Rules & Procedures
The Board of Directors of the Simi Hills Men's Golf Club, after much discussion and consideration, hereby adopts the following resolutions.
Tournaments:
1. Once a member has committed to play in a tournament, home or away, and the cut-off date for that tournament has passed, that member shall be responsible for the entry fee for that tournament unless a member from the waiting list, if any, takes his spot in the tournament.
2. A member who commits to play in a tournament, home or away, and fails to pay his entry fee for that tournament shall be precluded from entering another tournament until the unpaid Entry Fee is paid in full.
3. COURSE DROP ZONES: Unless specifically noted in the rules for a club tournament, during all HOME tournament play, drop zones will not be used, even if the course has established an area marked as a Drop Zone.
4. GAMES: To enter the Games (Skins and Closest to the Pin), a member must have paid for each game he wishes to compete, in advance, by either paying through the SHMGC Website (Tourney Registration Portal) or by properly filling out an envelope, with name, checked boxes and amount paid, legibly, with the correct amount of cash and depositing it in the box on the day of the tournament prior to teeing off. Illegible or Improperly filled out envelopes will be disqualified from the games and the money will be refunded to the member, unless the member fails to add their name to the envelope.
5. Honey Pot - a member wishing to compete in the Honey Pot can enter this optional game by properly filling out a Honey Pot envelope and depositing it, with the proper amount of cash in the box. The player must be participating in the tournament to enter the Honey Pot and must be part of a two-man team. A member may pair himself with any other member competing in the tournament.
6. Recording closest to the pin. For a member participating in this Game to record a distance, (a) either no other member’s name appears on the pin book under the appropriate flight or (b) the distant measured for the lip of the cup to the front of the members ball is less than or equal to the distance recorded in the pin book for the members flight, (c) must legibly record his name and distance in feet and inches under the members flight. Any member that (a) fails to legibly record his name and the distance in feet and inches or (b) record the distance in the pin book, but has not properly entered the game prior to Teeing off or (c) records a distance under the wrong flight will be disqualified from the closest to the pin. In addition a member that records in the pin book, but has not properly entered the Games, or records a distance under the wrong flight will be issued a warning that subsequent violations may result in the suspension of privileges and participating in future CTP events.
Club Index
1. The SHMGC has established a club index system. Each member will establish a club index by participating in club tournaments. The lower of the members GHIN index or Club Index shall be used in all Simi Hills Men’s Golf Club tournaments
2. Please visit the Club Index tab in About & Help on this website for more information regarding the club index.
3. To see your current Club Index, please visit the Club Index link found in the Tourney's tab of this Website
Tee Times
The Simi Hills Men’s Golf Club has established an MOU with the RSRPD to provide access for 28 players on certain Sunday mornings throughout the year. Only SHMGC members are eligible to play in these Tee Times. To register for the Tee Times, visit the website under the Tee Times tab. Registration opens at noon, one week before the available Tee Times. There is no obligation of any member to participate in side bets, skins, etc.
In the event you need to cancel, please do so through the website until noon Friday. After noon Friday, please call the golf course.
Aces Club
The SHMGC Board of Directors has established an Ace’s Club. In each SHMGC tournament, a one dollar fee will be added to the entry price for each player to fund the Ace's Club. Entering a tournament automatically enters you into the Aces Club for that tournament. Any player who successfully scores a hole-in-one during a SHMGC tournament will win a cash prize of $1500. Each qualified whole in one must be witnessed and attested by at least two other members of the club.
A qualified HIO must be a ball holed from the tee box with the first stroke a player makes on the hole.