PROCEDURES
Opening Statement Error of measurement Measurement officer Equipment Golf Course Reference Standard Records and Certificates Procedures for a golf course Procedures for 150m markers Procedures for putting green holes certificate audits and disclaimer		Opening Statement This section outlines the procedures for obtaining (a) data to yield a certified measurement certificate for each golf hole, (b) the location of the 150m markers, (c) assessment of the holes on all putting greens, (d) putting a metric pacing station in place The Club Measurement Officer should : Complete an Event Form for each event as a permanent record. Assemble a Measuring Team or if using two tapes, two teams. A team of three is the most efficient. The team should be equal opportunity. A team should have A Forward Measuring Assistant who is responsible for going forward with zero end of the tape. An Open Frame Controller who controls the open frame winding mechanism of the tape. It is of importance that the person with this function does not allow the tape to be wound on the frame in a kinked or twisted manner and when the tape is being prepared for storage that it is dragged lightly through a cleaning cloth so that it is put away clean and dry. A Recorder who moves between the forward and rear positions and has the important roles of communication so that the forward movement is synchronised and the tape is not tugged and of keeping records (Records Form) . The Recorder should carry stakes to mark 100m lengths on the fairways (5) The Measurement Officer may act as Recorder but ideally should not be a member of the team but have overall responsibility for the event. 1. The Measuring Team is assembled and the tape is checked against the Club Permanent 100m Standard to ensure that the equipment is working correctly. Equipment that is not working correctly is taken out of service. 2. One measuring Team is assembled at the Distance Point of the hole to be measured. The Distance point is a PERMANENT MARKER from which the hole is measured. 3. The Measurement Officer decides on measurement procedures based on whether the hole is straight, a dogleg with a single axis or a double dogleg with more than one axis. 4. On a straight hole the Forward Measuring Assistant moves forward with the tape which is carefully supplied by the Open Frame Controller. The action should be smooth and synchronised so that no undue strain is made on the tape by pulling or tugging. The Recorded communicates SLOW when 90 metres is reached and STOP when 100 metres is reached. It is important to appreciate that the Forward Measuring Assistant will have the zero end of the tape while the readings will be made 100m away so that communication with the Forward Measuring Assistant is an important component of smooth and efficient measuring. The Recorder verifies that 100 m is at the Distance Point then goes forward and places a stake at the Zero Point. The  Recorder then synchronises the forward movement of the team. The tape is pulled forward in the open 100m position. The Forward Measuring Assistant again goes forward and as 90 m approaches the Recorder again communicates SLOW and at the 100 metre mark, STOP as before stake is inserted in the ground. When going forward the Recorder removes the stake that has served as a reference so that no marks are left behind as the Measuring Team move forward. 5. The ADDITIONAL length is a length that is less than 100 metres from the last stake to the Centre of the Green. On reaching the stake for the start of this length the Open Frame Controller should carefully wind up the tape. 6. At this point the Recorder should go forward, pace down the length of the green on the line of play, count the paces and pace back half that number and put down a golf ball marker: that is the Centre of the Green. 7.  The Forward Measuring Assistant now goes forward with the tape to the Centre of the Green mark and stops. The Recorder reads and makes a record of the Additional Length. The sum of the 100m lengths and the Additional length is the certified measured length for the hole.  8. On a dogleg hole the Recorder will go forward along a centre line and place a stake at the axis point. For this publication the axis point is a point about mid-fairway which is a minimum of 2 club-lengths onto the fairway and from which a tape can measure a straight line to the centre of the green. It is not related to the line of play taken by a golfer The measuring is the same as for a straight hole except that at the axis point the tape makes the axis angle and then heads off for the centre of the green. In the case of a double axis hole the Recorder will go forward and locate the axis point and as before the tape on reaching it will be turned the axis angle and then head for the centre of the green. 9. On a hole where there is a hazard in front of the green, e.g. a pond, then  measurement can be made to the edge of the hazard and then from that position on. Where the measuring line must cross a  sizeable hazard of more than 25m then  parallel measuring should be used. Accurate notes should be kept of the measuring method used for holes that are not straight forward. .. 10. An important feature of the method described in this publication is that the certified measured length is based on two independent assessments which have an error of measurement less that 2%. The Measurement Officer will ensure that the second measurement team starts and acts independently of the first. With one measuring team the first nine would be measured and then the process repeated, possibly at a different time and with an interchange of team members.. It is fundamentally important that the independence of the two measurements is maintained.