Jethwa Matchplay Trophy 2014 Hatari Golf Society

Preamble Following the SABRE RATTLING at the beginning of the year and after much debate and chewing of the cud, the initial challenge (Arun v CP) has given birth to a new MATCHPLAY competition We also have a very generous sponsor in VJ Jethwa more on that later.

The Format:
The competition will consist of a group stage played on a round robin basis followed by knockout from the quarterfinals onwards
4 x groups of 5 players - everyone plays 4 matches Round robin matches in each group 18 holes only tournament commences straight after the draw and group matches must be completed by May 25th. Top two in each group progress to the knockout stages and play 36 holes right through to the final Pot 1 Winner v Pot 3 Runner Up = Quarter Final A Pot 3 Winner v Pot 1 Runner Up = Quarter Final B Pot 2 Winner v Pot 4 Runner Up = Quarter Final C Pot 4 Winner v Pot 2 Runner Up = Quarter Final D Semi Final 1 = Winner of A v Winner C Semi Final 2 = Winner of B v Winner D Loser of Semi Final 1 and 2 play for 3rd / 4th place Winner of Semi Final 1 and 2 play Final

The Prizes:
Everyone qualifying from the group stages will get recognised 8 in total Prize fund from 10 entrance fee: Winner 95 Runner up 45 3rd Place 25 4th Place 15 Q/F losers x 2 5

Vijay Jethwa is sponsoring ALL of the following trophies:

Annual Cup for Winner Individual Trophy for Winner Individual Trophy for Runner Up Medals for 3rd / 4th Place

To refresh everyones memory, matchplay is on a hole by hole basis, NOT Stableford points, see the example below
Player 1 Player 2
Hole Stroke Index Par Player 1 Player 1 Player 2 Player 2

Handicap 21 Handicap 16
1 4 4 5 1 Up 5 1D 2 7 5 7 AS 5 AS 3 11 3 4 1 Up 5 1D 4 13 4 6 AS 4 AS

Player 1 gets a stroke on SI 1-5 - highlighted in blue

5 5 4 5 AS 4 AS 6 2 4 6 1Up 6 1D 7 15 5 6 1Up 6 1D 8 18 3 3 1Up 3 1D 9 9 4 5 1Up 5 1D 10 8 4 6 1Up 6 1D 11 12 3 4 1Up 4 1D 12 17 4 4 1Up 4 1D 13 1 4 7 1Up 6 1D 14 14 4 4 2 Up 5 2 D 1 Up 5 1D 15 10 4 6 16 16 3 6 AS 4 AS 17 6 4 6 AS 6 AS 1 Up 7 1D 18 3 5 7

The winner of each hole is highlighted in red/bold/italics In this example, AS going into 18th, having win the 18th, PLAYER 1 wins by 1 Player 1 will get 5 points for the win and 1 bonus point in group stages

Now to the rules for this competition:

For all stages of the competition, Full Congu Handicaps AT THE TIME OF PLAYING will apply. All other aspects of CONGU rules apply throughout the competition together with any HATARI specific rules (e.g eligibility etc.)
For Group stages: The entrants will be seeded 5 groups of 4 based on EXACT Congu handicaps in strict order lowest to highest -- e.g. current handicaps would produce the following as seeding groups: (we used the handicaps at end of play on Friday 7th March to do the seedings) I player from each pot drawn at random will form the groups for the Round Robin The Groups will be known as: Titleist Callaway

Pinnacle

Bridgestone

The Draw took place on Sunday 9th March at Haste Hill @ the 19th.
Titleist Pradeep Kotecha Raman Patel Maqsood Ahmed Harbir Singh Suresh Chawda Bridgestone Arun Patel Batook Solanki Musty Walji
Vijay Oza Anil Pardiwalla

Pinnacle
Megha Wijayatilake Naresh Chawda Richard D'Cruz Bhagirath Singh Neil- Rabheru

Callaway
Chandra Patel VJ Jethwa Mangal Jadeja Mahesh Solanki Jagjit Rai

A B C D

Titleist winner v Pinnacle runner-up Pinnacle winner v Titleist runner-up Callaway winner v Bridgestone runner-up Bridgestone winner v Callaway runner-up Semi-final 1 A V C Semi-final B V D

Each player will play all the other players in their group once, 18 holes, Matchplay, Full Congu Handicap AT THE TIME OF PLAYING. Group Points and results The winner of each group match will be awarded 5 points Separate bonus points will be awarded for the winning margin e.g: A win by 4 & 3 will result in 4 Bonus points A win by 2 & 1 will result in 2 Bonus points And so forth
What happens in the group games if it is tied after 18 holes A play-off over 3 holes to decide the winner and repeated if required. NOTE, as the match is decided by a tie break, ONLY 1 BONUS POINT WILL BE AWARDED even if the winner has won after 2 holes

Bonus points will only come into play in case of a tie to determine which two players progress to the knock out stages and in which order (if 1 & 2) If players cannot be separated by the aggregation of the bonus points and the win points, then the RESULT of the match between the two tied player shall decide who qualifies. In the case of a 3 or 4 way tie where the above rules do not manage to provide the qualification places, the 3/4 players will play a one off 18 hole stableford round to decide on the qualifier/s standard competition rules would apply including count back if required. QUARTERFINALS onwards: Each match to be played over 36 holes, handicaps and rules have already been stated. In case of a tie at the end of 36 holes, the match will be decided on a best of 3 holes basis. The reasoning for this is that if the 2 players are tied after 36 holes, then it is unfair to decide on just 1 hole! This would be repeated until there is a winner. Time Frames: The group stages to start at ANYTIME after the draw but to be completed NO LATER THAN Sunday 25th May allowing the participants to play their 4 rounds over an 8/10 week period. Each Round thereafter will have a 3 week window (Allowing for the monthly competitions to fit in during April/May/June/July) Conclusion would be mid-late July, allowing time for the Harish Jethwa Memorial Trophy KO to kick in soon after and we have to account for the Holiday Season August/September

VENUES The competitors can decide which venue/s they want to play at. In case of disagreements over this, Haste Hill and Ruislip become the default, of there are still disagreements, the venue will be decided at a toss of a coin from the 2 default venues. On completion of the Tournament, The Hatari Core Group to seek permission from the Monthly Sponsor to award the Jethwa Matchplay trophies on the same evening as that months Competition out of courtesy.

KEY DATES
25th May 2014 All group matches to be completed 15th June 2014 QF Matches to be completed 6th July 2014 Semi-final Matches to be competed 27th July 2014 Final & 3rd/4th place matches completed

Prize giving (with the consent of the sponsor) at the after match event following the August Monthly Hatari Competition