At the March General Meeting, the Board will be presenting a few changes to the By-Laws and to the Standing Rules and Tournament Regulations. This changes will be posted on the official DBWGC Bulletin Board located in the Pro Shop. The following is a summary of the changes. These are minor and straightforward changes. The actual text is here:
By-Laws Change: The proposed change will make our election rules consistent with the WGANC rules which allows for waiving of casting and counting ballots for uncontested positions. All other elections processes remain the same including the acceptance of nominations from the floor and absentee ballots.
Standing Rules and Tournament Regulations:
Standing Rules:
Specify that the Course Handicap Maximum of 36 is calculated from the Gold tees. #3
Remove reference to the USGA Handicap Index, which will allow for changes to the course rating without updates to the Standing Rules.#3
Tournament Rules:
Update the deadline for Tuesday Play sign-up to Sunday at noon. #2
Clarify how CTP and Chip-in sweeps will be paid out. #6
Add the Invitational to the specified “Major Tournaments”. #9
Specify the posting requirements and content required in the Rules for Major Tournaments. #10 (Taken from the WGANC Tournaments Manual)
Remove the reference to the USGA Handicap Index, which will allow for changes to the course rating without updates to the Tournament Rules.#12
Remove the requirement to use Golf Carts on Guest Days. #14
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