Palo Alto Women's Golf Club

For handicap purposes, if you pick up on a hole, you should record the score you most likely would have made if you continued to play the hole ― not the score you usually make on that hole. There is no limit to the number of holes on which a player may adjust her score.

Your Handicap Index® is updated according to a revision schedule set by the regional golf association in your area. The Handicap Index display in the Members section is a snapshot of scores that were in your scoring record prior to that effective revision date. So, if you were added on June 10, but the last revision in your area was June 5, then no Handicap Index® will appear on eClubhouse until after the next revision.

In addition, your club can only issue you a Handicap Index® after at least five scores have been posted, in accordance with the USGA Handicap System.

Any score posted using the eClubhouse feature "myStats Scores" can be edited on eClubhouse. However, if "Post Scores to GHIN" was chosen when the score was posted, the score will have to be changed in your record on the GHIN Server as well by contacting your Golf Club.

To modify a score in eClubhouse, use the "Display/Update Rounds" option in "myStats Reports". Locate the score to be modified and chose "edit".

PAWGC Local Rules

1.     When the tees are on the left side (hitting over the water on hole #11) and you hit your ball into the water, you may:

a.     Hit from the "Drop Area" on the right side of the water near the last red stake and the player will incur a penalty of two strokes and be hitting stroke #4.

b.    Or after hitting in the water, you may hit again from the teeing ground and the ball may be teed again. The player will incur a penalty of one stroke and be hitting stroke #3.

2.     Year-round “Winter Rules” are in effect, i.e. you are allowed to mark, lift, and clean the ball without penalty through the green. Before lifting, you must mark the position of the ball. The player must then place the ball on a spot within 6 inches of its original spot and no closer to the hole. The ball may not be moved out of any hazard or on a putting green. A player may place the ball only once, and it is in play when it has been placed.

 If the player fails to mark the position of the ball before lifting it or moves the ball in any other manner, such as rolling it with a club, they incur a penalty of one stroke.

Responsibilities of All Players

Golf is a game of integrity and it is the responsibility of all members to play by the rules and to post sores for all rounds played. It is your responsibility to know the basic rules of golf.  Each member is encouraged to purchase the USGA Rules book, sold in the Pro Shop.

Tee times will be emailed each week prior to Thursday.  You may email the Co-Captain to be added to the list. After publication of tee times, email the Co-Captain if you wish to cancel or be added to the list. Cancellations or additions made after noon on Wednesday must be called in to the Pro Shop. New times and move-ups will be assigned on the day of play by the starters.

All active members are required to serve as a Starter or Scorer as scheduled throughout the year to remain in good standing. It is the responsibility of all Starters and Scorers to fulfill their appointed duties. If unable to do so, you must find a replacement and notify the Co-Captain of the changes.

Thursday Morning Procedures

Starters please arrive early, pick up locker keys from Pro Shop, gather all materials needed, and open the desk no later than 7:45am. All Players must check in and be ready to play 30 minutes prior to your assigned tee time, but no later than 8:30 am, when the desk closes.  If you are not present and checked in 30 minutes prior to your tee time or before 8:30, your tee time will be re-assigned to another "move up" player and you will be moved to a later open tee time. If you arrive after 8:30 and the check-in desk is closed, check with the pro shop to see if there is room for you in the last group. If all groups are full, you will not be able to play that day. If you do play, you must pay your sweeps to the scorers when you turn in your scorecard.  These procedures are in effect for all play days, even if there is a frost delay or possible rain. If you do not wish to play on any play day, please call the pro shop to cancel.   No exceptions.

Thursday After Golf Procedures

Scorers please pick-up keys from the Pro Shop, gather all materials needed, and be ready as soon as possible after completing your round, or just after the first group is finished.  All Players, only two scorecards per foursome are required unless otherwise noted for some tournaments. Please make sure both scorecards match, are signed, dated, and attested before you turn them over to the scoring desk after play. Remember to write your chip-ins and birdies in the book provided; that information will not be transferred to the book by the scorers. Be sure to post your scores in the Pro Shop or online every time you play.

Club Membership

Membership shall be limited to 130 women, not including temporarily inactive members who have Board approval.

To remain a member in good standing, each member must perform scoring and/or starters duties as scheduled in the annual membership book and if they cannot do so on that date, find a replacement and advise the Co-captain of that replacement.

Membership Requirements

Effective 2009, the Board has voted to temporarily dispense with the following membership requirements regarding number of game played to maintain membership until the numbers have increased to 100 members.

• Active members must play twelve (12) games with the PAWGC (team play games count towards the required games) each year to retain membership.  In addition, members shall be required to attend one (1) General Meeting or the January luncheon each year in order to retain membership in PAWGC.  General Meetings are held in June, October and January (the luncheon).  Exceptions will be made for medical problems in the immediate family, extended trip periods and other extenuating circumstances for which leave of absence may be granted by the Board.  The Board’s policy is a one year exception only.

• Honorary members must play (6) games per year, plus pay annual dues.  Honorary members are:  1) past captains, and 2) members who are sixty-five (65) and have been a member of PAWGC for fifteen (15) years.
• Social memberships are offered to resigned members who wish to maintain social contacts in the Club.  Social members receive the Tee Talk, are invited to all social events, and are encouraged to help on such events as the Invitational and Junior Tournaments.

 Membership Qualification Procedure

In addition to our regular weekly tournament, the club subsidizes the following special tournaments to increase the prize money payouts.

Ham & Turkey Shoots - normally scheduled the Thursday prior to the holiday.  Game to be played is at the discretion of the Tournament Chair.   (Prize money normally awarded rather than credit to Pro Shop.)

Halloween Tournament - normally scheduled the Thursday prior to or on Halloween.  A fun game to be played and costumes are completely optional.

Holiday Tournament - normally scheduled one Thursday in mid-December.  Special treats and holiday fun to be had after golfing.

Club Championship:  A two day tournament held on successive Thursdays.  Cost to sign up for the tournament is $5 per player.  Pairings made based on handicaps each day.  Low handicaps tee off first on first day and last on second day of tournament.  Overall Low Gross and Low Net and as well as low gross and net winners per flight are awarded prize money.

Ringer Tournament: A 10 month EC tournament that runs from first Thursday in Feb to the end of November.  The lowest of each round’s scores per hole are recorded over the length of the tournament. The Handicap used for the entire tournament is the February Handicap, which is deducted from the 18 hole score at the end of the tournament.  Members pay an entry fee of $5 and may join at any time during the year.  But, the scores counted are only for those games played after paying the entry fee.

Partnership EC is normally scheduled in the spring, with sign-up sheets available in early March.  Play consists of two person teams. (Players must be within 7 Handicap shots of each other.  In other words a Handicap 23 cannot team up with a Handicap 32.) Cost to sign up for the tournament is $5 per player.  There are six weeks scheduled in which each player will accumulate the best hole by hole score per person for the team. Handicap for the month play begins will be used throughout the tournament.

Individual EC is normally scheduled in the fall, with sign-up sheets available about mid-August.  Each player has six weeks in which to better their score for each hole. Every game participants play will be counted for the tournament. Cost to enter the tournament is $5 and the tournament is flighted based on the Handicap in the month the tournament starts. 

Trophy Day (first Thursday of each month) is an individual Low Net and Low Putts competition, flighted by handicaps. The club treasury contributes the winnings for the Trophy Day winner or a PAWGC Medallion for first time winners and ties will be broken. The sweeps collected will be used to pay all other winners of the day.