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Prizes
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Prizes
3a

Scratch Competitions

An amateur playing in a scratch competition is allowed to accept any prize, including prize money, up to a limit of £700 or US$1000 in value, per competition, unless the national governing body has set a lower limit. For the purposes of these Rules, a scratch competition is a competition that does not have a net score element in any part of the competition and handicaps must not be used to separate players into different scratch categories. Any competition that is not a scratch competition is a handicap competition.
3b

Handicap Competitions

An amateur playing in a handicap competition is not allowed to accept prize money, but may accept any other prize up to a limit of £700 or US$1000 in value, per competition, unless the national governing body has set a lower limit.
3c

General

For a non-monetary prize, the value of that prize is the price at which the item is generally available to purchase from a retail source at the time the prize is accepted. The prize limit applies to the following:
  • Any tee-to-hole golf competition involving a score for a hole, regardless of where that competition is played (for example, on a golf course or a golf simulator).
  • Any skills competition where the shot is played during a tee-to-hole golf competition
  • The total prizes accepted in a single competition or multiple competitions being conducted at the same time (for example, individual and team competitions).
The prize limit does not apply to the following:
  • The value of trophies and other similar prizes.
  • Long drive competitions, target competitions, competitions involving specific skills, trick shots and competitions that solely involve putting (unless the competition or shot is played during a tee-to-hole golf competition).
  • A prize for a hole-in-one made:
    • Outside a tee-to-hole golf competition or
    • During a tee-to-hole golf competition, provided the length of the shot is at least 50 yards.
  • Gambling or wagering among individual golfers or teams of golfers.
  • Expenses to compete in a subsequent stage of the same competition.