Final Stage - La Quinta, CA

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.

1)  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 shall walk during all Final Qualifying Stage practice and qualifying rounds, except when permitted to ride by the Rules Committee.

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:

Are required at the Final Qualifying Stage.

3) Pull Carts:

Manual and motorized pull carts are prohibited.

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 six rounds for the Final 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 six rounds of the Final 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 six rounds of the Final Qualifying Stage is impossible by the end of one additional day, the next priority will be the completion of four rounds for the Final Qualifying Stage by the end of one additional day.

The Final Qualifying Stages is considered "official" if at least four rounds have been competed.  If the Final Qualifying Stage has not competed four rounds by the end of one additional day, play will be extended only enough to complete four 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.

Final Qualifying Stage:

Official practice begins three days prior to the first scheduled qualifying round with exclusive use of the courses the second and third days.

Practice before these designated times must be set up with course in advance by applicant.  Fees are at the discretion of the host facility.

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.

Applicants withdrawing shall inform PGA TOUR by the applicable deadline in order to receive a refund of their entry fee (minus the applicable withdrawel fee).  Verbal withdrawls must be made personally by the applicant and include the entry confirmation number to be accepted.  All withdrawals must be substantiated in writing for a refund to be processed.

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, the applicant will be ineligible to receive a refund.

A.  WITHDRAWAL DEADLINES

Final Qualifying Stage:

     5:00 p.m. EDT Friday, November 17, 2006.

B. WITHDRAWAL FEES

Applicants Starting at Final Qualifying Stage:

     Prior to applicable Withdrawal Deadline: $150

     After Withdrawal Deadline: $300