/9 5/17 6/8-6/9 6/7 6/7
5/28-5/29 5/28-5/29
6/29-6/30 6/29-6/30
6/21 7/16-7/17 6/21 7/16-7/17 7/12 8/3-8/4 7/12 8/3-8/4
8/24-8/25
ASSOCIATE CLUB TOURNAMENTS: Must qualify at your club in order to participate–entries accepted from club officials only Assoc. Club Four-Ball Net 5/3
5/28
Associate Club Championship: Local
Sectional Championship Senior Four-Ball Net 7/5 7/29 Associate Club Net Amateur 8/16 9/10
5/24 6/18 & 6/25 7/22 & 7/23
8/24-8/25 8/31-9/1 10/5-10/6
6/22-6/23
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