TOURNAMENT RULES AND GUIDELINES
The objectives of the NZ Electrical Industry Inter-Provincial Sponsored Golf Tournament are to promote & encourage amateur golf within the NZ electrical industry and to promote & foster camaraderie within all sectors of the NZ electrical industry.
Entries
Each of the ten regions – Auckland, Waikato BOP, Hawke’s Bay, Middle Districts, Wellington, Tasman, Canterbury, South Canterbury, Otago & Southland are eligible to enter one team of eight amateur male and or female players from within their region. If for any reason a region cannot enter a team or enters a team of less than its quota of players, then the National Secretary can either enter individuals or a composite team at his discretion.
Each team member must be a financial member of the NZETGA and a golf club registered with the NZGA, be 18 years or over, by the 31st of October in the year of the tournament, be actively employed full-time in the electrical industry, or have been a past worker within the electrical industry, consideration should be taken when selecting your team to look to the future attendees of our nationals, encouragement should be made for younger players to participate.
The player must have a NZGA slope index of 20.0 or less.
If the index provides a handicap greater than 20.0 on the chosen course on the week of the event then this handicap shall apply.
Ladies in the field will be welcomed, and which tee they play off to best suit the compilation of the results will be established by the National Secretary in conjunction with the host committee.
If during the tournament a team member becomes unable to play because of illness, injury, or other sufficient cause (as decided by the National Secretary in consultation with the host region committee) the player may be replaced by a reserve between rounds. A team member who has been replaced shall not subsequently replace any other member of his team except his replacement. Any replacement player shall play off whatever his stroke index is.
The use of motorized carts is permitted however the allocation of available carts at the venue will be at the discretion of the Executive Committee in liaison with the Tournament Managing Committee.
If the nature of the course being played makes the use of carts advisable for all players, then this is allowed.
From time to time teams may be required to include a player from the Gold Sponsors pool. These players shall be allocated by the National Secretary & shall be on a rotational basis, i.e. allocated to North Island teams when the tournament is held in the South Island & vice versa.
Teams are encouraged to include a Gold Sponsor in their team if possible. Organizing committees are to provide a starting position in the field for social Gold Sponsors if sufficient numbers are available to play.
Rules of Play
The tournament will consist of 36-hole team events, 36 & 18-hole individual events of stroke play on handicap, except for gross events which are played “off the stick”. The rules of play will be the Rules of Golf as approved by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews & any local rules. The committee shall allow each team to appoint 1 person e.g. team captain who shall be the spokesman for that team. This spokesman shall be identified to the host region committee before the start of the tournament.
Generally, the tournament shall be held in early November each year with a practice round on Sunday & 18 holes on Monday & 18 holes on Tuesday. Each of the regions shall host the tournament on a North–South rotational basis following the already established pattern. A copy of this pattern is available from the National Treasurer if required.
The course selected shall be the best available course that is acceptable to the National Secretary and not necessarily a course within their region e.g. a resort-type course or a facility offshore.
The use of electronic range finders or GPS equipment is permitted according to the R&A guidelines.
Late starting Times – R&A Rule 6-3a & Rule 33-7. The committee shall invoke the “five-minute” exception.
Logos
A team may not wear any apparel, including caps that carry the logo of, or any reference to, any Company or organization that is not associated with any of the sponsors, except apparel that is a recognized golf brand. (e.g. FootJoy - FJ).
This includes the practice round or any social activities during the tournament. If a team wishes to have logos from any Company that is not associated with the electrical industry, permission to do so must be sought from the National Secretary.
Failure to comply with this rule may result in team disqualification.
Suspension of Play & Disputes
Suspension of play due to a dangerous situation (see note to R&A Rule 6-8b & appendix 1 part C-4). In the event of any round being disrupted by rain or for any other reason, the host region committee will make every effort to complete the unfinished rounds before the commencement of the next round. Any uncompleted rounds shall be abandoned.
Any disputes must be lodged with the host region committee within ten minutes of the completion of the round in which the dispute arose.
The host Region Committee and Tournament Director shall decide all disputes & shall be responsible for all arrangements. They may, if necessary, alter starting times, cancel or postpone play. The host region committee’s decision shall be final in all cases. The host region committee is the committee in charge of the tournament as appointed by the regional association in whose area the tournament is being hosted. The host region committee may seek advice from the National Secretary or others as it sees fit on procedural matters or matters on the Rules of Golf.
Format of Tournament Competition
Team Events (over 36 holes)
Best Gross - Clipsal Cup
Best Nett - PDL/Schneider Cup
Best Stableford - General Cable Cup
Best Par - Mastertrade/Cory’s Cup
Best Gross runner up -
Best Nett runner-up -
Best Stableford runner-up -
Best 7 daily scores to count i.e. the worst score each day is discarded.
In case of a tie – in the event of two or more teams scoring the same aggregate score in any match the winning team will be decided as follows.
1) The team with the best-discarded score in the second round will determine the tie.
2) If still a tie the discarded score in the first round will determine the tie.
3) If still a tie the result will be decided by lot.
Individual Matches (over the field)
Best 36-hole Gross - Sponsors Silver Salver
Best 36-hole Nett - BJC Cup
Best 36-hole Stableford - ECANZ Cup
Best 1st day Gross
Best 1st day Nett
Best 1st day Stableford
Best 1st day Single Par
Best 2nd day Gross
Best 2nd day Nett
Best 2nd day Stableford
Best 2nd day Single Par
Note – One man One prize for each of individual daily matches.
In case of a tie.
36-hole Best Gross – In the event of a tie the tied players will play off over 3 holes starting at hole number 1. If after 3 holes the scores are still tied the players will continue in a sudden death play-off until a winner is found.
36-hole matches – In the event of a tie in any of the individual matches (except 36-hole best gross) the method of countback will be as follows.
36-hole matches
1) The total of the last 18 holes
2) The total of the first 18 holes
3) The total of the last 9 holes (holes 28 to 36 inclusive)
4) The total of the last 6 holes (holes 31 to 36 inclusive)
5) The total of the last 3 holes (holes 34 to 36 inclusive)
6) If there is still a tie the 36th hole is to be considered if still a tie the result will be decided by lot.
Handicaps
Regional Secretaries will ascertain from their team members – players' names, home club & NZGA 7-digit ID numbers and advise these details to either the Host Secretary or their Island Secretary as soon as the teams have been selected. The host region committee will advise the course playing handicap for the course being used for the tournament.
The host region committee will arrange for all scorecards to be entered into the NZGA’s handicapping system by the host club. A player’s handicap shall not be adjusted during the tournament. The maximum stroke index shall be 20.0. A player will play off whatever playing handicap 20.0 allows at the host course. A team may enter a player with a stroke index higher than 20.0 but the player will play off the course handicap that a 20.0 index provides.
If a sponsor’s representative does not have an official stroke index, then the representative's score & handicap will be assessed daily using the Callaway System. If a sponsor's representative has a stroke index higher than 20.0 then he will be permitted to play off whatever handicap his stroke index allows. A sponsor may have a different representative on each day.