Do they do a synopsis of changes?
Have they simplified the OOB rule to follow "common sense"?.......asking for a friend
Do they do a synopsis of changes?
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Under the new rule the player is not responsible for showing handicap on their returned scorecard (committee responsible for calculating the player's handicap strokes for the competition and using that handicap to calculate the player's net score). But MLR L-2 can be used to put responsibility back on the player.Anyone found this “See Committee Procedures, Section 8; Model Local Rule L-2 (making player responsible for handicap on scorecard).”
Yep, got that but I am trying to find MLR L-2 to see the wording.Under the new rule the player is not responsible for showing handicap on their returned scorecard (committee responsible for calculating the player's handicap strokes for the competition and using that handicap to calculate the player's net score). But MLR L-2 can be used to put responsibility back on the player.
Cheers will keep searching as I haven’t found it anywhere at the moment.The link which Rulefan gave us is to the Rules of Golf edition which does not include Clarifications or Committee Procedures and so you won't find the MLR in it. The comprehensive publication is the Official Guide to the Rules of Golf but I'm away from home at the moment and don't have the Guide with me to quote from at the moment.
Cheers will keep searching as I haven’t found it anywhere at the moment.
I haven’t looked through this yet but I think it will be here https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/committee-procedures/rule-8.htmlYep, got that but I am trying to find MLR L-2 to see the wording.
I’ve now looked through the document and it stops at K so I’m presuming it will be updated soon!!I haven’t looked through this yet but I think it will be here https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/committee-procedures/rule-8.html
Depending what the local rule wording is then it could be a disqualification which is why I’d like to sort this soonest as I am updating our Comp terms and conditions.Interesting that a player no longer needs to put their handicap on their card - if a club makes a local rule that players still have to put their handicap on their card would it then be a disqualification if they didn’t?
Can I ask why you feel it would be necessary to have this rule in place? Is it for all comps or just a specific one?Depending what the local rule wording is then it could be a disqualification which is why I’d like to sort this soonest as I am updating our Comp terms and conditions.
I don’t make the decision, I supply the facts and what could be used and make a recommendation, the main committee would make the final decision I’m not fussed if people don’t sign cards but it could cause some agro if you play comps around the county if some have the rule and some don’t.Can I ask why you feel it would be necessary to have this rule in place? Is it for all comps or just a specific one?
I'm pretty sure they'd still need to sign their cards?I don’t make the decision, I supply the facts and what could be used and make a recommendation, the main committee would make the final decision I’m not fussed if people don’t sign cards but it could cause some agro if you play comps around the county if some have the rule and some don’t.
Just a guess but as the 2019 Official Guide isn't online as such, we might have to wait until the online app which does include everything is replaced by the new version.
Wrong!
I've found https://www.usga.org/rules/rules-an...ions.html#!ruletype=fr§ion=rule&rulenum=1. but I'm probably way behind as I think it has been cited earlier in this thread.
Anyway, the answer to Old SKier's question about the local rule to require handicaps on scorecards is MLR 8L-2. The clear implication is that it should only be used where there isn't access to electronic systems. This is it in full.
L-2 Making Player Responsible for Handicap or Scorecard
But in some circumstances, it can be difficult for the Committee to calculate players’ handicaps, for example, where the Committee does not have a computer system to help with the administration of the competition or where they do not have access to a database of player handicaps.