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Rating Policy
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A section of the
Aorangi South Canterbury website shall be established in
order to publicise this policy, the procedures for clubs
to follow and the contact details.
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| 2. |
The Course rating
Teams will attempt to maintain the New Zealand Golf
policy on five yearly reviews of course rating at no
cost to the member Clubs.
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Clubs seeking a
review of their Rating should contact one of the rating
convenors in the first instance. Where significant
changes are made to the course one of the rating
convenors should be notified prior to the change. This
is particularly important if a course rating is imminent
as the teams will delay the rating until after the
changes thus saving the Club the expense noted in 4
below.
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Where a Club
requests an additional rating review because of changes
made the Aorangi South Canterbury Association will
charge actual costs incurred e.g.
mileage.
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Clubs will prepare
the Course for rating teams according to
“Preparations for Course Rating Visits”.
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Wherever possible
the Men's and Women's teams will work together rating
the District Courses.
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Rating multiple
courses for a Club requires additional time and effort
and WILL NOT be done unless there is an assurance that
the course will be used by the Club and District.
An example is the Women's white tees which are never
used - even for representative fixtures such as the
Templar Trophy. The Aorangi South Canterbury Board will
need to establish their policy on this issue!
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After the Course
Rating information is submitted to New Zealand Golf,
Clubs will be asked to ratify this online before the new
rating is activated. This approval step is solely to
ensure that correct measurements are recorded e.g.
length of holes, par value and stroke rating. Clubs
cannot question the course rating values, as they do not
have all the information.
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Note: The
calculation of which holes Strokes are given is solely
the responsibility of the individual Club and the Course
rating Teams play no part in this. Recommended
procedures that Clubs should follow are listed in the
New Zealand Golf Manual. Once a Club decides to change
Stroke ratings, usually to coincide with a card reprint,
they must notify New Zealand Golf so that correct
handicap procedures can be followed. |
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Preparations for Course Rating Visits
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| 1. |
Clubs must ensure that all holes have been accurately
surveyed for length, measuring down the centre of the
fairways. This is critical as the major component of
the rating value is the length of the Course. |
| 2. |
Clubs must send
to the Rating Convenors an up to date card at least two
weeks prior to the Rating Visit. |
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In
establishing a date for the rating Visits Club officials
will need to check all programmes, mens, womens,
veterans, course hires etc to ensure that the selected
date is free of organised golf for the rating teams. On
the day casual players can still play but must work
around the rating teams. |
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Greens staff will be asked to present the course as it
is normally played
by the members. |
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On The Day |
| 1. |
Greens staff will need to mow 1 or 2 typical greens near
the clubhouse so that green speed can be measured using
the stimpmeter. |
| 2. |
It
is desirable that a Club representative is available on
course to answer any questions of the rating teams. Any
member potentially interested in Course rating
procedures might welcome the opportunity to see how the
teams work. |
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Where possible Clubs should have up to 3 golf carts
available for the rating teams to travel the Course.
Where this is not possible the teams will use their
cars. |
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The
Clubhouse should be available for the teams to get a hot
drink at lunchtime. They will provide their own food.
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Targets for 2010 / 2011 |
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With the changes
to the personnel of the Course Rating
Teams and the need for training of new members a number
of targets have been established for this two year
period. They are:- |
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> To introduce new
raters in the Autumn of 2010. |
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> To
attend scheduled NZ Golf Seminars,
probably in the spring of 2010. |
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> To re-rate all 9
Courses rated prior to 2006 by the end of 2011 |
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> To try and get the
Women's team working with the Otago Men's Team in the
North Otago area. |
