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2024 RIVERWAY CLASSIC

$7,500 Total Prize Purse*

Tuesday, May 14^th

Riverway Golf Course

12:30pm Start

WELCOME NOTE

A very special thanks to the City of Burnaby and Riverway Golf Course for partnering with the VGT and allowing us to host a premier championship on their beautiful layout.

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

The 2024 RIVERWAY CLASSIC is an 18-Hole Stroke play Championship on the 2024 VGT Spring/Summer Championship Season with official points counting towards the 2024 SRIXON/CLEVELAND Order of Merit.

Eligibility

This event is open to Male & Female Professionals as well as Amateur Golfers with official hcp. Index of 26.0 & less. For this event, players will be entered into the appropriate division based on their current handicap index as follows:

Open Division: Professionals and Amateurs 5.0 & less competing for the cash purse (see below)

Championship Division: Hcp index of 5.0 & under competing against Amateurs only for g/c’s.

Division 1: Hcp index of 5.1 to 10.0

Division 2: Hcp factor of 10.1 to 16.0

Division 3: Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0

Entry Fee includes:

18 holes of tournament golf at Riverway Golf Course.
Choice of Sandwich or hot dog plus drink + snack at the turn

$3,300 in Amateur Prizes (based on Full Field of 66)
Gross & Net prizing in each handicap division.
Winner’s Flags presented to the Gross Champions in each Division
Opportunity to win valuable points for a chance to win part of the $20,000 in season ending SRIXON / CLEVELAND Order of Merit Prizing!
Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
Professional Announcing on the first tee
All credit card fees

*Prize Purse based on full field of 88 players

***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, or have not updated it through one of our recent emails, please CLICK HERE

By registering, you agree to adhere to all VGT policies and procedures outlining all cancellation and no show fees here:

https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/

Full Field Size: 88 Players (22 Pros; 66 Amateurs)

Pro Purse: $4,200 (based on 22 pros)

Amateur Tee-Gift: 3 Srixon Z-star, XV or Diamond balls

Amateur Prizing: $3,300 in gift card prizing based on 66 Amateurs.

Prize Payouts: The top 25% of each handicap division will qualify for prize pool with alternating Gross & Net Scores determining prize payouts as follows:

Championship Division Hcp. Index of 5.0 & under

Division 1 Hcp index of 5.1 to 10.0

Division 2 Hcp factor of 10.1 to 16.0

Division 3 Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0

For Pro Purse and Amateur prize purposes, Male and Female golfers will compete against one another within the same handicap division. Female golfers will be provided with an equitable yardage equal to approx..85% of the Men’s yardage.

Due to the limited field size, Senior Championship players 55+ years of age and 5.0 & less index will compete versus non-senior Championship Division players at 90% of their yardage.

NOTE: Female Championship Division Amateur players will earn points towards their own season-long Women’s Championship Division race to determine Female Golfer of the Year and year-long Order of Merit Standings.

Member Priority – 14 days out

VGT Members receive priority registration until Tuesday April 30^th @ Midnight.

After this time non-members who have registered with payment will be admitted into the field as long as the event is not full with members.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10 days out

Saturday May 4^th @ 6PM PST.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR AN EVENT:

All players must establish or update their VGT player profile on Golf Genius.

If you have not done so already, PLEASE UPDATE OR CREATE YOUR VGT PROFILE HERE: https://www.golfleaguegenius.com/pages/3450203

MEMBERS:

Members can either register with payment through the Golf Genius portal or they can choose to accept the email invite for that event and confirm their payment through Golf Genius.

Once your payment is received, your entry will be confirmed, and your name will show on the confirmed player’s list. With respect to invitational events, players may be placed on a pending list until we can determine you are confirmed in the field.

NON-MEMBERS:

Non-members may register for VGT events at any time. Their registration will show as ‘pending’ until we can determine we are not full with Members 2 weeks out. If the event is not full, non-member entries will be accepted in priority of their registration being received, and their status will move from ‘pending’ to ‘registered’.

Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE: https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/

ENTRY FEES:

PROFESSIONALS:

VGT Member: $210+GST ($220.50)

Non-Member: $275+GST ($288.75)

AMATEURS:

VGT Member: $160+GST ($168.00)

Non-member: $200+GST ($210.00)

For any Championship Amateurs wishing to play in the ‘OPEN’ field against the PROS for the CASH PURSE, they need to pay an additional $50 by selecting “Add $50 for OPEN” field. This qualifies an Amateur to win a portion of the Pro Purse (up to $1,200 cash).

