LIIRA Golf League Rules

  1. Inter-divisional matches will NOT be played in any of the divisions for the 2022 season. The number of matches to be played will depend on the number of teams within each division. The season will be somewhere between 8 to 16 weeks long. Each team will only be competing for the championship of its own division.
  2. Each division will rotate among the Red, Blue, Yellow as available. The Green course will be used to fill in for courses that are closed or unavailable. For 2022, all divisions will rotate in order to provide an opportunity to play different courses.
  3. At the end of the season, the team with the most victories will be declared the champion of their division (NOTE: A tie in a match will count as .5 in the win column). In case of a tie number of wins, the fewest losses shall be the first tie breaker. If a tie still exists, team points shall be the final tie breaker. If a tie still exists, the teams involved shall be declared co-champions.
  4. If a team drops out of the league after the season starts, then the matches played by this team will only count up to the point that each team is played an equal number of times.
  5. The format for all divisions will be as follows:
    1. All matches are scheduled for 9 holes.
    2. 5 holes constitutes a completed match.
    3. For Championship matches, the match must be a complete 9-hole match
  6. Method of play:

13.1 “A-B1” Division

  1. All member teams will field a four man team.
  2. Each team will play a 2 man partners best ball match (Four Ball Match Play).
  3. These matches will be played over 9 holes, unless prior to commencement, both team captains agree to play less.
  4. Each team will compete without handicaps and no strokes will be given until one team is losing by two (2) holes, except as identified in section 13.1.e below. Once a team is losing by two (2) holes, the losing team shall receive 1/2 stroke on the subsequent hole. The losing team shall only receive 1/2 stroke per hole while they are losing by two (2) holes. If the losing team is losing by three (3) or more holes, they shall receive one stroke per hole. At the time the losing team is only one (1) hole down, no strokes will be given until such time that one of the teams is losing by two (2) holes.
  5. An “A Division Handicap Stabilization System” will be used and shall apply to the personnel in attachment A “A-B1 Division A Player Listing by Team”.

1. If the two-person team does not include a player identified for the “A Division Handicap Stabilization System”, then only section 13.1.d will apply and NOT the Handicap Stabilization System for that two-person team. NOTE: An “A Player” shall be defined as a player with a GHIN of 9.0 or less. Players can move to and from an “A Player” classification (i.e. players that move to a 9.0 and below can get classified as “A Players” and players that are classified as “A Players” that have a GHIN that increases to 9.1 and above, can be removed from “A Player” designation). Therefore, it is the responsibility of the team captain

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