Rule of the Week - 2-4/20

2-4/20 Player Unable to Meet Match-Play Schedule Defaults; Schedule Then Changed and Player Requests Reinstatement

Q:The final matches in a competition were to be played on a Saturday. A was to play B in one match. On Thursday, A defaulted to B, saying that he would be out of town on Saturday.

On Saturday, the course was unplayable and the matches were postponed until the following Saturday. 

On Monday, A requested that he be reinstated. Should the Committee reinstate A?

A:No. A conceded the match as provided for in Rule 2-4. In the circumstances concession is irrevocable.

Knightsbrook Hosts U-18 Championship

2011 will see the inaugural Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship to be played at Knightsbrook Golf Club, April 9th - 10th 2011. 

The Irish Girls U18 Stroke Play Championship is one of the qualifying events for the PING Junior Solheim Cup European Team.

72 competitors (top 62 entries + 10 ILGU wildcards) will play 36 holes stroke play on Saturday with the top 60 playing a final 18 holes on Sunday.

Knightsbrook is also the venue of the PING Junior Solheim Cup, 20-21 September 2011. 

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