The 2021 Tournament season is upon us. Time to forget all about 2020 and move on. Hopefully this will be similar to “Who shot JR” and it was all a dream. With that being said, until further notice, we will be operating under COVID-19 Restrictions for the foreseeable future for all events at the golf course. The full calendar of events will be posted shortly on the website.
THE RACE TO THE HILLS
Points are awarded based on final positions in your flight with bonus points for the Top 5 Overall Net places. Your best 6 results over the first 10 medals of the season will determine your total points. The final two medals of the year will be the Playoffs for the Top 30 plus anyone within 20 points of the leader. We got some great prizes for the winners this year including Hotel and Golf Ball Tickets, and paid entries in the Annual Golf Ball Tournament held at Royal Golf Club in Bahrain. We hope that this generates a little more excitement and participation in the Monthly Medals.
For the 2021 Season (December 1st, 2020 through November 30th, 2021), there will be 12 Monthly Medal Stroke Play Tournaments. Each monthly tournament will be assigned a date within the RHGC Tournament Calendar. All Monthly Tournaments registration will be managed through USGA Tournament Manager. All Monthly Medal Tournaments will be based on STROKE play.
The Tournament Committee will assign the pairings and start times and starting hole assignments for all Monthly Medal events. The committee will endeavor with the help of USGA Tournament Manager to fairly distribute start times and the pairings. The tee sheet will be posted online via the USGA Tournament Manager IOS/Google app on the Thursday of the week of the Monthly Medal.
Everyone required to arrive no later than 15 minutes before your scheduled tee-time for check-in. Failure to arrive on time will result in disqualification. Winners will be announced through our Rolling Hills Golf Club website no later than the following Monday.
Eligibility
In order to register and play in a Monthly Medal event, you must be a member in good standing of Rolling Hills Golf Club, reached the age of 17 years and have an active USGA/WHS Handicap Index. A member in good standing is considered to be a member that paid all of the required yearly dues for the current year.
Tournament Manager
The Monthly Medal Tournament Committee requires the mandatory use of USGA Tournament Manager for live scoring by all competitors during the event.
Tournament Dates
October 2nd, 2021 (Playoffs)
November 20th, 2021 (Playoffs)
Flights
For the 2021 Season, the flights in all Monthly Medals shall be equally distributed based on the players' Handicap Index as of the Wednesday at 6 PM of the week of the Monthly Medal.
Handicap Index Flight
1st Lowest 1/5 of the field A Flight
2nd Lowest 1/5 of the field B Flight
3rd Lowest 1/5 of the field C Flight
4th Lowest 1/5 of the field D Flight
5th Lowest 1/5 of the field E Flight
The maximum handicap for men will be 36 and for women it will be 40. Men will play from the White Tees and Women shall play from the Red Tees.
Conditions of Play
Play will be conducted according to the rules of the USGA, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, the Saudi Aramco Golf Association (SAGA) Sec IV, and Rolling Hills Golf Club Local Rules.
- Local Rule 7 (Alternative to Stroke and Distance for Lost Ball or Ball out of Bounds (E-5)) does not apply.
- Local Temporary Rule 3 (Foam Hole Insert: During casual golf, when a ball bounces out from the hole due to foam (or other material) insert please use your best judgement along with your fellow playing partners to determine if the ball would have holed out more than 50% of the time if there was no insert.) does not apply.
For the Monthly Medal Tournaments, the maximum score anyone can have on a hole is 2 x Par plus handicap strokes (otherwise known as double net par). Therefore if you are on a Par 3 and receive a stroke, your maximum score is 7 for that hole. If it is not possible to score less than the maximum score, then please "pick up", record the maximum score for that hole on your scorecard and move on to the next hole.
Overall Winners
Winners will be awarded as follows:
Overall Low Gross – the lowest overall gross score for the Monthly Medal Tournament. Tie-breaking will be based on USGA Gross countback rules.
Overall Low Net – the lowest overall net score for the Monthly Medal Tournament. Tie-breaking will be based on USGA Net countback rules.
Low Net 1st, 2nd for each Flight (A, B, C, D, E) for the Monthly Medal Tournament. Tie-breaking will be based on USGA Net countback rules.
Nearest to Pin (NTP) - Holes #4, 8, 11 and 14.
Hole in One - Any player having a Hole-in-one will be recognized by the RHGC and Tournament Committee.
Prize Distribution
Overall Low Gross 200 SAR
Overall Low Net 200 SAR
Each Flight
Low Net 1st Place 200 SAR
Low Net 2nd Place 150 SAR
Nearest to Pin (NTP)
Hole No. 4 100SR
Hole No. 8 100SR
Hole No. 11 100SR
Hole No. 14 100SR
Hole-in-One 500SR
Regards,
2021 Tournament Committee
Committee Chair: Jeff Meisner
Current Members: Tim Billa, John Paul Scallon, Augustine Alifo, Manu Pillai