Rules of The Pilsner Open
All
tournament rules are to be abided by.
Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action (likely drinking
and/or mockery).
Someone new presenting the Cup this year?
1. Pilsner Cup
This year all days are going to
be match play format. Your scores will
still be recorded, as they would be in stroke play, since we have other
competitions going on simultaneously.
In match play (see here for the full rules from the
USGA), if you are not familiar, the scores on each hole
determine who wins the hole. The player
or team who wins the whole receives a point.
If there is a tie on the hole, the hole is considered “halved” and thus
that hole becomes irrelevant in the final count. Typically, the teams/players will simply score how far ahead one
team/player is over the other. Thus, if
the East pairing wins the first hole, they would be considered “one up”. If the second hole is “halved”, the East
team is still one up. If the West team
wins the next three holes, they would be even after the third hole, one up –
West after the fourth hole and two up – West after the fifth hole. If the remaining holes were halved the West
would win the match after the 17th hole, since the best the East could do is
get back to one down on the 18th (known as “2 & 1” – 2-up with one to go). If the East had won the 17th, they would
then have to also win the 18th in order to “halve the match”. Note: In match play a team/player can concede to
the other team/player at any time a hole or match. You can also pick-up your ball, which signals that you are no
longer in the running for that hole with that ball. Once you have conceded or picked-up your ball, there is no going
back.
A match that is won will count
as 1 point toward that teams weekend total.
If the match is halved, each team will receive a half point. The team that has the most points over the
weekend will win the Pilsner Cup. Since
the West (Team Pilsner)
won the Cup in 2000, the East (Team Heineken) team will need to win the Cup outright
to claim the title. If the two sides are
tied at the end of the weekend, the West will retain the title.
Day 1 Previously this has been 2-man teams competing in a
ghost draw. Two players from the East
and Two from the West will be drawn at the completion of the round. The net best ball from each team will count
as the score. Wins will be worth one
point and halves will be worth ½ a point.
This year it will again be two man teams, but they will be paired up so
that everyone knows the status of the match.
However, this day’s scoring method will be a combined net score
format. Thus, you and your partner will
add your net scores together to determine your team’s score which is then
compared to that of the other team. The
best score gains a point, or the hole is halved in the case of a draw.
Day 2 will be head to head two-man team matches (called “Four
ball”). There will be two players from
each team in each group. All the
players play their own ball throughout the day. On each hole, the partners will use the best score out of their two
(using handicaps) and compare that to the other pair’s best score. The best score will take the hole (ties are
again halved).
Day 3 will be head–to–head individual match play
competition. Net scoring will
apply. Points will be awarded as
above. There will thus be two games
going in each foursome, but you will play against the same opponent the whole
day.
Team West won the inaugural Pilsner Cup in 2000!
2. Green Jacket
Format will be stroke or
medal play.
The player that is closest
to naming and playing his score wins the jacket. On the Friday this year, since we are playing alternate shot
teams, we will need to determine how the Green Jacket will be awarded for that
evening. Some suggestions are: shared between the two winning partners; coin-flip
between the two winning partners
Jacket winner is to wear
the jacket with pride that evening.
Green Jacket winner
receives a two-year exemption.
Winner of the Green Jacket
on the final day gets to keep and dry-clean the Jacket for the following year.
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Sunday ’99 winner, Brian Pasula, presents Friday (and Saturday) winner, Roger Cosgrave! Roger wearing the Green Jacket with style! |
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3. Rules of Play
Six inch improvement through
to the greens (stick-handling) in the fairway and first cut of rough. Exceptions include hazards, greens and
under/around trees or obstructions where you would be improving your line of
site or swing.
“Gimmes” must be inside
the leather of your putter or no longer than the sleeve of the Green Jacket
measured from the armpit.
Lateral rule will be in
effect on all golf courses. A
one-stroke penalty at point where your ball ENTERED the hazard or bush, (not
from where you thought it landed). In other
words, no OB.
“Buffalo” rules are always in effect! When in doubt, DRINK.
Saturday is “Dress in the
Spirit of Jake” day. You will be
expected to wear golf attire (within course rules of etiquette, please) that is
from the “20’s”, the “’70’s”, or some other creatively tacky or otherwise
un-golflike. Players that do not abide
by the dress code will be fined $30 (beer fund donation), will be assessed a
two stroke penalty (stroke play) or loss of first hole in match play, and will
be penalized two buffaloes
(immediate consumption).
“Dress in the Spirit of Jake” Day, Saturday 2000
All tour members are
expected to be drinking at all times. Taking
extra golf strokes, loitering, or any conscious effort to avoid drinking will
not be tolerated at any time.
Tour executive committee
will resolve uncertainty on rules of play or drinking.
Horse Races are held following the
days golf and prior to darkness, usually beginning on the first hole after the
last twilight group has left the first tee.
Horse Races consist of
teams of two or three playing against all other teams concurrently on the same
hole.
Horse Races are alternate
shot format, keeping the same order throughout the game.
The team that has the
worst score on the each hole of the horse race is eliminated from the remainder
of the game.
The remaining teams move
to the next hole and continue with the next team-mate in order teeing off.
The race
continues until there is only one group remaining who are dubbed the winners!
If there are ties
for the worst group on a whole, a blind chip-off occurs between those
teams. Each team’s next player in order
chips from a designated spot. All other
teams in the chip-off must look away while the teams are chipping, thus
creating an atmosphere where there is no advantage to going first or last. The team that ends up farthest from the hole
is eliminated and the other teams proceed with the game on the next hole.
Drinking during
the horse race is MANDATORY!! There
will be double beer fines for anyone who abstains, unless, of course, there is
a designated driver issue.
Cigars, while
optional, are encouraged.
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Horse Race
- Friday ’99 at Glen Meadows in Victoria Troy likes his teams chances! (Ha, Ha, Ha!) |
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*Note: Tour executive committee reserves the right to change or modify
the above rules at any time.
Pilsner Tour Committee:
Commissioner – Doug Sisson
Sponsorship Chairman –
Walter Cosman
VP Finance &
Operations – Parker Henderson
VP Marketing, Promotions
& Rules – Roger Cosgrave