The Double Eagle Club Constitution and By-Laws

Article I – Name and Motto

The name of this Club shall be The Double Eagle Club. The motto of this Club shall be, “Excellence Achieved”.

Article II – Purpose

First: To acknowledge the scoring of a double eagle during tournament or casual play and to

preserve the history of each.

Second: To promote and foster among the members a closer bond for their joint and mutual benefit,

and to promote and conserve the best interests and true spirit of the game of golf as embodied in its

ancient and honorable traditions.

Third: To promote an authoritative body to govern and conduct the Club competitions, activities and

events.

Fourth: To encourage conformance to the USGA and R&A Rules of Golf by creating a representative

authority.

Fifth: To teach, encourage and acknowledge the achieving of excellence through the Club goal setting

and mentoring program, “An Excellent Way”.

Article III – Membership

Section 1. Membership shall be available to all men and women who score a double eagle during

tournament or casual play worldwide. There shall be at least 10 members with no maximum of

membership.

Section 2.  Membership fee to join the Club is currently set at $25. Membership dues in the Club are

currently set at $25 per year. The yearly fee is currently waived.

Section 3.  Members of the Club will receive a serialized Club Membership Certificate.

Section 4.  Memberships in the Club are individual and non-transferable.

Section 5.  Membership confers no voice in the operation of any golf courses, clubhouses nor any

facilities of the course.

Section 6.  Membership in the Club confers no special privileges in connection with any golf course.

Section 7.  Membership confers special privileges in connection with the Club tournaments, activities

and events.

Section 8.  Memberships in the Club are for life unless the member wants to withdraw or member’s actions necessitate immediate termination.

Section 9. The Board of Directors may confer Honorary Club membership upon those whom they feel

have contributed to the advancement of the Club or golf and or achieving excellence. The unanimous

affirmative vote of the Board shall be required to approve such action.

Section 10. Each candidate for membership shall be proposed and seconded by two active members in

good standing. The Board of Directors shall act upon proposal by vote and two negative votes shall

disqualify any candidate.

Section 11. In the event that any member of the Club shall commit any act which reflects discredit or

disrepute thereon or shall refuse or neglect to comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the

Board of Directors or duly appointed officers, such member shall be subject to suspension or expulsion

after ten days written notice and the right to be heard, by vote of two-thirds of the Board of Directors at

any regular meeting or special meeting called for such purpose.

Section 12. The annual meeting of The Double Eagle Club shall be held on a golf course to be named at a

later date. The Board of Directors shall provide for the holding of such meetings as may be deemed

necessary or desirable and they shall call special meetings upon written petition signed by not less than

ten percent of the membership.

Section 13.  A legal quorum at any meeting shall be 51 percent of the Club Members present in person

or by proxy. Each active Club Member in good standing shall be entitled to one vote.

Article IV – Board of Directors

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of five members in good standing of The Double Eagle

Club and they shall exercise all powers of management of the club not specifically excepted by the By-

Laws.

Section 2. The Board of Directors shall meet at such times and places as they may select and a majority

of the Board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.

Section 3.  In case of any vacancy through death, resignation, disqualification or other cause, the

remaining directors, even though less than a quorum, may elect a successor by majority vote to hold

office for the director whose place shall be vacant, and until the election of their successor.

Article V – Officers and Committees

Section 1.  Within ten days after the annual meeting, the Board of Directors shall meet and elect the

officers.

Section 2. The officers shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their

Duties shall be such as their titles indicate or such as may be assigned to them respectively from time-to-time.

Section 3. The Board of Directors shall authorize and define the powers and duties of all committees.

Chairman and members of all committees shall be appointed by the Club President, and the Club

President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

Section 4. Except as modified by the Board of Directors, all appointed committees shall function as

recommended in the USGA Golf Committee Manual. The following committees shall be appointed each

year, with such other committees as the Club President may deem necessary or advisable:

Tournament Committee – to arrange and schedule with the management, of a golf course to be named

at a later date, as necessary, and conduct all intra-club and inter-club competitions. No Club hosted or

sponsored tournament will be competed or conducted on Sunday.

Handicap Committee – composed primarily of members with the responsibility to establish a fair and

proper system of handicaps in accordance with the procedures set forth in the USGA Handicap System Manual.

Membership Committee – to investigate and act upon all applications for membership and to

recommend appropriate action to the Board of Directors.

Social Committee – to encourage and arrange social entertainment features and events for special

occasions.

Article VI – Amendments to By-Laws

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall have all power to repeal or amend any of these By-Laws provided

that such action shall not be effective until approved by a majority vote of the members of The Double

Eagle Club at a meeting held in accordance with the provisions contained herein.

Section 2. The Board of Directors shall not have power to repeal the Committee By-Law governing Club

hosted or sponsored tournaments being competed or conducted on Sunday.

Section 3.  The Club recognizes an individual member’s right to self-expression, self-identity, and self-
presentation.

For the purpose of Club hosted events and tournaments a biological male Club member will compete

with biological males; a biological female Club member will compete with biological females.

Club hosted member-guest events and tournaments will maintain that biological males and females will

compete with other biological males and females.