Women’s Tournament Event Descriptions

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS (Women only)

Four-Ball Stroke Play Championship

  1. This tournament will consist of 36 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play conducted in accordance with Rule 23, Rules of Golf.
  2. The teams will consist of two women.
  3. Each partner receives 95 percent of her Course Handicap. The Course Handicap (after allowance) of the members of a side may not differ by more than eight strokes. If there is a difference of more than eight strokes, an additional 10 percent reduction shall be applied to the Course Handicap of each member of the side.
  4. A perpetual plaque is awarded to the Champions.


State Amateur Match Play Championship

  1. There will be three separate divisions of the Championship – an Open Division, Senior Division and Team Division. (Those entrants 50 years and older who desire to play in the Senior Division must indicate so on their entry). Anyone who does not select the Senior Division on her registration form will play in the Open Division. All Division selections are final five (5) business days prior to the first day of the tournament.
  2. The competition will be individual match play within flights or two-person teams playing Four-Ball match play within flights, depending on the Division you select. The field will be limited to a maximum of 96 players. If byes are necessary, the top seeded participant in the flights of the individual division (beginning with the last flight) or teams in the team division, will receive a bye.
  3. A Championship flight will be determined in each Division based on an 18-hole stroke play qualifying round. Those not vying for either one of the Championship flights will not have to play on that day. There will be no qualifying for these players.
  4. The 16 lowest Handicap Index (and ties) entrants in the Open Division and the 16 lowest Handicap Index (and ties) entrants in the Senior Division will be required to play in the Qualifying Round. In addition, any player within seven (7) full index points of the 16th player may opt into the qualifying round. After the qualifying round, those with the low 16 scores in the Open Division will enter the Championship flight for the Open Division and those with the low 16 scores in the Senior Division will enter the Senior Championship flight. The remainder of the field (including those who do not qualify for their respective Championship flights) will be in grouped in flights of eight. Composition and seeding of these flights will be determined by Handicap Index, without designation of Open or Senior Division.
  5. The Committee reserves the right to change the size of the Open Division and/or Senior Division Championship Flights to eight players based on the size and composition of the field. If this change occurs, it will be communicated to the field in advance of qualifying.
  6. For the Qualifying rounds, ties for last place or places in the Championship Flights will be decided by a hole-by-hole play-off. All other seeding ties will be determined by blind draw. For the purpose of settling a tie in match play, the stipulated round will be extended to as many holes as are required for the match to be won.
  7. Split tees will be used and only the Open Division Championship flight qualifying round and its subsequent matches will be played from the longer yardage. Those not qualifying in the low 16 after the qualifying round of the Open Division will go into the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, etc. flight and will play the balance of the tournament from the shorter yardage. The remainder of the field (including the Senior Division Championship flight) will play from a shorter yardage for the entire tournament.
  8. For the Open Division ONLY, the low 16 players shall play two rounds the first day of Match Play. If the Championship flight is reduced to eight players by The Committee, only one round will be required the first day of Match Play. The winners of the first round of the low 16 will comprise the Open Division Championship Flight. The losers of the first round of the low 16 will comprise the Open Division First Flight and will continue play from the longer set of tees.
  9. There will be a consolation flight for all losers of the first round of Match Play.
  10. Handicap allowances for matches: Open Championship, Open First and Senior Championship Flights (and all their respective Consolation flight matches) will play at scratch – no strokes awarded. All other flights/matches will be played with strokes – the higher-handicapped player will receive the full difference in Course Handicap between the two players; the lower-handicapped player will play at scratch.
  11. Awards:
    • Perpetual trophies are awarded to the Champions.
    • Prizes will be awarded to the winner, runner-up, and 3rd place finisher in each flight. Prizes will be awarded to the winner only of each of the Consolation Flights. No one may win one of these prizes without first winning a match.
    • There will be an award for the Open Division Medalist and the Senior Division Medalist of the qualifying rounds.


State Amateur Stroke Play Championship

  1. The Championship will consist of 54 holes of stroke play.
  2. The Tournament Committee will determine the number of competitors vying for the Championship and all other flights based on the size and composition of the field. The Committee will review the actual handicaps of the full list of entrants as of the closing date for entries and select a Handicap Index threshold. The selected threshold will ensure that all players with the potential to win the Championship are afforded the opportunity to do so, ensure equitable distribution of handicaps within flights and ensure that a test of golf appropriate to the skill level of the rest of the field is established. Players with Handicap Indexes below the threshold will vie for the Championship. Anyone within seven (7) index points of the threshold may opt to vie for the title.
  3. Multiple set of tees with different yardages will be used. All players vying for the title of Champion will play all 54 holes from the longer yardage. All other players will play from shorter tees.
  4. A perpetual trophy is awarded to the Champion.


