Nominations for teams will be accepted from Current Members only for this years Challenge Cup which will be held at Gold Canyon on thursday 15th March 2012 at a pre arranged rate of  800baht each including caddy.



It will be an 0900 tee-off but all nominated teams are to be at the course, registered and green fees paid by 0830.


A Nomination Fee of 200baht is to be paid by each member and nominations will close on 13 March or earlier if sufficient numbers nominate to make up equal teams of four. Once your fee is paid your name will appear on the website and once your nominated team is fully paid up and accepted by the committee it will be listed on the website.


Teams will consist of 4 golfers from the same country of origin. If there are insufficient numbers from any individual country to make up a team then subject to committee approval a team will be made up from the nomination list e.g., if insufficient from Norway, Sweden or Denmark then they will be combined to form a Scandinavian Team.



All teams will have a handicap which will be deducted from their gross team score at the end of the game to give a net result. The handicap will be the ambrose system (total team handicap divided by 8).
Should the final result end up a draw then the team with the lowest handicap to the nearest decimal point will be declared the winner and the other the first runner-up.


Winning Country and names will be engraved on the Perpetual Trophy. There will be cash prizes which will be determined by the number of nominations received and there will also be nearest the pin prizes.

Rules

Each team will pick a team captain, otherwise the lowest handicapper will be nominated the captain. He/she will be responsible for checking in and collecting team scorecard at the start of the competition and signing (along with one other team member) the completed card and handing it in to the committee immediately at the end of the round. They are also responsible for ensuring that the following rules are followed.

Each player must count three of his/her drives on the 14 par 4 or 5 holes and indicate name on the score card. As there are four persons who must count three drives each (12 drives not counting par 3 holes) in a team that will leave two holes/drives to be the captain's choice.


The person whose drive is counted must mark his ball with a tee and the other three players must place their ball near the tee to take their teams second shot. The person whose drive was counted cannot be used for the second shot, it has to be one of the three other players. There is no restriction on third or fourth shots, any team members shot can be counted..


The four par threes have no restrictions. Any team members shot can be counted.


Once you are on the green and the best ball is chosen, it is to be marked and all four players will putt from that position. Each player will putt in turn and once the ball is in the hole that score will be counted. In other words if you putt a ball up to the edge of the hole for one and then tap it in without giving your team mates the chance to one putt then the score stands as two putts. So even if it is on the rim, mark it and give you team mates a chance at a one putt.