Rules

ECLECTIC GOLF CLUB -- RULES

(Effective from 1 October 2024)

1. For a card to be valid, a player must declare on the first tee, before a ball is struck, that the round of golf about to be played will be entered into the Winter Eclectic competition and the card  titled accordingly.

2. Play must be from White tees and the gross score at each hole recorded on a score card, which must be signed. Please date and sum the card (counting no returns as NIL) . The maximum number of cards which can be submitted by a participant is 6 per calendar month. On completion of a round, score cards should be put into the Iain Martin memorial box, located in the locker room, before leaving Mortonhall Golf Club.

3. The World Handicap Index (WHI), as at 1 October, will be used by the Official Recorder to calculate the Eclectic Handicap (EH) using the formula EH = WHI x 0.8  e.g. if WHI = 9.4 then EH = (9.4 x 0.8) = 7.52.  Eclectic Handicaps will then be rounded up or down.

4. Individual monthly winners will incur a penalty amounting to 2 strokes for an outright win. The runner(s)-up will incur one penalty stroke for achieving a place but will also receive a prize. [See rule 10 for the number of runner(s)-up / prizewinners]. Penalties will be deducted as in the following example - where the winner has EH of 8, then  the new EH = 8 - 2 = 6.

5. Penalties will last for the 6 months after the month for which they were imposed. This means that the winner of, say, December will carry the penalty from January through to March and then from October through to December of the following season. In the same way the OVERALL winner and runner(s)-up in the handicap competition will carry their penalties for all of the following two seasons as detailed in Rule 10.

6. Only the overall winner and runner(s)-up in the handicap competition from the previous season will have any penalty for the cumulative eclectic. This means that the monthly winners and runner(s)-up during the season in question will not have any reduction to their EH taken into account for the cumulative eclectic in that season. 

7. As the eclectic is a stroke competition, under no circumstances should any putt be conceded or accepted.

8. The number of members of the Club will not exceed 55 and an Entry Fee of £13 for the 6 month season (or balance thereof) will apply.  Entry Fees must be paid to the Treasurer or other Committee Member before the season commences on 1st October.

PRIZES

9. Prizes  will be competed for monthly and will be presented at the Annual Meeting in September. Approximately half of the Entry Fee monies collected will be allocated to the monthly prizes and, after deduction of any incidental costs, the remainder will be allocated to the overall winners in the approximate proportions of two thirds to Handicap and one third to Scratch. 

10. (i) If there are 20 or fewer participating members in the winter eclectic competition, the prizes will be distributed thus:-

The monthly competition will have 2 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to the second placed).

The end of year cumulative competition will have 2 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to the second placed). The penalties for these players for the immediately subsequent season will be 3 for winner and 2 for second place and for the second subsequent season will be reduced to 2 and 1 respectively. There will be 1 prize for the scratch winner.

(ii) If there are 21 to 30 players in the competition, prizes will be distributed thus:-

The monthly competition will have 2 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to the second placed).

The end of year cumulative competition will have 3 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second and third placed). The penalties for these players for the immediately subsequent season will be 3 for the winner and 2 for second and 1 for third place and for the second subsequent season will be reduced to 2 and 1 respectively. There will be 2 scratch prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to the second placed).

(iii) If there are 31 to 40 players in the competition, prizes will be distributed thus:-

The monthly competition will have three handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second and third placed).

The end of year cumulative competition will have 5 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second, third, fourth and fifth placed). The penalties for these players for the immediately subsequent season will be 3 for the winner and 2 for the second and third with 1 for fourth and fifth places and for the second  subsequent season will be reduced to 2, 1 and 1 respectively. There will be 3 scratch prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second and third placed).

(iv) If there are 41 to 55 players in the competition, prizes will be distributed thus:-

The monthly competition will have 4 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second, third and fourth placed).

The end of year cumulative competition will have 6 handicap prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed); the annual penalties for the six handicap winners will be 4, 3, 3, 2, 1 and 1 in the first subsequent season. In the second subsequent season these will be all reduced by one to 3, 2, 2, 1, 0 and 0. There will be 3 scratch prizes (1 to the winner and 1 to each of the second and third placed).

11. No player may win more than one overall prize.

12. In the event of tied scores the winner will be the one who has taken the fewest rounds to obtain the best score. If there is still a tied situation, the normal formula will apply (i.e. better inward half, etc.)

Members of Committee:

Ian McKerrow and Ian Raw - Recorders

Howard Wright - Treasurer

Bob Jackman - Webmaster