2023 National Tour Challenge Tournament and additional rounds, Nov 7 - 13
The following link is what you will access for the full roster, all tee times, pairings, and results for the three day NTC (Fri Nov 10, Sat Nov 11, Sun Nov 12).
We are using your lowest GHIN index from Oct 1 to Oct 15 for all three tournament rounds.
https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/9917903383094644496
Because the first round on Friday is a shotgun start, it will be too hectic for all 100 players to check in and pay for side games.
There will be a sign up sheet at the 3 rounds before the start of the Friday round for you to decide and pay for optional side games.
There will still be a check in table Friday morning for anyone who hasn't yet decided or paid for side games.
There will also be a rules sheet posted for all three days of tournament, along with any specific course local rules as needed on a daily basis.
See below for the official 2023 NTC Rules Sheet.
Additional round details before and after the NTC are as follows...(we will use your current GHIN index for all additional rounds).
NTC rounds and prize purse is alreay paid, but additional round green fees are on your own.
Play any tees you want.
We will form the groups at the course. Games include net stroke play scoring, skins, pins, and individual matches.
The following players from PGT and CT have signed up for this and we will play modified net Stableford scoring, skins, pins, and individual matches.
Gold, Silver, or Copper tees
6 tee times starting at 11:36am and pairings as follows..
11:36--Kestner--Kurpiewski--Strom
11:45--Epstein--Gordon--Troy--Johnson
11:54--Fedor--Perez--Orr
12:03--Bryant--Cherny--Frantti--Smith
12:12--Evanoka--Hetrick--Pici--Olander
12:21--Seabolt--Sullo--Blade--Rieg
Games include net stroke play scoring, skins, pins, and individual matches.
Play tees you will play for NTC tournament.
10:30--Kestner--Frantti--Yandrich
10:40--Bryant--Fedor--Caputo--Dimartino
10:50--Pici--Hetrick--Smith--Kurpiewski
11:00--Strom--Olander--Evanoka--Cherny
11:10--Orr--Glomb--Rieg
We will form the groups at the course. Games include net stroke play scoring, skins, pins, and individual matches.
Play any tees you want.
1) Cherny
2) Evanoka
3) Glomb
4) Hetrick
5) Kestner
6) Kurpiewsli
7) Olander
8) Orr
9) Pici
10) Rieg
11) Strom
12) Ezick
2023 National Tour Challenge Overall Rules and Format
PLAYERS RESPONSIBILITY
It is each players sole responsibility to know and follow the rules of golf and posted local rules.
USGA RULES GOVERN ALL PLAY EXCEPT AS MODIFIED BELOW
- The following local rules are in place for each day of the tournament:
Daily local rules that are course specific may be posted or announced as needed before each round based on specific circumstances found that day.
Sand Bunkers – If ball is in any sand bunker, you can lift - clean - rake or smooth - and place your ball in same spot it came to rest.
High Grass/Weeds/Brush/Woods/Water – These areas are defined as unmaintained and played as a RED PENALTY area. Unmaintained means other than normal fairway and rough areas (this is not meant for variations in rough height or thickness, or ornamental grasses, it is meant for areas that are not typically mowed or cut often). This is in place as many courses are inconsistent or not marked properly. The margin is the water edge or line of maintained grass and unmaintained area. White OB stakes are still played as Out of Bounds (see next local rule).
Lost Ball or Out of Bounds: The 2021 revised option for a ball lost or out of bounds when a provisional ball is not hit is in effect. REMEMBER, MAXIMUM OF 3 MINUTES TO SEARCH FOR A BALL. This option allows the player to drop in a large area between the point where the ball is estimated to have come to rest or gone out of bounds and two club lengths from the edge of the fairway of the hole being played that is not nearer the hole. The player is assessed two penalty strokes when using this relief option.
This means that the relief is comparable to what could have been achieved if the player had taken stroke-and-distance relief.
This Local Rule cannot be used for an unplayable ball, or for a ball that is known or virtually certain to be in a penalty area.
If a provisional ball is played and neither the original ball nor the provisional ball can be found, then the Local Rule may be applied for the provisional ball that cannot be found.
Distance Measuring Devices: Distance measuring devices are allowed and information shared. Such devices may only measure distance (not slope, wind, etc.).
Relief from Abnormal Ground Conditions:This Rule covers free relief that is allowed from interference by: Animal Holes, Ground Under Repair, Immovable Obstructions, Temporary Water. Because we are playing the tournament on courses that may not have all abnormal conditions clearly marked, the Committee has determined the following:
If a majority of the foursome agrees that a participant’s ball is in an area that should reasonably have been marked as an abnormal ground condition, the participant would be entitled to free relief from the condition within one club length no closer to the hole.
INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION
Stroke play, three-day event (Fri-Sun), 54-hole net score total, by flight with optional side games per flight.
TEAM COMPETITION:
The team competition will be based on a 3-day average net score to par by day for each team.
For Friday, every player’s score counts towards the team score
For Saturday the teams use the best 70% percent of total players scores up to a max of 20 players.
For Sunday the teams use the best 50% of their total players up to a maximum of 14 players.
The team score for each day as determined above, are averaged for the three day total. The team with the lowest average is the winner. Why weight each day evenly – this will put less weight on the full field averages from Friday and the most on Sunday Scores, thus putting more weight on the best scores from Sunday for each team, potentially allowing for a large comeback.
HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS
If a player shoots a combined six under compared to the course ratings in the first two days of the tournament, the player will be subject to a handicap adjustment for the third day. The handicap adjustment will be made by adding the two tournament scores to the players existing score history and recalculating the handicap index and course handicap for the third day.
CHEATING
Anyone caught cheating will be immediately disqualified from the entire event and will not be allowed to play following rounds. This is a decision by the organizers.
ON COURSE DISPUTES -
IF THERE IS A DISAGREEMENT OR UNCERTANTIY RELATED TO ANY RULING REQUIRING A BALL TO BE PLAYED FROM OTHER THAN ‘HOW IT LIES’, A PARTICIPANT SHOULD PLAY TWO BALLS, ONE FROM EACH OF THE DIFFERENT PLAYING OPTIONS, DECLARING WHICH IS THE PARTICIPANTS DESIRED BALL TO COUNT (THIS DECLARATION NEEDS TO BE MADE PRIOR TO PLAYING EITHER SHOT.
Reporting Disputes: Disputes must be reported to the scorer’s table at the time the scorecards are submitted. If you are not present with your foursome and / or do not report the incident at that time, the directors have the right to disregard the dispute. Any disputes will be decided by a majority of the TOUR directors who are present at the time the dispute is reported. Each Tour shall have one vote in all decisions. A minimum of 3 TOURs must be represented before a decision can be made.
Pace of Play: Please keep pace with the group ahead of you. Play ready golf. Each group must check in at the scorer’s table immediately upon completing their round. Score cards do not need to be ready, but you must report in. During non-shotgun starts, any group that checks in more than 20 minutes behind the preceding group may be penalized for slow play (note: a 20-minute gap is more than an open Par-5 on the course). In addition, on course rangers will be empowered to assess a penalty to a group if the group has a hole open in front of them, and the condition persists for 3 holes.
SCORING
Score Cards—No score card will be valid unless signed by the player and his/her scorer. Scores will be official once cards are signed AND posted by tournament officials.
Tie Breakers—Ties for first place in any flight for the 3-day event will be determined by an on-course, sudden death playoff. The playoff will start on hole 1, unless the course directs us to start elsewhere. The playoff will be played as net score using tournament handicap. All other ties combine and split.
Completion of Round- If a player fails to hole out on any hole, the player is deemed to have withdrawn from the event.