TOWN & COUNTRY MEN'S LEAGUE 2019 Open to the Public Shotgun Start Every Tuesday at ~5:00 PM Season Openers Saturday, March 30th 2019 - Lunch & Kickoff Meeting 12:00 NOON - Golf 1 PM (18- holes) Sign Up for Opener Required NLT March 16th Tuesday April 2nd - Kick off, Registration, & Meeting 4-4:30 PM - Golf 5 PM (9 holes) League Season March 30 September 28, 2019 18 Hole Finale Saturday, September 28th League Fee $70.00 League Pass Card available in the Pro Shop Get 10 Pre-paid 9 hole league rounds, plus ONE FREE for $250 Pass Card includes 15% Discount on all other golf and pro shop soft goods Can also buy a 2nd one mid league season if needed Men s League Bonus Round Tuesday Night Golf $25 per week to be paid in the Proshop Make League Registration Fee Checks Payable to: Town & Country Men's League 908 Oldmans Creek Road, Swedesboro, NJ, 08085 Email: Marty Caparros at marty@castlerecruiting.com
TOWN & COUNTRY MEN'S LEAGUE The Town & Country Men's League is a weekly 9-hole league, open to anyone 21 years or older interested in playing golf, with some competition, good camaraderie, and a lot of fun. This year will offer some different match formats in addition to low net and Stableford that will offer a variety of games that should appeal to everyone. The year will start off with an 18-hole Saturday season opener, and then continue on Tuesdays with play starting at ~5:00 PM. We will end the season with an 18-hole Saturday Finale in late September. All matches will be net and all members will be required to have and maintain a USGA handicap. 1. PLAY BEGINS on Saturday, March 30th, 2018 with the 18 hole Opener and then that Tuesday, April 2nd and will then continue with regular 9-hole Tuesday weekday play. The last Tuesday will be on Tuesday, 9/25 with the season finale Tournament on Saturday, September 28th, 2019. A brief meeting of all league members will precede the 1st Tuesday and on the Opener. All weekday matches will be a ~5:00 PM, shot gun start. PLEASE BE READY TO GO PRIOR TO THE START. We will do everything possible to get out at 5 PM. It will also be necessary to tee off early in the beginning and end of our season due to restricted daylight. Usually 4:30/4:45 PM is needed then, even 4 PM. RSVPs are required each week, as well as for the opener and finale. Efforts will be made to remind players to RSVP You can email me which is preferred or text me as well at 609-970-7870. Town & Country Golf Links 856 769-8333. Score cards must be submitted by 7:45 PM to be counted. 2. COMMITTEE and OFFICERS The league Committee is Marty Caparros (President), Mike Warner, Dave Gaffney, Augie S, Rich FiFoot, Adam Sokoloff, Paul Bauman, Justin Oravetz, Jeff Wolf, Dave Gallagher, and Zane Buckley. The Director of Golf shall also be a member of the Rules Committee. If a tie needs to be broken, the President will break it. The members of the league committee must pay for the League and course fee, and any other costs required of league members. The President will be reimbursed for expenses incurred, such as office supplies, copying costs, etc. 3. LEAGUE FEES The 2019 season league fees for Season Pass Holders of Town & Country Golf Links will be $70.00. For non-season pass holders of Town & Country Golf Links the fee will also be $70.00. The weekly dues will still be $5.00. The League Fee will also most include GHIN Handicap Service. Guests of League Members are welcome to play occasionaly but will not be permitted to participate in weekly prize pool. Weekly Greens Fee for non-season pass holders of Town & Country Golf Links will be $25.00, which includes cart. There is no additional Greens fee for Season Pass Holders of Town & Country Golf Links. Season opener cost will be about $45-50. This includes 18 holes including cart and lunch.we are anticipating the season finale will also be around $50-60 including cart, lunch, and dinner (like the past couple of years we will go upstairs afterwards to do prizes, etc. like Tuesdays). Membership fees also include membership to Cream Valley Social Club (CVSC). 2
