HAWTREE TROPHY

(Mixed Greensomes Stableford - Club Team Knock Out)

 2023 Competition Rules and Conditions

These Rules and Conditions are additional to the Rules for all NAPGC Competitions

 

Format

  1. A club team will comprise four men and four ladies playing as four mixed pairs. Two pairs will play at home and two pairs will play away and the team score will be the aggregate of the home and away stableford points.

 

Entry and Draw

  1. Clubs may enter as many teams as they wish. Duly completed entry forms and fees to be returned as directed. Each club shall provide match contact details for their teams. On the day of matches team Captains will be responsible for confirming and agreeing handicaps and allowances.

 

  1. Each team will normally be placed in one of four areas with a maximum of 16 teams in each area.

 

  1. The winners of each area final shall meet in the national final, which shall be played on a neutral course in September/October. Green fees for the national final will be subsidised by the NAPGC.

 

Conditions of Play

  1. The maximum individual handicap index for men is 18.0 and a maximum handicap index of 30.0 for women. Players with higher handicap indexes may play but they will be capped at these maximum limits.

 

  1. The stroke allowance is lower course handicap x 0.6, plus the higher course handicap x 0.4 (after adding the unrounded figures the aggregate figure is rounded to provide the playing handicap). Clubs should also agree if a mixed tee adjustment is required and apply as necessary. The women’s par and stroke index table for the course shall be used for calculating stableford points at each hole with all strokes to be taken as per the stroke index table. Team Captains of the day shall confirm their team playing order at least 15 minutes prior to a match commencing.

 

  1. All score cards must be properly prepared prior to the commencement of a match in all rounds. After each game score cards should be signed off and points agreed with team captains for recording on the team result sheet. At the national final, cards are to be returned as directed by the NAPGC competitions committee.

 

 

Winners Trophies and Prizes

  1. The winning team in each round and at the national final, shall be the one that by way of aggregate has the greater number of stableford points.

 

  1. At the national final the winning club will receive the Hawtree Trophy. Players in the winning team and the runner up team will receive individual awards.