12.        INTERRUPTED OR CURTAILED PLAY

             If, in the opinion of the person or persons responsible (Match Secretary, Club Manager, National Tournament
            Coordinator, Deputy, etc.) the course is rendered unplayable during a Nomads round, play will be suspended
             and the position of all balls on the course will be marked by the players. 

            The signal to suspend play will be agreed beforehand as a siren or other audible device or by word of mouth
            from one fourball to the next.

            Should  the course subsequently (on the same day) become playable again, play will be resumed by the same
            signal.

            If this results in some players not completing their round, the procedure will be:

    (a) (i)    At a monthly meeting, if all players have completed at least three holes,
                 the following formula shall apply:

                 Players 18 hole score =   ((30 - a) * b/18) + a + c

                 where    a = NOMAD handicap
                                b = Uncompleted Holes
                                c = Points scored on completed holes.

                 The 18 hole score as calculated shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 and greater going up to
                  the next whole  number). 

         (ii)    At a National Tournament, if all players have completed at least three
                 holes, the following formula shall apply:     

                 Players 18 hole score =  ((28 - a) * b/18)  + a + c

                 where items a, b and c shall have the same meaning as in (a) (i) above.

                The 18 hole score as calculated shall be rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 or greater going up to the
                 next whole number).

    (b)    If some players have not completed three holes:-

            (i)    At a Club meeting, the Club Executive will decide whether or not to count
                   the curtailed meeting, postpone it or cancel it.

            (ii)    At a National Tournament for the - 

            (a)    Bert Hunt, National Individual Champion of Champions and Prometheus
                    Trophies:

                    (i)    For the purpose of calculating the 18 hole score of those players who
                           have completed at least 3 holes the formula as in 12 (a) (ii) shall be
                           applied.

                    (ii)    Those players who were unable to complete three holes shall be
                            awarded 28 points as their score for that round and this score shall
                            be recorded against the appropriate Tournament Round in respect of
                            that individual.
                            Only actual completed rounds played will be counted towards the Bert Hunt Trophy.

            (b)    National Eclectic Trophy:

                    (i)    Only scores actually achieved will apply - excluding any disregarded
                           rounds above.

            (c)    Ferneyhough Gold Salver

                    (i)    The last two rounds counted in (a) will apply.

    (c)    Without in any way derogating from the aforegoing, the National Chairman, National Coordinator and National
            Senior Vice-Chairman, shall, acting as a body, be entitled in their entire and unfettered discretion, to cancel a
            complete round of the tournament at a National Tournament, irrespective of how many players have failed to
            start, started or completed that round, and irrespective of whether players have completed that round on a day
            other than the day upon which the decision to cancel the round is taken.

    (d)    If at any meeting a Member or Members fails to complete a Nomads round for any reason not detailed in (a)
             and (b) above, only his handicap and the points scored up to the time he discontinued play will apply. The
             player will not be eligible for the prize for worst golfer.

    (e)   Any player who has not completed his round at the time that play is officially interrupted shall remain available to
            recommence their round awaiting the final decision by the relevant persons as to whether play shall be resumed.
            Should a player then, or previously, opt not to complete the round he is required to hand in a properly signed
            card recording his scores on the holes completed. Any player failing to hand in a signed card shall be
            disqualified irrespective of his score for the day or the number of holes he has completed.

            Based on the above a player’s handicap may be cut accordingly but he shall not be accorded any benefit of
            receiving shots on his handicap nor shall the player qualify for any prize awarded on the basis of the worst score
            achieved on the day.

            Where a Club awards such prizes as worst drawn fourball, worst playing fourball, worst playing pair etc. those
            persons with whom he is drawn or paired shall likewise not qualify to win any such prizes.

            The player’s playing record shall be increased accordingly to reflect that that player had played that game.

            There shall be no additional penalty applicable to the player’s withdrawal unless any issues of a disciplinary
            nature are indicated”.

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