4. LEAGUE PLAY Matches shall be played from the WHITE TEES, like all other T&C mens' golf leagues. The Rules Committee reserves the right to change the tee box per weekly match. We will mix it up different weeks. All matches played in the month of APRIL will be played under WINTER RULES, which means the ball may be UP, or improved lies, and may be moved, or bumped slightly with the club head, no closer to the hole, up to the length of the score card, in order to improve your lie. All matches played after April will be played under SUMMER RULES, which means the ball will be played down and as it lies at all times, except as noted in our other rules. You cannot touch the ball except for rule 5.3. U.S.G.A. rules will govern at all times except where a local or league rule takes precedence. 5. THE MATCH Weekly matches will be per the posted schedule. All matches (except for scrambles) will use handicaps. All playing members must have a USGA Handicap. Only players with official GHIN Handicaps will be eligible for the prize pool. The primary match format will be Low Net where your course index is subtracted from your gross score. Secondary format will be Chicago (aka T&C Stableford). Alternate games of play will be intermixed in the schedule at the discretion of the Committee. In most cases, the Prize pool will recognize the top 4 places, with a fixed amount each week, every week. (1st=$50, 2nd =$40, 3rd =$30, 4th =$20) Tie breakers will be a match of cards. For head to head match play all winners get $10. Ties pay $5 each. As in the past, based on funds, we reserve the right to pay winners less or pay out less places or even more places. 6. HANDICAPS All playing members must have a USGA Handicap. Only players with official GHIN Handicaps will be eligible for the prize pool, unless a reasonable and discretionary accomodation can be made by the League President. League fees include registration with the course GHIN system. It is imperative that all league members enter all qualified scores, including play outside of league play and at other courses. Scores can be entered at the T&C computer, at the club you are playing if a member of GHIN or on the internet at www.ghin.com. You must have 5 18-hole rounds completed to receive an index number. Any questions on your GHIN number or how to enter scores, ask the Pro shop for assistance. We currently enter your Tuesday night scores! 7. RAINOUTS/LIGHTNING If lightning is present, you are to immediately take the standard precautions prescribed for this condition. The course and/or President will determine rainouts. If rain or bad weather comes during a round, you will be notified if the round is being postponed or canceled, but normally once we tee off, we just lose that week. 8. QUITTING THE LEAGUE The league has NO obligation to refund any fees paid by a member who quits the league. 9. DISPUTES/RULES COMMITTEE DECISIONS All league disputes, violations, and penalties, are subject to review by the Rules Committee. The committee may consult any outside party including the parties involved, any witnesses, or the course Director of Golf. Decisions made by the Rules Committee are final. 3
LOCAL LEAGUE RULES (keep this in your bag): 1. If your ball is in your own fairway and rests in a divot or in ground which may be considered under repair, even if it is not properly marked, you may take a drop without penalty, only after notifying and receiving permission from your opponent(s) or consensus of your playing group. If permission is not granted then the ball must be played as it lies. This is a judgment call by your opponent and cannot be appealed. 2. A ball in a footprint, erosion damage or unraked section of a sand trap may get relief by raking the area and dropping, not placing the ball in the same area, or drop in a more suitable area of the sand trap. The ball must remain in the trap and be placed in exactly the same lie as it was found. 3. You may tap down bad SPIKE MARKS on the green with permission from your opponent. This is a judgment call by your opponent and cannot be appealed. 4. Maximum time allowed to look for a Lost Ball is 2 minutes. The TCML penalty for a Lost Ball is not as severe as the USGA. Give it a quick look and move on. This 2 minute rule shall be enforced by your playing partners. Even the USGA and pros are 3 minutes now not 5 minutes any longer. 5. Any shot that is Out-of-Bounds or LOST shall be played as a lateral hazard. Drop your ball two (2) club lengths from the out-of-bounds stake, or the nearest relief from the balls point of entry, take a 1-stroke penalty and play on. DO NOT HIT A PROVISIONAL BALL OR GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION. This includes the newly marked environmental stakes. 