Please remember and observe the Pinseekers Club rule of “no gimmees” on putts and putt every hole out (per USGA Rule 3-2):
3-2. Failure to Hole Out
If a competitor fails to hole out at any hole and does not correct his mistake before he makes a stroke on the next teeing ground or, in the case of the last hole of the round, before he leaves the putting green, he is disqualified
For our Pinseekers competitions, disqualified means from the Sweeps competition, but you still turn in your scorecard for handicap calculation. If you pick up your ball before holing out, you write down you write down ten strokes (per Pinseekers rule 8) and mark that hole with an “X”.
I am going to produce a series of emails and posts on the website over the next few months with Q&A for common questions about the rules and golf etiquette in general. I welcome your suggestions or requests. Hopefully, we will all learn something new about golf in general and some of our local course rules that we can use to our advantage.
I encourage all club members to refer back as needed to the Pinseekers Rules of Play which are posted on our website at: https://pinseekers.vgcc.club/rules-of-play/