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MWGA TOURNAMENT & EVENT GUIDELINES
(new and revised items for 2011 are in red)

1)

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.

2)

Fees
a) The entry fee for each tournament will be the greens fees plus $21 for four-person tournaments and for 2-person, 1-day mixed events and $18 for two-person and individual tournaments. $15 and $12, respectively, of the additional amounts 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 be added to the entry fee, as well as projected expenses (postage, printing, etc.). However, every effort will be made to keep these extra costs to a minimum.

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.

3)

Flights
The number of flights will be determined by the number of tournament entries. There must be a minimum of nine teams per flight in team events before additional flights will be added.

4)

Prizes
a) All prize money collected will be returned to players in prizes.

b) A minimum of one fourth of the field will receive prizes.

c) There will be an equal number of gross and net prizes by flight in all MWGA tournaments.

d) In order to be eligible for net prizes, a player must have a current, official USGA handicap index.

e) Each flight will get back a percentage of the prize money based on the percentage of entries.

f) The number of entries will determine the number of places and amounts paid in each flight. Every effort will be made to keep place payouts consistent from one tournament to another.

5)

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:

a) For $5:
    i) three closest to the flagsticks ($3) - 2 flights, based on individual index,
    ii) chip-ins ($2) - not flighted.

b) For $5:
    gross skins - by tournament flight. 
    For tournaments with only one flight, two flights for skins will be created by team handicap.

c) 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 .

6)

Individual tournaments
 Flighting and Handicap. For flight position and handicap, a player's tournament handicap will be equal to 100% of the player's course handicap.

7)

Two-person team tournaments. 
a) Flighting and Handicap. 

i)    For flight position and handicap, a two-person scramble team's handicap will be calculated by taking 35% of the lowest course handicap and 15% of the highest course handicap.

ii)   For flight position, a two-person best ball team's flight will be determined by the handicap of the lowest handicap player on the team. Each player receives 100% of her/his course handicap.

b) A two-person scramble team will be required to use each player's drive 6 times.

8)

Four-person team tournaments.

a) Handicap Allowances

i)    Teams should have no more than 2 players with a course handicap of 14 and under, nor more than 2 players with a course handicap of 30 and over. If more than 2 players are 14 and under or 30 and over, additional gross score adjustments and handicap limits will apply. 

ii)   Any team not in compliance will play at 85% of their team handicap for net.  For gross, any team with more than 2 players with a handicap of 14 and under will have stokes added to their gross team score as follows:

b) Flighting and Handicap.

           i) Stroke play events (Best 2 of 4, Cha-Cha-Cha) and Shambles

For flight position, 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.

           ii) Scrambles

For flight position and handicap, a four-person scramble team will be calculated on the MWGA point system below.

Rev. 03/24/2011