Match Play Rules

Entry Fee and Prize Allocation:

  • Entry fee is $10 per player / per match play event entered and must be paid before your first match is played.
  • All Entry Fees will be returned in prizes. Prizes will be awarded as follows:
    • Champion 70%
    • Runner-Up 30%

General Rules:

  • A minimum of 10 participants / teams is required for the event to run.
  • All matches are played in match play format.
  • RCGA Rules of Golf and its Decisions and, where applicable, Local Rules and Conditions, shall govern all play. Local Rule for the drop zone on #4 and #14 are not in use.
  • Any decision by the Match Play Chairman in any matter shall be final.
  • Matches must be played by match deadlines.
  • Matches incomplete by the deadline will be determined by coinflip at 8:00pm the evening of the deadline.
  • Both players / teams are encouraged to instigate contact for arranging the match. Players are responsible for playing on the earliest and most opportune day for BOTH players / teams. Both players / teams are responsible for playing the match inside the prescribed dates. Please inform the Pro Shop staff when booking a tee time that it is a Match Play event.
  • It is recommended that only the players participating in the match be in the group. If both participants agree, other players may play along. The players participating in the match are to tee off before those playing along.
  • Either player / team may request a marker be present during the round.
  • The draw will be determined by handicaps with the lowest handicap in a division playing the highest handicap. If there are any byes, the highest handicap players will be given the bye.

Procedure of play:

  • The teeing ground for each match is determined by the Match Play Event.
  • All matches must be completed on the day played (e.g. cannot be carried over to a second day). Matches tied after 18 holes must continue until a player wins a hole, beginning at the hole where the Match started. If it is a Handicap Match, then strokes are given as they were in the initial 18-hole match.
  • Once a match has started the match must be completed unless the weather conditions are agreed by both players to be unplayable. If there is not agreement between the two players, then the match must continue. If the match has been suspended, it is to restart as if the suspension never happened and must still be completed by the specified date.

Handicap Rules:

  • All participants must have a valid current Golf Canada Handicap. Handicaps will be checked immediately prior to each round and the current course Handicap will be used.
  • Strokes to be given as per the Berwick Heights Score Card.

Scorecards:

  • Scorecards for all matches are to be picked up from the Pro Shop Staff.
  • At the end of a Match, the scorecard is to be signed by both participants and returned to the Pro Shop Staff.