The December 2011 Scramble will be held at Gold Canyon on Thursday 8th.
Apologies for the delay in getting info to you but quite difficult to get a good deal in high season.
Green Fee & Caddy Fee 1000baht.
It will be a 9am tee-off but all nominated teams are to be at the course, registered and green fees paid by 8:30am (Entry fee 200 Baht per person).
Give yourself plenty of time to get to the course as it is at least a three quarter hour drive.
Please nominate your teams as early as possible to club captains or garry_walker70@hotmail.com
You can still nominate if you do not have a team and the committee will make up teams providing numbers are sufficient. Late entry or odd man out will have to miss out on the competition but can still play a round if they wish.
All teams will have a handicap which will be deducted from their gross team score at the end of the game to give a net result. The handicap system used will be the Ambrose method.
Definition: "Ambrose Competition" is another name for a scramble, but one in which a team handicap is used. All players tee off, the best shot is selected and players hit again from that same spot. The best second shot is selected, and all players hit from that same spot, and so on until the ball is holed.
If the scramble is called an "Ambrose," it means that handicaps are used in play, with a fraction of the total handicaps of the group members serving as one handicap for the group.
For example, if it's a 2-person scramble, the handicaps of the two players are added together and divided by 4. For a 3-person scramble, divide by 6; for a 4-person scramble, divide by 8.
The arithmetic produces one group handicap which is used during play.
Also Known As: Scramble, 2-man scramble, 3-man scramble, 4-man scramble
Each player must use three of his/her drives on the 14 par 4 or 5 holes and indicate on the score card which hole their drive was used. As there are four persons who must count three drives each (12 drives) in a team that will leave two holes/drives for the captain to decide.
The person whose drive is counted must mark his ball with a tee and the other three players must place their ball near the tee to take their teams second shot. The person whose drive was counted cannot play a second shot, it has to be one of the three other players. There is no restriction on third or fourth shots, any team members shot can be counted.
The four par threes have no restrictions. Any team members shot can be counted.
Once you are on the green and the best ball is chosen, it is to be marked and all four players will putt from that position. Each player will putt in turn and once the ball is in the hole that score will be counted. In other words if you putt a ball up to the edge of the hole for one and then tap it in without giving your team mates the chance to one putt then the score stands as two putts. So even if it is on the rim, mark it and give you team mates a chance at a one putt.
Local rules apply for ‘out of bounds’ and ‘lost ball’ all other rules are as per the Royal and Ancient Rules of Golf.
Prizes will be dependant on the number of golfers and therefore will be advised before play. The usual nearest the pin prizes.
