2019 Tournament Booklet

Welcome

On behalf of The Club at New Seabury and our professional staff,
it is our pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 Quahog Classic
Men’s Member-Guest event.

Our goal is to provide you with a memorable experience by
combining a spirited golf competition, great food, and special
events that are the essence of New Seabury.

We encourage you to review this booklet prior to the start of
competition as it contains the daily schedule of events,
conditions of competition and additional information designed to
help guide you through this weekend’s events.

Please let us know if we can do anything to assist you in your
enjoyment of this great event.

Schedule of Events

Thursday, August 1st

10:00a.m. Registration/Shopping Experience

Signup for tournament contests and pari-mutuel

Register guests for Saturday evening

11:00a.m. Lunch at Sand Wedge Bistro

12:30p.m. Shotgun – Matches 1 & 2

7:00p.m. Dinner at Cabana Beach Club (participants only)

Friday, August 2nd

7:00a.m. Breakfast Sandwiches available at Sand Wedge Bistro

8:30a.m. Shotgun – Matches 3, 4 & 5

11:30a.m. Lunch stations available on course

Saturday, August 3rd

7:00a.m. Breakfast Sandwiches available at Sand Wedge Bistro

8:30a.m. Shotgun – Matches 6 & 7

1:00p.m. Lunch – Ballroom

Flight Winner Playoffs

1:30p.m. Shootout of Flight Winners – Holes 1 & 9

7:00p.m. Awards Dinner – The Popponesset Inn

Spouses Welcome

“Black/White” Party

Tee Gifts

Shopping Experience

Each participant will receive a $150.00 credit
to be used toward Callaway and Travis

Matthew merchandise loacted at the Gazebo.
All participants will be receiving wholesale

pricing.

A Callaway Tech Representaive will be
located at the Practice Facility and at the
Ocean putting green for those who wish to

test or get fit for all golf clubs.

Conditions of Competition

Format

Four-ball match play using 80% of each player’s course handicap
contested over seven 9-hole matches with one match played
between every team within each eight-team flight.

Scoring

(+1) point is awarded to a team that wins a hole while a (-1) point
is given to the losing team. Maximum number of points that can
be won or lost by a team in any individual match is 5. This rule
does NOT apply for scoring of daily cash pools. If only one member
of a team is able to start a match, the maximum number of points
that can be won or lost by a team is 3 unless his partner joins the
match before the 5th hole in the match being played. This rule does
NOT apply for scoring of daily cash pools. The second player may

join the competition after the completion of any hole but not
between holes. If both members of a team are unable to start a
match, the match is defaulted. In the event of a default, the result

will be a win/loss of 4 points except on the last day when the
defaulting team will lose 5 points; the winning team will win 4

points.

Conditions of Competition Continued

Championship Shootout
The team accumulating the highest number of plus (+) points will

be the winner in each flight.

The winners of each flight will compete in the Championship
Shootout Saturday following lunch. The shootout will be played
over two holes, the team with the lowest total two hole net score

will be crowned Champions of The Quahog Classic.

All six teams will compete together. The format of play will be
Ocean Course Hole #1 Four-ball
Ocean Course Hole #9 Aggregate

Players will receive their tournament handicaps as they fall.

Tied teams will play the same format as the shootout in a sudden
death playoff beginning on hole #1.

Tie Breaks
In case of a tie for 1st place in a flight, there will be a sudden
death playoff beginning at the 1st hole of the Ocean Course and
continuing on successive holes until a winner is determined
(subject to change due to weather/course conditions). The

format will be four-ball of the low ball in the group.
Tie breaks for second will be determined by the result of the tied
teams’ head-to-head match, vs the flight winner, then vs 4th, 5th,

6th, 7th.

Conditions of Competition Continued

Handicap
Handicaps will be verified by the New Seabury Golf
Professional Staff and New Seabury Handicap Committee. The
Handicap Committee reserves the right to adjust any player’s
handicap based on past performance or if the player has not
submitted at least 5 scores since the 2017 Quahog Classic.

Each competitor’s course handicap is derived as follows:
Every competitor’s handicap index will be sourced from the July
15th handicap revision. Using the Ocean Course slope rating(s),

the handicap index is converted into a course handicap. The
course handicap is then adjusted to 80% of its total value.

The competition handicap is divided in half for 9-hole matches
and rounded to the nearest half stroke. In each match, handicap
strokes are determined off of the lowest handicap player in the
foursome. Stroke holes will fall as indicated on the Ocean Course

scorecard.

The maximum allowable difference in the course handicap
between a member and guest is 10. For any pairing with a course
handicap delta greater than 10, the higher-handicap player’s will

be adjusted down to within 10 strokes of their partner.

