The Harry Solomon League shall compete for the Harry Solomon Cup. This is a floating trophy presented by JM Logan in memory of the late Harry Solomon who rendered invaluable service to Western Province golf between 1923 and 1956. Teams representing competing Clubs shall compete for the trophy annually.

Only Clubs affiliated to WPG or invited by WPG may compete in the league. Every Club shall be entitled to one team in the League. The Executive may, at its discretion, invite a Club to enter a second team in the League

Players must be registered affiliated members of the competing Club and handicapped at that Club.

The Handicap Index (HI) range for all players competing in the league is 9.5 to 16.0, inclusive. (11 to 18 on the HS Course).

A player with a Handicap Index higher than 16.0 may be selected but must play off an index of 16.0.

In order for a player to be eligible, his handicap index must have always been greater than 7.6 from 1 March 2022.

Players HI’s shall not be not frozen, but a League condition “hard” cap of + 2.0 on HI, using a base date of 15 April 2022 shall apply.

Each team shall consist of 16 players. 4 pairs (8 players) to play at ‘Home’ and 4 pairs (8 players) to play ‘Away’.

A minimum of 6 players in the team fall in the Handicap Index range of 12.8 to 16.0 and can be paired in any combination.

The format of the competition shall be Better Ball Match Play with a Handicap Allowance of 90% of the SAGA computed course handicap, the Playing Handicap (PH), as per Rule 6.2 and Appendix C of the Rules of Handicapping.

The lowest PH in a four-ball playing off scratch and the remainder of the four-ball playing off a PH equal to the difference between the lowest PH in the four-ball and their PH.