Rules Prior to Feb 28, 2005
Rules
(Changes made at Oak Bridge Team Reps meeting in May 2004 shown in blue)

  • RULES: U.S.G.A. Rules shall govern all play except as modified by local rules.  See scorecard.
  • FORMAT: The Stableford scoring system is used.  This is a stroke play competition where points rather than strokes determine the winners.  Points are earned using your NET SCORE as follows:
    • BOGEY          1 POINT
    • PAR            2 POINTS
    • BIRDIE         3 POINTS
    • EAGLE          4 POINTS
    • DOUBLE EAGLE   5 POINTS

    NOTE: Your net score is figured by subtracting any handicap strokes you receive on the hole from your gross hole score PRIOR to applying Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) (see Equitable Stroke Control below).  Please note that that there are no points awarded for net double bogey or worse.  Therefore, for speed of play, once your attempt for net bogey is unsuccessful AND you have reached your maximum Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) score, pick your ball up.

    For each hole, please record your gross score (not to exceed your ESC score) and points earned on the official scorecard.  At the end of the round, total the Stableford points and gross score for each player and return the scorecard to the Golf Shop.
      

  • PRIZES: The team with the most total Stableford points (best 7 of 8 players) will be declared the winner.  Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place teams.  Effective with the June 2004 match, winning merchandise certificate payoffs are as follows:

     Players   1st   2nd   3rd
      96           $42   $32   $22
      95           $41   $32   $22
      94           $41   $31   $22
      93           $41   $31   $21
      92           $40   $31   $21
      91           $40   $30   $21
      90           $40   $30   $20
      89           $39   $30   $20
      88           $39   $29   $20
      87           $39   $29   $19
      86           $38   $29   $19
      85           $38   $28   $19
      84           $38   $28   $18
      83           $37   $28   $18
      82           $37   $27   $18
      81           $37   $27   $17
      80           $36   $27   $17
      79           $36   $26   $17
      78           $36   $26   $16
      77           $35   $26   $16
      76           $35   $25   $16
      75           $35   $25   $15
      74           $34   $25   $15
      73           $34   $24   $15
      72           $34   $24   $14
      71           $33   $24   $14
      70           $33   $23   $14
      69           $33   $23   $13
      68           $32   $23   $13
      67           $32   $22   $13
      66           $32   $22   $12

  • TIE BREAKER:  Ties for the prizes will be broken as follows: When two or more teams have the same total Stableford points, the six highest point totals for each team are used, the highest total being the winner.  If that fails to break the tie(s) then the five highest point totals for each team are used, winner will be the team with the highest total.  If the tie still exist then four scores are used in the same manner etc. until a winner is determined.

  • FEWER THAN EIGHT PLAYERS: When a team has only seven players they will use all seven players scores for their team total points. When a team has only six players for a match they will be given a score of 27 (-9) Stableford points for the seventh player. Teams that have 5 or less players may play but they are excused from paying into the prize pool, are not eligible for prizes and their scores do not count for handicap purposes.

  • Rain - If you leave the course and the pro shop has not canceled the event, your team will not be able to post a score for you beyond the points already accumulated.  Lightning will stop the event, but the call if there is no lightning resides in the pro shop.

  • QUITTING IN MID ROUND: If any player(s) quits in mid-round when a match has not been officially canceled, that players will be awarded  Stableford points as follows: A quitting player will be awarded 27 (-9) Stableford points except if he is already at -9 or more he is awarded his actual score minus 3 more Stableford points.

  • TEES: All players will play from the designated tee markers (usually about 6000 yards).  
  • PACE OF PLAY: Each pairing is requested to maintain a steady pace of play and to keep up with the group in front of them.
  • ELIGIBILITY: MSIS participation is limited to men members from our member clubs.  If otherwise qualified a player is eligible to participate in MSIS events in the month he attains age 55.
  • ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM: The Championship team for each year is determined by the total of event points earned each month plus event points earned in the the John Brady Cup match at the end of the season.  Standings will be published each month on this web site.
    • Monthly event points are twelve (12) points for a 1st place finish, eleven (11) points for a second place finish, ten (10) points for 3rd, etc. down to one (1) point for a last place (if all 12 teams play) and zero (0) points for a team that doesn't play.  
    • Event points for the John Brady Cup match are: 1st  (27.5), 2nd     (25), 3rd  (22.5) etc down to 12th (0.0).  These points will be added to the team total for the year.  The team with the highest number of points will be awarded the John Brady Cup.  If there is a tie for first place, that tie will be broken with our normal tie breaker rule.  i.e. In the match you will use the highest 8 of your 12 Stableford point totals to determine the winner.  If two or more teams tie for The Cup, they will use the highest 7 of their point totals, then the highest 6, etc. until the tie is broken.

Handicapping

 In order to have a level playing field for our events, the Men's Senior Interclub Series uses our own handicap indexes.  These indexes are based solely on scores posted in our Men's Senior Interclub Series events. 

 Accordingly the following applies:

  • Complete and legible score cards for each player are required:
    • Scorecards must include Equitable Stroke Controlled (ESC) scores for each hole and the total ESC score for the round for each player.  ESC maximum scores for each hole are:
      • Handicap 0-9, double bogey
      • Handicap 10-19, seven (7)
      • Handicap 20-29, eight (8)
      • Handicap 30-39, nine (9)
      • Handicap 40 and above, ten (10)
    • Scorecards must include the Stableford points earned on each hole as well as the total Stableford points for the round for each player.  Note: Stableford points are calculated prior to applying ESC.
    • Scorecards must include both first and last names for each player.
  • A player will not have a Men's Senior Interclub Series handicap index until he has completed three rounds using this system.
  • A player will continue to use his home course handicap index prior to establishing a Men's Senior Interclub Series handicap index.  While using a home course handicap index, a player is limited to a maximum of 38 Stableford points for any one event.
  • The handicap index calculation method is shown here.