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| First Stage - Hollister, CANov 1 - Nov 4, 2006San Juan Oaks Golf Club | |  |
Note
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| APPEARANCE/CONDUCT |
While on the host facility property during official practice and tournament round days:
1. Players shall present a neat appearance in both clothing and personal grooming. Blue jeans, shorts or T-shirts shall not be worn.
2. Caddies may wear either long pants or tailored knee-length shorts. Blue jeans, cutoffs, T-shirts or tank tops shall not be worn. Smooth rubber sole shoes are required. Golf shoes with metal or soft spikes are prohibited.
3. Players must attempt to be competitive and must conduct themselves in a professional manner.
4. Consumption of alcoholic beverages on the competition course or designated practice areas by players or caddies is conduct unbecoming a professional. Players or caddies found to be using or selling illegal substances or using alcohol in an abusive manner shall be considered to have engaged in conduct unbecoming a professional.
5. Players must accept responsibility for the conduct of his caddie. A caddie who conducts himself in an unbecoming manner could result in the removal of the player from the competition.
PGA TOUR reserves the right to remove a player from the competition for non-competitiveness or unbecoming conduct. |
| FIRST QUALIFYING STAGE |
Stroke contested over 72 holes.
Successful Pre Qualifying applicants and applicants eligible for the First Qualifying Stage shall participate in First Qualifying Stage. Field sizes, including positions reserved for successful Pre Qualifying applicants, are scheduled to be approximately 78 players, with no reduction of fields. An overflow site at St. Johns Country Club in St. Augustine, FL has been reserved for November 1-4. The number of players advancing from each First Qualifying Stage site will be on a pro rata basis (i.e., an approximately equal percentage from each site will advance), and such number will be announced during the First Qualifying Stage. All players tying for the last qualifying position at the conclusion of play at each First Qualifying Stage site will advance.
The entry fee for applicants at First Qualifying Stage includes: green fees, practice balls on all official practice and qualifying round days and liability insurance coverage covering liability, which may arise as a result of the applicant’s presence at the First Qualifying Stage site.
NOTE: Players shall walk during all official practice rounds and all competitive rounds. The use a golf carts prohibited except: caddies may use a golf cart during Sunday official practice rounds with a limit of two carts per grouping or; when permitted by the Rules Committee. (Fees for golf carts are at the discretion of the host facility). Caddies shall walk during the Monday or Tuesday official practice rounds and all competitive rounds.
PGA TOUR reserves the right to add players to the field of the First Qualifying Stage in it's sole discretion.
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| PERFORMANCE |
The 60 applicants returning the lowest scores, including any applicant tied for the 60th position, at each 2006 First Qualifying Stage competition will be exempt from playing in a pre-qualifying competition in the 2007 PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.
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| POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATION |
If in the judgment of the on-site PGA TOUR Rules Official or designee, whose decision shall be final, conditions render commencement or continuation of tournament play inadvisable, play shall be postponed until such time as the PGA TOUR Rules Official or designee determines that such weather conditions or other occurrences or conditions have improved sufficiently for play to commence or resume.
In situations involving adverse weather conditions or any other occurrence or condition our first priority is the competition and the completion of four rounds for a First Qualifying Stage. Every effort will be made to achieve this objective by the end of the last scheduled competitive round day which may include playing more than one round in a day.
In the event four rounds of a First Qualifying Stage cannot be completed by the end of the last scheduled competitive day, play will be extended one additional day.
If the completion of four rounds for a First Qualifying Stage is impossible by the end of one additional day, the next priority will be the completion of three rounds for a First Qualifying Stage by the end of one additional day.
First Qualifying Stages are considered "official" if at least two rounds have been competed. If a First Qualifying Stage has not competed two rounds by the end of one additional day, play will be extended only enough to complete two rounds.
If a round of an "official" competition is suspended at the end of one additional day and half the field of that round has completed play, play will be extended a second additional day to complete that round only. If that round cannot be completed by the end of the second additional day, the round will be cancelled and the results through the last completed round will stand. |
| PRACTICE |
First Qualifying Stage:
Official practice begins two days prior to the first scheduled qualifying round. One practice round two days prior and exclusive use of the course the day prior to the first scheduled qualifying round.
Practice before these designated times must be set up with course in advance by applicant. Fees are at the discretion of the host facility. |
| RULES OF GOLF |
A. RULES OF GOLF
1. Play shall be governed in accordance with the Rules of Golf of the United States Golf Association, as modified by the 2006 PGA TOUR Local Rules and Conditions of Competition card and Notice to Competitors for the applicable course. Questions or disputes shall be settled by the Rules Committee appointed by PGA TOUR, whose decisions shall be final.
2. Pace of play will be in accordance with the 2006 PGA TOUR Pace of Play Policy, except the fine structure shall not apply.
3. All applicants shall play from the same teeing ground when starting play of a hole. |
| TRANSPORTATION/CARTS/CADDIES |
1. Transportation/Golf Carts:
Players shall walk during all official practice and qualifying rounds at all stages, except when permitted to ride by the Rules Committee. Caddies may use a golf cart during Sunday official practice rounds at First Qualifying Stage with a limit of two carts per grouping. Fees for golf carts are at the discretion of the host facility. Caddies shall walk during all First Qualifying Stage Monday and Tuesday practice rounds and all qualifying rounds, except when permitted to ride by the Rules Committee.
NOTE: Anyone seeking use of a golf cart during practice rounds and competitive rounds due to a disability defined under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the PGA TOUR Competitions Department at 904/285-3700 to obtain information on procedures for submitting such requests. All such requests and required information must be submitted to PGA TOUR no less than 60 days prior to the competition. Please note that requests due to injuries or impairments that do not qualify as a "disability" under the ADA will not be granted.
2. Caddies:
At First Qualifying Stage caddies are not required, players may carry their clubs or use a pull cart.
3. Pull Carts:
At First Qualifying Stage manual and motorized pull carts are permitted. |
| WITHDRAWALS |
Applicants withdrawing shall shall inform PGA TOUR by the applicable deadline listed below in order to receive a refund of entry fee (minus withdrawal fee). Verbal withdrawals must be made personally by the applicant and include his entry confirmation number to be accepted. All withdrawals must be substantiated in writing for a refund to be processed.
A. WITHDRAWAL DEADLINES
First Qualifying Stage (All Sites):
5:00 p.m. EDT Friday, October 13, 2006.
B. WITHDRAWAL FEES
Applicants Starting at First Qualifying Stage:
Prior to applicable Withdrawal Deadline: $300
After Withdrawal Deadline: $600
Notwithstanding any prior written notice of withdrawal furnished by an applicant, once an applicant begins play in any stage of the Qualifying Tournament or the applicant is removed for conduct unbecoming a professional or noncompetitive, he will be ineligible to receive a refund. |
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