2008 MWGA TOURNAMENT GUIDELINES
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Eligibility Tournaments are open to all female amateur golfers; mixed events are also open to amateur male golfers. Professional golfers may participate in designated Pro-Am events. |
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Fees
a) The entry fee for each tournament will be the greens fees plus $21 for 4-person events and $18 for two person and individual tournaments. $15 or $12, respectively, of this additional amount will be paid back in prizes. If food, goodie bags or other extras are going to be included at a tournament, the price of those items will also be added to the entry fee, as well as any other projected expenses (postage, printing, etc.). b) The entry fee for non-members will be $20 more than the entry fee for members, unless designated otherwise: i.e. male partners in mixed tournaments playing with members will pay the member fee. c) No Fee refund will be given after the entry deadline |
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Flights. The number of flights will be determined by the number of tournaments entries. There must be a minimum of nine teams per flight in team events before a 2nd or 3rd flight will be added. |
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Prizes a) A minimum of one fourth of the field will receive prizes. b) There will be an equal number of gross and net prizes, by flight in all MWGA tournaments. c) In order to be eligible for net prizes, a player must have a current, official USGA handicap index. d) Each flight will get back a percentage of the prize money based on the percentage of entries |
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Contest
Players will pay an additional fee for contests if they want to enter them. These contests must be paid at time of tournament entry. All money paid will be returned to the winners. The game structure is as follows:
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For $5:
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For $5: These contests will be available at all tournaments and will be run by the tournament committee. Note: Player's ball must be lying one and on the green to claim Closest to the Flagstick . |
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Individual tournaments a) Fees. See paragraphs 2) above b) Prizes. In individual stroke tournaments, the recommended payout for first place is $65. The numbers of entries will determine the number and amount of additional places paid. All prize money collected will be returned to players in prizes. c) Flighting and Handicap. For flight position and handicap, a player's tournament handicap will be equal to 100% of the player's course handicap. |
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Two-person team tournaments.
a) Fees. See paragraph 2) above b) Prizes. In two-person events, the recommended payout for first place is $55 (per person). The numbers of entries will determine the number and amount of additional places paid. All prize money collected will be returned to players in prizes. c) Flighting and Handicap.
d) A two person scramble team will be required to use each player's drive 6 times. |
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Four-person team
tournaments. a) Fees. See paragraph 1) above b) Prizes. In 4-person events, the recommended payout for first place is a range of $40-$50 (per person). The numbers of entries will determine the number and amount of additional places paid. All prize money collected will be returned to players in prizes. c) Flighting and Handicap. For flight position, a best 2 of 4 team's handicap will be calculated by taking 20% of the lowest course handicap on the team, 15% of the next lowest handicap, 10% of the next lowest handicap and 5% of the highest handicap. Each player will receive 100% of her handicap, with no restrictions, when determining hole-by-hole net scores. For flight position and handicap, a four -person scramble team will be calculated on the following point system:
d) A four-person scramble team will be required to use each players drive 3 times. |