Richmond Golf Channel Am Tour 2015 Update #4

We’re another week closer to the start of the Richmond Golf Channel Am Tour schedule with the Glen Allen Open up first. Registration is beginning to pick up and the field size will only be for 60 players so register soon if you are planning to play.

WELCOME NEW MEMBER
Michael Eaton

REFERAL PROGRAM

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HAVE YOUR fRIENDS AND fAMILY FOLLOW 3 STEPS:

1.) Visit www.gcamtour.com/join and click on the JOIN NOW Button
2.) Complete the Member Registration Form
3.) Include your Full Name and Local Tour City in the "Referred by Member" field

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CONGRATULATIONS

Go out to Richmond Tour member Tip Wight for “WINNING” the Championship Flight at the Puerto Rico Championship. Tip secured the Victory in a 1 hole play-off.

Other Richmond Members in Puerto Rico
Jack Welch Sr. Palmer  Flight  T-5
Mel Imad  Sarazen Flight 14^th
 JB Martin  Jones Flight T-10
Keenan Davis Snead Flight 7^th  

PACE OF PLAY
The Richmond Golf Channel Members take pride in their tournament Pace of Play and have set the standard for the entire Golf Channel Am Tour nationwide.
Please click on the link below to review the Golf Channel Am Tour Pace of Play Policy

http://www.gcamtour.com/rules-and-regulations/pace-of-play/%20%20

In upcoming updates we will give some tips on how to maintain a good pace of play by simply developing a few new habits. No one thinks they are a Slow Player, and MOST are not, but some just have some bad habits that they are unaware of that slow things down. NEVER do we ask anyone to RUSH or HURRY UP. We do ask that EVERY player in the field have the same opportunity as those in the first group to be able to complete their round in a timely and enjoyable manner.
# 1 Reason for slow play…………..Not being READY to play when it’s your turn.

WEEKLY RULES SECTION

Out of Bounds……………White Stakes and/or Lines

27-1b. Ball Out of Bounds

If a ball is out of bounds, the player must play a ball, under penalty of one stroke, as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 20-5).

DEFINITION

Out Of Bounds

“Out of bounds’’ is beyond the boundaries of the course or any part of the course so marked by the Committee.

When out of bounds is defined by reference to stakes or a fence or as being beyond stakes or a fence, the bounds line is determined by the nearest inside points at ground level of the stakes or fence posts (excluding angled supports). When both stakes and lines are used to indicate out of bounds, the stakes identify out of bounds and the lines define out of bounds. When out of bounds is defined by a line on the ground, the line itself is out of bounds. The bounds line extends vertically upwards and downwards.

A ball is out of bounds when all of it lies out of bounds. A player may stand out of bounds to play a ball lying within bounds.

Objects defining out of bounds such as walls, fences, stakes and railings are not obstructions and are deemed to be fixed. Stakes identifying out of bounds are not obstructions and are deemed to be fixed.

Note 1: Stakes or lines used to define out of bounds should be white.

ANSWER to last weeks RULES QUIZ

In stroke play, a player strikes his tee shot on a par-3 hole into a water hazard. Finding the ball in the hazard, he plays it further into the hazard where it is lost. He drops a ball in the hazard where he last played, but it embeds. He abandons the ball, plays another from the tee onto the green, holes the putt, and tees off on the next hole. What is the ruling?

A.) His score for the hole is 5

B.) His score for the hole is 6

C.) He is disqualified

The CORRECT ANSWER is B

His score for the hole is 6

Rule 26-2a

26-2. Ball Played Within Water Hazard

a. Ball Comes to Rest in Same or Another Water Hazard

If a ball played from within a water hazard comes to rest in the same or another water hazard after the stroke, the player may:

(i) proceed under Rule 26-1a. If, after dropping in the hazard, the player elects not to play the dropped ball, he may:

(a) proceed under Rule 26-1b, or if applicable Rule 26-1c, adding the additional penalty of one stroke prescribed by the Rule and using as the reference point the point where the original ball last crossed the margin of this hazard before it came to rest in this hazard; or

(b) add an additional penalty of one stroke and play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the last stroke from outside a hazard was made (see Rule 20-5); or

(ii) proceed under Rule 26-1b, or if applicable Rule 26-1c; or

(iii) under penalty of one stroke, play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the last stroke from outside a water hazard was made (see Rule 20-5).

REMEMBER, you can ALWAYS use your original entry point/The last place the ball crossed the margin of the hazard and Rule 26-1 even after you have taken a stroke in a Hazard. Congratulations to John Hughes.............with the ONLY Correct Answer

THIS WEEKS QUESTION

In stroke play, a player's ball lies in a hazard. The ball moves as a result of his removal of a small acorn, lying in the hazard. The ball is replaced before a stroke is made. What is the ruling?

A.) There is a one stroke penalty

B.) There is a two stroke penalty

C.) There is a total penalty of three strokes