Rules 2025 – Bialka Cup Rules 2025 – Bialka Cup

Bialka Cup Tour 2025

Updates for season 2025 requested by players to improve our competition.

  1. We are going back to two categories only “GROSS” and “NETT”
    Scoring must be kept on THR GRINT, one official scorekeeper per foursome must fill in scores while playing, everyone else is more than welcomed to fill up paper scorecard supplied by golf course in case something goes wrong with The Grint Failing to upload scores could result DQ of the foursome, so you better have hard copy of the scorecard.

  2. Everyone will play from the same tee box, shorter distance according to the course slope. We’ll try to be as close as possible to 70/130

  3. Golf Course will assign players assistance / referee will be assigned for our group only. Please respect their decisions. All players must play at the proper pace of the game, keep up with the group in front of you. Your foursome will receive first warning if it starts falling behind. Second warning if you get a hole behind. Third waning will result in skipping one hole which will equal DQ for entire foursome.

  4. Everyone have to register for game via our website www.bialkacup.com if you need to start early or late, please notify Marian Waliczek at list 3 days before the game, via email bialkacup@gmail.com of phone 708-516 2222.

  5. Everyone is riding carts – NO WALKING – If you are assigned to the foursome, there is no changes as well as there are no switching partners in the carts! Set yourself in the cart as assigned in your flight player 1 with 2 and next cart player 3 and 4. Cart with assigned players is approaching their ball and same think with the other 2 players. This will speed up the process.
    NO SINGLE PLAYER WALKING AHEAD TOWARDS HIS/HERS BALL!

  6. Lost ball on the anywhere on the course will be traded as a LATERAL HAZARD – one stroke penalty and drop new ball at the point of loss with one club length relief. Lost ball OUT OF BOUNDS we will use rule E5- add 2 penalty strokes, drop ball- 2 club lengths into the fairway nearest the point of original shot crossing out of bound. In both cases players from this flight must agree to the drop location. You are only allowed 3  minutes to look for your lost ball as well as making a drop decision.

  7. No more bonus points for four-some winners. Points will be assigned as before, 100 points for game winner and one point less for each runner up. Longest Drive is replaced with Longest Putt always on 18 th hole (NO LONGEST DRIVE ANYMORE)

  8. New awards for this year will include 2 open categories:
    1st, 2 nd and 3 rd place in NETT (players must have active USGA handicap number) 
    Open Champion, 2nd and 3rd place in GROSS
    Senior champion NETT and GROSS (senior players are 50+ by PGA rule)
    Super Senior Champion, player over 65 years old with most points in 8 best games.

  9. 12 games per season with 8 best counted. 5 regular seasons and 3 PLAY OFF

  10. Games and Rules committee: Grzegorz Lublinski, Krzysztof Kowal, Lukasz Halupka and John Rafacz.
    Any issue must be reported to them immediately after the finished game and must be supported by 75% of the flight. The issue must be resolved within 24 hours.