LPGA Amateurs Ontario Trillium Challenge
Monday, July 21, 2025
What: 2-person, 27-hole team event, playing 3 formats of golf
Where: Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club
Price: $140 per player (Early Birdie rate) - lunch included!
Event Overview
The LPGA Amateurs Ontario Trillium Challenge is a 2-person, 27 hole team event, featuring a 10:00am shotgun start and including lunch!
The format for this event will be:
- Scramble format for 9 holes,
- Alternate Shot for 9 holes, and
- Better Ball for 9 holes.
Playing 3 different formats of golf provides unique challenges to keep it interesting and really test your strategy. Are YOU up for The Challenge?
Awards and Prizes:
- The 2025 Ontario Trillium Challenge Champions will be the Overall Low Net score from the field.
- Awards to the top three Low Net teams (competitive division only)
- Lots of on-course games!
Meals:
- Lunch: A boxed lunch is included for each player.
- Post-Round Buffet: An optional buffet will be available following the round, for those who would like to dine during the presentation of the awards and prizes. Please identify the number of Post-Round Buffet Dinner's to add-on prior to payment.
Please indicate any dietary restrictions at registration.
Tournament Registration Fees and Policies
Per-Person registration fee includes :
- one 27-hole round of team golf
- shotgun start
- shared cart
- your choice of boxed lunch of either a chicken caesar wrap or a vegetarian wrap (make your selection at registration) with chips and fruit
- awards for top 3 low net teams
- prizes for various on-course games
- and lots of laughs!
Plus:
- buffet meal following the round (optional, for additional fee), which includes beef or chicken, potatoes, salad, vegetarian pasta, dinner rolls and desserts.
Early Birdie Price: Available until June 6
- $140 tournament registration fee ($155 for non-members)
- plus (optional) $58 for dinner buffet
Bogey Price: Fee increases on June 7
- $160 tournament registration fee ($175 for non-members)
- plus (optional) $58 for dinner reception
Please be sure to read Registration Instructions below!
Last day to register: July 3, or earlier if field is full. The event is open to a maximum of 62 teams.
Practice rounds are not included. Contact the golf course to book a tee time for any practice rounds. ** Please note that Ariss Valley has offered practice rounds played on July 20th for only $20 per person!
Registration Notes:
1) Register the Team:
- The Team Captain will register their team, including making selections (e.g. choosing lunch option, identifying dietary restrictions) for both players.
2) Add Optional Buffet Dinner
- Select the number of players (0 - 2) who will be opting in to the buffet dinner.
- The total fee for the buffet dinner will be split equally across all team members if split payment option is chosen. This means all players will get charged a portion, even if both are not are attending! If this is problematic, a manual payment for dinner can be requested by emailing president@lpgaamateurscanada.ca
3) Split Payment to Each Team Member
- The Team Captain registering the team will only need to pay for themselves, as they will have the option (click the split payment box to choose it!) to have the system send an email notification to each teammate to pay their own registration fees.
- The team will be waitlisted until payment information is provided for all players, at that point the individual registration payments will be processed and the team will be moved from waitlisted to confirmed status. A team will not be considered registered until both players have paid their registration fees.
4) Cancellation & Substitutions
- Player substitutions on teams will be permitted until July 3. Substitutions must be communicated to the Events Committee immediately. If a player needs to withdraw after July 3 because of an emergency (eg. medical emergency or a death in the family), that player may, with the approval of the Events Committee, be replaced by a player whose handicap is within 8 strokes of the withdrawing player.
- If a team withdraws from the competition prior to July 3, a 50% refund will be available; a full refund will only be available if the team's slot can be filled by another team. After July 3, there will be no refund. All refunds will be subject to a $10 administration fee.
Event Format and Eligibility
Format Information:
- In "scramble" format, the team decide after each shot which one is the best shot. Each player on the team plays their next shot from that spot. The group then plays this way until the ball is holed out. The team must use 3 tee shots from each player.
- In "alternate shot" format, one player in the team will tee off on holes 1,3,5,7 and 9 and the other player will tee off on holes 2,4,6 and 8. After the tee shot, the other player will play the second shot, and players will alternate shots until the ball is holed out.
- In "better ball" format, each player will play their own ball on every hole. The lowest net score for the pair will be recorded as the team score for that hole.
Handicap Information:
Both players must carry a handicap* to be eligible for the Team Net prizes.
Team handicaps will be determined and applied as follows:
- Scramble - the team handicap will be 50% of the average of the two players' Course Handicaps
- Alternate Shot - the team handicap will be 100% of the average of the two players' Course Handicaps
- Better Ball - individual handicaps will be 100% of each players' Course Handicaps.
Guest Eligibility:
Guests who have never been an LPGA Amateurs member or who have never participated in an LPGA Amateurs Ontario event are welcome!
- Registrants who have previously participated in an LPGA Amateurs Ontario event or are inactive members will be required to activate their membership to be eligible.
* Current and verifiable handicap index from a handicap authority under the World Handicap System (WHS), such as Golf Canada or USGA. The Committee reserves the right to adjust the playing handicap for any player if verification cannot be obtained.
Location
Ariss Valley Golf and Country Club
"Nestled in the amazing vistas of Ariss Valley are 27 holes of beautiful yet challenging golf. Our course is truly a journey through wooded landscapes, island greens and a valley creek. The three courses on these grounds — Pines, Willows, and Lakes —are evenly balanced with 2 par 3’s, and one par 5 on each course. All three 9’s are par 35. The par 5 on Willows and Pines, and the island par 3 on Willows at 158 yards, are among the best in the area."
5700 Highway 86, Guelph ON N0B1B0
Directions: google map
Sequence will be as follows:
- The Pines - Scramble format
- The Lakes - Alternate Shot format
- The Willows - Better Ball format
Need Help Finding a Partner?
Want to play but don't have a partner? Please email susan.cox@rogers.com telling us what you need and we will help connect people together.
Key Dates
March 31 - Registration opens
June 6 - Last day for Early Birdie price
June 7 - Bogey price applies
July 3 - Registration Closes; last day for substitutions. The event will close earlier if all available spots are filled.
July 13 - Handicap Cutoff
July 17 - Pairings and Starting Holes posted
July 17 - Player Meeting (required by at least one player per team)
July 21 - Trillium Challenge Starts!
Call for Volunteers
Events can't happen without volunteers! We need people for registration, scoring, pace of play management, and others. Please contact on the of the event managers (below) to volunteer.
Questions?
Contact Event Managers:
Susan Cox - susan.cox@rogers.com
Megan Bawn - president@lpgaamateurscanada.ca