As per 2022 USGA guidelines, Amateurs are now eligible to win a maximum cash prize of $1,200 in ‘Open’ field events vs. Pros. This $50 will be added directly into the “Open Purse” for each Amateur player who makes this choice.

For Example: If 10 Amateurs decide to play in the ‘Open’ field vs. the Pros, the purse will increase from $7,500 to approximately $8,000 (for this event = $50/player).

Every Amateur registering in the ‘Open’ field will count for 1/4 of a Pro when considering the OPEN field size and distribution of purse payout.

For Example:

If 40 Pros in field. Purse payout = 35% = Top 14 paid out.

If 40 Pros + 10 Amateurs in Open field. Purse payout = 35% of Pros = 14, plus 35% of Amateurs (in this case 10 amateurs x 1/4 counting) = 1 additional player paid. Thus, the top 15 will be paid out.

OPTIONAL SKINS GAME: $20/player (please add to your entry fee online)

*Entering the skins game qualifies you for all Progressive Hole-In-One Jackpots for the day! (see below)

GROSS SKINS

Pros & Championship Division players will compete together in one combined gross skins game.

NET SKINS

All other divisions will be combined and compete together in one net skins game

SPONSOR BRANDS & GIFT CARDS:

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.30^th, 2024.

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

Winning players will receive an email summarizing the prize results and outlining how to cash in their prize credits through our new online member storefront.

Approximate Yardages:

Male Pros & Championship Division: 6,800 yards

Male Senior Championship Division: 6,200 yards

Male Div.1,2 & 3: 6,200 yards

Female Pros & Championship Division: 5,900 yards

Female Seniors & Division 1, 2 & 3: 5,200 yards

Course Details & Location

About Riverway

Located in south Burnaby 15 km east of Vancouver International Airport, Riverway is one of Greater Vancouver's premier 18-hole championship golf courses. The 5,400-7,000 yard course is imaginatively designed with links-style fairways lined by wind-swept mounds of wild fescue. The layout is diverse and challenging, with an array of white tan bunkers and water hazards strategically placed to make every shot an adventure.

Riverway Golf Course

9001 Bill Fox Way
Burnaby BC V5J 5J3
Canada

Get Directions

Phone: 604-280-4653

Email:golf@burnaby.ca

Book a Tee Time

Driving Ranges

The Riverway Driving Range features 54 covered, climate-controlled stalls—night-lit for your convenience. It's the perfect place to perfect your swing! During busy times, you may need to wait for a stall. Thank you!

range opens at sunrise daily (except for Fridays when it opens at 9 am due to maintenance)
range is open until 9:45 pm daily
balls may be purchased and dispensed until 9 pm only

New Golf Burnaby App

Download the Golf Burnaby App for your iPhone or Android to book tee times, access scorecards and GPS, course conditions, hole descriptions and more!

Learn more

SRIXON / CLEVELAND

ORDER OF MERIT

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

Order of Merit (OOM) points will be awarded in each category of membership:

Professionals: Gross

Championship Division, Division 1, 2 and 3 & Senior Division – Alternating Gross & Net

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:

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION:

1st Gross: 1500 pts	6^th Gross: 600 pts	11^th Place: 300 pts	16^th Place: 150 pts
2^nd Gross: 1,100 pts	7^th Gross: 500 pts	12^th Place: 250 pts	17^th Place: 125 pts
3^rd Gross: 1,000 pts	8th Gross: 450 pts	13^th Place: 225 pts	18^th Place: 100 pts
4^th Gross: 800 pts	9th Place: 400 pts	14^th Place: 200 pts	19^th Place: 75 pts
5^th Gross: 700 pts	10th Place: 350 pts	15^th Place: 175 pts	20^th Place: 50 pts

ALL AMATEUR DIVISIONS:

1st Gross: 1500 pts	6^th Gross: 300 pts	1^stNet: 1,100 pts	6th Net: 250 pts
2^nd Gross: 1,000 pts	7^th Gross: 225 pts	2^nd Net: 800 pts	7th Net: 200 pts
3^rd Gross: 700 pts	8th Gross: 175 pts	3^rd Net: 600 pts	8th Net: 150 pts
4^th Gross: 500 pts	9th Place: 125 pts	4^th Net: 450 pts	9th Net: 100 pts
5^th Gross: 400 pts	10th Place: 75 pts	5^th Net: 350 pts	10th Net: 50 pts

PROGRESSIVE HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOT RULES

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.
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.
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 Division 1,2 and 3 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.