6. A ball next to any fence may be dropped 2 club lengths from the fence - no closer to the hole. No Penalty. 7. When a ball comes to rest on a tree root, rock, stones or any other impediment that may endanger the golfer or his equipment, relief may be taken to the nearest point, no closer to the hole, where a safe swing may be taken. No Penalty. If there are any RULES DISPUTES during a match, a provisional ball can be played and the rules committee will make a decision. The rules committee decision is final. Special Cases by Hole # 8. Hole #2 Long grass in front of #2 Tee box. If you hit your ball into the heavy grass in front of #2 you may play the ball as it lies OR drop your ball in front of the long grass, still in the rough, before the start of the fairway and take a one (1) STROKE PENALTY! 9. Hole #3 - Out of bounds on left toward barn. You may drop 2 clubs from the OB stake OR drop your ball to the left of the pond and behind the cart path and take a (1) one STROKE PENALTY! 10. On holes numbered 11, 14, 15, 16, & 17, if a ball is hit into the woods, the player may deem the woods as a hazard and under penalty of one (1) stroke, seek the nearest point of relief, two (2) club lengths toward his own fairway (but not in the fairway), no closer to the hole, from where his ball entered the woods. Chicago (aka T&C Stableford) Scoring Target points will be based on USGA Course Handicap. Points are as follows: Dbl bogey or greater = 0, Bogey = 1, Par = 2, Birdie = 4, Eagle = 8. All players must hole out and record their raw score, in addition to the Chicago/Stableford score. The player with the most points above their target score will be declared the weekly winner. 4
New Additional T&C Men s League Rules for 2018 and 2019 In an effort to speed up pace of play and make the league more fun and less difficult, and keeping up with proposed rule changes by the USGA, as well as matching some common rules from other local leagues, here are some new additional rules for 2018 and 2019 for our league. They will be further explained in our brief meetings before both the Opener and the first Tuesday night, and most likely reminded and reinforced a few times in weeks to follow. Also, MAX score per hole is 9. (1) If you accidentally move your ball when marking it on the green, there is NO penalty. This also holds true when searching for a ball and you accidentally hit it. a. Elimination or reduction of ball moved penalties: There will be no penalty for accidentally moving a ball on the putting green or in searching for a ball; and a player is not responsible for causing a ball to move unless it is virtually certain that he or she did so. (2) Putting with the flagstick still in is fine, as well as touching the line of putt. a. Relaxed putting green rules: There will be no penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits an unattended flagstick in the hole; players may putt without having the flagstick attended or removed. Players may repair spike marks and other damage made by shoes, animal damage and other damage on the putting green and there is no penalty for merely touching the line of putt. (3) If you accidentally move your ball or your ball moves slightly on its own when you are trying to remove a loose impediment (like a twig) from next to the ball, there is NO penalty. (4) When needing to take a drop, you will drop the ball from knee length which is the new rule. After two drops, if the ball is not playable due to rolling too far, place it. a. Simplified way of taking relief: A new procedure for taking relief by dropping a ball in and playing it from a specific relief area; relaxed procedures for dropping a ball, allowing the ball to be dropped from just above the knee or any growing thing or other object on the ground. (5) If the ball is in the fairway (tee box to green in the fairway) you may roll it with your club head to get it out of a plug or divot or hole, etc., no more than the length of a scorecard. NOTE: Also, another proposed change that we will adopt is the embedded rule. The current role only applies to the fairway and greens, but the new rule is for pretty much anywhere.
