9-hole qualifiers

[rosecott]

I'm pretty sure I know the answer but would like confirmation.

9-hole qualifier using, say, holes 1 to 5 and 15 to 18 with an EG awarded SSS for those holes. Would it be acceptable for players to play the intervening holes while submitting only the scores for the designated holes. CONGU doesn't specifically forbid this but I'm pretty certain that rule 5.5b would apply.

 

[backwoodsman]

I'd guess that rule 5.6 could also kick in - after all, the time taken to go round nine holes between the play of holes 5 & 6 on the course "proper" must surely count as unreasonably delaying play?

 

[ScienceBoy]

Flipping it around.
Is playing half a round of practice OK in the middle of a competition

 

[duncan mackie]

5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2.....5.6 would seem to be the least of their problems 🤔

 

[Old Skier]

The main aim of 9 hole q comps was for speed and to cater for those that may not have the time to always play 18 holes. Why would you play more holes in between, just have an 18 holer surely.

 

[duncan mackie]

The main aim of 9 hole q comps was for speed and to cater for those that may not have the time to always play 18 holes. Why would you play more holes in between, just have an 18 holer surely.

You have answered you own question really, the 9 hole comp set up to cater for etc....then there are some people having more time but wishing to compete.
On a normal 9+9 it's easy (with appropriate consideration for 5.2), but as set out here they would have to come back out for 6 - 14 (which presumably will be located reasonably well for that)

 

[rulefan]

Practising would seem to put the kibosh on the idea

 

[backwoodsman]

5.1, 5.2, 5.5, 6.1, 6.2.....5.6 would seem to be the least of their problems 🤔

I was just pondering on the content/implications of your reply when a (sort of) related query popped in my mind. If the 9 hole course of the OP consists of holes 1-5 and 15-18, then what is the status of the remaing 9 holes of the main course?

Presumably, unless they are designated as OOB, they are part of the 9 hole course? (With the implications thereof - eg greens being wrong greens, tees & fairways being ^ general area^, etc etc?). Is it something a committee would need to ensure is clarified?

 

[Colin L]

The course is defined as The entire area of play within the edge of any boundaries set by the Committee. The number of holes played in a particular competition doesn't matter: 9 holes are within the same boundaries as 18 holes i.e on the same course. Holes you are not playing in a 9 hole competition are the same whether it's 10 to 18 or 6 to 14. So yes, they are part of the course; you can play from them if your ball lies on them; their greens are wrong greens; any penalty areas apply to your game. Regardless of the number of holes being played in your round, you are playing only 1 hole at a time but the area covered by the other 17 is in play.

I've never even thought about clarifying this to members and no-one has ever asked.

 

[rulefan]

If it's not defined as Out of Bounds it is the Course.

 

[williamalex1]

Could the exception in rule 5.5 be applied ?

 

[rulefan]

The exception only relates to putting and chipping and then only on

• The putting green of the hole just completed and any practice green (see Rule 13.1e), and
• The teeing area of the next hole.

It is not applicable to the general area, bunkers or penalty areas.

 

[Colin L]

Could the exception in rule 5.5 be applied ?

I think the whole idea of playing a sandwich filling of 9 holes in between slices of a 9 hole round is too bizarre to bother looking for any way of legitimising it.