President Cup Tournament

President Cup - Official Rules & Procedures

Eligibility: Players must be current LVMC members with a valid USGA / WHS Handicap Index.

Please read these rules carefully before participating. By entering this tournament, each player agrees to follow all tournament procedures, deadlines, scoring requirements, attestation requirements, Golf Genius procedures, and scorecard requirements.

1) Format

The President Cup is a 54-hole net stroke play satellite tournament.

Players must submit three eligible 18-hole rounds during the tournament window.

Only one President Cup round may be submitted per calendar month.

There are no make-up rounds by playing multiple President Cup rounds in the same month.

Players may choose which eligible months they play, provided all three required rounds are completed by the tournament deadline.

Rounds may be played from the White or Blue movable tee markers, not the permanent tee plates.

The player must select or clearly indicate the tee being played. If the tee is not properly indicated, the White Tees will be used.

The final President Cup score is the total of all three net rounds.

2) Eligible Rounds

President Cup rounds may be played as individual rounds at Los Verdes Golf Course.

President Cup rounds may also be played concurrently with eligible LVMC stroke-play events or official club activity rounds where the format is stroke play.

To be eligible, the player must play his own ball tee-to-green. No gimmies are allowed. All putts must be holed.

The player must be paired with another LVMC member who will attest the scorecard.

Match play rounds may not be used for President Cup scoring.

3) Flights and Handicap Limits

A maximum of four flights will be used.

The number of flights will be determined by the total number of registered players, with the goal of creating fair and reasonable flight sizes.

Players will be assigned to flights after registration closes based on their Los Verdes Tournament Index.

Some flights may have slightly unequal numbers.

The President Cup will use 90% of each player’s Los Verdes Tournament Index, subject to tournament handicap limits.

The player’s base handicap is established from the Los Verdes Tournament Index used for tournament setup after registration closes.

During the tournament, a player’s handicap may not increase by more than one stroke above the player’s base handicap from the same tees.

The handicap used for a submitted round will be the handicap associated with that round in Golf Genius, subject to the tournament handicap limit.

4) Prior to Playing a President Cup Round

Before playing a President Cup round, the player must register the monthly round through the official President Cup round declaration process.

The entered round date and tee time must be after the monthly round declaration submission.

Retroactive registrations are not allowed and will be rejected.

The monthly round declaration will request the required player, round, tee time, tee selection, and round-type information.

Players must declare to their LVMC playing partners that they are playing a President Cup round before teeing off.

Once a player registers a monthly round, the player is committed to completing that President Cup round.

5) Golf Genius Scoring

If the President Cup round is not being played as part of a weekend monthly tournament, the player must record the round in Golf Genius hole by hole on the day the round is played.

If the President Cup round is being played as part of a weekend monthly tournament, the player must still enter the President Cup score in Golf Genius using the President Cup GGID provided for that round.

Rounds played as part of a weekend monthly tournament will not be posted twice, because the weekend monthly tournament score is posted separately through the monthly tournament process.

6) Scoring the Round

Players must record their gross score on each hole.

The maximum score allowed on any hole is 10.

The maximum score of 10 is a fixed number for every hole. It is not double par and does not change based on whether the hole is a par 3, par 4, or par 5.

Any hole played with a temporary green or temporary tee must be scored as Net Par, which is par plus any handicap strokes received on that hole.

7) Incomplete Rounds

Once a player registers a monthly President Cup round, the player is expected to complete that round.

Illness or injury exceptions must be reported to the Satellite Tournament Captain through the contact page in the Golf Genius portal.

Incomplete rounds without a valid reason will result in round disqualification.

8) After the Round

After the round, the player must ensure the scorecard is fully completed.

The scorecard must include:

Player name
Date of play
Tees played
Hole-by-hole gross scores
Player signature
Attesting member signature
Attesting member score

The attesting member must sign the scorecard and must have posted their own round. The attester’s posted score may be verified.

The completed physical scorecard must be deposited in the President Cup / Eclectic Cup box located at the pro shop.

The player must also complete the post-round submission process through the official President Cup round declaration website.

9) Score Posting

President Cup rounds will be posted as competition scores through Golf Genius, except for rounds played as part of a weekend monthly tournament.

Players should not post their President Cup score separately if the round is already being posted through Golf Genius or through the weekend monthly tournament process. Duplicate score posting may create posting issues.

Scores that cannot be verified in GHIN within 48 hours may result in round disqualification. This includes verification of the attesting member’s posted score.

10) Standings and Ties

Standings will be distributed during the tournament season and posted through the designated tournament communication channels.

Final standings will be distributed after the tournament window closes.

For ties, Golf Genius or USGA-style countback procedures may be used to determine the winner.

The countback method may compare:

Last 9 holes
Last 6 holes
Last 3 holes
18th hole

If a tie still remains, the Committee may determine the appropriate final tie-breaking method.

11) President Cup Championship

Each flight winner qualifies for the President Cup Championship.

Ties within flights will be broken using Golf Genius tie-breakers or the Committee-approved tie-breaking method.

If a flight winner cannot participate, the next eligible finisher may be invited.

The President Cup Championship is played in October and must be completed by the championship deadline.

The President Cup Championship is an 18-hole net stroke play event.

The President Cup Championship will be played from the White permanent tees unless otherwise communicated by the Committee.

Detailed championship information will be provided to the qualifying players.

The winner will be recognized as the LVMC President Cup Champion.

12) Enforcement

Failure to follow the President Cup Rules & Procedures or the Rules of Golf may result in round disqualification.

Intentional violations may result in tournament disqualification.

The Satellite Tournament Captain and/or Committee will review disputes, incomplete information, scoring issues, attestation issues, or procedure violations as needed.

Questions / Contact

For tournament questions, please contact the Satellite Tournament Captain through the contact page in the Golf Genius portal.

Good luck to all competitors, and thank you for respecting the rules, procedures, and integrity of the competition.

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