NCGA QUALIFIERS

The NCGA runs four Club Tournaments every year and we run qualifying events for each one.  The most popular is the Zone Tournament for which we get to send a single four person team.  In addition there is a Four-Ball event (2 person teams), and Individual Low Net (where we can send 3 or 6 players) and a Senior Four-Ball where we can send three 2 person teams.

The numbers above are, of course, based on our current membership and the eligibility statements in the NCGA Blue Book which comes out at the first of the year.  It is IMPERATIVE that the TC carefully read the tournament descriptions since the number of eligible teams and the Conditions of Play may vary from year to year.  In addition, the dates for the Zone tournament should be verified with the NCGA THE PREVIOUS YEAR, if possible, since it is better to have the qualifier prior to the actual event in Monterey.

The NCGA will be sending all entry forms to the Tournament Chairman at the start of the year.  The worst mistake a TC can make is to fail to fill out these forms and get them to the NCGA prior to the deadline.  (It happened one year and the qualifying teams were not amused.)  Note also that it is no longer permissible to send in blank forms prior to our qualifier.  This means that the forms, properly filled out (including the signature of Handicap Chairman), and a check must arrive at the NCGA by the closing date.  This obviously has schedule implications.

The team qualifiers always have a maximum index limit of 18.4, although players above can participate and use an 18.4 index.  In addition the two person events have a limit of 8 strokes between the course handicaps of the two players.  Fortunately the TPP software handles these requirements very well.  In setting up the tournament qualifier be sure to enforce these two rules since we try to handle the qualifiers under rules identical to the NCGA event, itself.

For each of these qualifiers, a separate club tournament is conducted for Prize Money. We want to encourage tournament play by all players regardless of handicap.  In these cases, separate score cards are required for teams having a player with an index greater than 18.4.

Last Updated on 12/07/2008