2024 VGT UNIVERSITY OPEN
$9,500 Total Prize Purse*
Thursday, June 27th
University Golf Club
12:00pm Start
WELCOME NOTE
A very special thanks to the University Golf Club for partnering with the VGT and allowing us to host a premier championship on their beautiful layout.
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
The 2024 VGT UNIVERSITY OPEN 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 and Amateur Golfers with an 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: Pros plus Amateurs with 5.0 & less index competing for the cash purse (see below)
Championship Division: Amateurs with hcp. index of 5.0 & under competing against Amateurs only.
Senior Division: 55+ years of age & 5.0 or less hcp index
Flight 1: Hcp index of 5.1 to 10.0
Flight 2: Hcp factor of 10.1 to 16.0
Flight 3: Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0
Entry Fee includes:
- 18-hole stroke-play tournament at University Golf Club.
- Green Fees ($85)
- Amateurs receive a premium leather glove + 3 Srixon Z-star balls ($50 value)
- A $20 gift card for University Golf Club (can be used at driving range, pro-shop or restaurant)
- Over $40/player in Amateur prizing = $3,800 in Amateur Prizes based on 90 players
- $5,700 Pro Purse based on 30 Pros
- Gross & Net prizing in each handicap division.
- Winner’s Flags presented to the Gross Champions in each Division
- Opportunity to win valuable Order of Merit points
- Over $20,000 in season ending prizing and awards!
- Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
- Professional Announcing on the first tee
- All credit card fees
*Prize Purse based on full field of 30 Pros & 90 Amateurs
***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***
All players must create a VGT Player Profile in Golf Genius to be eligible to play the 2024 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: 120 Players (30 Pros; 90 Amateurs)
Prize Payouts: The top 35% of Pros will be paid. The top 25% of each handicap division will win gift cards, with alternating Gross & Net Scores determining prize payouts by division:
Championship Division Hcp. Index of 5.0 & under
Senior Division 55+ years of age & 5.0 or less hcp index
Flight 1 Hcp index of 5.1 to 10.0
Flight 2 Hcp factor of 10.1 to 16.0
Flight 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 – until 14 days out
VGT Members receive priority registration until Wednesday June 12 @ 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: Thursday June 20 @ 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: $260+GST ($273.00)
AMATEURS:
VGT Member: $175+GST ($183.75)
Non-member: $225+GST ($236.25)
For any Championship Amateurs wishing to play in the ‘OPEN’ field against the PROS for the CASH PURSE, they need to pay an additional $35 by selecting “Add $35 for OPEN” field. This qualifies a Championship Amateur to play for the Pro Purse instead of prizing.
Amateurs are now eligible to win a maximum cash prize of $1,200 in ‘Open’ field events vs. Pros. This $35 will be added directly into the “Open Purse” for each Amateur player who makes this choice.
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 30 Pros in field. Purse payout = 35% = Top 11 paid out.
If 30 Pros + 10 Amateurs in Open field. Purse payout = 35% of Pros = 11, plus 35% of Amateurs (in this case 10 amateurs x 1/4 counting) = 1 additional player paid. Thus, the top 12 will be paid out.
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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.30th, 2024.
Here are some of the amazing partners and brands we are working with for you to cash in your prize credits in 2024
Winning players will receive an email summarizing the prizing and gift cards won and outlining how to cash in their gift cards through our new online member store.
Visit the VGT online store: www.myvgt.com.
Approximate Yardages:
Male Pros & Championship Division: 6,700 yards
Male Senior Championship Division: 6,100 yards
Male Div.1,2 & 3: 6,100 yards
Female Pros & Championship Division: 5,800 yards
Female Seniors & Division 1, 2 & 3: 5,100 yards
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 and awards!!
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:
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1st Gross: 1500 pts |
6th Gross: 600 pts |
11th Place: 300 pts |
16th Place: 150 pts |
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2nd Gross: 1,100 pts |
7th Gross: 500 pts |
12th Place: 250 pts |
17th Place: 125 pts |
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3rd Gross: 1,000 pts |
8th Gross: 450 pts |
13th Place: 225 pts |
18th Place: 100 pts |
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4th Gross: 800 pts |
9th Place: 400 pts |
14th Place: 200 pts |
19th Place: 75 pts |
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5th Gross: 700 pts |
10th Place: 350 pts |
15th Place: 175 pts |
20th Place: 50 pts |
ALL AMATEUR DIVISIONS:
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1st Gross: 1500 pts |
6th Gross: 300 pts |
1st Net: 1,100 pts |
6th Net: 250 pts |
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2nd Gross: 1,000 pts |
7th Gross: 225 pts |
2nd Net: 800 pts |
7th Net: 200 pts |
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3rd Gross: 700 pts |
8th Gross: 175 pts |
3rd Net: 600 pts |
8th Net: 150 pts |
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4th Gross: 500 pts |
9th Place: 125 pts |
4th Net: 450 pts |
9th Net: 100 pts |
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5th Gross: 400 pts |
10th Place: 75 pts |
5th 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:
- 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.
- VGT hosts numerous Amateur only events where Amateurs have a chance to win the JACKPOT without Pros in the field.
Course Details & Location
University Golf Club
Address: 5185 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC V6T 1X5
Tee-time bookings & clubhouse: 604.224.7799
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Lessons & Driving Range |
604.225.2333 |
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Westward Ho! Bar & Grill Reservations and Information |
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Head Golf Professional |
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Golf Course Location
You can find us located just minutes from downtown Vancouver and in the heart of the Pacific Spirit Park and the University Endowment Lands. In the city yet away from it all!
At “The Gates” of the University of British Columbia, West 10th Avenue becomes University Boulevard as it intersects with Blanca Street. Follow the boulevard westward for about one kilometre. You’ll see our luscious green fairways and the entrance is well marked on the right.
The University Golf Club is close to the sandy beaches at Locarno & Spanish Banks, great shopping on 10th Avenue and down the street from the University of British Columbia with the UBC botanical gardens and the Chan Centre of Performing Arts. The University Golf Club grounds are also the home of the BC Golf Museum located between the 16th & 17th holes and can be accessed off Blanca Street.