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This page provides details
on the formats used for individual GTGP events. For
information on The Golf Tour of
Philadelphia's season-long competition, see the
Season Long Competition and
Money List Distribution
pages. The purse and format for each event may be found on
the tour schedule page.
General Information
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All events are based on net (handicapped) scoring.
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Awards are given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
at each event. The awards will typically be gift certificates
toward merchandise at a local pro shop or golf shop, or GTGP
club credit that may be applied toward future GTGP event
registration fees. Unless otherwise indicated, awards
will be funded by a "prize pool" created by taking $5.00
from each player's event entry fee; First, second, and third
places in individual events will receive 50%, 30%, and 20% of the prize pool,
respectively. In team events, the first place team will
split 70% of the prize pool and the second place team will
split 30% of the prize pool. With this system, events with larger fields
will have prizes with larger values.
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Tiebreaking procedures used to determine the event awards
for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd based are based on a match of
scorecards. The order of tiebreakers is as follows:
(1) net score over last 9 holes; (2) net score over last 6
holes; (3) net score over last 3 holes; (4) net score on
18th hole; (5) net score on 17th hole; (6) net score on 16th
hole, etc. This procedure is recommended in the
USGA Handicap Manual.
(Note: Tiebreakers are not used for determining the GTGP$
won in an event. GTGP$ will be split equally among
tied players.)
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Your
tournament handicap is determined according to the event
format, tees played, course rating, slope, and your official
USGA handicap index. For information on how your
tournament handicap is determined, see the
Tournament
Handicap Calculation page. The tournament handicap
will be indicated on your GTGP scorecard for the event.
Handicap strokes are then applied based on the course
handicap stroke allocation (indicated on the scorecard).
For example, a player receiving 21 strokes receives one
stroke on every hole except for the holes rated #1, 2, and
3, where the player receives two strokes.
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For
each event type, a percentage of the full course handicap is
used according to USGA recommendations in the
USGA Handicap Manual.
Specific Event Formats
| Format |
Individual Net |
| Description |
A basic stroke
play event in which each player plays his or her own
ball. Total net scores over 18 holes are used
to determine
order of finish. |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive
100% of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap |
| Format |
Individual
Match Net vs. Par |
| Description |
Each player
plays a match against net par on each hole. A
player wins the hole with a net birdie, net eagle,
etc. A player loses the hole with a net bogey,
net double bogey, etc. A player halves the
hole with a net par. Total match standing
after 18 holes (e.g. 4 up, 3 up, 2 up, etc.) is used
to determine
order of finish. |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive
100% of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap |
| Format |
Individual
Modified Stableford |
| Description |
Players earn
points based on their net score for each hole.
The system rewards good hole scores more than it
punishes bad hole scores. Total points earned
over 18 holes are used to determine
order of
finish. For each hole:
- Net
Eagle or Better = 5 pts
- Net
Birdie = 2 pts
- Net Par
= 0 pts
- Net
Bogey = -1 pt
- Net
Double Bogey or Worse = -3 pts
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| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive 90%
of course handicap; Women receive 95% of
course handicap |
| Format |
2 Player Better
Ball |
| Description |
A basic stroke
play event in which each player plays his or her own
ball, but the team takes the better of the two net
scores on each hole. Total net team scores
over 18 holes are used to determine
order of
finish.
*Note: If the
event is designated "PYOP", then each player will be
able to select their own partner; otherwise,
partners will be chosen at random |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive 90%
of course handicap; Women receive 95% of
course handicap |
| Format |
2 Player
Aggregate |
| Description |
A basic stroke
play event in which each player plays his or her own
ball, and the team takes the total of the two net
scores on each hole. Total net team scores
over 18 holes are used to determine
order of
finish.
*Note: If the
event is designated "PYOP", then each player will be
able to select their own partner; otherwise,
partners will be chosen at random |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive
100% of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap |
| Format |
9 Hole Match
Play |
| Description |
A bracketed
match play event in which players play a nine hole
match against another player. The winners of
that match "advance" to the next round and play
against another winner. Generally, the event
will be bracketed into 16 player flights, with two
9-hole match rounds in the morning (matches
played within foursomes over 18 holes), and two 9-hole
match rounds in the afternoon (matches
played within foursomes over 18 holes). |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men and women
each receive a full 9-hole handicap with no
reduction (calculated according to the USGA Handicap
System Manual) for each set of nine holes.
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| Format |
Solstice
Challenge |
| Description |
This is a 36
hole event played over one day.
The format will be 18 holes of individual net stroke
play for the "morning qualifying round". All players will
then play two 9-hole matches in the "afternoon
final round". Players will be
grouped for the final round based on their
qualifying round score, with the top four players in
one group, the players finishing fifth through
eighth in a second group, and so on. The
stroke-play qualifying scores will be wiped out and
the final round will use a 9-hole match play format
to determine final standings. The overall
champion
will be crowned from the group of four players with
the best net scores
in the
morning qualifying round. Similarly,
the group of players with the second-best qualifying
scores will play to determine 5th through 8th
places, and so on.
The standard 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes (gift
certificates/club credit) are awarded at the end of
the morning stroke-player qualifier (half of the
purse) and at the end of the afternoon match play
competition (half of the purse). |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
Men receive
100% of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap |
| Format |
GTGP Tour
Championship |
| Description |
All members
are eligible to play in this season-ending
36-hole event, which is spread over two weekends
at the end
of the season. All
members who participate will
be eligible to compete in both Net and Gross
divisions, and a Club Champion will be crowned in
each division. Competition is individual
stroke play, with 18 holes on the first weekend and
18 holes on the second weekend.
Members may play even if they are unable to attend
both weekends, but are only eligible for the Tour
Championship if they are present both weekends.
Each weekend will comprise an individual 18-hole
event with a GTGP purse of $5,000,000.
Additionally, the combined 36-hole event consisting
of rounds from both weekends will constitute a GTGP
event with a separate purse of $10,000,000. Club
champions will be identified on the basis of this
36-hole event. The
standard 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes (gift
certificates/ club credit) are awarded on the basis
of 18 hole scores for each week. |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
For the Net
competition,
Men receive
100% of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap
For the Gross
competition, handicaps are not used |
| Format |
Mason-Dixon Cup |
| Description |
Ten players
qualify for the Mason-Dixon Cup team, which will
face the
Washington
Wormburners Golf Club in this 36-hole Ryder Cup
style event.
This a 2-day (overnight) event, with 2-player
better ball competition on Saturday afternoon and individual net singles matches on Sunday morning.
The GTGP team will consist of
the Top 8 players on the
GTGP Money List
(through the conclusion of the GTGP Tour
Championship) and
each of the players with the lowest ten
Adjusted Net and lowest ten
Adjusted Gross scores who
have not already qualified.
Click here to see complete
Mason-Dixon Cup results from past years. |
| Handicap
Allowance (Format Adjustment) |
2-Player Better
Ball (1st round):
Men receive 90%
of course handicap; Women receive 95% of
course handicap
Individual Net
(2nd round):
Men receive 100%
of course handicap; Women receive 100% of
course handicap |
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