Rocky Mountain Junior Tour

Refund Policy: 

To cancel a tournament registration – e-mail donnasmith@rmjgt.com with player name and tournament name/date. In the event of a cancellation prior to the deadline, funds will be returned to credit card used to make the purchase. ALL REFUNDS will be subjected to a $35 cancellation fee, per player, per entry.

Refund request Deadline is 12 PM (Noon), 5 days prior to Round 1 (Ex: Monday at 12 PM (Noon) before the following Sat-Sun tournament). Once the deadline has passed, NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN, unless one of the below requirements is met:
* Significant injury or illness to player (note from doctor required) preventing play on event date.
* Death of family member or close friend
* Qualification for national-level tournament (AJGA, USGA) or adult state amateur event. This does not include qualifiers, only the tournament themselves. Junior state-level tournaments and other local junior tour events are not included.

NOTE! There will be no consideration of a refund beginning at 7AM local time the day before Round 1 begins. No exceptions.

Chambers Bay Experience – November 6 & 7, 2021

Play is governed by the current USGA Rules of Golf including Clarifications on the Rules of Golf. This information supplements the Local Rules and RMJGT Policies, Rules and Regulations, Pace of Play Policy and COVID-19 Procedures.  Posted course local rules do not apply.

CONDITIONS OF PLAY

Teeing Area

Boys 15-19        SAND tees         Girls 15-19         WHITE tees

Boys 11-14        WHITE tees        Girls 11-14        WHITE tees

Boys 10 & under    BLUE tees     Girls 10 & under    BLUE tees 

Care for Course and COVID

Please take the time to care for the golf course.  Please replace divots, fix ball marks, and rake or smooth bunkers.  Flagsticks may be removed from hole.  Bunkers should be raked after play.  There is no free preferred lie relief.

Bunkers

Bunkers are areas of prepared (raked) sand.  Areas with unprepared sand are part of the general area.

Pace of Play

The pace of play is set at 5 hours.  Please keep within one shot of the group ahead of you.

Format
For 18-hole players, the Competition consists of 4 rounds of 9-hole stroke play.  

Ties & Scoring

The scoring area will be located near the grill adjacent to practice putting green.  You have returned your scorecard at scoring and left the scoring area.   If feasible, ties for first place will be decided by a sudden death playoff.  Otherwise, a scorecard playoff consistent with RMJGT policies will be followed.

Rulings

If a Referee is not readily available, you may call Phil Kelley at 360-970-3623 or Jess Miller at 214-213-2628.  You may play two golf balls under rule 20.1c(3). Before playing either ball, you must announce which ball’s score you want to use and you must finish the hole with both balls and you must report the facts to the Committee at scoring. 

LOCAL RULES / CONDITIONS OF NOTE

Out of Bounds (OB)

OB is defined by the course side edge at ground level of white stakes and boundary fence posts.  The boundary fence surrounds the course property.  OB is defined by the course side edge of the paved road on hole 9 and by the course side edge of the outermost cart path (gravel and paved) on hole 18.

Abnormal Course Conditions

Ground Under Repair (GUR) is the area from which optional free relief is available, is defined by white lines, colored stakes with rope, or colored flags.  Black mesh netting on the course is GUR and a no play zone (NPZ).  You must take free relief from a NPZ if it interferes with your lie, intended stance or intended swing.

Automotive Transportation: 

You and your caddie may not ride golf carts unless authorized by the Committee.

Penalty Areas:

Penalty areas are identified by red stakes.  The only red penalty area is to the right of hole 10 teeing area.  The edge of the penalty area is defined by the mow line between the general area and the high grass.  

Immovable Obstructions (IOs)

IOs include posts paved, sand, gravel or dirt cart paths (including adjacent worn areas), hole signs and sprinkler heads.

Additional Local Rules: 

• IOs close to Putting Green: Use Rule 16.1b for relief from interference by immovable obstructions on or close to the putting green that are on the line of play. IO must be within two club-lengths of the putting green and within two club-lengths of the ball.
• If you putt your ball from the putting green and your ball hits you, your club used to make the putt or an animal defined as a loose impediment (worms and insects that can be easily removed), the stroke counts and you must play your ball as it lies.
• If you are taking back-on-the-line relief, you will not incur a penalty if your ball may come to rest outside the relief area as long as your ball comes to rest within one club-length of where your ball initially touched the course.
• If your club is broken or significantly damaged during a round by you or your caddie and you did not cause the damage from your abuse of the club, you may replace the club during your round.

Caddies are allowed at Rocky Mountain Junior Tour Tournaments EXCEPT for the RMJT Cup. Caddies will not be allowed to be parents. The Caddie Fee is $55 once per year and applies to the RMJT allowed tournaments.

A “caddie” is one who assists the player in accordance with the Rules, which may include carrying or handling the player’s clubs during play. Caddies may be any of the following – sibling, friend, swing coach, etc., but all will be held to the same standard, regardless of golf experience. Not Parent. 
(*Exception is for 10&Under division; parents are allowed to caddie for 10U only*)

Caddies must have a good understanding of the USGA Rules of Golf and any penalties endured by the Caddies will be assessed to the player.

Players must register for Caddie option with RMJT and you will receive your official BADGE at the first event you attend.  (Caddie fee follows the player during season).

POLICIES:

Caddies will be allowed to assist with the player’s clubs and equipment

Caddies will be allowed to clean a player’s club and/or golf ball

Caddies will be allowed to give players advice

Caddies will be allowed to assist a player in any way on the green

Caddies MUST assist pace of play, not hinder it. Players with caddies will be held to the same pace of play policies, standards and punishments as those without.

The RMJT reserves to right to remove a caddie at any time if there are behavior issues that are damaging to the player, the group or the RMJT.  The RMJT also reserves the right to deny a player the right to use a caddie in Round 2 (or subsequent rounds) if severe pace of play issues present themselves in Round 1.

You may click HERE to purchase an annual Caddie Registration.  Your RMJT account dashboard will show if you already have a current Caddie registration.

A player’s age division is determined by his/her age during round two. A player can move up during the middle of the season. For example, if a player is 13 and starts the season in the 11-13 division, but then turns 14 during within the middle of the season will then play the remainder of the season from the 14-19 division. Points do not roll over to another division. Players can earn points in two age divisions.

In the event the Boys 10 and Under and/or Girls 10 and Under divisions have one player in the field, that player will be grouped with the rest of the 10U players, therefore boys and girls may be paired together and playing the same yardages.