2023 Captain's Cup Rules & Info

Shamble Rules

• Format: Four-person teams. Shamble. Each player will play a tee shot then select the most favorable drive.  Once the drive is selected, each player will play their own ball through the hole from that position. The lie of the ball may be improved on the second shot only within one club length of its original position, no closer to the hole.  All subsequent shots shall be played as they lie.
• Please record each player’s gross score on the lines provided, and then bring down the team’s best gross and net scores on the lines provided. The same player’s score may be used for the team’s gross and net scores. Each player will receive 50% of their HDCP’s (max 36 for women and 28 for men). All scores will be reviewed by Professional Staff.
• Par is Your Friend: The highest score your team can make on any hole is par. If your team misses the attempt at Birdie, please pick up and move on to the next hole.
• Prizes: 1st and 2nd Gross scores & 1st-3rd Net scores
• Tees:
  • All men will play from the Back Blue tees.
  • All women will play from the Forward Gold tees.
• Contests:
  • Hole in One (Truck Prize): Jones #6
  • Hole in One ($10,000 to Ace Maker and $10,000 to GHPB): Jones #1
  • Closest to Pin Trent #4, #8 and Jones #1
  • Long Drive Trent #6
• Rules: U.S.G.A. rules will govern all play with the following local rules:
  • The fourteen club rule is waived for this event.
  • Out of bounds is defined by white stakes, fence posts along the perimeter of the golf course, and the fence around the maintenance area.
  • Water hazards are defined by yellow stakes and lines. Lateral water hazards are defined by red stakes and lines.
  • All ties will be settled by the USGA recommended method of matching cards on the basis of the best score for the last nine holes. If there is still a tie, the total for the last six holes will be used, then the total of the last three holes and finally the 18th hole.
  • Play the ball as it lies in all mulched areas underneath trees.
  • Play all flower beds as Ground Under Repair provided the flower bed does not lie in a hazard.