Monthly Tournament Rules and Prizes

CVGA Competittion Rules

  • Tournament entry fee includes green fee + $20 for prizes
  • Stroke play, USGA and local rules unless otherwise instructed prior to tee off for abnormal conditions
  • Players are flighted into 2 brackets (A Flight and B Flight) to compete for low NET based latest GHIN handicap index
    • A Flight – Handicap Index 0 – 12.0
    • B Flight – Handicap Index 12.1 – Above
  • Players without official GHIN or WHS handicap will be assigned a HC Index by the CVGA Tournament Director (Minh Nguyen)

CVGA Tournament Scoring System

All members must have an established handicap prior to the tournament to compete for prizes and CVGA cup points.

Tournament Director will assign handicap index to individual who doesn’t have an established handicap.

Tournament handicap = 80% * the course handicap which derived from the established hdcp and Course Rating & Slope.

Net score = Gross score – Tournament Handicap.

Tie breaker will be determined using back 9 score and then we will go into score card playoff starting with the #1 hdcp hole if necessary

Monthly Tournament Rules

1. At a standard course with blue, white and red tees, A Flight (0-11.9) will tee off at Blue and B Flight (12+) will tee off at white with ladies at Red. Courses with more tees than that will be adjusted accordingly. You may request to tee off at a longer tee

2. To help with speed of play, you can pick up your ball after accumulating twice the score of par on any given hole (eg 8 for a par 4).

3. Putts that are fully within the “leather”, are given.

4. All PGA and local rules including drop zones apply. Hit a provisional if you think you went OB, otherwise if you can’t find your ball you will incur a 2 stroke penalty or you will have to re-tee

5. You can move your ball out of a plugged lie anywhere except for bunkers. You can lift and clean on your fairway only if spring rules apply due to wetness. Nearest point of relief applies for man made structures, cart paths, flooded bunkers and standing water

6. Lost ball due to rough, plugged or falling leaves will need a witness then drop from knee high in the search area with 1 stroke penalty

7. Lost ball in hazard (not white stakes or residential backyards) can either re-tee or lateral drop, 2 club length, from point of entry with 1 strokes penalty

8. When there is no drop zone for water or ravines and you fail to make it across the second time, you can drop on the other side and hitting 5

9. This year, there are 9 monthly tournaments that can earn you CGVA points. Your top 8 scores will count toward the year-end CVGA Cup Race

10. For CVGA members, there are prizes for closest to the pin, overall net score and flight A & B champs (based on net scores). Guest can compete for par 3 closest to the pin prizes only.

11. For team events (eg Ryder Cup), 3/4 of the team will be earned through the CGVA points with 1/4 through Captain’s pick

12. Friendly reminder to enter your scores during the official season from March 15th – November 14th to maintain an accurate handicap index. Your most current HDCP on the Saturday prior will be used for Tournament net score calculation

13. Non-CVGA guests are always welcome to play as long as they pre-register prior to the event

Monthly Tournament Prizes (based on minimum of 16 players)

  1. Overall Champion – $100
  2. A Flight Winner – $50
  3. B Flight Winner – $50
  4. Closet to the pin on all Par 3 – Dozen Srixon Z-Star XV golf balls

Note: remainder of entry fee will be used for Year-End Award Banquet to crown the CVGA Cup Champion (see below)

Team Competition Rules

  1. Each team can have up to 6 players in a monthly competition
  2. Team score will comprise of the 3 lowest net scores played during the CVGA monthly tournaments. If a team cannot field 3 players for a tournament, then they will be disqualified.
  3. Monthly Team Winner: 100 points, 2nd Place: 50 points, 3rd Place: 25 points, 4th Place: 10 points
  4. All 7/8 monthly tournaments will count in the Team Competition
  5. CVGA Team Champion = Team with Most Points at Year End
  6. No trades

The CVGA Cup Champion and Team Winner Prizes

CVGA Cup Champion

  • First Place – $500
  • Second Place – $200
  • Third Place – $100

CVGA Team Champion

  • First Place Team – $1300