Recording Secretary – The recording secretary shall keep an active record of all the business of the club meetings, both regular and special.  He shall also read the minutes of the preceding meeting.  When the club membership has reached capacity, a membership waiting list will be established and maintained by this officer.  This waiting list be provided to the tournament chairman.  Membership waiting list will have priority regarding tournament play.  He will also notify the perspective member when he becomes eligible for acceptance as a member of the club.

Tournament Chairman – The tournament chairman will select and arrange all tournaments.  Arrange foursomes, and tee times for all tournaments.  Will determine each tournament format of play, prize holes (longest drive; closest to the pin).  The chairman will also determine if a rain out tournament is to be counted as an official tournament.

Standing Committees

Golf Rules Committee - The rules committee will be selected by the president at the beginning of his term.  His committee will consist of two (amended 7/05) members and they will establish all rules and regulations for the upcoming year pertaining to tournament golf.  They will also act as arbiter for any disputes concerning violations of any golfing rules during tournament play.  Their decision will be final.  Any disputes must be brought to the attention of a committee member prior to the conclusion of the tournament.  The golf rules committee chairman shall appoint at least one committee member to be present until the conclusion of all tournaments.

Bylaws Committee – The bylaws committee will be selected by the president at the beginning of his term.  This committee will consist of two (amended 7/05) members.  They will investigate and report any and all suggested amendments to the club bylaws and shall maintain the same at all times.  Each suggested revision or amendment will be reported, reviewed and discussed at a regularly scheduled meeting.  If it is decided the revision or amendment has merit, it will be further reviewed by the bylaws committee for appropriate action.  At the next regularly scheduled club, meeting the revision or amendment will be presented by the bylaws committee for final vote.  If accepted, the revision or amendment will be immediately implemented into the club’s bylaws.

SECTION II

Meetings of the Club

All regular meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of each month for the months of January through April, October and November.  No meetings will be held in December.  The Board of Governors Reserves the right to call to order a club meeting immediately following a regular scheduled tournament. The duration of a tournament meeting shall not exceed 30 minutes. (amended 2/26/03, 9/26/04 and 3/10/10).

All regular meetings will start at 7:00 p.m. (amended 7/05)

A majority vote will consist of 51% of the active members present at the meeting.  A minimum of 20 % of membership and two officers need to be present at any meeting in order to enact any official business requiring a vote. (amended 2/20/02)

Nonmembers of the club, except those being sponsored for membership in the club, will not be permitted to attend meetings.

SECTION III

Membership

The membership shall be limited to 28 (amended 7/05) dues paying members including all officers and committees.  The charter shall be closed until such time as the membership falls below the established figure.  There will be a certified waiting list of prospective and approved candidates who want to join the club maintained at all times by the recording secretary.  The eligibility for membership shall include:

            Only persons who are 21 years of age or older.

The candidate must actively serve for one year on at least one standing committee as directed by the officers of the club.

All candidates will remain in temporary status for the first six months of their membership.  After six months the Board of Governors will review the candidate’s participation in club activities.  The Board of Governors will then vote to accept or decline permanent membership for each temporary candidate (amended 7/12/00).

Candidates must be approved by a majority of those members present and voting at the meeting when the nominations are made.  Except when a member who in good standing resigns from the club through no fault of their own (job transfers, health reasons, etc.) may be reinstated without paying the initiation, and the club would be expanded to 29 and that if another member would resign the membership would drop to 28, it would have to drop to 27 before a nominee from the waiting list would be eligible for acceptance.

SECTION IV

Dues, Collection, Fees, Etc.

The dues are 1/8th the annual dues per month for the months of January through August of each year.  Every member is responsible for a total payment of the annual dues by August 31st of each year.  The annual dues will be established in January’s general meeting.  Acceptance of the dues will be by majority vote of the members in attendance (amended 1/14/06).

A $100.00 nonrefundable initiation fee is due from each new member.

In order for a member to be eligible to participate in a tournament or any club function, a member must have dues paid up.  Dues can be paid the day of the tournament or function.  All dues must be paid by August 31st, and if not, after being contacted by the club treasurer the dues remain unpaid, the member will be dropped from the rolls.  After two consecutive missed dues, a member will be considered a voluntary quit (amended 1/14/06).

SECTION V

Handicaps

All new members must submit five of his most recent scores in order to establish his handicap for the next tournament.
The USGA handicap rating system will prevail.

SECTION VI

Flights

There will be four flights consisting of:  “A” Flight, “B” Flight, “C” Flight, and “D” Flight.
Flights will be established as follows:  At the beginning of the year; prior to the first tournament, the number of members assigned in order of handicap from the lowest to the highest, divided by the number of flights.  “A” flight is the lower of the handicap.

            Exception:  When the membership falls below 20 members, a three flight system will
                                be utilized.  “A” flight is the lower of the handicap. (amended 3/07)

SECTION VII

Tournament/Eligibility

There will be a minimum of nine (9) tournaments plus the championship round scheduled per year. All tournaments up to the championship round will count towards tournament play.  In order to qualify for the flight championship, a member must have played in a minimum of 70% of the scheduled tournaments prior to the championship round.  NOTE:  The required number of tournaments will be rounded to the nearest whole integer, i.e.:

            70% of nine tournaments = 6.3 = 6 qualifying tournaments

            70% of eleven tournaments = 7.7 = 8 qualifying tournaments
Amended 10/12/05

The first tournament will be subject to the discretion of the tournament committee, and the last tournament in SEPTEMBER.

A nonqualified member is only eligible to win prizes in those tournaments in which he participates.  Flight champion is defined as the member of the flight with the lowest total net score calculated from the lowest qualifying tournaments.  Amended 10/12/05

Any ties will be solved by an 18 hole tie breaker round using handicaps.

All flight champions and second place finishers within each flight, who have qualified, will play a post season tournament.  In the event the club is operating under the “Three Flight Exception”, the flight champions, flight runner ups and two wild card players will play in the Club Championship.  The wild card players are the two players with the lowest net averages from the rest of the members.(amended 3/07) If they have the minimum number of tournaments to qualify, they will play in the post season tournament to determine the club championship.  The location of the championship will be determined by the tournament director.  The club will pay for all green fees and cart fees associated with the post season tournament for those participants.

SECTION VIII

Prizes
a.  Every tournament will have:  a flight winner, a longest drive for each flight, and closest to the pin for each flight.
b.  Winner of each flight, based on the best 70% out of the qualifying tournaments (see Section VII).
c.  Club Champion
d.  Lowest gross score in the club for the best 70% of the qualifying tournaments.