CCS PARTICIPANT INFORMATION BULLETIN
CIF/Central Coast Section
This Bulletin was mailed to all member schools on April 11, 2008
Contact: Howard Jensen - (408) 224-2994   FAX - (408) 224-0476
Email: hjensen@cifccs.org

c:  League Commissioners; Site Directors

ATTENTION ATHLETIC DIRECTOR:
Please route to your HEAD VARSITY GOLF COACH.  You and your coach are reminded to read the BOYS GOLF SECTION of the CCS TOURNAMENT GUIDE for additional information.

CCS STAFF LIAISON:  Howard Jensen, Events Coordinator

MEETINGS:
A.    AT-LARGE SELECTION - THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2008, 7:00PM, @ CCS OFFICE
        Each League's Regional Tournament Official Entry Form and Season Summary (At-Large) Forms are due in the
        CCS office no later than 7:00PM, on THURSDAY, MAY 01, 2008.  Please fax in as soon as possible.
B.    EVALUATION - THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008, 6:00PM, @ CCS OFFICE

DATES / TIMES / SITE:

Note:  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff shall be responsible for all contracts for sites used during the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal, due to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.  Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any rounds of play.  Sites will be assigned by CCS for the good of the Tournament.

LEAGUE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS MUST (as soon as known):
1.    Assign Teams and Individuals as indicated below, with necessary switches as also described below;
2.    Note the starting time and procedures at the course;
3.    Call or FAX to Howard Jensen at the CCS Office the League's Team and Individual entries for each day's competition.

PRACTICE AT CHAMPIONSHIP SITE(S):
Although not encouraged, practice at the CCS competition site is allowed.  However, no special considerations are to be requested from the site; i.e., the site must be willing to allow all requesting schools the opportunity to play a practice round, and the site MUST charge each school/player to play.  SUNDAY PRACTICE IS NOT ALLOWED.

TIME SCHEDULE:
Check-in:    7:30AM
First Tee-Time:    8:00AM - 1st & 10th Tees
Starting Order:    TBA (#1's Individual, with #2's thru #7's Individuals to follow; #1's Team, with #2's thru #6's Team
                                 members to follow).  Regional Tournament starting times will be posted on the CCS Web-Site
                                (www.cifccs.org) as soon as possible after the At-Large Selection meeting.

REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS ASSIGNMENTS:

8:00AM Tee-Off - 1st & 10th Tees - Blue Tees
Tuesday, May 6th

Wednesday, May 7th

IMPORTANT NOTES:
ALL MALE ENTRANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION AND MEDALS.

TEAM SCORING WILL UTILIZE THE BEST 5 SCORES OUT OF 6 PLAYERS.

So that Individual qualifiers from the same school may compete on the same day, Individual qualifiers may be switched
by the LEAGUE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR ONLY.  However, balance must be maintained (i.e., if one player is
switched from one day to the other, another Individual from that League  must switch to the other day;
if two players are switched, two others from that League must switch).

IN THE ABSENCE OF AN AUTHORIZED CHANGE BY THE RESPECTIVE LEAGUE'S
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, PLAYERS MUST  PLAY WHEN & WHERE ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED.

PLAYERS APPAREL AND EXPECTED BEHAVIOR:
1.    Participants are expected to remember that they are GUESTS of the golf course!
2.    Players' and coaches' attire must conform to the rules of the course being played.
3.    Golf shoes with "soft-spikes" must be worn; no rubber-cleated shoes are to be worn.
4.    Smoking, profanity and abuse of the course will not be tolerated and will result in immediate disqualification.
        No appeals will be considered.
5.    Use of cell phones by participants is not permitted on the course.
6.    Coolers, cans, bottles and the like are not permitted on the course; since participants are guests at the course, use of
        the course food services is strongly suggested.
7.    While galleries are permitted, observers must use designated paths, and all are reminded of the "no advice" rule, as
        well as all the other rules of Golf etiquette.

