Men’s Night 5/26 — Shootout Front 9 @ 4:30 PM
For Men’s Night this week, the 2nd edition of the 2022 Shootout series is here! For our Shootout format on the Front 9, all players meet on the 1st tee at 4:30 PM — please be a few minutes early so we can organize everyone’s Front 9 course handicaps.
As a full group (think 25-some), all competitors play #1 together (please mark your ball 😂). The low 9 net scores on #1 progress to the 2nd tee. A chip-off will be used to break any ties for who proceeds to #2 (top 9 low net from #1).
On holes 2-9, we eliminate 1 player with the highest net score on each hole: i.e. 9 competitors play #2, 8 competitors play #3…all the the way down to 2 players on the 9th hole. Chip-offs decide tied-for-high-score holes.
The last man standing after #9 has been played is the Shootout winner.
For this week’s Shootout festivities, once again, our special guest Shootout referee is back—current Springfield Golf & Country Club member, 2019 Stearns Cup Champion, former MGA Competition Chair, DC United backer, and all-around actually good guy—Mr. Mike Lyons. Mike will handle all handicap calculations, rulings, and chip-off decisions for elimination.
Competition Rules for Men’s Night 5/26
- For this week, all Men’s Night competitors play the Front 9 starting at 4:30 PM using 100% of their Front 9 course handicaps.
- For the Shootout, all players play from white tees and Rule of 75 players (Age + Handicap >= 75) may play golds.
- We will be playing the ball DOWN EVERYWHERE with the exception of bunkers. All bunkers will be played as Ground Under Repair. If your ball ends up in a bunker, you may either play your ball as it lies (rake and place) or take free relief. To take relief, you must find the nearest point of complete relief outside the bunker and play from within one club-length of that point, no closer to the hole.
- Balls marked on the green may be replaced to the side of any aeration holes, no closer to the hole.
- All drain trenches and exposed rocks added as topper for drainage systems, tire tracks, bare areas immediately adjacent to cart paths, and grass seams in recently seeded and re-sodded areas should be considered Ground Under Repair.
- Any player who does not meet the MGA 2-in-30 handicap posting policy or has not submitted a written appeal for exemption prior to play to [email protected] if they are unable to meet the requirement, will automatically play as a 0 handicap for Men’s Night.