1.0 Background
PGCI takes great pride in the uniqueness and quality of the Services that this site is designed to deliver to the private golf member community around the globe. PGCI is looking to become the most exclusive golf membership organization in the world. A core component of the success of this site is the need for all Members of PGCI to act at all times professionally, responsibly and with the greatest respect for the each other, the game of golf, the private golf courses that may be played upon and the staff, equipment and property of those courses, when they are engaged in activities as a result of the Services delivered by the PGCI site.
The purpose of this PGCI Code of Conduct (the Code), is to identify expectations and clarify actions that are considered violations to the Code and thereby provide the Members with the consequences of those violations.
2.0 Personal Conduct
You agree to use the PGCI site and its related Services and when doing so you abide by the PGCI Code of Conduct detailed below. You also agree that when visiting other private golf courses, private golf clubs, and private golf resorts that you will act in accordance with the following PGCI Code of Conduct:
2.1 You will only submit information on your application and on your personal Member profile that is true, accurate and current, including but limited to your current handicap,
2.2 You will not post any Requests to Play or Invitation to Play that you have no intention on actually playing,
2.3 You will honor the right of another Member to decline your Request to Play for any reason they see fit,
2.4 You will promptly pay the Host Member as agreed upon during your completion and confirmation of the Request to Play,
2.5 You will do everything in your power to arrive at the agreed to place and time to play the round of golf as agreed to in the confirmation of the Request to Play, and if that is not possible, you will inform the other playing Member in a timely fashion as to not cause undo hardship or financial loss due to your cancellation or change in the time to play,
2.6 During PGCI sponsored golf tournaments whether they be competitive or charity in nature, you will use your accurate and current handicap, any sandbagging will not be tolerated and will be cause for immediate membership cancellation,
2.7 You will respect fully the Host Member’s golf facility and act in a manner that the Host Member will be proud to have you there as a guest at their club,
2.8 When visiting another private golf club as a Guest of the Host PGCI Member’s, you will act in a professional, respectful and responsible way including but not limited to:
2.8.1 You will at all times both on and off the course, act in a manner becoming of a private golf member,
2.8.2 You will show respect to all personnel of the Host golf facility and any other playing members in your group,
2.8.3 You will take the time to understand and abide by the local club rules,
2.8.4 You will not steal souvenirs from the golf facility or be involved in any form of vandalism,
2.8.5 You will not throw clubs, yell, use abusive language, show bad temperament, be too loud, engage in any activity that is considered to be unbecoming of a private golf club member or disturbing other members,
2.8.6 You will do you very best to not embarrass your Host Member,
2.8.7 You will dress appropriately and in respect of the stature of the private club dress code
2.9 You will keep all information provided to you through the Service as private and confidential and will not give such information to anyone without the permission of the person who provided it to you;
2.10 You will not use the Service to engage in any form of harassment or offensive behavior, including but not limited to the posting of communications, pictures, videos or audio recordings which contain libelous, slanderous, abusive or defamatory statements, or racist, pornographic, obscene, or offensive language or images;
2.11 You will not forward chain letters through the Service;
2.12 You will not use the Service to infringe the privacy rights, property rights, or any other rights of any person or golf facility;
2.13 You will not post or otherwise distribute messages, pictures or recordings or use the Service in any way which:
2.13.1 Violates, plagiarizes or infringes upon the rights of any third party, including but not limited to any copyright or trade-mark law, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights, including other intellectual property rights; or
2.13.2 Is fraudulent, misleading or otherwise unlawful or violates any law;
2.14 You will not use the Service to distribute, promote or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation for funds, advertising or solicitation for goods or services other than those allowed by the PGCI Service itself;
2.15 You will not use the Service to distribute or up load any virus, trojan horses or do anything else that might cause harm to the Service, PGCI systems or to other Members' systems in any way; and
2.16 You will not post or transmit in any manner any Member’s contact information including, but not limited to, email addresses, "instant messenger" nicknames, telephone numbers, postal addresses, URLs, or full names through your publicly posted information unless given permission to do so in writing by that given Member.
3.0 Consequences
Should a Member be found and proven to be violating or have violated any one or more of the above Codes of Conduct, PGCI reserves the right to immediately cancel the Member’s PGCI membership privileges with no financial refund to the Member and the Member will have no remedy whatsoever against PGCI. Violations may be reported in a number of ways including; Hosts or Guests can fill in the Rating Card after a round of golf has been played, Host or Guest Members may send and e-mail to conduct@privategolfconnections.com
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