NIHGA Stroke Play Outing #6 of 2007

Date:  Thursday, June 21, 2007

 

 Hampshire Greens

Silver Spring, MD

Course Phone: 301-476-7999

 

Website: http://www.montgomerycountygolf.com

 

Time/Format: Tee times starting at 8:30 AM and at subsequent ten minute intervals until 1:30 at the latest.

 

Cost: 

$ 48.00 (price includes mandatory cart and range balls).  Pay in the Pro Shop the day of the outing, and at least 15 minutes before your tee time.  

 

Sign Up to Play: 

Please provide your foursome or individual name to get paired with a group to Howard Somers, either via email at somersh@mail.nlm.nih.gov  (preferable) or by telephone at 301-496-8477 no later than Friday, June 15, 2007.  Please provide the first and last names, team number of each player and preferred tee times.

 

Directions to the Course:

From the Beltway take exit 31A, Georgia Ave., 97N toward Wheaton.  Go 3.3 Miles and take slight right onto Layhill Rd.  Go 4.4 miles and turn right at MD-28/Norbeck Rd.  Go 1.4 miles and turn left on Firestone Dr.  Go .9 miles to course on left.

 

From I270 take MD-28 E/Norbeck.  At the first light after you cross MD-355 turn left to stay on MD-28.  Go approx. 8 miles and take a left on Firestone (just past Layhill and followed by Norwood Rd.).  Go .9 miles to course on left.

 

Tees to use:

Back       - Black  - 6815 yards, Slope 129, Rating 72.4

Middle    - Blue    - 6512 yards, Slope 125, Rating 71.0

Senior    - Green  - 5970 yards, Slope 119, Rating 68.2

Forward – Tan   -   5048 yards, Slope 114, Rating 68.5

 

Special Lunch Feature:

Hampshire Greens is offering lunch for anything off their menu with a fountain drink for $5.00.

           

 

Choice of Tees: 

Rule 5J states that:  "Normally, men play from the middle tees and women from the forward tees.  However, any man may choose to play from either the back, middle or senior (if in use, otherwise forward for that round) tees and any woman may choose any of the four sets of tees.  The set of tees selected must be consistent throughout the entire season, including match-play events.  The selection of tees is to be made at the first outing played by the member." 

 

Dress Code:

This course does not permit metal spikes.  Appropriate dress is required.

 

Awards:

Closest to the pin – on all par 3 holes

Long Drive - on holes 2 and 18

 

Score Cards: 

 All league players, including guest(s), must sign the score card.  Your scores will not count unless your card is signed.  A box will be provided for your completed score card in the PRO SHOP.  Please be sure to put your cards in the box.

 

Don’t be a no-show: 

Call you’re Team Captain and the golf course (see above) should you at the last minute be unable to participate in the outing due to personal reasons or inclement weather.  The NIHGA plays golf as long as the course is open.  As you may know, the NIHGA must contract for a minimum number of players at each course and should that minimum not be met, the NIHGA is under a contractual obligation to pay for any “no shows”.  

 

Speed of Play:  

To speed up play, Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) will be in effect at all stroke-play outings.  Please pick up your ball when you have reached your ESC score.  Also, continuous putting is recommended.

 

"HANDICAP" in the table is your actual handicap shown on the handicap list for the particular course and outing, not your handicap index.

 

HANDICAP                              ESC SCORE

Less than 10                               double bogey                  

10 to 19                                               7

20 to 29                                               8

30 to 39                                               9

40 or more                                         10

 

Attention:  New players who do not have a handicap will use an ESC of 9 until they have played in two outings at which time a handicap will be computed for them by the NIHGA.  This will be posted on the web page.  Please contact your team captains with questions about this or any other matter.

 

Please follow the NIHGA rules outlined in the web site concerning other methods playing ready golf.  The following web site also gives good examples on how to get through a round of golf in 4½ hours if everyone follows these simple procedures: http://www.readygolfclub.com/readygolfrules.htm

 

 

Lost Ball and Ball Out of Bounds (Rule 10):

 A.       A ball which has been determined to have come to rest outside the defined boundaries of the course can be placed in the fairway on a line perpendicular to the centerline of the fairway and even with the point at which the ball left the course; The point selected will be no less than five yards from the edge of the green.  Two penalty strokes will be added to the players score for the hole.

 B.  If a ball is determined to be lost, the next shot can be played from the fairway and even with the point at which the ball was presumed lost.  The point selected will be no less than five yards from the edge of the green.  Two penalty strokes will be added to the players score for the hole.  No more than five minutes, from the time the player reaches the likely location of his/her ball, shall be spent searching for the ball.

 C.  If a ball is known or thought to be out of bounds or lost, a player has the option to hit a provisional shot from the same spot to take a stroke-and-distance penalty instead of the two stroke penalty specified in paragraphs A and B.  The provisional shot must be hit before advancing to look for the possibly lost or out-of-bounds ball.  Going back for a stroke-and-distance penalty is not permitted.  If the original ball is found and is in-bounds, the original ball is the ball in play.

 

 

Please visit the NIHGA web page (http://www.recgov.org/nihga) for updated information about the NIHGA.  This is where scores and award winners will be announced.