San Carlos Squires Golf Ladder Rules

1. All participants mast be a member of San Carlos Squires
2. Must be a member of Squires N.C.G.A. golf club.
3. Must have paid Squires ladder entry fee.
4. A participant can join but cannot challenge until he has established a Squires N.C.G.A. handicap.
5. Annual beginning ladder positions determined as defined at beginning of each year.
6. A participant joining the ladder following the initial drawing automatically enters in last place.
7. Each participant improves his ladder position by challenging and scoring a lower net score than other participants challenged that are in a higher position on the ladder.
8. A participant challenging and having a lower net score than another participant higher on the ladder, will move ahead of challenged participant's position. However, other winning challengers will determine each challenger's position on the ladder for the next tournament.
9. When 2 or more players challenge and beat (by scoring a lower net score) another player, the challenger that was previously higher on the ladder will remain higher than the others (i.e., players in positions 10 and 15 both challenge position 5 and beat him, position 10 challenger will be higher on the ladder than position 15 challenger.)
10. A player in a lower 1adder position will move above a higher position player if he challenges and beats an interim position player that the higher position player did not challenge and beat (i.e., position 10 and 15 both challenged and beat position 5, position 15 also challenged and beat position 7, and position 10 did not; then position 15 player will move above position 10 player).
11. Basically, the more higher positions that a player challenges and beats, the higher position on the ladder he win attain for the next tournament.
12. A player, who does not participate in a tournament for whatever reason, will drop 5 spots, no more, no less.
13. As stated in 7-11, a player improves his position on the ladder by challenging and beating a player in a higher position on the ladder.. When a challenger does not beat players challenged with a lower net score, the challenger pays a preagreed fee (currently $.50 per position) for each ladder position difference between himself and the player:(s) challenged. One half of the challenge fee is disbursed, to the challenged player for beating his challenger. The other half accumulates in a pool during the tournament year for disbursement in prizes following the final tournament of the year (ladder championship).
14. Net scores, as dettermined by the handicap chairman are used to determine ladder positions. If a net score error occurs or if an error is made in establishing ladder positions following each tournament, the positions as originally established stand. (The ability to correct and reconstruct is virtually impossible.)
15. The number of ladder positions winning cash prizes and prize values will be determined each year by the ladder chairman and his assistant, dependant on the year's proceeds.. However I essentially all monies collected each year will be dispersed that year. A minimal reserve may be retained to support the following year's beginning activities.