51st Senior Amateur Championship

Country Club of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.

Sept. 13-14, 2021

 

 

Registration Fee: $135 per individual.

 

Registration Opens: Aug. 2 at 9 a.m.

Registration Closes: Aug. 30 at 11:59 p.m.

 

Format: Two-day, 36-hole individual stroke play event. In the case where weather interferes with the tournament, it will be reduced to one-day, 18-hole event.

 

Eligibility: Open to GAP members who are 55 years of age or older as of the first day of the Championship. Players must have a GAP/USGA Handicap Index of 7.0 or lower. There will be a Super-Senior Division (65 years of age or older). A Super-Senior may play in the Senior Division.

 

Field Size: Limited to 144 players. If oversubscribed, exempt and low indexes entered will fill the field. 44 entries are reserved for Super Seniors.

 

Practice Rounds: Practice rounds are available Sept. 5-10. You must call for a tee time. The fee is $50 and includes cart.

 

Starting Times: Beginning at 7:30 a.m. on 10-minute intervals. Morning and afternoon start on Nos. 1 and 10.

 

Transportation: Players may walk or ride. CC of Scranton will not have caddies available. Players may walk and carry their own or take a push cart. 

  

Ties: Sudden death playoff for Senior and Super Senior. Duplicate prizes for ties for second overall low gross, payout to be broken by USGA-recommended scorecard tie-breaking. All other ties to be broken by using the USGA-recommended scorecard tie-breaking method.