MGA Rulebook 2009

Qualifications To Enter A MGA Tournament

1.1Must be a mediocre golfer capable of some very ugly shots

1.2Must have a valid MGA tour card

1.3Must have entered at least 5 scores in fairwayfiles.com

1.4Must not have caused the MGA any embarrassment at the last tournament

1.5Embarrassing yourself with your play is acceptable

Handicapping

2.1Handicaps are used to bring good players back to mediocre scores. No one in the MGA gets strokes taken off their score, only added.

2.2All players with handicaps better than 18 will be given penalty strokes to compensate for their superhuman performance capabilities.

2.2.1Their penalty is calculated by subtracting their handicap from 18 and rounding it up to the next whole number. For example; a 15.6 handicapper. (18-15.6=2.4) Presto! 3 penalty strokes.

2.3The winner of each tournament will receive one additional penalty stroke at his next tournament appearance. This is done to encourage multiple winners on the season and to help keep anyone from dominating. The penalty stroke goes away the following tournament, unless of course he won again, then he gets another penalty stroke.

Tournament Play

3.1Tournaments are to be played by PGA rules. No improving lies, no mulligans, no gimmes, no grounding clubs in hazards. PGA rules!

3.2Always hit a provisional if you think your ball may be O.B. Better safe than sorry.

3.2.1After hitting your provisional straight up the middle of the fairway, you have 3 MINUTES to look for your first ball where you think you lost it. After three minutes you must throw out a few F-bombs and move along, the ball is gone.

3.2.2If you’ve ignored all our previous suggestions and not hit a provisional, you must drop where your ball went OB and add two penalty strokes. So you hit one out of bounds, drop and add two strokes and you’re hitting four to the green. This is the one exception to PGA rules, simply because we can’t hold up the course by walking all the way back to the tee. We’re not Tiger after all.

3.3Each player will pick a partner in his foursome and they will keep each other’s scores as well as their own. At the end of the tournament they will double-check their scores with their partners before submitting their final score.

3.4If a player is caught cheating he is to be humiliated and ridiculed until he either stops cheating or stops showing up. Both options are acceptable.

3.5The Overall winner of each tournament is the player who shoots the lowest score including their penalty strokes.

3.6Prize money is distributed to the top 16 players and is calculated using the prize money excel sheet. The percentages of the purse are as follows.

1st-18%

2nd-12%

3rd-10%

4th-9%

5th-8%

6th-7%

7th-6%

8th-5%

9th-4%

10th-3%

11th-2%

12th-1%

13th-.9%

14th-.7%

15th-.5%

16th-.3%

3.6.1 Ties receive the total of the next two positions split evenly. So a tie for 2nd would receive 2nd+3rd money divided by 2.

3.7Shooting a 79 or better is automatic disqualification from the tournament. Voiding all money list awards and/or prizes for that tournament. Go join the Nationwide Tour jerk.

3.7.1Players who shoot sub-80 are still eligible for the Gross Award, given to the player with the lowest gross score on the day.

Special Awards

4.1The Gross Award is given to the player with the lowest gross score on the day. (That means the lowest score before penalty strokes are added.)

4.2The Lanier Award is given to the player who finishes dead center in each tournament, also known as the most mediocre award.

4.3 The Meltdown award is given to the player with the greatest meltdown differential. If a player shoots a 42 on the front nine and 52 on the back nine, he has a meltdown differential of ten and should be rewarded for being mediocre enough to pull that off. The award DOES NOT go to a player who goes the other way. If a player improves by ten strokes on the back nine then they are putting distance between themselves and mediocrity and that should not be rewarded.