T&C Men's League Schedule - 2019 Date Event Holes Saturday, March 30 4 Man scramble or similar format - White Tees, (if not indicated otherwise) Full 18 Tuesday, April 2 4 Man Best Ball - 4 man teams - lowest gross score of the foursome counts per hole F Tuesday, April 9 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) B Tuesday, April 16 Individual, Low Net F Tuesday, April 23 Individual, Low Net B Tuesday, April 30 Individual, Low Net, Blue Tees F Tuesday, May 7 Individual, Low Net, Forward (Green) Tees B Tuesday, May 14 Match Play against whoever you are paired off with that night (head to head) F Tuesday, May 21 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford), Blue Tees B Tuesday, May 28 2 man best ball (four ball) Match Play; lower score per team versus other team low score F Tuesday, June 4 Individual, Low Net, Blue Tees B Tuesday, June 11 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford, Blue Tees) F Tuesday, June 18 Individual, Low Net B Tuesday, June 25 Individual, Low Net, Forward (Green) Tees F Tuesday, July 2 Individual, Low Net B Tuesday, July 9 Match Play against whoever you are paired off with that night (head to head) F Tuesday, July 16 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) from BACK (Gold) Tees B Tuesday, July 23 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) F Tuesday, July 30 Individual, Low Net, Blue Tees B Tuesday, August 6 Individual, Low Net, Blue Tees F Tuesday, August 13 Individual, Low Net B Tuesday, August 20 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) from BACK (Gold) Tees F Tuesday, August 27 Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) B Tuesday, September 3 Mixer Night; w/ ladies league; draw from 'hat'; 3-4 person teams, Men White Tees F/B Tuesday, September 10 Individual, Low Net B Tuesday, September 17 Match Play - 2 man scramble team match play F Tuesday, September 24 Individual, Low Net and Individual, Chicago Scoring (T&C Stableford) B Saturday, September 28 Mens' T&C Club Cup Championship - Gross & Net Winners - Blue Tees Full 18
Town & Country Men s League 2019 Registration Name Address Town State Zip Home Phone Mobile Email address Are you a pass holder of Town & Country Golf Links? Y N GHIN Member # Number of years playing Typical 18-hole score In the event of possibly getting shirts or pullovers at the end of the season, size (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL)? League Fee $70.00 payable to: Town & Country Men's League The 2019 season league fees for both passholders and non-passholders of Town & Country Golf Links will be $70.00. The weekly dues will be $5.00. All playing members must have a USGA Handicap. New League members who do not have a GHIN handicap must play in five (5) 18-hole rounds to establish a handicap index number. Only players with official USGA GHIN Handicaps will be eligible for the prize pool. The League Fee includes GHIN Handicap Service. Guest of League Members are welcome to play at times, but will not be permitted to participate in weekly prize pool. Check the format. Weekly Greens Fee for non-passholders of Town & Country Golf Links, are scheduled to be $25.00 and includes the cart. There is no additional greens fee for Passholders of Town & Country Golf Links. Town & Country Cart Agreement: "Town & Country Golf Mgmt. Corp., Pierson-Gaskill Golf Properties Inc., their owners, agents, and employees, shall be indemnified and held harmless for injuries to myself or injuries I cause others on the property. I accept full responsibility for golf cart or golf course damages caused by the riders of this cart, if driving; I verify I am at least 21 years of age." Carts are NOT allowed in parking lot. Return all carts. NO carts near greens, even with handicap flag. Carts are to be no closer than 10 yards from the greens and NEVER allowed on the mounds around the greens, in the bunkers, or on the wet turf. NO handicap flags on CART PATH ONLY days and times. Signature Please mail application to: Marty Caparros, 908 Oldmans Creek Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Please Print Clearly Cream Valley Social Club, Inc. 197 East Avenue, PO Box 170 Woodstown, NJ 08098 (856)769-2222 Fax (856)769-1915 (Located at Town & Country Golf Links) Membership Application Applicants must be 21 years of age or older. Name Date of birth Home address_ City State Zip Code Telephone (Home) (Cell) Email This application is subject to approval by the Cream Valley Social Club, Inc. There is a minimum 3-day time limit for admission into the club and no person may be admitted or served alcohol by means of in instant membership. All applicants are subject to approval by the Club, and must be accepted as a bona fide member of the Club prior to being able to purchase alcoholic beverages and for immediate consumption only. (No carry outs permitted). Club members are permitted to bring up to nine guests on the premises at any one time, and the club member must be in attendance with his or her guests. In addition, a bona fide club member may hold a private function, such as a wedding, anniversary, bar mitzvah or similar social function at which all of his or her guests are permitted to be served alcoholic beverages. The club member shall be responsible for all charges or fees incurred by their guests, as well as for the conduct of each guest and the members of the guest s family while on the facility s premises. Applicants will receive notification of acceptance into the Club in the form of a letter and membership card that also entitles the holder to frequent diner points and reward redemptions on future purchases at the licensed facility. Applicant s Signature Date (Do Not Write Below This Line) Board of Trustees action: Approved Disapproved Date of Board Meeting Signature of Authorized Representative of Cream Valley Social Club Inc.: 7