Playing a club match, can you play earlier that day?

N00b2fitness · 13-08-2008 12:57pm #1

Sorry if this is an obvious question.

If you have a match, for example, on a Wednesday, evening, is it permitted (or even ethically acceptable), assuming you are fit enough, to play in a competition earlier that day at the same course?

I'm guessing not but would be interested to hear of any rule or throughts on it.

ShriekingSheet · 13-08-2008 1:05pm

Yes you can.

In matchplay, you are able to play the course prior the match.

If you were to play the match first you would not be able to play in the comp later as in strokeplay, you cannot play the course prior to the comp.

The rules state that prior to strokeplay, if say there was no practice area, you can hit balls on the course in the direction of a tee but not toward a green.

It's not permitted to play one round with your opponent in the matchplay and count it for both the comp and the matchplay.

N00b2fitness · 13-08-2008 1:16pm

Cheers for the clarification and the extra info.

BUACHAILL · 13-08-2008 1:35pm

is it permitted to play the competition with your matchplay opponent and use the result for the matchplay ??

fullstop · 13-08-2008 1:49pm

BUACHAILL wrote: »

is it permitted to play the competition with your matchplay opponent and use the result for the matchplay ??

No

BUACHAILL · 13-08-2008 1:59pm

that goes on in my club all the time

ShriekingSheet · 13-08-2008 2:07pm

BUACHAILL wrote: »

that goes on in my club all the time

It goes on in a lot of clubs.

PhilipMarlowe · 13-08-2008 2:09pm

There's a straightforward logic to being able to play or practice on the course before a match while not being allowed to do so before a strokeplay event.

In strokeplay, I might have a tee time at 7:30am and you might have one at 3pm so we both wouldn't have equal opportunities to get practice in on the course before our round whereas in matchplay, both opponents have the exact same level of opportunity...

Mister Sifter · 13-08-2008 2:10pm

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

It goes on in a lot of clubs.

Clubs piss me off with their rules relating to matchplay competitions. Some have the 'no ties at weekends' rule which is a complete ball ache for anyone who happens to work during the week and especially when the weather happens to be as bad as it has been this summer...

I don't see the harm in players killing two birds with the one stone on competition days.

BUACHAILL · 13-08-2008 2:12pm

I dont really see the problem with it either to be fair

ShriekingSheet · 13-08-2008 2:46pm

Well there isn't any advantage gained by two guys competing in a match at the same time as a club comp, as far as I can see. But it is messy, in fairness. "That's given in the match" for short putts that have to be holed out anyway, that kinda thing.

At the end of the day, it's up to one guy to deem the other a winner. How the two guys agree the winner does not interfere with anyone else in the competition. As we all know people flip coins or have a putt-off sometimes if they dont have time to play.

Once both guys are in agreement, it's a victimless breach of the rules.

Playing a club match, can you play earlier that day?

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