Rules, Perks & Prizes

OFFICIAL RULES

The Amani Foundation Charity Golf Tournament welcomes golfers of all experience levels and handicaps to compete.  The tournament is a scramble format.  Prizes will be awarded: Foursomes will play for 2nd and 3rd place team pro-shop gift card awards and a 1st place Grand Prize; Round for four players at Pinehurst No. 2 or Kiawah.  Mulligans, SuperDrives, and Golden Tickets can be purchased on the day of the event or in advance for those looking for a competitive edge.

Tournament Details

Our format is a traditional scramble format.  This means that, in our format, each player hits their own shot from the tee.  The team then chooses the best shot.  Players whose shots were not selected go and pick up their ball from where it lies and place it where the “best” shot came to rest.  In placing the other three balls, the ball can be placed anywhere no nearer the hole that is within one club length from the “best ball” spot.  However, you cannot move the ball from the rough to the fairway, from the sand to the rough/fairway, or from the fringe onto the green.  After the second shots are taken, the process is repeated for each successive team shot until the team is in the hole.  Scoring is based on a gross team score.  Each foursome plays as a team against all other competing foursomes.  Scoring for the tournament is not handicap unadjusted.  In addition, the team must use at least four tee shots from each of the four players during the 18-hole round, or else the foursome is disqualified from the competition.

At the end of the competition, in the event of a tie, the team with the lower score on the highest handicap hole (hole 5) will be the winner.  If there is a tie between the two teams with respect to the highest handicap hole, the scores of the two teams for the 2^nd highest handicap hole will be compared, and so on, until a winner can be determined.

  Tee Shots

Men will hit tee shots from the tournament tee boxes marked for the event.  Ladies can hit their tee shots from the forward tees (red) or the tournament tee boxes at their sole discretion.

  Putting

Absolutely every single shot must be put out.  There are no “gimmes” in this tournament.  Failure to abide by these rules could lead to immediate disqualification.

  Maximum Score

The maximum score on any given hole is a double bogey (+2).  If you have reached that score as a team, please do not continue to play.  Please pick up your balls and proceed to the next hole.

Otherwise, the traditional rules of golf apply.

Please note that if all four players fail to hit a tee shot within bounds, the team may not take a drop where one of the four shots went out of bounds.  The team must count those four chances as team stroke 1, take a one-stroke drop (shot 2) and then re-hit, lying two striking three from the tee box.  This is repeated until the team is in the hole or until the maximum score is reached.

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