Welcome to the 2018

IGA VANCOUVER GOLF TOUR

SPRING/SUMMER SCHEDULE

                                                                                                                                               

 

 

Welcome to 2018 Premier Amateur Membership on the VGT Spring/Summer Schedule. As a Premier Member of VGT you will be receiving some fantastic membership gifts this year thanks to some great partnerships with our sponsors:

 

• One (1) VGT Credentials Money Clip (use to save $$ on practice rounds)
• One (1) Dozen SRIXON Z-Star Balls
• One (1) Pair of 2UNDR Premium Men’s Briefs
• One (1) $50 MAUI JIM Gift Certificate
• One (1) TSN BC DISCOUNT GOLF CARD - Classic Edition (first 150)
• ONE (1) TSN DISCOUNT GOLF CARD - Desert Edition (first 75)
• Two (2) Days FREE PARKING with PARK’N FLY YVR
• PREMIER MEMBER Pricing on the following brands:
  • SRIXON Clubs, Balls, Bags                       CLEVELAND Wedges
  • BUSHNELL Rangefinders                          TRAVIS MATHEW Apparel
  • MAUI JIM Sunglasses                                PROJEKT Luggage
  • GALVIN GREEN Rainwear                       2UNDR Premium briefs
  • NEW BALANCE Golf Shoes                      LINKSOUL Golf Apparel

 

• Preferred Green Fee pricing at partner golf courses (From 10% to $20 off)
• Qualify for over $7,000 in Amateur Order of Merit Prizes including a PGA TOUR Fan Experience you won’t forget!! (includes one FREE FLIGHT and

2 weekly passes to watch a 2018-19 PGA TOUR event!!)

 

This year marks our 12th Anniversary of the VGT as well as IGA’s 12th Year as our Tour Title Sponsor!!  We can’t thank IGA enough for allowing us to make such a complete schedule of events for our players.  We owe it all to them and many of our partner sponsors!

 

We are extremely excited about this year’s schedule which pegs some exciting NEW events and Premier venues on our tour this year!

 

Your 2018 welcome gifts and VGT Membership Credentials will be available at our Opening Event on Mar.19th – The Brad Garside Open, or at your first VGT event. If you aren’t going to play an event for a while, and require your membership credentials & member gifts sooner, please email heidi@vancouvergolftour.com to arrange for pick-up from our Burnaby office.

 

For the 5th straight year GOLF GENIUS has signed on as our Official Scoring Solutions Provider, and they have gone above and beyond to help customize their software to make your VGT Tournament registration experience very simple, even for those not tech savvy golfers!

 

 

 

 

FOR FIRST TIME 2018 VGT MEMBERSHIP LOG-IN:

 

Please log-in one of 2 ways:

 

EXISTING MEMBERS:

Use the temporary link GOLF GENIUS provides you in your welcome email (comes right after this email)

 

NEW MEMBERS:

Use your Email Address and temporary GOLF GENIUS password that is sent to you as follows:

 

Click: Http://MYVGT.COM

Click: “SIGN-IN

ENTER Your Email Address

Enter Temporary Password: xxxx

 

MEMBERSHIP PORTAL LOG-IN:

 

1.      BY SMARTPHONE OR TABLET:

a.      Download the FREE “GOLF GENIUS” APP:

                                                i.  ANDROID APP (CLICK HERE)

                                               ii.   iPHONE/IPAD APP (CLICK HERE)

b.      Register with your username (email address) and password provided by GOLF GENIUS in your email

 

2.      FROM YOUR PC:

a.      Click http://MYVGT.COM

b.      Click “SIGN-IN”

c.      Enter your email address and password provided by Golf Genius

 

Once you are logged in, you can view all the events on our calendar and manage your schedule with ease. 

 

TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION:

Registering for VGT events is very easy:

 

1. Sign-in to the portal through the Golf Genius App or at http://myvgt.com
2. CLICK “2018 VGT” league
3. CLICK “Member Portal”
4. Click “Tournaments”
5. Click “Round Signup”
6. Find the event you want to register for and Click “Sign Up”
7. Click ‘OK’ to confirm your registration
8. Confirm payment for event:

• Save $5-$10/entry by paying by E-TRANSFER: Send your payment to payments@vancouvergolftour.com
• Save $5-$10 if you pay cash or cheque at the event at least 1 hour prior to your tee-time (members only)
• Pay with credit card or paypal through the VGT tournament payment page (http://vancouvergolftour.com/payment/) 

 

9. To un-register, click ‘Cancel Sign-up’ and Click ‘OK’ before the registration   

     deadline to late withdrawal avoid penalties (usually 72 hours in advance)

  10. Check you are confirmed on the players' list for all VGT ‘in-house’ events

• • • • • • •      Click Tournaments
            •      Click the event you are playing
            •      Click Tee-times / Player List
            • OR go to the website: http://vancouvergolftour.com
            •      Click “Tee-times”
            •      Select the tournament you registered for
            •     (Player’s lists for partner events such as the Golden Ears and Chilliwack Open are also found here but may not be ‘live’ and so players should contact the host course for player’s lists.)

 

• Follow any VGT tournament (scores, stats) on your phone LIVE from the APP
• Review past tournament results & analyze personal statistics
• Track player of the year points and most improved player by handicap
• BE SOCIAL! Connect with your fellow members, arrange tee-times/matches and post pictures and make comments…Nice Comments!

 

For more information on VGT's membership area within Golf Genius, please feel free to contact us directly at info@vancouvergolftour.com.

 

All of our events can be found on the tournament calendar and will be open for registration through the member’s area usually 8-10 weeks prior to the event.

 

From all of us at VGT, welcome to our 12th Annual Season and another great year of LIVE LEADERBOARDS and Interactive Member’s Area to register for VGT events throughout the year!!

 

We hope you enjoy the experience!!

 

Sincerely,

Helen Simpson,

Head of VGT Player Communications