Article I: By Laws
Section 1 The CMSG shall establish a set of By Laws to guide the operational governance of the organization. Topics to be covered in the By Laws may include but not be limited to the following:
– Ratification of By Laws
– Amendments to By Laws
– Tournaments and competitions
– Local rules
– Complaints and resolutions
– Captain(s) prerogatives
– Other topics as deemed appropriate by the Committee
Section 2 The By Laws may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the Committee, by a two-thirds vote of the Committee members.
Article I: Handicap System
Section 1 The CMSG handicap system is based on the 2020 handicap system as recommended by both the R & A and the USGA and uses the differential of the best eight of the last twenty rounds (or part there of if 20 rounds have not been played) of each member to establish their handicap.
Section 2 New Members. Before receiving their initial handicap each new member may submit 3 cards to the CMSG handicapper. A handicap will be issued on the basis of these 3 cards. Each of these cards must be from a CMSG scheduled event, marked and signed by an experienced member and at least one of the three must be marked and signed by the course captain. Cards can be from a nine hole course but must be for 18 holes played that day, or two nine hole cards played on different days. The cards submitted will be scored as stroke, so each hole must be completed by putting out for the card to be counted. Any combination of the above cards must equal 54 holes.
New members who have a valid W.H.S. handicap index and who can provide their last 20 game history should not have to submit 3 cards but can use their W.H.S. handicap immediately, and have a maximum handicap index of 54 allocated to them.
Following a decision by the Committee at their meeting on 30th March 2023, if the initial handicap is calculated using 3 cards, then the maximum “initial” handicap index will be 36 for both men and women. As further rounds are played, this may increase to a maximum handicap index of 54.
Section 3. Highest handicap index available to both male and female members will be 54
Section 4. If members play at other courses and not as part of CMSG events then they are
asked to submit their cards to the handicap secretary to maintain the accuracy of our
handicaps. This request excludes “nomad” competitions or rounds played at Artitaya,
Sand Creek and if you play from the red tees at Gassan Legacy.
Section 5. When members return from an extended break abroad and they have a WHS handicap index, this should be provided to the Handicap Secretary as it will be more accurate than the handicap they last used in Thailand. If they do not have a WHS handicap then the Handicap Secretary will monitor their first three cards after returning, and adjust their handicap index if there is a significant change as evidenced by their cards.
Section 6. The Handicap Secretary may manually adjust any member’s handicap index at any time where justified.
Article III: Meetings of the Committee
The Committee members shall meet at least once every 2 months but preferably once a month.
Article IV: Tournaments and Competitions
Section 1 The Golf events (scheduled days/dates, tee-times, and formats) for the weekly events) shall be set by the course Captain(s) and announced on the CMSG website.
Section 2 The Golf events (scheduled dates, tee-times, formats, and venues) for Away Games, Scrambles, and the Annual Tournament shall be set by the President in consultation with the Committee and announced on the CMSG website.
Article V: Expenditure and Reporting of Expenditure of Funds
Section 1 All expenditures of funds shall be approved by a majority vote of the Committee prior to the expenditure.
Section 2 All expenditures of funds and the remaining balance of funds shall be reported to the Committee at the subsequent meeting of the Committee in the month following the expenditures.
Article VI: Invite Guests to the Away Games
Any CMSG Member has the authority to invite guests they want to the CMSG Away Games. Invitees who are not members of the CMSG and do not have a handicap established using the CMSG adopted handicap system will not be allowed to play in the competition, but will be allowed to play along with CMSG members and attend the post-game ceremonies.
Article VII: End of Year Party
Section 1 The CMSG shall organize an end of year party, which shall also serve as the award presentation for the Annual Tournament.
Section 2 A levy not in excess of 300 Baht per person (children under 12 free) has been set for members and partners and not in excess of 500 baht for guests who attend the Annual Party and Prize Presentation Function of the Annual Tournament.
Article VIII: Complaints and Resolutions
Section 1 Any complaint, whether verbal or written, submitted by a member against another member in respect to their play or behavior should be brought to the attention of any Committee member. Depending upon the seriousness of the complaint, the President may elect to call a Committee meeting to discuss and determine the outcome of the complaint. If necessary, the Committee may require the presence of all parties involved to appear at a Committee meeting. Complaint resolutions will be decided by the Committee and may result in the complaint being dismissed or one of the following actions:
a) Verbal warning
b) Written warning
c) Probation
d) Temporary suspension of play from competition with the length of time imposed by the Committee.
e) Revocation of membership.
Article IX: Captain’s Prerogatives
Section 1 The Course Captain has full authority to make all decisions not prescribed in the Charter and By Laws, with due consideration of the desires of the course-based constituency of members and after consultations to elicit the views of those members.
Article X: CMSG Playing Rules
Section 1 Separate away days will be organized for CMSG members as follows:
– 3 separate course-based away days each year.
– 1 away day scramble each year where teams are made up of CMSG members
– The remainder of the away days are arranged as joint course-based CMSG days
Section 2 No more playing restrictions: Lifting all restrictions/conditions for entering into the Weekly Competition or Monthly Away Games. The exception is for entry into the Annual Tournament where a member must have played in and entered cards from 8 CSMG events, where scores can be used for handicap purposes, since the end of the previous Annual Tournament to be eligible to win. If a member has an established Handicap with the Society and their membership fee is paid up for the current year then there should be no additional restrictions/conditions for a member to enter the Weekly Events or away Game competitions. We have an established Handicap System and there is therefore no further rule should be applied than the before mentioned.
Section 3 Any member of the CMSG has the right to choose the Tee Box from which they play regardless of age or gender, however the Handicap System reflects the scores from the Tee Box that they established their Handicap (Index) or from which they played the most rounds. The forward Tee Initiative is designed to make the game more enjoyable for the player and the CMSG encourages players to make use of this Initiative.
Section 4 Once a player has an established handicap, that player can nominate the tee box they wish to play from without submitting extra cards to qualify for this change as handicaps from all tees are already set.
Article XI: Local Rules
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