KIAC Men's Golf ByLaws
GOLF BY-LAWS
Chair- Sean Damron,
1. Roster:
There will not be a minimum number of participants necessary for a school to compete for medalist and all-conference awards. However, if a team competes with less than four team members, they may not compete for the team championship.
2. Scheduling:
a) There is no requirement to schedule conference schools during the regular season.
b) The championship is based on the conference tournament to be held the Thursday and Friday before the Regional.
3. Cancellations, Forfeits, and Make-ups:
a) Inclement Weather Policy: In case of inclement weather, at least 18 holes must be played for a champion to be crowned. The local club pro or a committee of three coaches will be responsible for halting and restarting play. When necessary to appoint a committee the golf chair will perform the duty.
(1) Options regarding suspension of play due to inclement weather 9to be determined prior to the beginning of the match):
a) Round 1 will be completed prior to round 2 starting. If play is interrupted, the golfer chooses to spot the ball or complete the hole (if there is lightning, play does not continue). When play is interrupted in the final day, the 9 holes, which all participants finished in Day 2, will be counted. If there are not 9 holes which all have completed, scores are counted from Day 1.
b) If all participants complete the same 9 holes on Day 1, scores are counted for the 9 holes. If Day 1 is completely rained out, the coaches will vote to decide the number of holes to be played (18, 27, or 36) on Day 2.
4. Officials:
a) USGA rules govern all play. For interpretation of these rules the golf chair will request that the local club pro act alone as the interpreter of the USGA rules. If this arrangement is not made, the chair will appoint three coaches to form a rules committee to act in this capacity. This decision will be made prior to play.
5. Equipment/Site Criteria/Scoring:
a) Team Ties:
(1) In the case of a team tie for first place, a sudden death playoff will occur. Play will begin on hole #1 with the 5 players of the participating teams. The sum of the four lowest scores will be used to determine a champion. If the ties still exists, play continues in the same fashion on the next hole and continues until the tie is broken. All other team ties will be decided by the 5th man score on the last day. Go back to the first day if the tie still remains.
(2) In the case that there is a team tie for the 1st place, and the tie cannot be broken by sudden death playoff due to darkness or inclement weather, the following sequence will be used to resolve the issue. The format will follow the order of the sequence listed below until the tie is broken.
a) score of the 5th player on the last day of competition
b) score of the 5th player on the first day of competition
c) scorecard play-off adding the total strokes on all 5 players beginning with the 18th hole and continuing backwards.
b) Individual Ties: Sudden death playoff starting on the first hole until the tie is broken. If a Co-medalist situation occurs and one is from the winning team and one is not, the Medalist from the losing team would represent the conference at the National Tournament.
6. Forms and Reports: Starting in 2006-07 the Conference Tournament director must register the tournament with Golfstat and furnish them with the complete order of team finish. He/she must also notify the NAIA National Office of the top four teams in order of finish.
7. Coaches Meeting: held the night before the conference tournament.
8. Awards:
a) Coach of the year – Is awarded to the coach of the winning team of the KIAC Golf Tournament.
b) All-Conference Team:
1. Shall be the Tournament Medalist (receives the most valuable player plaque) and the next five places including any ties.
2. The Medalist Honor goes to the low player of the 36-hole event.
3. A sudden death playoff will be necessary is there is a tie for the medalist honor.
4. USGA rules will govern the tiebreaker.
5. If there is a tie after weather has halted play and there is no option of sudden death play, the conference will recognize the tied players as Co-Medalists.
9. Conference Champion and Tournament:
a) The Conference champion will be determines by the 36-hole tournament scheduled for ______________. Site to be determined. It will be open to all teams. The golf chair of KIAC will be responsible for the site location.
10. Entry fee:
a) As no sport fees were collected for the 2005-06 school year an entry fee at no more than $300 will be charged each competing school for course rental.