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TGC Tour Rules
Given the increase in new players and how much my inbox is blowing up, it's good to post the rules again. Guys, please message me when you see something you don't like. I look into every single one. PM mthunt
First rewinds. I have a report that tells me every single repeat yardage taken on tour along with the data. It's very easy for me to see rewinds. Rewinds are only for equipment failure. It's not hard to tell if someone had equipment failure. Rewinds are not for "I think I chipped it farther than that" or "I didn't see the slope behind the hole" or "I know my 7 iron goes 165 and my skytrak said 150". Suck it up and accept the equipment you have. If you hit a drive that had 250mph ball speed your equipment failed. These need to be obvious guys. I've added strokes to scores to prevent someone not playing by the rules from winning.
For rewinds, a yardage is repeated. It's also repeated for stroke and distance so you need to check the score card. 5 recorded shots and a 4 on the card is a rewind.
Next one that is coming up. Putting settings. If you look at recorded shots and never see a putt recorded under a certain distance, guess what the gimmies are set to.
Next one is boost. If you see a drive that carried 250 on a 500 yard hole and the next shot is 175, it didn't roll 75 yards. Boost. It's simple to check these things. Saying I live in Denver or Alberta is fine for you and your buddies boosting away but the tour stops are played a max of 5%.
Have fun and play by the rules.
TGC Tour Rules
Boost and other shot mods:
+/- 5%. Most ProTee/ TGC supported systems have the ability to adjust your settings. This is from having sensor mats and tweaking them. For tour play, you are allowed to adjust any setting by 5%. This means you can add 5% max boost and decrease 5% spin. Believe me, 5% isn't going to change anyone's life. A 20 yard draw would draw 19 yards with 5% adjustment.
Putting:
The standard putting setting was 2. We set it this way because we believed the GC2 would perform fairly at that setting. We recently changed it to allow you to increase the setting so the ball will only go straight. It's your choice what you use. I use 2. Move the slider all the way over and aim with the pointer only if you choose.
Gimmies:
You have to set your system to a max of 1.8 yards. This is done by setting the Gimmie Setting to "Gimmie". If you want no gimmies, knock yourself out.
Wind:
We play without wind. You must as well.
Shot Recording:
Turn it on. You'll see SR in the standings. An X means it's off. We contact those who have it off but sometimes someone that isn't on the form enters a tournament. If it's off, you won't be included in any rankings.
Rewinds:
Obviously a big one. Some systems give errors and strange things happen. Here's some examples:
Allowed:
-A ball was in the FOV of your GC2 and you rolled another couple of balls near by and it read a 2 foot put.
-Your protee said the ball you hit in the middle of your screen went 25 degrees right.
-Your GSX said the ball went 20 yards and it was flushed into the screen.
I think you get it.
Not allowed:
-Your putt lipped out but you think you hit it straight
-Your bunker shot didn't clear the lip but you think it should have
-You sliced it and it's behind a tree
-You hit a 3 wood over water and it didn't make it but you once hit a 3 wood far enough to carry
-You hit a 5 iron and it rolled over the green but you hit a 5 iron outside last week and it stopped
-You hit it in the water and the game put you all the way back where you hit it from. Too bad.
Have fun and play by the rules.
mthunt
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