53rd Senior Amateur Championship
Overbrook Golf Club, Villanova, Pa.
Tuesday-Wednesday, September 5-6, 2023
Registration Fee: $135 per individual.
Registration Opens: July 25 at 9 a.m.
Registration Closes: August 22 at 11:59 p.m.
Format: Two-day, 36-hole individual stroke play event with a cut to the low 70 and ties for the second round. In the case where weather interferes with the tournament, it may 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.
Transportation: Players may take a cart, bring a caddie or use a push cart. The cart fee is $35 per round and it was NOT included in the registration fee. Players taking a cart MUST check in with the golf shop prior to each round.
Field Size: Limited to 144 players. If oversubscribed, exempt and low indexes entered will fill the field.
Practice Rounds: Practice rounds have not been made available for this event.
Starting Times: Beginning at 7:30 a.m. on 10-minute intervals off No. 1 and No. 10. Round two tee times will be from highest score to lowest off the first tee only unless weather dictates a two tee start.
Ties: Sudden death playoff. 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.