LCP Change Between Rounds of Tournament Played on Two Courses

[iacas]

Half the field plays round one on Course A, and half the field plays on Course B.

Weather conditions are fine for round one.

Overnight, an unexpected thunderstorm pops up and douses the course.

Can the Committee reasonably play round 2 under Lift, Clean, and Place when the teams flip courses and play the opposite course that they played under non-LCP conditions in round 1? Or must they make that decision prior to the first round so that both halves of the field play the same courses under the same LCP conditions (either LCP all the time or not LCP at all)?

[Rulesman]

The note to 33-2b may give some guidance.

But would it not be unfair to ask any players to play on a course where conditions are poor enough to warrant LCP without using the LR?

 

Edited May 16, 2018 by Rulesman

[bkuehn1952]

In equity I would attempt to allow the entire field to have the advantage of LCP.  My approach would be that if LCP is instituted on one course, the other course would also be LCP, regardless of whether or not the 2nd course met the conditions for LCP.  While players would not gain the benefits of LCP on the same course, they would all get LCP for the 2nd round.

I would not make one course LCP and leave the other to "play it down."   

We all know that sometimes players get the dirty end of the stick from the weather because of their starting times.  That situation is out of the committee's hands.  Determining whether LCP should be instituted is a decision controlled by the committee.  When a decision is made, my thought is that as much as possible, the plus or minus should apply to the entire field.