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The GTGP
Board of Directors
has been hard at work this off-season seeking out ways to
improve GTGP competition for the 2008 season. Thanks to feedback from
the members throughout the year, the Board had many great suggestions to consider.
Although most elements will carry forward from the 2007 season, a few important changes for
2008 are noted below:
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The
2008 GTGP schedule
includes four new courses, including regional standout Seaview Marriott-Bay.
Other new courses include Inniscrone, Green Pond, and
Rancocas. Several courses such
return after a one- or two-year absence, including Glen
Mills, Broad Run, RiverWinds, Raven's Claw, and Island
Green. At the same time,
several favorites from our first three seasons remain on
the schedule.
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The
GTGP Tour Championship,
a season-ending 36-hole stroke play event, moves to
Lederach and Island Green. Additionally, the purse
has been increased to a total of $20,000,000. Of
this, $5,000,000 will be awarded for each weekend's
play, with a bonus $10,000,000 purse awarded for the
total 36-hole competition.
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The duration of the
GTGP season schedule has been reduced slightly to 22
regular season events. The season still runs from
April to October, but the number of events during the
summer months has been reduced. Additionally,
courses on the schedule are more centrally located
relative to the membership.
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The
2008 GTGP schedule places a higher priority on
individual play, with a larger percentage of the events
using an Individual Net format.
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As three-time defending
champion, GTGP will travel to the 2008
Mason-Dixon Cup against the
Washington Wormburners Golf Club. The 2008 Cup
will be a 2-day (overnight) event at a location to be
determined,
with the 2-player
better ball competition on Saturday afternoon and the
individual net singles matches on Sunday morning.
Qualifying provisions for the Mason-Dixon Cup team
remain the same as for 2007, with the team being
selected from the Top 8 players on the final GTGP Money
List, and each of the players with the lowest ten
Adjusted Net and lowest ten
Adjusted Gross scores who
have not already qualified.
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The inaugural
season-long GTGP Match Play Round-Robin Championship
debuts in April, with entrants guaranteed at least three
matches in a round-robin format against other members.
This informal event will be run through the club but
played on your own time. The winner earns 75% of
the prize pool, which is expected to be as much as $400!
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A few local rules have been added or modified for 2008.
The most important new rule requires players to play a
provisional ball and prohibits returning to the original
spot to play after losing a ball or hitting a ball out
of bounds. Additionally, a clarification has been
made to the embedded ball rule when "Lift, Clean, and
Place" is in effect. For more information, please see the
Local Rules page.
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