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SANDPIPER CLASSIC

 

April 27th, 2023

 

18-Hole Event

Sandpiper Resort

Open for Hdcp. 5.1 to 26.0

 

The 2023 Johnston Meier Insurance SANDPIPER CLASSIC 18-Hole event is a stroke play championship for Male & Female Amateur Golfers with handicap index of 5.1 to 26.0.

This event is a counting event for official points on the 2023 SRIXON/CLEVELAND ORDER of MERIT where $10,000 in Amateur year-end prizing will be awarded at the Tour Championship!

 

***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***

All players must create a VGT Player Profile in Golf Genius to be eligible to play the 2023 VGT Season.

If you have not set-up a player profile yet, please CLICK HERE.

 

Priority Registration for Members – until April 13th at midnight.

VGT Members have priority registration over non-members until April 13th at midnight PST.  Non-Members are asked to register as early as possible to establish priority waitlist status.  Their registration will show as pending and if the event is not full as of April 13th at midnight, will be non-members will be admitted in order of the date their registration (with payment) was received.

 

Registration Deadline: 

Thursday, April 20th at 6pm PST

 

Full Field Size:  60 Amateurs

 

Eligibility: This event is open to Male & Female Amateur Golfers with official hcp. Index of 5.1 to 26.0. 

Prize Payouts:

Players will be entered into the appropriate division based on their current handicap index at or around the registration deadline, and prizing will be based on alternating gross & net scores.  The top 25% of each division will make the prize table. 

Projected Handicap Flights are broken down as follows:

Flight 1: Hcp index of 5.1 to 10.0 (Men & Women combined)

Flight 2: Hcp factor of 10.1 to 16.0 (Men & Women combined)

Flight 3: Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0 (Men & Women combined)

 

 

*NOTE: There must be a minimum of five players registered in each flight for there to be a separate division.  If there are less than 5 female players in any of the three flights, female golfers will play against players from their own handicap flight.  In these cases, women will be provided with an equitable yardage to play against their handicap peers.

 

ENTRY FEES:

 

VGT Member: $150+GST = $157.50

Non-member: $200+GST = $210.00

 

NET SKINS GAME: $20/player (optional)

To play, please add $20 skins payment when registering

Net Skins for all 3 divisions (combined)

 

HOW TO REGISTER:

All players must log-in through their golf genius player profile. 

 

CLICK HERE TO LOG-IN & REGISTER

 

If you are having troubles establishing or updating your profile, please email info@vancouvergolftour.com.

 

Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees.  Please click the link below to familiarize yourself with these policies:

 

CLICK HERE

 

Tournament Entry Includes:

  • 18 holes of tournament golf at Sandpiper Resort
  • $30 tee-gift for all Amateurs.
  • $20 Food Voucher for the snack hut or inside the clubhouse after round
  • $40/PLAYER allocated to prizing
  • Prizing is calculated in each flight using alternating Gross and Net Scores
  • Awards presented to Gross Champions in each division
  • Opportunity to win valuable points for the 2023 SRIXON / CLEVELAND ORDER OF MERIT (over $10,000 in year-end awards & prizing)
  • Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
  • Professional Announcing on first tee
  • All credit card fees

 

PRIZING & PRIZE CREDITS: 

Top 25% in each division will earn prize credits for the following sponsor brands that can be cashed in shortly after the event, or they can be saved and cashed in at the end of the season by Oct.30th, 2023.

BUSHNELL               CLEVELAND GOLF              SRIXON             TRAVIS MATHEW

MAUI JIM                   ASICS GOLF SHOES            NIKE GOLF      NEW BALANCE GOLF

GALVIN GREEN        BIG MAX CARTS/BAGS       2UNDR              PROJEKT LUGGAGE          

CUTTER & BUCK      STORMTECH

 

All prize credit winners will receive an email summarizing the prize results and outlining how to cash in their prize credits!

Approximate Tee-Yardages:

 

Men’s Flight 1, 2 & 3: 6,000 yards

Women’s Flight 1,2 & 3: 5,200 yards

 

Tee Times

Tee times start at 12pm – 2:30pm.

