REGISTRATION

Opens: Thursday, February 01, 2024 at 12:00 AM

Closes: Monday, July 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM

Entry fee: Welsh Women's Amateur Championship Entry Fee 1 x £45.00 per Member

Payment: This event has a handicap ballot. Card payment information will be collected and authorised at the time of registration, but your card will not be charged until players are successful in the ballot and confirmed in our system. This will usually be within the first few days following the entry deadline. Please update your card details in your Golf Genius account if they change between entry and this time.

 

SUMMARY

The Championship shall be open to female amateur golfers who meet the terms of competition below.

 

Entry Qualifications

a) Entries will only be accepted from players who can meet one of the following criteria requirements:

i) Born in Wales;

ii) One of your parents was born in Wales;

iii) One of your grandparents was born in Wales;

iv) Resided in Wales for two years prior to day 1 of the Championship (if under 18 years of age)

v) Resided in Wales for three years prior to day 1 of the Championship (if 18 years of age or over)

vi) Previously represented Wales at Junior or Adult level in Home International Matches or European Team Championships or World Amateur Team Championships (players will be asked to provide evidence of this).

b) Entrants MUST NOT have played in the Women’s Closed Championship of another country within the last two years (e.g. in either 2022 or 2023) or have ever played in the full International Team of another country.

c) Entries will only be accepted from players with an Official WHS Handicap Index of 12.0 or less held at an affiliated club to their National Union, or overseas equivalent.

d) Entrants holding both a United Kingdom WHS Handicap Index and an overseas equivalent must use their United Kingdom handicap information when entering.

e) Failure to enter in accordance with this condition will result in entry being denied

 

The Championship shall be decided by 36 holes of stroke play, 18 on each day one and day two, with the top 16 players qualifying for the match play knockout stages played over days three and four. Of the top 16 players to make it through to the matchplay stages, the 8 players who subsequently lose in the first round of matchplay will be placed into the Valentine Plate.

 

A maximum of 48 competitors shall play in the Championship, held at Royal St David's Golf Club. 

 

USEFUL LINKS

Terms of Competition | Wales Golf Hard Card