• Players play with current handicap on the day of match.
  • Under WHS rules, handicap allowance for singles matchplay is the full difference between 100% of the Course Handicap. So for singles matchplay purposes, Course Handicap and Playing Handicap are the same.
    • This means the Player with the higher handicap shall receive 100% of the difference of the lower handicapped player using their Course Handicaps.
  • In Match Play the game is played by holes.
  • All matches to be completed on Mahony’s Point. A different venue may be used if agreed beforehand by both players.
  • Matches to be played from moveable white markers.
  • The participants have been drawn at random and a playing schedule shall be set up between each player at the earliest convenience with each match being played on or before the closing date for each round as listed on the Fossa Golf Society Website with no exceptions.
  • As agreed at the 2021 AGM, it is no longer the responsibility of the player appearing first in the table to arrange the match. It is the responsibility of both players to liaise with each other in order to make the necessary arrangements to fix a date and a venue for the match to be played.
  • All matches to be completed by dates stated. No exceptions.
  • If no arrangements have been made to play a match and no contact has been made by either player to update the committee then both players will be removed from the competition on the deadline day.
  • When match has been played it is the responsibility of the winner to inform the committee of the result.
  • All committee decisions are final.