Club Policy & Actions

The following is the attempt for the Balboa Mens Club and Balboa Golf Course to formalize the approach to fully adopt Pace of Play (POP) and it's primary element, Ready Golf, which has been discussed for years. The intention of POP is to maximize the enjoyment of the game whether your starting time is at 7:00 AM or any other time. Failure to demonstrate proper POP is likely to jeopardize the Men's Club ability to continue to offer tournaments as well as retaining the preferred early morning tee times we have enjoyed for our Wednesday and weekend Events. This requires everyone's cooperation.

BPMGC Pace of Play Policy

1. The first six tee times should complete their round within a maximum of 4 hours, the next six tee times should complete their rounds within 4 hours 10 minutes, the following six tee times should complete their rounds within 4 hours 20 minutes, and any tee times after that should complete their rounds within 4 hours 30 minutes.

PACE OF PLAY PENALTIES:

These penalties for non-compliance will be recorded and maintained for the offenders for six months from the date of of occurrence

• First Offense: Two Stroke penalty to each player in the Foursome for the Event in which it was incurred.
• Second Offense: If incurred within the six month window from a player's first occurrence, a Two-Stroke Penalty for the Foursome, and a second 2-stroke penalty for any repeat offender.
• Third Offense: If incurred within the six month window from a player's first occurrence, a 4 stroke penalty in the event and Suspension of Tournament Play for Two Months.
• Fourth Offense: Possible Termination of Membership
• Monitoring for POP will be the Results Reporting through the Golf Genius application. This allows a 'timestamp" to be established so the Club can account for each group's start and finish time. Paper score cards are currently kept to compare and correct scores of each player.
• After 9 holes, compare your Golf Genius figures with your paper scorecard to reduce the time at the end of the round needed for comparison. DO NOT allow this to create a gap between you and the group ahead of you.
• As soon as a group completes Hole #18, the scores should be input into Golf Genius and submitted online. This will establish the group's finish time for purposes of Pace of Play.
• Any attempts to enter scores for Hole #18 PRIOR to completing the hole will be considered a Conduct Violation and will result in a disqualification for the event, a possible fine and suspension of playing privileges.
• If you have an unexpected problem entering your scores, such as a phone connection problem or Golf Genius malfunction, it is your responsibility to inform the Tournament Chairman as soon as possible.

BPMGC anticipates the return of Marshals on the course during play. These individuals will assist in making efforts to maintain POP. They will also provide valuable feedback on groups that are slowing POP or hesitating to follow the protocol during their round. Another aspect of this policy takes into account the "condition" of the course, and Men's Club Board of Directors may, in its discretion, adjust the gap standard, if warranted. An example could be a delay of actual tee off time. These may impact the time needed to complete the round and the actual gap calculation.

APPEALS PROCESS

Once an individual or foursome receives a written notice for Pace of Play penalty, they have the right to appeal the ruling. They are given 3 days to submit an appeal. If they do NOT respond within this time period, the penalty will stand. When an appeal is received by the Sportsmanship Committee (SACC), it will have seven days to review the appeal and respond back to the individual or foursome. If the appeal is accepted by the Committee, the penalty will be removed. If the appeal is rejected, the penalty will stand.

Late Withdrawals

Any Club Event/Tournament that a member enrolls in as an ATTENDING player or is a Late Admittance player via the Wait List, and who withdraws or fails to show at the course for the event after the official closure day, will incur a penalty. These official closure days are reflected on the website and mandated via a signed agreement with the City. Typically, they are: Tuesday, 8 (eight) days before a Wednesday event, OR 8 (eight) days prior to a weekend event. The cutoff time is 1:00 pm on closure day to allow the City to post available tee times for the public the following morning. The penalties will be as follows:

Individual Events

• 1st offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee, plus an additional $10 fine
• 2nd offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee, plus an additional $20 fine
• 3rd offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee, plus an additional $30 fine, plus a suspension of 45 days from participation in any Club event.

Team Events

• 1st offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee plus an additional $20 fine
• 2nd offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee plus an additional $30 fine
• 3rd offense: Forfeiture of the $20 participation fee, plus an additional $40 fine, plus a suspension of 45 days from participation in any Club event.

All funds withdrawn from the offender's Club account or paid in cash will go into a Fine Pool to be utilized for the Winners Event at the end of the year, or go to the event pool/payoff for that event.

Reinstatement from the suspension would be available once the member has paid all outstanding fines plus prepaid for at least one additional event.

Entry Fees

Players who do not pay the $20 entry fee IN CASH (ONLY a $20 bill will be accepted) on the day of the event will be treated as a late withdrawal, and won't be able to play in another event until they pay the $20 cash entry fee and a $10 cash penalty fee. Multi-day tournaments will be a different cash fee and you will be notified in advance of that tournament entry cash fee amount, and how it is to be paid.

Posting Of Rounds

• ALL Competition rounds played at Balboa Golf Course are posted for you. You do NOT post them. Wednesday Senior Match Play rounds must be posted by end of day by that player. All rounds played outside these two previous requirements MUST be posted and MUST be posted by YOU. If you forget to post or make a mistake posting, contact your Handicap Director and he will work with you to correct it.