Teams:
1. Each team shall have four (4) adult golfers.
2. Female golfers will play from the red tees.
3. Male golfers will play from the white tees.

Format: Elimination Scramble
1. Each team member will tee off from Hole #1.
2. If a team is starting from any other hole, the team will decide who will not hit so only three golfers are hitting.
3. The team decides which shot is most favorable. The team golfer whose shot is chosen is eliminated from hitting the second shot.
4. When the team selects the second shot, the golfer whose shot is chosen is eliminated from hitting the third shot.
5. This will continue for the entire round.
6. The team golfer who makes the last putt on a hole cannot tee off on the subsequent hole. [Exception: See 1 above].
7. The team golfer who is eliminated cannot make a practice shot or putt during the time he or she is eliminated. Each violation of the elimination scramble format results in a two-stroke penalty.

Rules:
1. USGA rules will govern all competition, with the exception of the elimination scramble format.
2. Out-of-bounds is defined by white stakes, perimeter fencing/walls and the inside edge of the curbing of roads.
3. Water hazards are marked with red or yellow stakes and painted lines.
4. Stones in bunkers are movable obstructions (Rule 24-1).
5. Maintenance fans are deemed immovable obstructions (Rule 24-2b).
6. Each team golfer may place his/her ball within one-club length of the selected shot, but not nearer the hole. If a selected shot is played from a rough, hazard, fairway, sand trap, or fringe of the green, again the ball may be placed within one-club length of the selected shot, but not nearer the hole. The ball must remain in the rough, hazard, fairway, sand trap or on the fringe of the green.
7. When putting, the ball must be placed withing two (2) inches of the selected shot, but not nearer the hole. [NOTE: Teams are cautioned not to make tap-ins until all elgible team golfers have attemted the original putt. Once the ball is holed out, no further strokes count].
8. The team may help determine the line of putt.
9. The lie may be improved everywhere on the course by placing the ball or using the club head. See Rules 6 and 7 above.
10. The Team with the lowest score will be designated the first place winner; next lowest score will be deemed the second place winner; and the team with the third lowest score will win third place.
11. If neccessary, ties will be broken by scorecard playoff starting on the #1 handicap hole and continuing to #2 - then #3, etc. until the first, second and third place teams are determined.
12. All golf equipment must conform to USGA regulations.
13. The fourteen-club rule is waived.
14. One ball rule is waived.
15. Range finders are not allowed.
16. Each team has the responsibility for repairing ball marks, raking bunkers and filling divots with sand.