Order of Divisions: Division 1, 2 and then 3.

 

 

Srixon/Cleveland Order of Merit

 

 

Thanks to our 16-Year Order of Merit Sponsor CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON, and our Major Sponsors MAUI JIM CANADA and GATEKEEPER SYSTEMS, our Pros and Amateurs are playing for over $20,000 in Year-End Cash & Prizes!!

Order of Merit (OOM) points will be awarded in each handicap division.

The Amateur OOM will be based on the following point system for a full field.  Order of Merit Points may be modified in any given event based on relative field size:

 

ALL AMATEUR DIVISIONS:

Points will be awarded based on alternating gross & net scores within your division as follows

 

1st Gross: 1500 pts

6th Gross: 300 pts

1st Net: 1,100 pts

6th Net: 250 pts

2nd Gross: 1,000 pts

7th Gross: 225 pts

2nd Net: 800 pts

7th Net: 200 pts

3rd Gross: 700 pts

8th Gross: 175 pts

3rd Net: 600 pts

8th Net: 150 pts

4th Gross: 500 pts

9th Place: 125 pts

4th Net: 450 pts

9th Net: 100 pts

5th Gross: 400 pts

10th Place: 75 pts

5th Net: 350 pts

10th Net: 50 pts

 

PROGRESSIVE HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOT

(CURRENT JACKPOT = 3 x $5,000 HOLE-IN-ONE PRIZES – as of Mar.3/22)

 

JACKPOT RULES:

  1. In order to qualify for the Hole-in-one (H.I.O) JACKPOT offered at a VGT event, a player must be entered into the $20 skins game/hole-in-one pot for that event.  If there is no winner of the hole-in-one at VGT event, the current hole-in-one pot will carry over to the next event until we have a winner of the jackpot.  If by the end of the Winter Tour the jackpot has not been won, the current jackpot will be carried over into the Summer Tour schedule commencing on April 4th, 2022.
  2. If the jackpot accumulates to $5,000, it will be cut-off at $5,000 and the first eligible person (see above) to score a hole-in-one on an eligible jackpot hole will receive the $5,000 payout.  A secondary Hole-in-one purse will be started as soon as the original jackpot reaches $5,000.  From the time the original purse reaches $5,000, moneys collected for the H.I.O purse will accumulate in this secondary pot while the first pot remains at $5,000. The secondary pot will continue to grow until the next eligible player scores a hole-in-one on the designated jackpot hole at a VGT event.  The maximum H.I.O purse paid out at any time will be $5,000, and once the pot has reached $5,000, a 3rd and 4th purse (and so on) will be established for future winners.
  3. Due to the skill difference of Pros versus the Amateurs in the field, we level the playing field for the JACKPOT two ways:
    1. By allowing the A & B amateurs to tee-off a shorter designated tee-box at various times compared to Professionals and Championship Amateurs.
    2. VGT hosts numerous Amateur only events where Amateurs have a chance to win the JACKPOT without Pros in the field.

 

COURSE DETAILS & ADDRESS

 

SANDPIPER RESORT

 

Recent winner of the PGA of BC’s “Hidden Gem” awards, Sandpiper Resort is located 75 minutes East of Vancouver and is open to the public 364 days a year. This par 72 course runs 6,500 yards from the back tees, and is gently sloped, featuring four sets of tees for all playing abilities.  Canadian course designer, Russ Olsen, has done an amazing job of taking advantage of the spectacular water and mountain vistas when designing this masterpiece. Sandpiper Golf Course has played host to several Vancouver Golf Tour events, most notably the Canada Bread BC Match Play & the VGT’s Inaugural 36-Hole Major Series Event the ‘2013 VGT Sandpiper Open’ where PGA Tour winner Nick Taylor finished runner-up to Seann Harlingten.

 

For more information, contact:

 

T: 604-798-9338

Golf Shop: (604)796-1000

14282 Morris Valley Road

Harrison Mills, British Columbia

Website: https://sandpiperresort.ca/

Instagram: @sandpiperresort

Twitter: @sandpiperGC