Welcome to the MAC Championship Event Portal
The MAC Tournament will be held at Falls Road Golf Course on Monday, October 18. The rain date for the event is Tuesday, October 19.
Preamble (from the conference bylaws)
The members of this League have joined together to mutually support the highest standards of athletic competition and student interaction. We believe that the primary purpose of our institutions is to support the academic and personal growth of our students. Therefore, our League places the highest emphasis on sportsmanship, mutual respect and adherence to fair play. Each school is pledged to support the others in their efforts to sustain these goals. Each school also commits itself to an admissions process, which does not give undue emphasis to athletic skills or provide athletic scholarships. Thus, athletic achievement is put in its proper role in the overall academic focus of the school and this League, as a whole, expects that each school will avoid any recruiting that would undermine these standards.
Sportsmanship Code of Conduct (from the conference bylaws)
- MAC Sportsmanship Expectations for Players, Coaches, Officials and Spectators
- The MAC embraces a common core of values and cooperates in a collective attempt to achieve them.
- We emphasize the value of respect for self and for others. We realize that an athletic contest is only a game, and we expect only positive encouragement from all participants and spectators.
- MAC members are gracious in victory as well as defeat.
The Membership of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference
- Flint Hill School
- Georgetown Day School
- Maret School
- The Potomac School
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School
- Saint James School
- Sidwell Friends School
GOLF - Rules (from the conference bylaws)
I. USGA Rules of golf govern the MAC Tournament and all matches.
II. Etiquette – club throwing, bag abuse, profanity becoming an issue on the course. Proposed USGA rules enforcement:
1. In the first instance, a warning delivered to both the specific player and his fellow competitor(s), so that all members of the playing group are aware of the warning.
2. In the second instance, and in accordance with the Decision on Rule 33-78, disqualification of the player.
III. The MAC Champion will be determined by a Championship Tournament.
A. The host school will be determined on a rotating basis.
1. Flint Hill 5. St. Andrew’s
2. Georgetown Day 6. St. James
3. Maret 7. Sidwell Friends
4. Potomac
B. The Championship match will be played over the course of 18 holes. The championship courses should be from 6000 to 6350 yards long. For the regular season a 9 hole match, the league suggests that we play at least 3000 yards. Coaches from the different schools will be in positions around the course to help the speed of play and resolve questions of play. The athletic director in charge of golf will be responsible for the administration of the tournament. During the regular season, we are only going to allow 6 players to play in the matches. If there are extra tee times available, then the other players can play, but otherwise we will limit the matches to six players.The host school will be determined on a rotating basis.
C. Scoring – each school may enter six golfers. One person is responsible for scoring one other person in the foursome. At the end of the round, the Athletic Director in charge of sport must review the card with the foursome before the players sign their card. The four golfers with the lowest scores for each school will be scored. Add the strokes for the four golfers for the team result. If there is a tie for the Championship: a tie breaking procedure will be used.
The teams tied for the Championship will play an additional three holes with their top six golfers; score the top four and add their strokes. If there is still a tie, then the score of the fifth best golfer will be counted; if there is still a tie, follow the same procedure with the sixth golfer. If the results are still tied, then go to the first handicapped hole and the top four scores for each school involved. If still tied, then go to the second handicapped hole etc…
If a playoff is unable to be played due to weather, darkness, our course closing; add the scores of the top four golfers from the first handicapped hole from each school to determine a champion. If still tied, find the second handicapped hole and follow the same procedure until a champion has been declared.
Eighteen holes must be completed to count as an official tournament. In case of postponement due to weather or darkness, the tournament will resume from the point of suspension.
D. Players 1-8 will be seeded.
E. No foursome can have two players from the same school.
F. If a player is absent from the championship leave that spot open.
G. Must have a single champion, if tied, play until a champion is determined.
H. All players will play from the middle tees for the championship.
I. All spectators must stay on the cart path at all times. There is NO interaction allowed between the players and spectators.
J. In order to keep pace of play, for regular season meetings any competitor that reaches double par is finished with the hole.
K. If you are going to be seeded in the tournament, you must play from the same tees as the rest of the field during the regular season.
L. One golf coach per team, who shall be designated before the start of the match, will be allowed to coach a player as he or she walks off to the green to the next tee box during both the regular season and championship matches. Player and coach may not stop or slow pace of play while talking.
M. No team may play a practice round the day before the MAC Championships at the site the tournament is being played.
All-MAC Team – The top ten finishers (plus ties) in the MAC Championship Tournament will comprise the All-MAC Team.