10.    HANDICAPPING

        (i)    CLUB MONTHLY MEETINGS

                (a)    A player shall not play off a NOMAD  handicap higher than his current club handicap or 25.

                (b)    There shall be three handicap divisions, namely:

                        'A' Division - up to 8

                        'B' Division - 9 to 14

                        'C' Division - 15 to 25

                The Executive of each Member Club shall be at liberty, at their discretion, to adjust the aforementioned
                handicapping divisions and the par for the course on which monthly meetings are held (when it differs from the
                S.A.G.A. rating).

                (c)    Handicaps shall be based on a par of 30 and shall be adjusted after each monthly meeting. In the event of
                        a player scoring 2 above or below 30, no adjustment to his handicap shall be made, but for every two
                        points or part thereof thereafter, his handicap shall be adjusted by 1 point with the proviso that at no time
                        shall his handicap be adjusted upwards by more than two points.

                (d)    At a monthly meeting no Nomad shall play off a handicap greater than a fixed amount below his
                        club handicap, that being 1 below for club handicaps up to and including 8, 2 below for club handicaps
                        from 9 to 14 and 3 below for club handicaps from 15 upwards.
                        The club handicap referred to is that allocated for individual competitions.

                (e)    The handicap in respect of any Member who has missed the last 4 or more consecutive meetings  shall
                         be his last allocated Nomads handicap or that as adjusted in accordance with Rule 10(iii) NON-NOMAD
                         PLAYERS as hereunder, whichever is the lower.    

            (ii)    GOLD CUP QUALIFIERS
                    Handicaps for Gold Cup qualifiers shall be arrived at by averaging the allocated handicaps from the
                    previous six meetings and such handicap shall apply to the Gold Cup Competition only.

            (iii)    NON-NOMAD PLAYERS
                    A NON-NOMAD player's current club handicap shall be adjusted in accordance with the following scale:

                    Up to 6 handicap    -    minus 2
                    7 to 12 handicap    -    minus 3
                    13 to 18 handicap  -    minus 4
                    19 to 24 handicap  -    minus 5
                    25 or more handicap - minus 6

                    NON-NOMAD players may not win a NOMADS trophy but shall receive a suitable prize in lieu
                    thereof.                    

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