2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association
2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association
2004-2005 - Georgia High School Association
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132 GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION<br />
REGULAR SEASON:<br />
SECTION 6<br />
GOLF<br />
A. Golf is a state championship event in each classification for boys and for<br />
girls held on a region basis. In addition to the team competition, there will<br />
be an individual low-medalist competition.<br />
1. Boys Teams: A team may consist of six players, with the best four<br />
scores counting as the team score.<br />
Girls Teams: A team may consist of three players, with the best two<br />
scores counting as the team score.<br />
2. Girls will use the tee boxes designated for ladies in both regularseason<br />
and post-season competition.<br />
3. Pull-carts are acceptable for regular-season and post-season competition,<br />
motorized carts or caddies are not permitted.<br />
B. All GHSA golf matches shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules<br />
of Golf as published by the United States Golf <strong>Association</strong> (USGA) unless<br />
otherwise specified by the <strong>Georgia</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
C. Notification of entry in golf competition is filed with the Region Secretary<br />
and the form is found in the “GHSA Forms Notebook.” A school may list<br />
the allowed number of team members, plus up to two alternates.<br />
D. The number of golf matches allowed (excluding region and state tournaments)<br />
is twelve (12) playing dates.<br />
NOTE: A 9-hole match will count as 1/2 playing date but only until daylight<br />
savings time begins (first Sunday in April).<br />
E. The season begins with practices commencing no earlier than February<br />
7, <strong>2005</strong>, and the first competition being held no earlier than February 21,<br />
<strong>2005</strong>.<br />
1. There will be no interschool practice or scrimmages in golf.<br />
2. The season shall end for a team or individual when that team or<br />
individual is eliminated from the region or state tournament, or wins<br />
the State Championship.<br />
3. A golf match may not begin prior to the end of the school day with the<br />
exception of the region or state tournament.<br />
F. The coach is allowed to confer with his/her players at the midpoint of any<br />
match. In a 36-hole match, the coach may confer at the completion of each<br />
9 holes.<br />
G. In the event that a match ends in a tie during the regular-season or postseason<br />
competition, a “team sudden-death playoff” will be used.<br />
Boys:<br />
1. All six (6) players will play the first playoff hole.<br />
2. The first foursome will include the top two players from each team,<br />
the second foursome will include the 3rd and 4th scorers from each<br />
team, and the final foursome will include the other two players.
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