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WELCOME TO THE 2014 STRACKA FRIENDS GOLF TOUR

MEMBERSHIP

1. The Stracka Friends Golf Tour (SFGT) is a private league.
2. Application to the SFGT can be made in the COMMENTS section of the SFGT Home Page located at the following link: http://handicaptracker.golf.co..
3. You must be a member of the SFGT to participate in SFGT events.

REGISTRATION

1. The SFGT Membership Fee is $10.00 payable by check, money order or PayPal.
2. Five dollars of your fee will be for the Cart Rider Cup prize fund and five dollars for the SFGT Match Play Championship prize fund.
3. Check or money order payments should be made payable to Bruce Taylor at 6452 East David Drive, Tucson, Arizona, 85730. Items made payable to SFGT will be returned.
4. PayPal payments should be directed to azd5blue@cox.net. Please make your payment to a “FRIEND” so that fees will not be deducted from your payment. If your PayPal account is drawing from a credit card instead of a bank account or your PayPal account, fees may be deducted by PayPal. Please review your PayPal payment before sending it and adjust your payment to offset any fees. Payments that have fees deducted will be returned.
5. Payment of your membership fee must be received prior to declaring for your first SFGT event.
6. No new memberships will be accepted after the second event of the season.

SCHEDULE

• The Closed Open (Apr 14-27)
• The Sandbaggers Memorial (Apr 28 – May 25) #
• Rancho Santa Fe Classic hosted by Larryrsf (May 26 – Jun 8)
• US Open (Jun 9 – Jul 6) #
• SFGT Pro-Am presented by the R&A (Jul 7-20)
• Canadian Bacon Championship (Jul 21 – Aug 17) #
• Wind Ham Championship (Aug 18-31)
• Cart Rider Cup (Sep 1-14)
• SFGT Match Play Championship – Round 1 (Sep 15-28)
• SFGT Match Play Championship – Round 2 (Sep 29 – Oct 26)
# - Major event

DECLARING, PLAYING & POSTING YOUR ROUND

1. Players must play 18 holes for non-major events and 36 holes for major events. The 18 and 36 holes can be played as a combination of 9 hole & 18 hole rounds.
2. Declarations must be made on the event blog in the COMMENTS section.
3. You must declare in advance where and when you will be playing your round.
4. Your round must be played on a course that has a USGA Slope & Rating and is at least a par 65 course.
5. You must post your score on your profile.
6. You must post your round as a Tournament round (T-score).
7. You must play your round during the tournament window.
8. You must post your round no later than 48 hours after the end of the tournament.
9. Rounds not played and/or posted as per these rules will be disqualified.
10. In the event that you are unable to play your declared round, contact Ethan Fisher (cogolfer1) with the reasons for your situation. He will decide whether you will be allowed to re-declare your round.

SCORING (except Match Play)

1. Scoring will be by the Net Target Score Method.
2. Net Target Score = Gross Score – Target Score
3. Target Score = Course Rating + Course Handicap
4. This method takes into consideration your individual handicap as well as the slope and rating of the course being played.
5. The decimal place is retained from the course rating to insure that there is a lower chance of a tie.
6. For major events, the Net Target Score from each round will be added together to obtain a Combined Net Target Score.

POINTS DISTRIBUTION (except Cart Rider & Match Play)

• Regular events: 1st place – 75 points, 2nd place – 60 points, 3rd place – 50 points, 4th and lower will depend on field size
• Major events: 1st place – 100 points, 2nd place – 75 points, 3rd place – 60 points, 4th and lower will depend on field size

SFGT PRO-AM

1. SFGT players and PGA Tour players will be teammates.
2. A draft will be held on Tuesday, July 15 at which time SFGT players will select a player in The Open Championship played at Royal Liverpool Course in Hoylake, United Kingdom for their teammate.
3. Draft order will be determined by the SFGT Points Standings with the leader drafting first and followed in order of the standings.
4. SFGT member will name their draft pick in the COMMENTS section of the SFGT Pro-Am Draft Forum.
5. Each SFGT member will have 15 minutes to draft their player.
6. If a SFGT player does not draft a player during his draft period, then they will be paired with the highest OWGR ranked golfer in the field that remains undrafted playing in The Open.
7. SFGT players will not be allowed to pre-select their PGA Tour player prior to their draft period.
8. The SFGT player’s Net Score will be added to PGA Tour player’s four-day total at The Open Championship to determine the SFGT player’s score for the event.
9. If the chosen PGA Tour player misses the cut, WDs or is DQd, then the SFGT player will automatically receive 400 points.

SFGT CART RIDER CUP

1. SFGT members will be divided into two teams geographically … Team East and Team West
2. Each player will play one 18 hole round to obtain a Net Target Score. The 18 hole round can be played as two 9 hole rounds.
3. Each team will add up each team member’s Net Target Score to determine the Team Net Target Score.
4. The team with the lowest Team Net Target Score will be declared the champions.
5. Each member of the winning team will receive an equal portion of the prize fund which is dependent on the number of participating SFGT members.

SFGT MATCH PLAY

1. The top four players in the SFGT Points Standings after the SFGT Wind Ham Championship will advance to the SFGT Match Play Championship.
2. Round 1 will consist of one 18 hole round by each player. This round cannot be a combination of two 9 hole rounds.
3. Player #1 will play Player #4 and Player #2 will play Player #3 as per the ranking in the SFGT Points Standings.
4. The winner of each match will compete in Round 2 for the Championship.
5. Round 2 will consist of two 18 hole rounds by each player. These rounds cannot be a combination of two or more 9 hole rounds.
6. The prize fund will be split as follows: 80% to the winner and 20% to the loser.
7. Detailed information on the Rules and Scoring Method will be posted on the SFGT Match Play blog.