Rules:
Scorekeeper: The team you are playing with will sign your scorecard and assess rules on the course in the event of discrepancy. They may not waive documented rules (e.g. “no you dont have to have the fireball in your mouth”) - only make a call on unclear rules.
Discrepancies: All scoring discrepancies, no matter how minor, are sent to ChatGPT with the following prompt:
- Please assess a stroke penalty for the following infraction in a 5 round golf tournament where the following rules are in play [insert rules]. In an event where a rule isn’t documented below, please use USGA official rules: [Mike or delegated 3rd party describes infraction]
Whatever ChatGPT returns is a binding penalty.
Fireball / Mulligans:
All players will get 20 fireballs which they can use for mulligans over the 5 tournament rounds
You are not allowed to use more than 6 mulligans per round
Putting mulligans require 2 fireballs for 1 mulligan (aka "The walrus")
Fireball must be taken prior to the mulligan, and the bottle must be in your mouth while you swing. If you do not have the bottle in your mouth, then you can either play your original shot or take a 2 stroke penalty and play the mulligan.
Sand: Grounding your club in all sand allowed per Moore County local rules
OB:
No re-teeing OB drives, please either follow USGA rules and drop horizontally from where you ball exited in-bounds and drop in the middle of the fairway, OR please take a 200 yard drive in the middle of the fairway (whichever is greater) - either way take a 2 stroke penalty (hitting #4 from the fairway).
If you re-tee and hit a 2nd drive you MUST play it. If you go OB on 2nd tee shot you are out of the hole.
Non tee OB shots are played as lateral drop with 2 stroke penalty.
Laying 1 in fairway
Hit 2 OB
Laying 4 in middle of fairway lateral from exit point
If greenside, then laying 3, play as lateral hazard
Scoring:
Individual hole scores in the best ball are capped at triple bogey (unless its match play and both teams need to finish to determine points for hole)
If you are clearly out of the hole, please pick up and be mindful of time
Handicaps:
Handicaps will be official GHIN
If you don’t have an official GHIN the nominating committee will give you an alternate handicap that is -2 to what we feel like your handicap would be.
If your GHIN handicap is inaccurate, you might be given a lower handicap
Equipment
Scopes and slope adjusted scopes are allowed.
Teams:
Team 1 (1A, 1B) Team 2(2A, 2B) Team 3(3A, 3B)
You may adjust which of your players play on your “A” and “B” team each day if you’d like. You must play a partner game with each of your three partners.