shortened course

[kev1966]

whilst playing a mixed doubles comp at the weekend the lady captian decided to miss out 3 holes which everyone else had to follow, after the comp the team that were winning had to settle for 2nd place because the team that had come 2nd complained that the course had been shortened so the handicaps would have been wrong. Can anyone let me know if the handicaps can be changed when they were set for a 18 hole comp, but half way through the comp it was decided to change to a 15 hole comp, many thanks, kev.

[Fourputt]

Originally Posted by kev1966

whilst playing a mixed doubles comp at the weekend the lady captian decided to miss out 3 holes which everyone else had to follow, after the comp the team that were winning had to settle for 2nd place because the team that had come 2nd complained that the course had been shortened so the handicaps would have been wrong. Can anyone let me know if the handicaps can be changed when they were set for a 18 hole comp, but half way through the comp it was decided to change to a 15 hole comp, many thanks, kev.

Under the rules for a competition, the committee can't change the stipulated round in mid tournament.  I haven't even bothered to look it up, but my feeling is that if something happened to make those holes somehow unplayable, then the round should have been canceled or postponed.  If it was just done on a whim, then it's time for a new captain.  Or give her some training on how to run a competition.

[Motown88]

Originally Posted by Fourputt

Under the rules for a competition, the committee can't change the stipulated round in mid tournament.  I haven't even bothered to look it up, but my feeling is that if something happened to make those holes somehow unplayable, then the round should have been canceled or postponed.  If it was just done on a whim, then it's time for a new captain.  Or give her some training on how to run a competition.

That's correct, the round can't be shortened after it has already started.  I would be pissed if I was in a competition run like that.  I've never seen anything like that happen before.