Registration

Begins: Monday, March 17, 2025 (9:00 am)

Entry Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025 (11:59 pm)

Fee:

          $250 / Team

          Includes: golf, riding cart,

          and driving range - PLUS:

          **$4032 in prizes**

Eligibility Criteria:

• Amateur Golfers (Male and Female)
• Must be a member of an RDGA club.
• Must have a RDGA GHIN® Handicap Index®.
• Players of all abilities welcome.

Field Size: 144 Players (72 Teams)                                        Website: Click HERE                     Scorecard: Click HERE 

                                                                                              Address: 3717 Ridge Rd W, Rochester, NY 14626

PLEASE NOTE: Lunch is NOT included in the entry fee but is available for cash purchase from 11:00 am to 3:30 pm.

Snacks will also be available at the first tee as you begin your round.

Event Format

Handicap Index as of May 12, 2025, will be utilized for this event (1 week prior).

The competition will be 18 holes of stroke play. Two-Person Best Ball format. Each player must use his/her tee shot at least six times during the 18 holes. The team records one score on each hole as their team score.

There will be four Divisions:

• A Men's Championship Division, playing from the Ridgemont Men's Blue Tees (6,598 yards).
• A Men's Senior Division playing from the Ridgemont Men's White Tees (6,184 yards).
• A Men's Regular (Net) Division playing from the Ridgemont Men's White Tees (6,184 yards).
• A Women's Division playing from the Ridgemont Women's Gold Tees (4,664 yards).

The Men's Championship Division will be played at scratch.

The Men's Regular (Net) Division,  Women's Division, and Men's Senior Division will all be played at 35%-15% handicap and will have Low Gross AND Low Net winners.

The TOP TWO teams (ties broken by Match of Cards method) in the Men's Championship Division earn

exemptions into the 2025 RDGA District Championship at Cobblestone Creek Country Club on July 31-Aug. 2.  

The TOP ONE team (ties broken by Match of Cards method) in the Men's Senior Division (Gross Score results)

earn exemptions into the 2025 RDGA District Championship at Cobblestone Creek CC on July 31- Aug. 2.

Schedule

• Player Registration opens at 6:00 am

  All tee times begin off the No.1 tee, from 7:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Division Tee Time range (APPROXIMATE):
           Men's Championship Division - 7:00 am - 9:00 am
           Women's Division - 9:10 am - 10:30 am
           Men's Senior Division - 10:40 am - 12:00 pm

           Men's Regular (Net) Division - 12:10 pm - 3:00 pm

Cart Policy

• Carts are included in entry fee and are mandatory for all adults.
• The maximum number of carts for each group is two (2); each side (two player team) will be assigned a cart.
• Juniors must walk - or if paired with Adult may ride - but not drive.

Pairings

• Please register with your desired team member.
• Tee times will be provided approximately a week before the event.
• Teams will be paired by like playing abilities and within flights.
• Divisional pairing order for this event will be as follows: Men's Championship; Women's; Men's Senior; Men's Regular (Net).
• You must play within the time range of your division but you can contact us for an early or late time in that schedule slot, please contact Ty McHerron at TyMcherron@rdga.org and we may consider your request.

Range

The practice range will be open to all players beginning at 6:00 am and is included in the entry fee.

Food Services

• Lunch is NOT included in the entry fee but is available for cash purchase between 11:00 am and 3:30 pm.

Practice Round

There is no practice round scheduled for this event.

Prizes

• The RDGA will pay prizes in the form of pro shop certificates to approximately 1/4 of the field in each of the five Divisions (Men's Championship, Men's Senior, Men's Regular and Women's).

Withdrawals

If you have to withdraw, please contact us as soon as possible by email at TyMcherron@RDGA.org, or by phone at the RDGA Office: (585) 292-5950.

Refund Policy

Refunds of tournament entry fees will be made in accordance with the following rules:

1. If the player withdraws BEFORE the registration deadline, he/she will be granted a refund of the full entry, minus the $10.00 credit card processing fee. (The refund will be credited back to the players card).

2. If the player withdraws from a tournament AFTER the registration closes, no refund will be granted.

RDGA Local Rules & Terms of Competition

CLICK HERE for the RDGA Local Rules & Terms of Competition, revised as of January 1, 2025.

USGA Competitive Fairness Gender Policy

The RDGA complies with the Competitive Fairness Gender Policy, established by the USGA on December 4, 2024, and set to take effect for the 2025 tournament season. For additional information, CLICK HERE.

RDGA Code of Conduct

The Rochester District Golf Association (RDGA) and its member clubs believe that participation in RDGA amateur events is a privilege that carries responsibilities.  In order to enter an RDGA event, a player must be an amateur golfer (unless otherwise approved by the Committee) and be a member in good standing at an RDGA or NYSGA member club.  He or she must adhere to all RDGA tournament requirements, including possession of a USGA Handicap Index, age and/or gender for selected events, appropriate golf attire, mandatory use of riding carts at selected events including limitations listed on Local Rules and Terms of Competition for 2025 RDGA Tournaments, and obey local host club rules that may apply to players during a competition.

The Rules of Golf as approved by the United States Golf Association and R&A Rules Limited govern play in RDGA events, along with the Local Rules and Terms of Competition for 2025 Tournaments and any Local Rules that are in effect as listed on the Notice to Player.  All players must familiarize themselves with the provisions of Rule 1.2 of the Rules of Golf and conduct themselves accordingly, i.e. by playing in the spirit of the game, acting with integrity, showing consideration for others, and taking good care of the golf course, as those concepts are described in Rule 1.2a.

In accordance with Rule 1.2b of the Rules of Golf, the RDGA has adopted this Code of Conduct to apply to all players in RDGA events.  In the discretion of the RDGA Rules Committee, a player may receive the General Penalty (loss of hole in match play or 2 strokes in stroke play) for conduct that breaches this Code.  A penalty of Disqualification may be applied for any serious misconduct that occurs.  Examples of “serious misconduct” include, but are not limited to:  deliberately damaging a putting green, deliberately moving tee markers or boundary stakes, deliberately distracting other players, refusing to follow the Rules of Golf, repeated violation of the transportation policy, repeated use of vulgar or offensive language, or showing disrespect to a Rules Official.

Adopted: Effective January 1, 2025

Tournament Chairperson

Mr. Ty McHerron 

(585) 292-5950   -   Office

(518) 369-7279   -    Cell