AURORA COUNTRY CLUB’S POLICY
REGARDING THE POSTING OF “TOURNAMENT SCORES”

According to the U.S.G.A. Handicap Manual , “fair handicapping depends upon full, accurate information regarding a player’s potential scoring ability as reflected by a complete scoring record. Every golfer SHALL be responsible for returning all acceptable scores, as defined in Section 5 of the manual. For handicap purposes, all adjustments, including Equitable Stroke Control, must be applied to all scores including Tournament Scores.” By definition, [sec.2, pg. 8], a tournament score is a score made in a competition organized and conducted by a committee in charge of the competition.

For the 2005 golf season, all events at Aurora Country Club, as published in the 2005 Calendar, will be considered competitions, which in turn will necessitate the posting of tournament scores. This policy covers ALL FORMS OF PLAY (including all forms of stroke play, match play, stablefords or any form of play in which an individual player is playing their own ball). For each of these events, the Golf Shop staff has been directed to post scores made during these competitions as tournament scores (and as such will be tagged with a “T” when posted). All members are responsible for posting their Adjusted Gross Scores on the score posting sheets (located in the locker rooms) for every round played (including event days). Any member that fails to post their score during any specified tournament round may be subject to receiving a “penalty” score equal to their lowest posted score for that handicap period.

The Golf Committee understands that there will be some questions concerning this policy. Hopefully the following will answer some of those concerns.

Q.- What if I play less than 18-holes (or less than 9-holes)?
A.- If 13 or more holes are played, the player SHALL post an 18-hole score. If 7 to 12 holes are played, the player SHALL post a 9-hole score.

Q.- What score should I put down for holes not completed? (For example; In a Four-Ball Match play situation, your partner holes out in 4. You lay 4, 20’ away, so you pick up.)
A.- For holes not completed, you would put down the score you “most likely would have made”. This score SHALL not exceed your maximum number of strokes allowable under Equitable Stroke Control procedures. (“Most likely would have made” = strokes already taken + in your best judgement, the number of strokes that you would need to complete the hole from that position, half the time). Therefore, from the example, you would record for that hole a 6 (assuming that over half the time you would two putt from 20’). Your scorecard for that hole should then read x6.

Q.- Why do I need to post 9-hole scores?
A.- The Handicap program will “store” the 9-hole score and when a second 9-hole score is posted, the system will automatically combine the two 9-hole rounds in to an 18-hole score. The two 9-hole scores can be any combination of 9-hole scores with no limit on the time expired between the 9-hole rounds. Combined 9-hole scores are reflected in the scoring records with a “C” preceding the score (i.e.: C72).

Should any member have any questions, need further explanations or help in regards to this policy, please direct your inquiries to a member of the Golf Committee. Your comments and input are always welcome so let us know what your ideas or thoughts may be. As always, your Golf Committee is here to serve the needs of the membership in all that involves the game of golf at Aurora Country Club.

Sincerely, The Aurora Country Club Golf Committee