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A Level Playing Field for All Golfers

How the Golf4Good Tournament Works

The tournament committee has adopted a playing and scoring system that maximizes enjoyment on the course without sacrificing challenge for golfers of all capabilities. Golf4Good tournament registration is open to the public, all ages, and offers four levels of admission. Secure online registration is through Presbyterian Urban Ministries.

Registration closes soon! Only 3 or 4 more foursomes available.

Registration Options

Banquet-Only Registration. Register online here.»
$65 / person

one admission to happy hour, auction, dinner, program

Standard Registration. Register online here.»
$160 / person

one tournament admission, box lunch, and course soft beverages

one admission to champagne reception, putting contest, happy hour, auction, dinner and program

Restration ends when all spots are filled.

Foursome Registration. Register online here.»
$640

tournament admission, box lunch, and course soft beverages for four

admission to champagne reception, putting contest, happy hour, auction, dinner and program for four

Registration ends when all spots are filled

Gold Table Registration . Register online here.»
$1,000 includes all of the following:

Tournament admission, box lunches, and course soft beverages for a foursome
admission to champagne reception, putting contest, happy hour, auction, for eight
event program recognition
Registration ends when all spots are filled

Schedule of Events . Friday, September 10, 2010

Time	Activity
11:00 am	tournament check in, putting contest, range balls, boxed lunch
12:30 pm	shotgun start of tournament
5:30 pm	silent auction, champagne reception, putting contest final round
7:00pm	dinner and program

The Peoria Handicap System Enables Everyone a Chance to Win

Golf4Good employs the Peoria Handicap System, a long-accepted, one-day handicapping system that works well in golf tournaments in which most of the players participating lack real handicap indexes.
Before the tournament, the golf course pro selects six holes, typically two par threes, two par fours, and two par fives. Often each par pair is split so that one is located on the front nine holes, and the other is located on the back nine. During the tournament, neither competitors nor tournament committee members know the locations of any of the six selected Peoria holes.
Tournament teams tee off and complete their rounds, playing a four-man scramble format with one exception: double par is the maximum. This means that six is the maximum score for a par three, eight is the maximum score on a par four and ten for a par 5.
Following tournament completion, the tournament officials announce the six Peoria hole locations. The course pro will determine team Peoria handicaps and net scores at the course pro shop so that tournament golfers can devote their attention to celebratory activities.

Rules of Play

USGA rules govern play except where local rules prevail.

Prevailing Local Rules
Courtesy	Fast play makes fast friends.

Golf Carts	Follow cart direction at all times. Golfers with a pro-shop-issued handicap flag may drive beyond the cart directional sign but must remain 30 feet from greens and tee boxes.

Incomplete Teams	Teams missing a player select rotation by remaining players shall rotate members on a per-hole basis to play a second ball. Thus, giving the team four balls in play on each hole.

Maintenance	Replace divots.
	Smooth traps.
	Repair ball marks on greens.

Mulligans	Each player may purchase a maximum of two mulligans
	before the tournament begins.
	Players may use mulligans on any course hole or shot
	except to better their shot for a contest hole competition.
	Players may choose to use their original shot if the
	mulligan shot does not better the original.

Paved Cart-Path	If path interferes with stance or swing, drop to nearest relief
	rather than dropping nearer to the hole. No penalty.

Perimeter Fence	Do not cross a perimeter fence to play a ball.

Putting	On the green, players must putt within six inches
	of the selected ball, not nearer the hole.
	All scoring putts must be stroked into the hole.
	First ball in the hole determines the score.

Scorekeeping	Record gross team scores only.
	The course golf pro will calculate the Peoria handicaps.
	Card matching will decide ties:
	Tie-breaker:
	Ties will be broken by comparing gross and/or net scores in the following order;
	1. back nine total
	2. front nine total
	3. Match handicap holes one by one until one team has Lower handicap holes. The first team to have an advantage in this process wins.
	Immediately following the end of the round,
	each player will sign the team scorecard before
	submitting it to the official in the pro shop.

Scramble Format	On each of the 18 tees, each team player hits a tee shot.
	On each of the 18 tees, each team player will hit a tee shot. The team selects one of the tee shots and immediately moves to pick up the balls no longer in play.
	Then each player, in turn, shall place a ball within one club's length from where the ball came to rest, not nearer to the hole and hit his next shot within one club length of the selected ball. The process is repeated after each shot until t he ball is in the hole. See "Putting" for procedure on the green.
	In determining the club length, players may not change condition of the ball. For example, the ball may not be moved from the rough to fairway, or from inside a hazard or bunker to outside of the hazard or bunker, or from off the green to on the green.
	When a team selects a ball on the green, each player on the team will putt from within six inches of the original position of the selected ball. If any member of a team putts a ball into the hole, the hole is completed

Stake Colors	White indicates out of bounds
	Red indicates lateral water hazard
	Yellow indicates water hazard

Teeing Off	Each team must use at least two tee shots
	from each player on the team.

Contests and Prizes

Foursome Contests
First Prize	The Pratt-Kurz perpetual trophy Champions Medallions Four $50 gift certificates
Men's 1st low net	Winners Medallions Four $25 gift certificates
Ladies' 1st low net	Winners Medallions Four $25 gift certificates
Men's 2nd low net	2nd Place Medallions
Ladies' 2nd low net	2nd Place Medallions

Individual Contests - Mulligans do NOT qualify for these events.

Men - closest to pin #5	Golf Medallion
Ladies - closest to pin #7	Golf Medallion
Men - closest to pin #11	Golf Medallion
Ladies - closest to pin #13	Golf Medallion

Men - Longest Drive

Golf Medallion

Ladies - Longest Drive

All - Straightest Drive #8

Golf Medallion

Golf Medallion

Hole-in-one Hole 17

Sponsored by Hoehn Motors, Inc.
The first hole-in-one at hole 17 during this event will win a new 2010 C300 Mercedes.
No Mulligans.

The F. Helen Pratt-Kurz Perpetual Trophy

The Golf4Good tournament committee named the annual tournament trophy in honor of F. Helen Pratt-Kurz, a graduate of San Diego High School, lifetime San Diego resident, and business partner-owner-operator of Keith's Drive-In restaurants. In 2004, when Mrs. Pratt-Kurz died at the age of 98, she bequeathed more than $400,000 to the Presbytery of San Diego for exclusive use by the Presbyterian Crisis Center, the former name of Presbyterian Urban Ministries (PUM ) from 1968 to 2006.

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