G.U.I. Rules

BYE-LAW 14 - REGISTRATION OF GOLFING SOCIETIES

14.1 A Golfing Society shall be entitled to become registered with the Union provided its membership comprises not less than fifteen members and it undertakes:

14.1.1 To pay an annual Registration fee before 31st January each year of an amount as prescribed by the Union.

14.1.2 To forward to the Union, with the Registration Fee, the name and address of both the Captain and Honorary Secretary of the Society and the number of members.

14.1.3 To permit control and management of the Society to be operated by Officers and a duly elected Committee.

14.1.4 To conform strictly with the Rules of Golf and the Rules of Amateur Status as laid down by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

14.1.5 To conform strictly with the Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws of the Golfing Union of Ireland in relation to Auction Sweeps, Gambling, Prize Vouchers, Prizes and Optional Sweeps

14.1.6 To return all scores which equal or better the Standard Scratch Score to a player's Home Club immediately after each Competition.

14.1.7 To prohibit any member of the Society, who is not a current member of a Club affiliated to the Union and to whom the Society may have allocated a handicap for competitions within the Society, from using that Society handicap in any competition outside that Society.

14.1.8 To fully complete and return the Registration Form annually and to strictly comply with the regulations contained therein.

14.1.9 Not to adjust any official Club handicap. Scores returned off an official handicap may be adjusted by the addition or subtraction of bonus or penalty points/strokes/holes to or from the score returned off such official handicap.

14.2 The union will not issue a mandatory direction to Affiliated Clubs precluding them from providing facilities for non-registered Societies. At all times acceptance or refusal is the sole prerogative of the Affiliated Club

14.3 The Union will maintain a Register of Societies, a copy of which shall be issued to all Affiliated Clubs in April of each year.

GENERAL GUIDEINES FOR GOLF SOCIETIES

I wish to remind all Societies of their written obligation in respect of Society Golf Outings:

To conform with the Rules of Golf.
2. To conform with the Rules of Amateur Status as laid down by the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews. These Rules prescribe that no prize may be of retail value in excess of £300 sterling for any event. I must draw to you attention the importance of making sure that the Amateur Status Regulations are strictly observed as the Union intends to fully investigate all alleged breaches. In addition, breaches in the Amateur Status Regulations by any Society can put Host Clubs in a very embarrassing position as, in accordance with the G.U.I. Constitution, any Club which permits breaches of the Amateur Status Regulations on its course of links or in its Club House could be suspended from Union Membership.
To return all scores which equal or better the Standard Scratch Scores to players Home Clubs.
To prohibit any member of your Society who is not a current member of a Club affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland and to whom a Society handicap has been allotted by you for use within your Society form competing in any competition outside your Society off that handicap.