SGN 9 Hole Format
The schedule for our weekly can be found at saturdaygolfnuts.com. This schedule will allow you to see where and when we are hosting are weekly nine hole events. At times unforeseeable circumstances arise. You will be notified via, text, phone call or email the change in venue. However this change is only for the date in question. We will resume our scheduled events immediately following the temporary change in venue.
On nine hole outings each member is responsible for their green fees and cart. Simply check in at the pro shop and pay for your green fees, carts, and merchandise.
Playing format Nine Holes
Format is medal play…USGA rules apply unless modified by the SGN Board.
Ex: Gimme’s are allowed if the resting ball is within the gripper grip length of the hole. Each member tallies the strokes for each hole. The participant notifies the designated scorekeepers of the group. It is recommended each group designate 2 scorekeepers so each player can have their score validated. At the end of the round the scores are verified and tallied and submitted to the scorer’s table. Your course handicap is pre-calculated by the USGA’s World Handicap System. This handicap formula then determines the score you achieved. Winners are determined by lowest scores…First, Second, and Third.
Pot Entries…Members can play each week without entering pots. If you do not enter pots you cannot be eligible for year end point totals or prize money.
$7…Entrants are eligible to win prizes and points for earning TOP 3 Lowest Scores, 2 closest to the pin contests, handicap skins contest, and team’s contest.
Handicap skins are won if a participant scores the lowest score on a given hole including their handicap for that hole. If there is a tie there are no winners. Teams score contest winners are determined by a blind draw at the end of the round to determine your teammate. Top 3 Low Score Winners are excluded from this contest. Your score and teammate’s score are combined. The lowest team score wins prize money and points.
This $7 pot Mandatory if you are entering pots…$1 per participant is taken from this entry fee. This is created to help fund the year end prize championship money, top 16 winners prize fund, top 20 SGN membership renewal, Most improved and Points champion trophies and prize money.
Optional pots…
$3…Birdie Pot…Entrants who enter this pot will receive prize money if they score a actual birdie. If an entrant scores a actual eagle the entrant gets paid as if they scored 3 birdies. Payouts are based on the number of entrants divided by the number of birdies.
$5…Scratch Skin Pot…Entrants win if they score the lowest individual score on a particular hole…example…Hole 11 two or more participants score a net par or higher. This a “push”. No winners. Hole 15 1 participant scores a birdie. Other participants score a net par or higher. Winner is the participant scoring a birdie. Final payouts are based on number of participants divided by number of Scratch skin winners.
$3…Super Skins Pot…Similar to the scratch skins pot with a twist! Participants win the total of the accumulated pot if they win the hole with a birdie or better after a blind draw! To stay in the contest a player must maintain the weekly entry. To enter late the accumulated funds must be paid before the beginning of the round to Steve Forrester.
Each week members are automatically entered into the pots they were entered the last time they competed. Each member can change their pot entries if they notify members of their group prior to teeing off on the first hole.
Participants cannot play by themselves. They must play with another SGN member. If a member finds themselves the only player on the first hole they can start the hole alone but the “hole out” must be verified by a member of the group in front of the individual. If the score cannot be verified the hole is not counted. The player is not eligible for points and prizes for an incomplete score. They are eligible for remaining pots as long as those scores can be verified.