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TOURNAMENT RULES & REGULATIONS

• Northern Texas PGA Tournament Rules & Regulations (updated 01/19/2010)
  
  
• Summary of 2010 Tournament Rules & Regulations Changes
  
  
• 2010 Local Rules and Conditions of Competition

**NOTE: For NTPGA Junior Golf Foundation or NTPGA Players Tour events, please see applicable rules & Regulations for each located under the applicable section.


PGA OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING NEW GROOVE RULES

The Northern Texas PGA WILL NOT adopt the new Groove Rules as a
condition of competition for its championships in 2010.

The PGA of America recently announced the plan for implementing the new groove rules at PGA of America championships along with the guidelines that will be set forth for PGA TOUR and USGA governed qualifying and championships.

The PGA of America National Board of Directors recommended to the 41 PGA Sections that the condition of competition not be adopted at their championships during the coming year. The Northern Texas PGA will not adopt this condition of competition for its championships in 2010. A review of this condition of competition will be conducted on an annual basis by the Section.

The condition of competition will not be in effect at any of our PGA Member Championships i.e. PNC, Senior PNC, Assistants, Winter Championships, Tournament Series, Team Championship or any of our junior or amateur events.

The new rules regarding grooves will be adopted as a condition of competition for the 2010 Senior PGA Championship, 2010 PGA Championship, 2010 Grand Slam and will be recommended for use at the 2010 Ryder Cup. 

It should be noted that any player who qualifies to play in a PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour or Champions Tour event or who qualifies to play in our PGA or Senior PGA Championships will be required to play under the condition of competition in those actual PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour or Champions Tour events and our PGA and Senior PGA Championships.

For PGA Sections that host PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour or Champions Tour qualifying events, these qualifying events will adopt the condition of competition regarding grooves. However, for those that host pre-qualifying events for PGA Tour or Champions Tour events, the condition of competition will not be required to be in effect.

Please click here to read the full question and answer document released by the PGA of America covering the pertinent details of this condition of competition. 

Please click on the link below to search the USGA Informational Club Database or contact the USGA Equipment Standards Department to identify if your equipment conforms for 2010:

USGA Information Club Database

USGA Equipment Standards Department: (908) 234-2300

Please contact Harold Geyer, NTPGA director of tournament operations at 214.420.7421 ext. 110 or hgeyer@ntpga.com with any questions regarding this topic.