NKF Golf Classics
Form a Team
Team Scramble: A Format for Excitement
Each local National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic tournament is conducted using a four-person team scramble format, following USGA Handicap Index requirements. Each team member tees off, and the best drive is selected. All four players then play from that spot. This process continues until the hole is completed. Each team must use at least three drives from each player during the course of the round. The team with the lowest gross score wins.
The team scramble format provides everyone -- men and women, scratch golfers, and high handicappers -- an opportunity to win valuable prizes and possibly that invitation to Pebble Beach. Golfers of all skill levels are encouraged to compete, enjoy a great day of golf and support the National Kidney Foundation.
Official Rules
HOW TO FORM A TEAM
- Any amateur golfer, male or female, is eligible to compete in the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic.
- Every team competing in the National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic must consist of four amateur
golfers whose USGA Handicap Indexes total 42.0 or more. - Only one golfer on each team may have a USGA Handicap Index of 8.0 or less.
- Golfers’ handicaps are effective as of the latter of: (1) the day of registration for the tournament (i.e.,
the day the entire fee is paid) or (2) the day sixty days prior to the tournament. - Any golfer wishing to participate who does not have a USGA Handicap Index will be required to
provide scorecards attested to by a PGA Professional from which a “National Kidney Foundation Golf
Classic Handicap” will be calculated in accordance with USGA Rules. - Each golfer who has a USGA Handicap Index will be required to present a current copy of his or her
handicap card to the tournament committee at the time of registration. Only verified USGA
handicapped teams will be eligible to advance to the finals at Pebble Beach Golf Resorts. - All golfers will be required to present a photo ID on the day of the tournament.
- Any team that contains a member who does not comply with each of these requirements will not be
eligible to win prizes or qualify to be invited to the National finals. - The National Kidney Foundation has the right to deny the entry of any players or teams.
- Every player’s drive must be used three times during the round.
TEAM USGA HANDICAP INDEX
All handicap disputes shall be settled by arbitration with the USGA (or governing state golf association) in accordance with USGA Rules, and the decision rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Any golfer who is found to have misrepresented his/her USGA Handicap Index shall be disqualified. The National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic reserves the right to report flagrant infractions to the golfer’s state golf association and the USGA. The National Kidney Foundation Golf Classic Committee decisions are final and not subject to appeal. This rule does not prevent a Committee from correcting an incorrect ruling and imposing or rescinding a penalty.
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