FHSAA STAFF

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WELCOME
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FHSAA STAFF
Dale Klaus Director of Athletics
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STRUCTURE OF THE FHSAA
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GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Section 1 Boys Tommy Sabourin, Leon High
School Section 1 Girls Vacant Section 2 Boys
Vacant Section 2 Girls Brent Brooks, Lake
Mary Prep Section 3 Boys Vacant Section 3
Girls Tom Shea, Berkeley Prep Section 4 Boys
Vacant Section 4 Girls Vacant FACA
Representative Kevin McElveen, Olympia
(Orlando) Golf Coaches Advisory
Committee Meeting December 2, 2014 - Five
members present make a quorum -
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ADVISORY COMMITTEE Elections
Section 2
Section 1
Please vote for your section representative.
Section 3
Section 4
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PUBLICATIONS/ COMMUNICATIONS

• WEBSITE
• www.fhsaa.org
• Manual
• Handbook
• Tournament locations
• Important dates

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PLAYER COACH CONDUCT
Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award Winners
8A West
Port (Ocala) 7A Charlotte (Punta Gorda) 6A
Forest (Ocala) 5A Umatilla 4A Key West 3A
Out-of-Door Academy (Sarasota) 2A Merritt
Island Christian 1A Blounstown MS Riversprings
Middle (Crawfordville) Exemplary Sportsmanship
2500 to each school
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HEALTH SAFETY REMINDERS

• Parental Permission (Bylaw 9.8)EL3
• Good for current school year only
• Medical Consent Form (Bylaw 9.7)EL2
• Good for 365 days as per Florida Statute
• Both forms required before any participation in
  
• conditioning activities

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HEALTH SAFETY REMINDERS

• Physical Exams may be done by
• Licensed Physician
• Licensed Physician Assistant
• Dr. of Osteopathy
• Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• Chiropractic Physician
• State Statute 1006

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HEALTH SAFETY REMINDERS

• Lightning- Wait a minimum of 30 minutes
• before continuing play or ending the contest
• (suspended match or match over).
• AEDsrecommended for regular season contests and
  required for district and region contests.

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HEALTH SAFETY REMINDERS

• Suspended Contest
• A suspended contest shall be resumed from the
  point of interruption. Otherwise, USGA Rules
  regarding the resumption of suspended contests
  will apply.

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COACHES RESPONSIBILITIES

• Bylaw 9 Overview
• Eligibility
• EL10 Form should be submitted if a school
• representative has any questions
• Game Contracts required for
• each regular season contest
• tournament
• (Bylaw 8.4)AT1 Form

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Participation in Out-of-State Contest
Policy 7.5 New Form AT16 Application For Out of
State Travel

• Outside of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama.
• Submitted no later than 60 days of travel.
• Certification of Travel Approval
• Letter from superintendent/board of director
  (president) approving the out of state travel
  (either/or)
• Board minutes of approval for students to leave
  the state

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GA 4
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FHSAA RULES OF COMPETITION

• A team 4, 5, or 6 players. Both teams must
  agree. If not specified in the contract, no more
  than 5. Score of lowest 4 for team score.
• Exhibition or practice play is prohibited.
• Caddies are prohibited.

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FHSAA RULES OF COMPETITION

• The use of electronic equipment for the purpose
  of
• communication is prohibited on the course by
  players, coaches,
• and spectators (including cell phones).
• FHSAA policy.

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DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICES A player may obtain
distance information by using a device that
measures distance only. However, if, during a
stipulated round, a player uses a
distance-measuring device that is designed to
gauge or measure other conditions that might
affect his play (e.g., gradient, wind-speed,
temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of
Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is
disqualification, regardless of whether any such
additional functions are actually used.
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FHSAA RULES OF COMPETITION

• A player who deliberately throws any piece of
  equipment during competition shall be
  disqualified (ejected) for misconduct. This
  action needs to be reported to the host coach/AD
  immediately.
• Equipment includes but is not limited to clubs,
  golf balls, gloves, and bags.
• The host school shall report the misconduct on
  the AT6 form to the FHSAA within 24 hours of the
  incident.
• The offending player shall be suspended for a
  minimum of 2 contests.

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COACHING ADVICE DURING COMPETITION

• Coaches only will be allowed to give advice under
  the following
• Only one (1) designated team coach may give
  advice.
• No parents, players, or spectators can give
  advice.
• Parents and spectators must be
• at least 50 feet from golfers at all
• times.

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RULES OF COMPETITION

• Drops
• Only the player may drop or re-drop
• Use the correct drop procedure (may face any
  direction, stand erect, hold ball at arms length
  and shoulder height, drop without influencing the
  ball)
• The ball must strike a part of the course where
  the applicable rule requires it to be dropped
• The ball must not touch the players side before
  or after the ball strikes a part of the course.

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RULES OF COMPETITION

• Out of Bounds (OB)
• Out of bounds is ground on which play is
  prohibited
• When OB is defined by stakes, fences, etc., the
  OB line is determined by the nearest point of the
  stakes or fence posts at ground level, excluding
  any angle supports.
• When defined by a line on the ground, the line
  itself is out of bounds.

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RULES OF COMPETITION

• Out of Bounds (OB) cont.
• The OB lines extends vertically upward and
  downward.
• A ball is OB when all of it lies out of bounds.
• You may stand out of bounds to play a ball lying
  in bounds.

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State Series
Boys may not participate on a girls team or in
the girls division in the FHSAA State Series in
any sport. In an individual sport, girls may not
participate in the boys division in the FHSAA
State Series if competition is conducted in a
girls division in that sport therefore, a school
must commit to participate in the girls division
of the state series to be eligible to enter
female participants.
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COACHES RESPONSIBILITIES DISTRICTS

• District Planning Meeting August 18 August 22,
  2014
• District Coordinators
• The host school and location must be selected
  for District Tournaments as well as any Regional
  Tournament sites that have not been selected.
• Official State Series Entry
  List Deadline
• October 6, 2014 Form generated
  through C2C schools
• District
  Tournaments October 13,14,15, 2014
• Regional Tournaments October
  20,21,22, 2014

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Advancement of Teams and Individuals. Regional
Tournament to FHSAA Finals. The first- and
second-place teams and the two lowest-scoring
individuals who are not members of the advancing
teams in each regional tournament shall advance
to the FHSAA Finals.
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Region Sites Currently posted on the FHSAA Golf
Page www.fhsaa.org Regional Tournament If your
region does not have a host for this years
Regional Tournament, please contact Dale Klaus
immediately at dklaus_at_fhsaa.org or 352.372.9551
ext. 390.
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STATE GOLF FINALS October 28-29, 2014 (Girls
1A-3A) November 4-5, 2014 (Boys 1A-3A)
Lake County, Florida Host Central Florida
Sports Commission Courses Mission Inn Resort
and Deer Island Golf and Lake Club, Lake County
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QUESTIONS!!??

• Contact
• Dale Klaus
• dklaus_at_fhsaa.org or 352.372.9551 ext. 390