Interclub Players:
Thank you to all the teams that competed this season
without major problems and for showing such great
golf spirit in how you treated your opponents in
victory and defeat. The vast majority of the teams
were well organized, highly competitive and gracious
hosts.
Forfeitures - Regrettably, we have had
several teams forfeit their final match this
season. Under the rules, when teams forfeit a
match, all their matches are retroactively forfeited
and in some cases this can cause a late-season
change in the standings of a group. These
forfeitures are very disappointing and
they negatively impact everyone else in the group
that has been participating. Accordingly, the
Committee will review this situation over the
play-off period and some form of sanctions will be
applied to the teams that forfeited. Individual
cases will be reviewed but teams will likely be
suspended from the interclub matches for a year or
they will be required to pay a fine to enter next
year.
Scoring and Postponed Matches
- In preparation for our next season, we will
review the scoring system and we will consider a
change to how forfeited matches are scored. We also
anticipate guidelines that will discourage teams
from postponing matches with limited notice.
Postponing a match with limited notice (less than
three days), due to organizational problems is
discourteous and should be avoided.
Playoff Teams
– Please read through the rules on playoffs –
particularly how to break ties if one occurs after
your two matches of each round.
Thanks again for participating; we look forward to
the playoff matches and a great State Championship.
Group Assignments
- were determined at the beginning of the season
with the hope of limiting travel requirements for
the first round of the playoffs. In all cases, the
winner of Group #1 will face the Group #3 winner.
The winner of Group #2 will face the winner of Group
#4. For regions that only had 3 Groups, a wildcard
team is identified (the 2nd place team
with the best record) and the wildcard team will
serve as the 4th group winner.
Home Field Advantage
– the team with the best record will play their
second match of the two-match playoff round at their
home course. (Each playoff round includes two
matches – one home, one away). If the teams split
their two playoff matches, a sudden death playoff is
immediately conducted at the end of the second
match)
See rules
for more specifics on tie-breaking, home field
advantage and sudden-death playoff methods.
MAKE-UP WEEK FOR POSTPONED MATCHES
The week of February 18th-22nd
PLAYOFFS
Week One of Playoffs is February 28th and
March 6th
Week Two of Playoffs is March 13th and
March 20th
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
April 5-6, 2008 at Tampa Palms Golf
& Country Club in Tampa, Florida
