Falcon Crest Golf Club Men’s Association Golf League

Falcon Crest Golf Club Men’s Association (FCGCMA) League Rules

Format:

Two-Man Best Ball following standard USGA & IGA rules of play.
FCGCMA league matches are played on Wednesday with a start time of 6:00 pm.
6 Flights of 10 Teams (playing a total of 16 matches) plus playoffs. 4 Teams in each flight make playoffs based on overall season points (1st half & 2nd half combined).
Teams may add a Third player to their roster for a fee. Additions to roster must be done prior to the start of the playoffs.
Players must have an active GHIN membership.
Players must join the FCGCMA to play in the league.
Players must pay their IGA & FCGCMA together through the IGA website (https://www.idahoga.org/become-a-member/) or Falcon Crest Golf Club unless you make prior arrangements through Falcon Crest Golf Club.
Teams will be flighted by team low handicap player.
Players must have a handicap spread no greater than seven.
Subs are allowed. See below for allowable handicap range per flight.
No makeups or rescheduling by teams is allowed. Everyone plays their match on the scheduled day & time.
The FCGCMA League uses Golf Genius for scoring in this league. It is expected of all players to be able to use the Golf Genius smartphone application for hole-by-hole scoring of all players in their group.

Scoring:

11 points are available for each match. 1 point for net score on each of the 9 holes (9 points) and 2 points for most holes won with gross score.
If your opponents do not show for their scheduled league match, your team will play against the course
If playing against the course, each player playing will get 1 handicap pop per hole for all 9 holes regardless of handicap. You win the hole with a net par or better, lose the hole with a net bogie or worse. Add up the number of holes you beat the course plus add the 2 points for gross as you automatically win the 2 points. If a team does not show your term will play against the course.

Important Dates & Times:

January 22nd through February 27^th – Teams that played last year have this time to secure their spot for this season. You have until March 15th to pay for your league spot. After this time waiting list teams will be contacted to fill any unpaid spots. You must also have paid to activate your GHIN and FCGCMA dues by February 28th.
Now through the February 28^th – New teams will be able to sign up at this point for spots available. If you wish to be put on the waiting list you can call now and get your name in. Spots will be filled on a first come first serve basis.
Wednesday, April 5th will be the first night of league play.
Wednesday, July 5th will be a makeup league day if necessary or otherwise will be a fun night.
Wednesday, July 26^th will be the last scheduled match of the season.
Wednesday, August 2nd & 9th will be the two weeks of league playoffs.
The league end of season dinner after golf and voting for open board positions will be on Wednesday, August 9th.

Substitutions:

Substitutes must have an established active handicap to participate.
Teams making a substitution or needing one must contact the League Director by email at fcgcma@gmail.com. Be sure to include in the email:
- Please state who you are. Makes communication much easier.
- Do you have a sub or are you asking for an available sub?
- Who is the sub going to play for?
- If you have a sub picked out, please provide GHIN number of sub.
Teams looking to use a substitute must first verify that the substitute is no lower the allowable handicap index listed below.

First Flight: None Fourth Flight: 10<

Second Flight: 5.0< Fifth Flight: 12.5<

Third Flight: 7< Sixth Flight 15<

Additional League Rules:

Regular Season League matches consist of 9 holes for 11 available points. Should a match end in a tie, there are NO extra holes are played to break tie.

Should there be a tie at the end of season for a spot in the playoffs, the two teams tied extra holes are played until the tie is broken. Player given strokes on those extra holes will continue with the ‘pops’.

Weather is always a possibility of cancelling one of our scheduled league matches. Should that occur, the board members will meet and make a decision on that match.