rickg
Money List Winner
:angry:
Between Sat 30th March and Wed 3rd April, there were 4 qualifiers played at my club....I played in 2 of them, winning one with 38 points and attracting a 0.6 cut.
Due to some lingering snow in some of the bunkers,unbeknown to everyone, the club created a Local Rule declaring ALL bunkers GUR, (contrary to the rules of golf).
No one on the Sat/Sun comps noticed the local rule and played the bunkers as normal. The Tues/Wed comps, players were informed beforehand and took drops out of bunkers.
When it was brought to the clubs attention that such a local ruling is not legal, after initial discussion, the original decision was going to be to let the SAT/SUN comps stand (as people had played the bunkers as though they were in play), and make the Tues/Wed comps no qualifiers.
However, upon further investigation, rightly so, it became evident that because you cannot ignore a local rule,(even an illegal one) the SAT/SUN comps were also declared non Qualifying......and hence I got 0.6 added back to my H/C..
The 2 subsequent competitions to these 4 have also been amended in the software and ironically, as a result I got a further 0.2 cut for one of them and ended up winning it instead of losing it on count back, so I have ended up with 0.4 back in total taking me 5.7.
To say I'm miffed is an understatement as I have worked very hard recently to get down to 5.3 and to have it taken back in such a fashion leaves a sour taste.
Before anyone mentions it, YES, people should have checked the local rules board before playing, and hands up, I'm guilty as charged along with everyone else.
Lots of lessons learned here by the club and it won't be happening again......the committee meeting went on for 3 hours on Thursday night discussing it.
Another ironic outcome is that due to the subsequent competitions adjustment, I beat CSS by 4 instead of 3 in last weeks medal and will now attract another ESR flag.......unfortunately just like the last time I had one, it won't make any difference as if I beat CSS by 4 or more again in the near future, the corresponding competition cut will automatically take me back into the CAT 1 zone so any further cut due to an ESR won't be applied.
A very mixed emotions weekend for me, and feel like I've been punched in the stomach......obviously will get straight back on the bike and work on getting the cuts again to get back down, but right now I'm not a happy chappy.
Between Sat 30th March and Wed 3rd April, there were 4 qualifiers played at my club....I played in 2 of them, winning one with 38 points and attracting a 0.6 cut.
Due to some lingering snow in some of the bunkers,unbeknown to everyone, the club created a Local Rule declaring ALL bunkers GUR, (contrary to the rules of golf).
No one on the Sat/Sun comps noticed the local rule and played the bunkers as normal. The Tues/Wed comps, players were informed beforehand and took drops out of bunkers.
When it was brought to the clubs attention that such a local ruling is not legal, after initial discussion, the original decision was going to be to let the SAT/SUN comps stand (as people had played the bunkers as though they were in play), and make the Tues/Wed comps no qualifiers.
However, upon further investigation, rightly so, it became evident that because you cannot ignore a local rule,(even an illegal one) the SAT/SUN comps were also declared non Qualifying......and hence I got 0.6 added back to my H/C..
The 2 subsequent competitions to these 4 have also been amended in the software and ironically, as a result I got a further 0.2 cut for one of them and ended up winning it instead of losing it on count back, so I have ended up with 0.4 back in total taking me 5.7.
To say I'm miffed is an understatement as I have worked very hard recently to get down to 5.3 and to have it taken back in such a fashion leaves a sour taste.
Before anyone mentions it, YES, people should have checked the local rules board before playing, and hands up, I'm guilty as charged along with everyone else.
Lots of lessons learned here by the club and it won't be happening again......the committee meeting went on for 3 hours on Thursday night discussing it.
Another ironic outcome is that due to the subsequent competitions adjustment, I beat CSS by 4 instead of 3 in last weeks medal and will now attract another ESR flag.......unfortunately just like the last time I had one, it won't make any difference as if I beat CSS by 4 or more again in the near future, the corresponding competition cut will automatically take me back into the CAT 1 zone so any further cut due to an ESR won't be applied.
A very mixed emotions weekend for me, and feel like I've been punched in the stomach......obviously will get straight back on the bike and work on getting the cuts again to get back down, but right now I'm not a happy chappy.
