All competitors must be at least 55 years of age by December 31 of the year of the games.

Ø 36 hole stroke play with 18 holes per day

Ø Two men and two women from each age category will enter Low Gross, and two men and two women from each age category will enter Calloway.

Ø It is not necessary for golfers to submit their handicap from their home club.

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1. Rules of the R C G A and the C L G A will apply.

2. In case of a tie, the retrogression method will be used.

3. For Low Calloway: Dependant on the golfer’s score, a certain number of holes will be deducted from their gross score to determine a “handicap”. The holes used for this deduction will be pre-determined prior to the commencement of play, but golfers will not be informed of which holes they are until after the competition is complete. No more than ‘double par’ can be deducted for any full hole taken off. The Modified Calloway Scoring System is depicted in the table at the bottom.

NOTE: The normal Calloway scoring system has been modified to ensure that the golfers play the game, not the system.

4. Groups may consist of two, three or four golfers, depending upon the number registered. If practical, players from the same association will not play in the same group. Groups will be men or women, but not mixed.

5. Medals will be awarded to both men & women in all five age categories and in both events. Medal winners in the Low Gross categories are not eligible to win medals in the Low Calloway category.

MODIFIED CALLOWAY SCORING SYSTEM

a	b	c	d	e	Handicap Adjustment
68	69	70	71	72	no handicap
73	74	75	76	77	1/2 worst hole
78	79	80	81	82	worst hole
83	84	85	86	87	1-1/2 worst holes
88	89	90	91	92	2 worst holes
93	94	95	96	97	2-1/2 worst holes
98	99	100	101	102	3 worst holes
103	104	105	106	107	3-1/2 worst holes
108	109	110	111	112	4 worst holes
113	114	115	116	117	4-1/2 worst holes
118	119	120	121	122	5 worst holes
123	124	125	126	127	5-1/2 worst holes
128	129	130	131	132	6 worst holes
133	134	135	136	137	6-1/2 worst holes
138	139	140			7 worst holes
-2	-1	0	+1	+2	Handicap Adjustment

(This table is for a Par 70 course)

All Players' scores are adjusted to a maximum of twice par on all holes.

Look up the adjusted score in the table and see the number of holes to deduct. Round up. If a player has a deduction of 1/2 a hole and his designated hole score is a 7 then he may deduct 4 (3.5 rounded up). Once the deductions are made look in the column where the adjusted net score scored is found and apply the number in the bottom row.

(The scores on the last two holes played may not be used for adjustments. If a shotgun start is used, the scorecard must clearly indicate which hole the golfers started out on).

Hole #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Par	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	34	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	36	70
Score	8	7	6	4	5	7	6	5	9	57	7	6	5	7	8	7	8	6	5	59	116

The player scored a 9 on the par three ninth hole. We adjust this down to twice par which makes it a 6 and we deduct the adjustment (3) from the total score. The adjusted total for this golfer is 113 (116-3).

113 lies in a row in the table which shows this golfer gets to subtract the first 4 1/2 holes pre-designated by the tournament officials.

As an example, let’s say that the first five holes designated by the officials were #’s 4, 7, 9, 13 & 16. Looking at the score card above, we would then deduct the following scores (4, 6, 6, 7 & 4{half of 8} = 27), which applied to the adjusted gross score would be 113 – 27 = 86. Going back into the above table, we find 86 is in Column d. Next we look down column d, and at the bottom we have a +1 which we apply to the golfer and the final Calloway score is 87.