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| Pre-Qualifying - Spring, TXSep 26 - Sep 29, 2006Cypresswood Golf Club - Cypress Course | |  |
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 |
The competition will be at stroke scheduled over 72 holes (4 rounds).
Field sizes at each First Qualifying Stage will be approximately 78 players, with no reduction of fields scheduled. The number of players advancing from each First Qualifying Stage site will be on a pro rata basis (i.e., an approximately equal percentage applied to the number of players starting play at each site advance), and 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 play at his First Qualifying Stage site during his practice and competitive round days.
NOTE: Players shall walk during all official practice rounds and all competitive rounds. Caddies may use a golf cart during Sunday official practice rounds with a limit of two carts per grouping. (Fees for golf carts are at the discretion of the host facility). Caddies shall walk during the Monday official practice rounds. Otherwise use of golf carts is prohibited at First Qualifying Stage, except when permitted by the PGA TOUR Rules Committee.
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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 Pre Qualifying. 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 Pre Qualifying competition 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 Pre Qualifying competition is impossible by the end of one additional day, the next priority will be the completion of three rounds for a Pre Qualifying competition by the end of one additional day.
Pre Qualifying competitions are considered "official" if at least two rounds have been competed. If a Pre Qualifying competition 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 |
Pre Qualifying:
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 Pre-Qualifying with a limit of two carts per grouping. Fees for golf carts are at the discretion of the host facility. Caddies shall walk during Pre-Qualifying Monday practice rounds and all qualifying rounds, except when permitted to ride by the Rules Committee. NOTE: Use of golf carts is prohibited during official Monday practice rounds and all competitive rounds.
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 Pre Qualifying are not required; players may carry their clubs or use a pull cart.
3. Pull Carts:
At Pre Qualifying manual and motorized pull carts are permitted. |
| WITHDRAWALS |
Applicants withdrawing shall inform PGA TOUR by the applicable deadline listed below in order to receive a refund of entry fee (minus the applicable 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
Pre Qualifying (All Sites):
5:00 p.m. EDT Friday, September 8, 2006
B. WITHDRAWAL FEES
Applicants Starting at Pre Qualifying:
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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