ELIGIBILITY

Entries are open to all members in good standing of the Bermuda Golf Association and any overseas visitor to Bermuda with an up-to-date handicap index. All entrants must conform to the R&A and USGA Rules of Amateur Status.

Age: Bermuda Junior Golf Association (BJGA) members must have reached their thirteenth birthday, and be in the White or Blue TP group, by November 29th, 2019 to be eligible for entry.

 

DIVISIONS

Players can choose to compete in one of three divisions:

  1. Men’s Championship - Black tees (6,842yds; 73.1 / 130)
  2. Senior Men’s Championship* - White tees (5,894yds; 68.8 / 124)

* Entrants must have reached their fifty-fifth birthday by November 29th, 2019

  1. Ladies Championship - Red tees (5,176yds; 69.4 / 122)

 

Note 1: Only those players entered in the Men’s and Ladies Championships are eligible to receive Order of Merit points.

Note 2: Men’s & Ladies Championships will be seeded into flights of 16; unless there are fewer than sixteen entrants, in which    

             case players will be seeded into flights of 8.

Note 3: Senior Men’s Championship will be seeded into flights of 8.

 

FORMAT; SCHEDULE

The championship will be in two stages:

  1. Stroke Play – 18 holes of stroke play will determine the qualifying order for match play. The defending champion may elect to forgo qualifying and take the #1 seed for the championship. A tie for the last qualifying place will be decided by a hole-by-hole playoff.

Note: Should it not be possible to complete the qualifying round due to inclement weather, players will be seeded in their respective divisions based on their handicap index as at November 15th, 2019.

 

Friday, November 29       Registration at Port Royal clubhouse from 7:00am onwards

Qualifying Round; All divisions; Play will begin off 1st tee at 7:45am

 

  1. Match Play – General Numeric Draw will be used. For purposes of determining places in the draw, ties in qualifying rounds will be broken by the R&A and USGA approved method of matching scorecards, except that places of those participating in a playoff will be determined by their performance in the playoff.

 

Saturday, November 30 First Round; All divisions, 18 holes; Play will begin off 1st tee at 7:45am

Second Round + Consolation; Men & Ladies, 18 holes; Play will begin at 12:30pm

 

Sunday, December 1       Semi-Finals + Consolation; All divisions, 18 holes; Play will begin off 1st tee at 7:45am

                                                        Finals + Consolation; All divisions, 18 holes; Play will begin at 12:30pm