SPORTSMANSHIP:
1.    Each Principal is required by the CCS Board of Managers to meet with any team/individual from his/her school
        participating in the CCS Tournament to review CCS Sportsmanship Information.
        (See APPENDIX for REQUIRED PRE-GAME SPORTSMANSHIP MEETING)
2.    Coaches and Players will attend a meeting with the Site Director where they will be reminded of the importance of
        good sportsmanship and to make certain their Administrators have reviewed this information with their athletes in
        the past week.
3.    The following penalties for unsportsmanlike behavior will be enforced by the marshal accompanying the golfer:
        1st offense - warning; 2nd offense - 2-stroke penalty; 3rd offense - disqualification.

Any player who is disqualified from the Tournament for FLAGRANT MISCONDUCT
or UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR will be disqualified from all remaining
contests in that sport that season, including Nor-Cal & State CIF competition.

COACHES MUST BE PRESENT:
1.    Coaches are expected to remain at the course throughout the competition -- NO COACH = NO PLAY.
2.    Coaches may NOT play.  The Tournament Director will assign marshalling duties, as necessary.
3.    All student-athletes competing in any CCS contest must be accompanied by a coach that meets the criteria addressed
        in CCS By-Laws, Article VI-3. and CIF Bylaws 308 and 506:
        A.    MUST BE THE "REGULAR COACH "
                The coach of either a public or private school team or athlete must be the coach of record for that school for the
                current season and must comply with all requirements of CIF Bylaw 506.
                (1)    PUBLIC SCHOOLS  - All public school teams must be coached by a person who meets the requirements
                        of  the California Education Code and the California Administrative Code Title V.
                (2)    NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS  - In the case of a non-public school, a person engaged by that school on a
                        yearly contract basis as a regular member of the school coaching or teaching staff and certified by the
                        administrator for that school as competent for the position held.
        B.    EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
                In the case of an emergency ONLY, the Principal of the school may designate an alternate coach, as long as it is
                done in writing prior to the contest and submitted to the League Commissioner for all pre-season and League
                contests and the CCS Commissioner for CCS Play-off contests.  Any alternate coach MUST be an individual
                who meets all the conditions required in 3.-A.(1) above in the case of a public school; and 3.-A.(2) above in
                the case of a non-public school.
        C.    NO COACH PRESENT = STUDENT INELIGIBLE  TO PARTICIPATE

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NOR-CAL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008, at Richmond Country Club, Richmond, CA
A.    TEAMS:                Top three (3) Teams, over 18 holes, using the five (5) best scores of six (6)-player Teams;
B.    INDIVIDUALS:    Top four (4) Individuals, over 18 holes, who are not members of a qualifying Team.

NOTE: After April 1st, no practices or competitions may be held at the Nor-Cal Championship site, except for regularly-scheduled contests by teams, and their opponents, that have contractual agreements to use the site as their regular season's home course.

STATE CIF CHAMPIONSHIPS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 03, 2008, at Santa Maria Country Club, Santa Maria, CA
A.    TEAMS:                Top three (3) Teams, over 18 holes, using the five (5) best scores of six (6)-player Teams;
B.    INDIVIDUALS:    Top six (6) Individuals, over 18 holes, who are not members of a qualifying Team.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES:
The CIF-Central Coast Section is well aware that many other school and non-school activities (AP tests, SAT/ACT tests, proms, plays, holidays, senior trips, religious days, etc.) may occur during CCS Play-offs.  The CCS tries to avoid as many conflicts as possible; however, with so many activities available for today's student-athlete, it is not reasonable to assume that all such activities can be taken into account, and thus, CCS Play-off events will go on as originally scheduled.  Participants and coaches are therefore expected to plan in advance for such possible scheduling conflicts and make those difficult choices as to which events will take precedence for that individual.  Generally, although it is ultimately the personal choice of the student-athlete and/or his/her parent(s), an academic activity should take precedence over an extra-curricular event.