Discontinuing After Weather Delay

[FairwayDodger]

Play in our medal at the weekend was suspended due to fog. I'd played 4 holes before the hooter sounded. We waited about 45 minutes and with no sign of improvement we returned to the clubhouse. After another 45 mins or so it was (correctly) decided that the fog had lifted sufficiently for play to continue.

My problem was that I had somewhere important to be and was very tight for time even without the delay so I considered not restarting. Scanning the Rules/Decisions of golf and our club competition rules I couldn't see any way I could do that without the inevitable +0.1 on the handicap. OK it was only 4 holes in but I was playing well and scoring reasonably so wasn't just trying to pull a fast one....

Did I miss anything or is this a situation where the club has some discretion?

(As it happens, due to a remarkable level of understanding from my other half, I did go back out and properly earned my +0.1 in spectacular fashion! :rofl: )

 

[Deleted member 15344]

We have had the same situation and just used common sense especially if someone has only completed a handful of holes - the cards just didn’t get submitted

 

[duncan mackie]

The club does have discretion, and all it requires to use it is the player to return the scores and advise the circumstances.
The CONGU advice to committees is to give the player the benefit of any doubt - basically if they could play to buffer based on the scores so far then they can set aside the 0.1 increase. Whether, on any assessment, they were likely to do so is not important!
This assumes the committee accept the circumstances; ie they don't believe someone is simply trying it on.

 

[FairwayDodger]

The club does have discretion, and all it requires to use it is the player to return the scores and advise the circumstances.
The CONGU advice to committees is to give the player the benefit of any doubt - basically if they could play to buffer based on the scores so far then they can set aside the 0.1 increase. Whether, on any assessment, they were likely to do so is not important!
This assumes the committee accept the circumstances; ie they don't believe someone is simply trying it on.

This is basically how I'd hope it would work. It's just a hobby at our level, after all.

Problem I had was that nobody around was willingly to accept there might be some wiggle room! It was an unusual situation but if similar arose again I'd probably throw myself on the mercy of "the committee"....

 

[IanG]

Same happened at our place on Saturday - an hour stuck out at the turn in the fog. Players who walked in to get on with there lives got DQ-ed and collected 0.1. To be fair we were all informed by a big sign at the 1st tee that those were the rules.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Same happened at our place on Saturday - an hour stuck out at the turn in the fog. Players who walked in to get on with there lives got DQ-ed and collected 0.1. To be fair we were all informed by a big sign at the 1st tee that those were the rules.

Yeah, it's a prime candidate for a "common sense" ruling, I think.

 

[rulie]

Yeah, it's a prime candidate for a "common sense" ruling, I think.

Handicap Committee/system running away with its perceived authority?