State Amateur Seniors Championship

  1. The Championship shall consist of 54 holes of individual stroke play. The maximum Handicap Index for this competition will be 40.4.
  2. The Tournament Committee will determine the number of competitors vying for the Championship and all other flights based on the size and composition of the field. The Committee will review the actual handicap of the full list of entrants as of the closing date for entries and select a Handicap Index threshold. The selected threshold will ensure that all players with the potential to win the Championship are afforded the opportunity to do so, ensure equitable distribution of handicaps within flights and ensure that a test of golf appropriate to the skill level of the rest of the field is established. Players with Handicap Indexes below the threshold will vie for the Championship. Anyone within seven (7) index points of the threshold may opt to vie for the title.
  3. Those players who have Handicap Indexes that are above the determined threshold will be flighted according to their handicaps.
  4. Those players who are 70 years and older as of the first day of the Championship will be flighted in the Super Seniors (70-74 years old), Masters (75-79 years old) or Legends (80+) flights. Anyone automatically flighted into age specific brackets who wishes to play in handicap brackets may opt to do so.
  5. Flights will be:
    • Championship Flight
    • Field Flights
    • Super Seniors (70-74 years old)
    • Masters (75-79 years old)
    • Legends (80 + years old)
  6. The Championship flight will play from the longest yardage. All other players will play from shorter yardage.
  7. A perpetual trophy is awarded to the Champion.
  8. Special Prizes:
    • Mo Cruikshank Memorial Trophy – Only those competitors playing from the Championship set of tees are eligible to win the Mo Cruikshank Memorial Trophy. It will be awarded to the member club which has any two of its participants with the lowest combined gross score. An individual’s club affiliation must be received by Player Programs Director five business days before the start of Championship. In the event there are not two players from the same club playing from the Championship set of tees, the Trophy will not be awarded.
    • Mary Lou Sauer Memorial Trophy – Only those competitors playing in the Field Flights from any of the shorter yardages are eligible to win the Mary Lou Sauer Memorial Trophy. It will be awarded to the member club which has any two of its participants with the lowest combined net score. An individual’s club affiliation must be received by Player Programs Director five business days before the start of Championship.
    • Dr. Ann Pittman Memorial Trophy – Only those competitors playing in the Super Seniors Flight (Age 70-74) are eligible to win the Dr. Ann Pittman Memorial Trophy. It will be awarded to the two-person team with the lowest combined net score. Teams will be created by a blind draw before the start of the tournament.
    • The Legends Gross Championship Trophy – Gross will be awarded to the lowest gross scorer of the Masters and Legends flights combined. (Age 75 and older)
    • The Legends Net Championship Trophy – Net will be awarded to the lowest net scorer of the Masters and Legends flights combined. (Age 75 and older)

ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS

Season Opener Tournament

  1. This tournament will consist of 18 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play conducted in accordance with Rule 23, Rules of Golf.
  2. The teams will consist of two women.
  3. Each partner receives 95 percent of her Course Handicap. The Course Handicap (after allowance) of the members of a side may not differ by more than eight strokes. If there is a difference of more than eight strokes, an additional 10 percent reduction shall be applied to the Course Handicap of each member of the side.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.


Weekend Classic (Women and Men)

  1. This tournament will consist of 18 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play conducted in accordance with Rule 23, Rules of Golf.
  2. Female Team Division teams will consist of two women. Mixed Team Division teams will consist of one man and one woman.
  3. Handicap Index maximum will be 27.0 for men and 36.0 for women. Men will receive 90 percent of his Course Handicap and women will receive 95 percent of her Course Handicap. The Course Handicap (after allowance) of the members of a side may not differ by more than eight strokes. If a difference of more than eight strokes cannot be avoided, an additional 10 percent reduction shall be applied to the Course Handicap of each member of the advantaged side.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.


Mixed Stix (Women and Men)

  1. This tournament will consist of 36 holes of Four-Ball Stroke Play conducted in accordance with Rule 23, Rules of Golf.
  2. The teams will consist of one man and one woman.
  3. Handicap Index maximum will be 27.0 for men and 36.0 for women. Men will receive 90 percent of his Course Handicap and women will receive 95 percent of her Course Handicap. The Course Handicap (after allowance) of the members of a side may not differ by more than eight strokes. If a difference of more than eight strokes cannot be avoided, an additional 10 percent reduction shall be applied to the Course Handicap of each member of the advantaged side.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.


Scotch Play Tournament

  1. This tournament will consist of 36 holes of stroke play conducted in accordance with the Chapman or Pinehurst stroke play format scoring and with Rule 22, Rules of Golf. Each partner plays from the teeing ground and plays the partner’s ball for the second shot. After the second shot, partners select the ball with which they wish to score and play that ball alternately to complete the hole.
  2. The teams will consist of two women.
  3. The player with the lower Course Handicap is allowed 60 percent of Course Handicap. The player with the higher Course Handicap is allowed 40 percent of Course Handicap.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.


Partners Tournament

  1. This tournament will consist of 36 holes with Day 1 – 18 holes to be played under Rule 23, Four-Ball Stroke Play (sometimes referred to as Better Ball of Partners). Day 2 – 18 holes of individual stroke play with the sum of the partners’ scores. Scoring for both rounds will be a modified Stableford.
  2. The teams will consist of two women.
  3. Day 1 – Each partner receives 95 percent of her Course Handicap. Course Handicap (after allowance) of the members of a side may not differ by more than eight strokes. If there is a difference of more than eight strokes, an additional 10 percent reduction shall be applied to the Course Handicap of each member of the side. Day 2 – Each partner receives 100 percent of her Course Handicap.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.


