2008’ Jayhawk Golf Club Season

New for 2008'

The $17  Players pool Gran Prix will be restructured into a partial same day cash pay out system. We will pay out $50, $30 & $20 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in "net" and "gross" for every gran prix event. Players will not be allowed to double dip; you cannot win money on both sides. We will have a same day pay out $200 total for each regular gran prix event. The remainder of the Gran Prix money and points accumulate just like in the past in the "net only" Gran Prix players pool and will be paid out at the end of each of the two sessions (spring and fall) just like in the past. The only real change is that we are now paying out a portion of the players pool gran prix in cash the day of our events. As always, a player has the option of taking his winnings in the form of gift certificates as opposed to cash. Further, a member can opt out of the gran prix entirely and pay traditional Alvamar Golf Club greens/carts fees . We will continue to pay out gift certificates for Match Play and Stroke Play tournaments.

Electronic Handicap:

The USGA handicap system at Alvamar is paper less. The procedure for posting scores is user friendly and intuitive. Be sure to legibly print out your e-mail address on your membership application so that we can give GHIN your correct e-mail address. Your handicap will be emailed to you by GHIN according to their handicap schedule throughout the year. Also, we will be using email for correspondence (match & stroke play entries etc.) so it is important that you set your email client filter to accept email from us. Help us make sure you get our emails. The computer in the pro shop is available for the membership to post scores; you can also post scores and check your handicap index on the web at www.ghin.com. This year we are going to be more vigilant in checking member's scores. Men's club scores should be posted by the members themselves. Even though we keep a secondary “Jayhawk Golf Club” handicap based entirely on men's club scores, to be used ONLY for Jayhawk Golf Club events, we DO NOT post those Jayhawk scores for you. The Jayhawk scores, just like all the other scores, must be posted by the members themselves online or on the GHIN computer in the pro shop. Please post EVERY score you shoot during the season either online or on the computer in the pro shop!

Membership / Participation Drive:

We will continue to award extra Gran prix points to our members for bringing guests and for recruiting new members. Members should take advantage of the program and increase their point total while at the same time turning their golfing friends onto our Club! You will receive one point every time that a guest plays in a Jayhawk event and three points for actually recruiting a new member (a player that pays full membership dues of $85). Guests pay “covey connection” rates, a substantial discount.

Pace of Play / Cart Path Rules:

We are continuing in our quest to eliminate slow play within our club. We have set the mark at four hours and thirty minutes, with a goal of four hours and fifteen minutes or less. Any group that is timed over 4:30 will be penalized 2 Gran prix points (each player is penalized 2pts). In the case of one group holding up the entire field playing behind them - we will identify the guilty parties and they will be penalized, not every group that played behind them and were also over the time limit. In order to make Alvamar more "player" friendly we have revised the cart path rules to allow you to drive in the rough. The 90 degree rule in terms of driving in the rough will now be the standard. As usual you can drive anywhere in the fairways. This should also help facilitate a reasonable pace of play for our club.

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