The Golf Shop will post all scores for this event for both members
and guests as tournament scores.

Competition Tees

Flight A will compete from the Blue Tees
Flights B will compete from the Blue/White Combo Tees

C through F will compete from the White Tees

Black Tee Option – Players with handicaps + age that total 85 or higher may
elect to play the Black Tees. Handicap will be adjusted based on the

difference in the course rating of competitors. Must notify the golf shop
prior to the start of the event 12:00pm on Thursday.

Contests & Gaming

Pari-Mutuel

The Quahog Classic’s traditional pari-mutuel betting will open at
10:00 am on Thursday morning during tournament registration.
Bets can be placed to Win or Place (first or second place) within
their flight in $5 increments with a $5 minimum bet. There is no
limit to the number of bets any individual may place however, a
team can bet on no other team in their own flight but their own.
Betting closes upon the start of play on Thursday. Winning bets
will be paid out as soon as possible after the conclusion of play on
Saturday. However, due to the time-consuming nature of pari-

mutuel settlement, payouts may not be available until after
Saturday. Pari-mutuel betting is open to non-competitors.

Net Skins Pool

Available as an option to all teams during Matches 3 & 4 (first two
rounds on Friday) only is a net skins pool. This pool is paid to the

team(s) with the best net score on each hole. If two teams tie
then all teams tie and the skin is carried over to the next hole.
Net skins will be determined using the tournament competition
handicap (80%) of each player. Entry into the net skins pool is

$50 per team.

Par Three Contests

During Matches 1 & 2 (Thursday) and Matches 6 & 7 (Saturday),
there will be closest-to-the-pin contests for all players on each
of the par 3s (#4, #8, #11 & #14). Entry for the closest-to-the-pin
contests is $25 per team per day (Thursday and Saturday only).

Contests & Gaming Continued

Hole – In – One Pot
An optional hole-in-one pot will be available during registration

on Thursday. The hole-in-one pot covers all three days of
competition. In the event of multiple holes-in-one, the pot will
be split among the winners. If no team makes a hole-in-one at

any point during the tournament, the pot will be added to
Saturday’s closest-to-the-pin pot and will be split among the
four closest-to-the-pin winners. Only those teams that enter the
hole-in-one pot will be eligible for hole-in-one-pot carryover

money. Entry into the hole-in-one pot is $50 per team.
Registration for all par three contests closes upon the start of

play on Thursday.
Individual Flight Pools
An optional flight cash pool will be available to teams within each
flight. Entry collection, management and payout of these pools
are the responsibility of the top-seeded team in each flight.
Entry cost and payout rules will be explained to competitors by
the pool-managing team prior to the collection of fees and no

later than

ALL CONTEST ENTRIES CLOSE UPON THE START OF PLAY ON THURSDAY.
TOTAL COST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PAR 3 CONTESTS, SKINS POOL AND

FORECADDIE GRATUITY IS $175 PER TEAM PAYABLE BY CASH ONLY

Local Rules

 The USGA Rules of Golf will govern all play except as
altered by local tournament rules.

 USGA approved distance measuring devices may be used
during tournament competition.

 White stakes and fences defining property lines indicate
out of bounds. House yards bordering the golf course are
not out of bounds unless marked with white stakes. On or
over any paved roadway is considered out of bounds.

 Stones in bunkers may be removed prior to your shot.
 Relief for embedded ball anywhere in the general area
 Provisional Ball – Hole 15

o A player may not assume a ball is in a penalty area. It must be
observed entering the penalty area. Therefore, a ball hit into
the trees to the left of the second pond shall be assumed lost
unless found.

o Before beginning the search, the player must play another ball
provisionally from the tee. If the original ball is found outside
the penalty area, the player must continue to play the original
ball. If the original ball is not found or identified within the
three minute search period, the player must continue with the
provisional ball under the knowledge that the original ball is
lost. If the original ball is found in the penalty area, the player
may either play the original ball or continue with the ball
played provisionally.

o The penalty for breach in match play is loss of hole.

