What Are the Spring/Fall Team Play Guidelines?

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BOTH SPRING & FALL TEAM PLAY Each team member of both Spring and Fall teams must have an established USGA handicap. There is no qualifying for team play. There are no age restrictions. All team players shall be dues-paying members or family members of the GCWGA Member Club. The handicap index reported on the GHIN printout on the effective date, determined by GCWGA, will be used throughout team play. In the event that a player belongs to more than one Club, a player may declare one Club for spring and a different club for fall. However, they must still adhere to the Fall Team Guidelines. GCWGA Member Clubs joining and fielding a team for the first time, in either spring or fall, will be placed in the lowest division. If a Club drops out of Spring Team but has an already existing Fall Team, that Club will maintain the current established position in the Fall Team Division. For scheduling purposes, clubs must notify the GCWGA Spring Team Chairperson by October 1 st of each year if they wish only to field a Fall Team the following year. GCWGA Spring & Fall Team Chairs will make every effort to schedule all divisions to finish on the same date and ensure that there will be an equal number of teams in each division. A team captain should be someone likely to play each week. SPRING TEAM GUIDELINES To be eligible for Spring Team play, a golfer must have posted 10 scores from the two prior golf seasons combined. The GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout will be the official listing to determine eligibility. Each Spring Team Captain must update her spring team roster on the GCWGA website by the date specified by the GCWGA Spring Team Chairperson. GCWGA recommends a roster of a maximum of 30 players. When creating her team, the SpringTeam Captain must use her six lowest handicap eligible and available players. In case of equal handicaps, the total number of prior rounds played is to be used to determine the players’ team positions. The player who has played the most rounds will be positioned above the player with the same handicap. The six players must be placed in order of handicap from lowest to highest: 1-6 (team 1: 1&2, team 2: 3&4, team 3: 5&6). A 10-point deduction will be assessed against each team that offends this out-of-order policy, and it will be assessed at the end of the season. This means that there is a potential for a 30-point deduction per Club per match. If a club comes to a spring team match with an incomplete team (less than five players) on two or more occasions, the Club will be put on probation for the following year. If a team on probation comes to a match with an incomplete team, they will not be eligible for spring play the following year. Any team dropped from spring team play will be placed in the last division when they are reinstated. In the event a spring team does not have a 6 th player for the day of play, a non-roster member from any club can fill the position. Her score will not count. A Spring Team Player will not be eligible for Fall Team Play in any of the following cases: She is one of the first six players on the Spring Team Roster. She is one of the six lowest handicap players on the GHIN Report used for the Spring Team Roster. She plays more than 50% of matches in Spring Team Play FALL TEAM GUIDELINES To be eligible for the Fall Team, a player must have posted 10 scores from the previous year and the current year. Effective 2015, August 1st handicaps will be used to determine eligibility for fall team players. The GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout will be the official listing to determine eligibility. If a club comes to a fall team match with an incomplete team (less than three players) on two or more occasions, the Club will be put on probation for the following year. If a team on probation comes to a match with an incomplete team, they will not be eligible for fall team play the following year. Any team dropped from fall team play will be placed in the last division when they are reinstated. Each Fall Team Captain must update her Club’s fall team roster on the GCWGA website by the date specified by the GCWGA Fall Team Chairperson. When creating her team, the Fall Team captain must use her four lowest handicap eligible and available players. In case of equal handicaps, the total number of prior rounds played is to be used to determine the players’ team positions. The player who has played the most rounds will be placed above the other players with the same handicap. The four players must be positioned in order of handicap from lowest to highest: 1-4 (team 1: 1&2, team 2: 3&4). A 10-point deduction will be assessed against each team that offends this out-of-order policy, and it will be assessed at the end of the season. This means that there is a potential for a 20-point deduction per Club per match. In the event a fall team does not have a 4 th player for the day of play, a non-roster member from any club can fill the position. Her score will not count. FALL TEAM ELIGIBILITY – CLUBS WITH BOTH SPRING & FALL TEAMS A Spring Team Player will not be eligible for Fall Team Play in any of the following cases: She is one of the first six players on the Spring Team Roster. She is one of the six lowest handicap players on the GHIN Report used for the Spring Team Roster. She plays more than 50% of matches in Spring Team Play. CLUBS FIELDING ONLY A FALL TEAM The Fall Team Guidelines apply as well as the following: A club that chooses only to field a Fall Team will be placed in the last fall team division their first year. If a club has both a Spring and Fall Team and drops their Spring Team, then they will maintain their Fall Team division. A club that only fields a Fall Team may use any available player from their August 1st GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout, provided the player meets the 10 score posting requirement. The players should be sorted on their Fall Team rosters from lowest to highest handicap. Revised October 2022.

GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BOTH SPRING & FALL TEAM PLAY

Each team member of both Spring and Fall teams must have an established USGA handicap.
There is no qualifying for team play. There are no age restrictions. All team players shall be dues-paying members or family members of the GCWGA Member Club.
The handicap index reported on the GHIN printout on the effective date, determined by GCWGA, will be used throughout team play.
In the event that a player belongs to more than one Club, a player may declare one Club for spring and a different club for fall. However, they must still adhere to the Fall Team Guidelines.
GCWGA Member Clubs joining and fielding a team for the first time, in either spring or fall, will be placed in the lowest division.
If a Club drops out of Spring Team but has an already existing Fall Team, that Club will maintain the current established position in the Fall Team Division.
For scheduling purposes, clubs must notify the GCWGA Spring Team Chairperson by October 1^st of each year if they wish only to field a Fall Team the following year.
GCWGA Spring & Fall Team Chairs will make every effort to schedule all divisions to finish on the same date and ensure that there will be an equal number of teams in each division.
A team captain should be someone likely to play each week.

SPRING TEAM GUIDELINES

To be eligible for Spring Team play, a golfer must have posted 10 scores from the two prior golf seasons combined. The GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout will be the official listing to determine eligibility.
Each Spring Team Captain must update her spring team roster on the GCWGA website by the date specified by the GCWGA Spring Team Chairperson. GCWGA recommends a roster of a maximum of 30 players.
When creating her team, the SpringTeam Captain must use her six lowest handicap eligible and available players. In case of equal handicaps, the total number of prior rounds played is to be used to determine the players’ team positions. The player who has played the most rounds will be positioned above the player with the same handicap. The six players must be placed in order of handicap from lowest to highest: 1-6 (team 1: 1&2, team 2: 3&4, team 3: 5&6). A 10-point deduction will be assessed against each team that offends this out-of-order policy, and it will be assessed at the end of the season. This means that there is a potential for a 30-point deduction per Club per match.
If a club comes to a spring team match with an incomplete team (less than five players) on two or more occasions, the Club will be put on probation for the following year. If a team on probation comes to a match with an incomplete team, they will not be eligible for spring play the following year. Any team dropped from spring team play will be placed in the last division when they are reinstated.
In the event a spring team does not have a 6^th player for the day of play, a non-roster member from any club can fill the position. Her score will not count.
A Spring Team Player will not be eligible for Fall Team Play in any of the following cases:

1. She is one of the first six players on the Spring Team Roster.
2. She is one of the six lowest handicap players on the GHIN Report used for the Spring Team Roster.
3. She plays more than 50% of matches in Spring Team Play

FALL TEAM GUIDELINES

To be eligible for the Fall Team, a player must have posted 10 scores from the previous year and the current year. Effective 2015, August 1st handicaps will be used to determine eligibility for fall team players. The GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout will be the official listing to determine eligibility.
If a club comes to a fall team match with an incomplete team (less than three players) on two or more occasions, the Club will be put on probation for the following year. If a team on probation comes to a match with an incomplete team, they will not be eligible for fall team play the following year. Any team dropped from fall team play will be placed in the last division when they are reinstated.
Each Fall Team Captain must update her Club’s fall team roster on the GCWGA website by the date specified by the GCWGA Fall Team Chairperson.
When creating her team, the Fall Team captain must use her four lowest handicap eligible and available players. In case of equal handicaps, the total number of prior rounds played is to be used to determine the players’ team positions. The player who has played the most rounds will be placed above the other players with the same handicap. The four players must be positioned in order of handicap from lowest to highest: 1-4 (team 1: 1&2, team 2: 3&4). A 10-point deduction will be assessed against each team that offends this out-of-order policy, and it will be assessed at the end of the season. This means that there is a potential for a 20-point deduction per Club per match.
In the event a fall team does not have a 4^th player for the day of play, a non-roster member from any club can fill the position. Her score will not count.
FALL TEAM ELIGIBILITY – CLUBS WITH BOTH SPRING & FALL TEAMS
A Spring Team Player will not be eligible for Fall Team Play in any of the following cases:
1. She is one of the first six players on the Spring Team Roster.
2. She is one of the six lowest handicap players on the GHIN Report used for the Spring Team Roster.
3. She plays more than 50% of matches in Spring Team Play.

CLUBS FIELDING ONLY A FALL TEAM

The Fall Team Guidelines apply as well as the following:
A club that chooses only to field a Fall Team will be placed in the last fall team division their first year. If a club has both a Spring and Fall Team and drops their Spring Team, then they will maintain their Fall Team division.
A club that only fields a Fall Team may use any available player from their August 1st GCGA/GHIN handicap revision printout, provided the player meets the 10 score posting requirement. The players should be sorted on their Fall Team rosters from lowest to highest handicap.

Revised October 2022.