Holiday Mixer (Women and Men)

  1. This tournament will consist of 18 holes of a Shamble format.
  2. Teams will consist of four players (two women and two men) with a minimum of two players being current AGA members.
  3. Handicap Index maximum will be 27.0 for men and 36.0 for women. The team handicap will be comprised of 40% of the A player’s Course Handicap, 30% of the B player’s, 20% of the C player’s and 10% of the D player’s Course Handicap to compute a total shamble handicap for the foursome.
  4. Awards for overall low gross and low net team as well as in each flight.

SPECIAL EVENTS – AGA STATE MEDALLION TOURNAMENT

Local Club State Medallion Tournament

  1. Competition will be open to AGA members on the club member’s Play Day and will consist of two best gross and two best net 9-hole rounds for 9-hole clubs and 18-hole rounds for 18-hole clubs out of four designated rounds. Players need not participate in all four rounds to be eligible. Determining the winner on the basis of the best two rounds out of four is intended to give players the maximum opportunity to produce two good scores, not to eliminate those players who cannot play all four rounds. The AGA recommends that all four rounds be played on the same course. All 18-hole rounds should be posted as “T” scores (9-hole rounds CANNOT be posted as “T” scores) as determined by the local Handicap Committee in consultation with the Committee in charge of the competition if it meets The USGA Handicap System’s definition of Tournament Score.
  2. Disqualification from one round of the tournament does not disqualify the player from the tournament.
  3. Players may participate in each AGA member club competition of which she is a member.
  4. Should handicaps change during the play of the four stipulated rounds, or a play-off is necessary, the Handicap Index in effect at the time each round is played will be used.
  5. In the event of a tie, the local Committee in Charge of the competition should follow The Rules of Golf recommended procedure for how to decide ties in Section 5A. The Committee has the authority to determine how and when a tie is decided. The decision should be published in advance of the competition.
  6. The maximum Handicap Index of 20.2 for 9-hole clubs and 40.4 for 18-hole clubs will be used, as specified in The USGA Handicap System Manual. Players may “play down” to that index, if necessary.
  7. The AGA Representative of each member club should be actively involved in the conduct of this tournament at her club. Medallions will be distributed to each participating member club for presentation to the gross and net winners.
  8. No participant may win both the gross and the low net awards. Gross will take precedence over net.


AGA State Medallion Club Team Tournament

  1. Entrants in the AGA State Medallion Club Team Tournament will be the winners of the low gross and low net prizes in her club’s State Medallion Tournament. In the event that the club’s State Medallion Tournament has not been completed for that year at the time of the AGA State Medallion Club Team Tournament, entrants may be the winners from the previous year. In no case may the entrants be the winners from a State Medallion Tournament held more than one calendar year prior to the State Medallion Club Team Tournament being entered.
  2. The number of qualifying teams per Club is determined by the number of active AGA members as of September 1 of the qualifying year the winners are determined. Clubs may choose to register additional teams based on their total membership as follows:
    • For 9-hole clubs:
      • 75 members 1 team
      • 76-125 members 2 teams
      • 126 or more members 3 teams
    • For 18-hole clubs:
      • 350 members 1 team
      • 351-700 members 2 teams
      • 701 or more members 3 teams
  3. The first team will be the low gross winner and the low net winner and designated by the letter “A.” The second team will be the second low gross winner and the second low net winner and designated by the letter “B,” and so on as designated by the club on the registration form. A 9-hole club administered within an 18-hole club’s print group qualifies as a 9-hole club.
  4. A two-person team is required to enter. (Individual entries will not be accepted). Should the first place winner of a club’s State Medallion Tournament choose not to represent her club in the State Medallion Club Team Tournament, a club will field its team by entering the second place finisher of that division and proceeding down the order of finish, until the team has been fielded. (For example, a team may consist of the second place gross winner and the first place net winner).
  5. There will be NO EXEMPTIONS into this tournament.
  6. A player may compete on only one team and represent only one club. The player must have been active on the club’s roster during the year and must be an active AGA member on the day of the local State Medallion Club Team Tournament in order to be eligible to play. If the State Tournament is held in a different year than the Club Tournaments, the club must determine if former club members will be allowed to represent that club at the State Tournament.
  7. The competition shall consist of individual stroke play.
  8. There shall be a 9-hole competition and an 18-hole competition. Players must compete within the division for which the club’s State Medallion was won.
  9. Maximum Handicap Index limits of 20.2 for the 9-hole competition and 40.4 for the 18-hole competition, as specified in The USGA Handicap System Manual. Players may “play down” to that index, if necessary.
  10. The team score will be the total of the gross player’s gross score and the net player’s net score.
  11. A perpetual plaque will be awarded to the 18-holeTeam Champions and the 9-hole Team Champions.
  12. Replacements for either partner must be received by the Director of Tournaments no later than four business days prior to the tournament. If a replacement cannot be found, an individual may play but will not be eligible for Team prizes/awards. Refunds will only be granted per the General Conditions of Competition for medical or family emergency.