Barbasol Championship Open Qualifier Information

 

The Barbasol Championship Open Qualifier will be contested Monday, July 15th, 2019 at Boone's Trace National Golf Club (Richmond, KY). The format will be 18-holes of stroke play with the low 4 scores advancing to the Barbasol Championship.

 

All amateur and professional applicants must pre-qualify, except the following competitors who are exempt from pre-qualifying: 2018-2019 Season PGA TOUR member; Current Web.com Tour members, Current Champions Tour regular members, three (3) exemptions from the local PGA Section, and Former PGA TOUR Members from 2016-2018. 

 

Entry Fee:

Successful Pre-Qualifier - $250

Successful PGA Tour Canada, Latinoamerica or China Pre-Qualifier- $100

 

2018-2019 PGA Tour Member - $0

Former PGA Tour Member '16-'18 - $450      
Web.com Tour Member or Champions Tour Member - $100     

Player making a cut on the PGA TOUR in 2018-2019 season - $450
Players in the top 100 on the World Golf Rankings as of the non-member entry deadline - $450
Player in the PGA TOUR event immediately preceding the Open Qualifier - $450

 

The 2019 Barbasol Championship Open Qualifier will be played under the PGA Tour Hard Card.

 

Information Items:

 

Eligibility:

All Professionals and any Amateur with a handicap index when applied to the qualifying course slope will generate a handicap of two (2) or less. 

 

The PGA TOUR reserves the right to verify the handicap index of amateurs and to refuse anyone not meeting the requirements.

 

Dress Code:

While on the host facility property, players shall present a neat appearance in both clothing and personal grooming.  Blue jeans, cutoffs, T-shirts or shirts with no collar shall not be worn. Shorts will be permitted for the Open Qualifier.

Distance Measuring Devices:
Players are allowed the use of Distance Measuring Devices for this Qualifier. See Rule 4.3a(1) for further details.

 

Golf Cars/Caddies: 

ALL competitors and caddies MUST walk during the Barbasol Championship Open Qualifier.

 

CADDIES

Players are not required to have a caddie.  Players and caddies shall walk at all times, except when permitted by the Rules Committee to ride.  Caddies are not permitted to walk on the competition course putting greens the day(s) of the Open Qualifying competition except during the stipulated round when accompanying their player.

 

**Anyone seeking a golf cart due to a disability defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the PGA TOUR Competition Department at (904) 285-3700 to obtain information on procedures for submitting such requests.  All such request due to temporary injuries or impairments that do not qualify as a “disability” under the ADA will not be granted.

 

Refunds:

Any player that enters the tournament and has to withdraw must do so BEFORE the July 12th (5:00 PM) entry deadline to be eligible for a 90% refund of the entry fee.  Any player withdrawing AFTER the entry deadline will not be eligible for a refund unless the reason for the withdraw meets the Kentucky Section PGA established criteria (substantiated medical or death in family reasons only).  In this case, the player that withdraws must submit a written request to teh attention of the Tournament Committee, including the reason for the withdraw.  The committee will determine whether the player is entitled to a 90% refund.  The written request must be received within 10 days of the withdraw.