Caddy Rule
If caddies err on one occasion do not penalise but WARN the caddy, a repeat infringement will incur penalty.Reference by Captain to members, Pre-warn before game commences. Local rule-one listed transgression is acceptable but WARN and after that penalise. We all know the caddy is there to carry your bag and they will err on some occasion, so please use this ruling with common sense and if in doubt play a second ball and seek a ruling in the club house from the captain.
Handicaps
Lapsing of and reinstatement of lapsed handicaps
Any member who has not competed in a Londoner event for a continuous six month period will have his/her handicap suspended. The handicap will be reinstated when the member competes in a qualifying event. The scores from the event in which the player has his/her handicap reinstated will be taken into account for the eclectic competition. We will also accept a returning members handicap if they have completed in a qualifying event a current active handicap with the Bangkok Wanderers Golf club or British Club.
Changes to handicap
As established international rules indicate, handicap changes are immediate following a handicap qualifying competition. It is the players responsibility to ensure such charges are known and declared at the next event. If you are playing within a day or two of the last competition please ask after the event for your new handicap. Otherwise, updates are available at the handicaps page of this site within a day or so. The only exception to this is where you play a competition over more than one day. The handicap change does not then take affect until the end of the competitions final day.
Measuring Device During a recent meeting your committee agreed on a local ruling as recommended by the R & A
Therefore for all Londoner Golf Club events then the ruling as written…..
A player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only.
If, during a stipulated round a player uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect his play
(e.g. gradient, windspeed, temperature etc.), the player is in breach of rule 14-3 for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether such additional function is actually used”
So…..
“Distance measuring devices may be used for the 2010 season and the sharing of any information relating exclusively to the distance obtained from such devises is permissible.
However, we do not encourage, indeed, we actively discourage, the sharing of such devices as we believe this will hold up play; therefore, if you wish to try such a device,
we urge you to be most considerate of others when so doing”.
Match Play
As always competitors should agree at the commencement of a match their preference to complete the match in the event of a draw. You may consider;
Replay the game if time permits, replay the 1st hole you started on and continue from there, best number of putts on the putting green, or spin a coin.
Wet Weather
At the discretion of the organising committee, if conditions are considered too wet to be reasonable for normal play, they may declare and tell players to "lift, clean and place, through the green". Through The Green Definition: A description of the whole hole, excluding the teeing ground and putting green, and all hazards. This means you can mark, pick up and clean, replacing within 6 inches of the original mark, with no penalty, whether in fairway or rough. You may occasionally also be advised "closely mown areas only". This means the ruling is restricted to fairways and the first cut or rough only, including around the greens.
