19.        ANNUAL 'GOLD CUP' COMPETITION

            “Eligibility

        At a monthly meeting, in their respective divisions, the persons qualifying to compete in the Annual Gold Cup
        Competition must be home Club members each of whom is, as per the terms of the Constitution, in a category
        of membership which entitles them to compete in all annual competitions”.

(i)         The highest scoring eligible home Club member of a division during the playing year at a monthly meeting shall
            automatically qualify for the annual ‘Gold Cup’ competition, as also shall any other eligible home Club member
            who tied that score in the same meeting, but lost on a count-out.

(ii)        In qualifying for the annual ‘Gold Cup’ competition, a member does so only in the division in which he qualified,
            and irrespective of the handicap division under which his current handicap may determine he plays at the Gold
            Cup Meeting.

            For example, a member may have qualified (or been counted out) for the ‘B’ division during the playing year, yet
            by the time the ‘Gold Cup’ Meeting is played his handicap may have been so adjusted as to place him in the ‘A’
            division. He shall, therefore, compete for the ‘B’ Division ‘Gold Cup’.

(iii)       If during a playing year a Member shall have qualified for the Annual Gold Cup Competition by virtue of having
            been highest scoring eligible member (or been counted out) for the division in two different divisions, prior to the
            ‘Gold Cup’ meeting, he shall elect in which of the divisions he wishes to compete.

            A member shall compete in only one division for the ‘Gold Cup’.

 (iv)      In the event of a tie the count-out shall follow the procedure as detailed in Rule 11 (i) hereof.

 (v)        Any Member who wins (or loses on a count-out) a division at a NOMADS Club other than that of which he is a
            Member shall not qualify for the annual 'Gold Cup' of that club. If such visiting Nomad wins a division (but not on
            a count-out) or wins on a count-out from another visiting Nomad then the home club Member or Members
            scoring the next highest score in that division shall qualify for the annual Gold Cup in that division.

(vi)       Where a player who scores highest in a Division at a monthly meeting does not meet the eligibility criteria to
            qualify for the Annual Gold Cup Competition then that qualification shall pass to the home Club member (or
            members where a count-out situation pertains) who, at that meeting, scores highest in that Division whilst also
            meeting the eligibility criteria to compete in the Annual Gold Cup Competition” 

 (vii)     In any 'Gold Cup' competition, qualifiers shall play off their average handicap in only the 'Gold Cup' competition 
            itself see Rule 10 (ii)]. In all other competitions competed for on 'Gold Cup' Day the Member's current
            Nomad handicap shall apply.

(viii)    The 'Gold Cup' shall be awarded to the winners only in each division and shall be held by them for a period of 
            one year but shall at all times remain the sole property of the NOMADS Golf Club.
            There shall be no runners-up prize.