QUALIFYING ROUNDS
1. Teams will compete over 4 qualifying rounds of stableford competition.
2. A player must pay and play in at least one of the four qualifying rounds to qualify for the matchplay rounds.
3. Players must play in the competition on the day and pay the relevant fee to be eligible to play in the League.
4. The best 4 cards from a team will qualify for all rounds.
5. The number of holes to be played in each round will be determined by the competition of the day, at the beginning of the round i.e. 13, 16 or 18 holes. Weekly competitions will run from Monday to following Sunday
6. An individual can play as many times as possible during a round but, only once in the one day, no restarting with their best score to count towards their teams total.
7. Entry fee for the Winter League will be €20 which includes entry to the league and entry to competition first round. No scores will count if the entry fee is not paid.
8. The top 16 teams in the qualifying rounds go through to the play-offs. If there is a tie for any qualifying place, then the fifth card (or sixth and so on as required) will be the decider on the day.
The format will be matchplay.
Teams will be seeded based on their finishing positions in the qualifying rounds and will compete against each
other as follows:
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1 vs 16
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2 vs 15
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3 vs 14
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4 vs 13
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5 vs 12
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6 vs 11
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7 vs 10
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8 vs 9
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Quarter Final and Semi Final pairings will be decided by an open draw
PLAYOFFS
MATCH PAIRINGS MUST BOOK TEE TIMES
All playoffs will be decided by singles matchplay. (Played off current handicaps)
The lowest member of each team will play each other and the rest of the matches will follow this order.
The team with the least number of eligible players will dictate the number that will play in the matchplay, provided team has a minimum of 7 eligible players
All matches must be played to a finish within the timescale allotted for the particular round.
In the event of opposing teams having an even number of players e.g 6 or 8, the captains must nominate a pairing to playoff in the event of a tie. This must be agreed before any match takes place.
There will be a prize for each member of the team with the best team score at the end of the four qualifying rounds, excluding the two finalists
Round 1 is set to commence on Monday 3rd January running until Sunday 16th January.
THE COMMITTEE’S DECISION IS FINAL ON ALL MATTERS