Starters Instruction Sheet

Please introduce players to each other. Give all players and spectators a copy of the spectator policy. Hand players scorecards and pin sheets.

1.    Yardage markers on sprinkler heads are to the middle of the green.
 

2.    150-yard markers are to the middle of the green.
 

3.    Hole location sheets are in paces.
 

4.    Hand out hole location and rule sheets prior to teeing off.
 

5.    Fourteen club rule is in effect. Ask players to count their clubs.
 

6.    Announce the contestant’s name and hometown and state or Country before teeing off.
 

7.    Make sure the scorecards are correct and if a player does not have an official scorecard, please fill in a blank one with the following. Name, age and tee time.
 

8.    Starter must hand in all scorecards that are unused and report changes of each group. (No shows or WD’s.)
 

9. Tell players in case of inclement weather (lightning).
Discontinue play 2 long blasts
Resume play 3 blasts.
 

10.    Remind players that if there is any doubts as to procedure (and there is no official around), to play a second ball. Rule 3-3.
 

11.    Embedded ball rule is in effect through the green. A ball embedded in its own pitch- mark in the ground through the green, except in loose sand, may be lifted, cleaned and dropped, without penalty, as near as possible to the spot where it lay but not nearer the hole. Rule 25-2.
 

12.    Please remind players not to talk with spectators.
 

13.    One ball rule is not in effect.
 

14.    Remind players of pace of play.