Local Rules Continued

 Rule 20. Resolving Issues During Round

o In match play, if a doubt or dispute arises between players, a
player may make a claim. If no duly authorized
representative of the Committee is available within
reasonable time, the player must continue the match without
delay. The Committee may consider a claim only if it has
been made in a timely manner and if the player making the
claim has notified his opponent at the time that he is making a
claim or wants a ruling and of the facts upon which the claim
or rulings is to be based.

o A claim is considered to have been made in a timely manner
if, upon discovery of circumstances giving rise to a claim, the
player makes his claim before any player in the match plays
from the teeing ground or in the case of the last hole of the
match, before all players in the match leave the putting green
or when the circumstances giving rise to the claim are
discovered after all players in the match have left the putting
green of the final hole, before the results of the match have
been officially announced.

o A claim relating to a prior hole in the match may only be
considered if it is based on facts previously unknown to the
player making the claim.

o Once the result of the match has been officially announced, a
claim may not be considered unless is satisfied that the claim
is based on facts previously unknown, the player making the
claim had been given wrong information by an opponent and
the opponent knew he was giving wrong information.

Pace of Play

The Professional Staff will be on the golf course to monitor play.
Should your group be approached by a course marshal to discuss
your pace of play, please treat them with respect and understand

that their goal is to ensure the enjoyment of all participants.

 Rule 5-6. Pace of Play

o The player must play without undue delay and in accordance with any
pace of play guidelines the Committee may establish. Between
completion of a hole and playing from the next teeing ground, the
player must not unduly delay play.

o The committee has determined a group is Out of Position if:
 On a par 3, if your group has not finished teeing off and the
preceding group has played their stroke from the next
teeing ground.
 On a par 4 or 5, if your group is finishing teeing off and the
preceding group has cleared the hole before your group
finishes teeing off; or if your reaches the tee with the
preceding group clear of the hole.

 Penalty for breaching the Committee’s Pace of Play Rules

o 1st Offense – Warning; the group’s pace will be monitored for up to
one full hole.

o Subsequent offenses – Loss of hole for each offense

Please be sure to always keep up with the group in front of you,
be ready to hit when it’s your turn and pick up your ball if you’re

unable to help the team.

Course Penalty Areas and Markings

Hole #1 Ball crossing staked or marked area on left side of course is
Hole #2 Out of Bounds. Penalty Area back left of green.
Hole #3
Penalty Area – red stakes and lines on left side including
Hole #4 beach, competitors may play from Penalty Area.
Hole #5
Penalty Area – red stakes and lines on left side including
Hole #6 beach, competitors may play from Penalty Area. Pond on
Hole #7 right of tee and near 4th green is Penalty Area. A competitor
Hole #8 whose ball winds up on the 4th green while playing hole 3
Hole #9 must take free relief at the nearest point of relief not nearer
the hole.

Pond is a Penalty Area. Ball must cross red lines on both sides
of pond to be played from green side of pond.

Penalty Area – are in front of forward tees. Pond on left all
the way through the back of the green, it does not extend past
the green. Small ponds on right between holes 5 & 6.

Penalty Area left of cart path.

Pond in front of tee, left of cart path between holes 6 & 7, left
and behind green, are Penalty Areas.

Ponds left and right are Penalty Areas.

Area left of rough and fairway is in play. Pond is Penalty Area.
Bulkhead at this green and at 18th hole of Dunes Course is
considered an integral part of the course, no relief.

Course Penalty Areas and Markings Continued

Hole #10 Out of Bounds – white stakes in woods on left. White stakes
in woods straight out from tee and extending down right side
of fairway.

Hole #11 Road left and behind green are out of bounds.

Hole #12 Out of Bounds near round on the right side of the hole. Pond
right of the fairway is a Penalty Area.

Hole #13 Ponds on left and right are Penalty Areas.

Hole #14 Ponds are Penalty Areas. Road behind green is out of bounds.

Hole #15 All ponds are Penalty Areas. Ball hit into woods left of second
pond is considered lost if not found. See note in local rules to
proceed. Ball entering trees, shrubs and or evergreens left of
fairway are considered in play; there is no out of bounds. If
the ball is not found it’s deemed to be a lost ball. Always hit a
provisional if your ball enters this area.

Hole #16 Balls hit to the left or right of the fairway in the woods and are
not found are to be considered lost. Ball hit into the area
behind the green and not found are to be considered lost.

Hole #17 White stakes left of hole indicate out of bounds. Road behind
green and beyond are out of bounds.

Hole #18 White stakes on left indicate out of bounds. On or across road
behind green is out of bounds.

Staff Directory

Chris Card President & Executive Director

Bob Higgins Director of Membership

Golf Operations

Jim Clay Director of Golf

Andrew Stolze Head Golf Professional

Rita Pacheco Golf Shop Manager

Jimmy Damiano Director of Instruction

Golf Course Maintenance

Scott Nickerson Director of Agronomy

Chris Tufts Ocean Course Superintendent

Food & Beverage

Pedro Gonzalez Director of Food & Beverage

Mark Porcaro Executive Chef

Jennifer Perry Director of Catering & Banquets

Wilma Lopez Catering Sales