Saturday 17th & 24th June – see the YGC Foursomes Championship being played, so find your partner now.

Remember it is a PAIRS event played over two weeks – (with the same partner obviously), and there are both Gross (Board) and Nett (trophy) winners – so try not to put your partner under a bush or behind a tree, and only say sorry once!

Daily place prizes are also awarded on each day.

Please ensure that you can play both weeks, if you cannot play week 2, you deny your partner the chance to compete – so let them know in advance.

How is it played?

Please see below…. any questions on the format, please ask (or Google before you play..)

Overview of Foursomes – Stroke

Foursomes (also known as Alternate Shot) is a form of play involving partners where two partners compete as a side by playing one ball in alternating order on each hole.

Rules 1-20 apply to this form of play (with the side playing one ball being treated in the same way as the individual player is treated), as modified by these specific Rules.

Either Partner May Act for Side

As both partners compete as one side playing only one ball:

• Either partner may take any allowed action for the side before the stroke is made, such as to mark the spot of the ball and lift, replace, drop and place the ball, no matter which partner’s turn it is to play next for the side.
• A partner and his or her caddie may help the other partner in any way that the other partner’s caddie is allowed to help (such as to give and be asked for advice and take the other actions allowed under Rule 10), but must not give any help that the other partner’s caddie is not allowed to give under the Rules.
• Any action taken or breach of the Rules by either partner or either caddie applies to the side.

In stroke play, only one of the partners needs to certify the side’s hole scores on the scorecard (see Rule 3.3b).

Side Must Alternate in Making Strokes

On each hole, the partners must make each stroke for the side in alternating order:

• One partner must play first for the side from the teeing area of all odd numbered holes, while the other partner must play first for the side from the teeing area of all even numbered holes.
• After the side’s first stroke from the teeing area of a hole, the partners must alternate strokes for the rest of the hole.
• If a stroke is cancelled or otherwise does not count under any Rule (except when a stroke is made in the wrong order in breach of this Rule), the same partner who made the stroke must make the next stroke for the side.
• If the side decides to play a provisional ball, it must be played by the partner whose turn it is to play the side’s next stroke.

Any penalty strokes for the side do not affect the partners’ alternating order of play.

Penalty for Making a Stroke in the Wrong Order in Breach of Rule 22.3: General Penalty (2 strokes).

In stroke play, the side must correct the mistake:

• The right partner must make a stroke from where the side made the first stroke in the wrong order.
• The stroke made in the wrong order and any more strokes before the mistake is corrected (including strokes made and any penalty strokes solely from playing that ball) do not count.
• If the side does not correct the mistake before making a stroke to begin another hole or, for the last hole of the round, before returning its scorecard, the side is disqualified.

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