Amateur Players
Would you like to represent your golf club on the national stage, competing for a national championship amid the glitz and glamour of Las Vegas?
If the answer is yes, contact your PGA professional about hosting a local qualifying tournament. It’s quick and easy for him to set up and it’s quick and easy for all amateurs to form a team and register.
The cost for entry per amateur into a local qualifier is $89.00 payable on this secure web site.
- Each player must be registered and paid prior to competing.
- This fee includes tee gifts and entry into the Great American Scramble.
- You will still have to pay course costs at the local qualifying site.
If your team qualifies for the National Championship, the cost for entry per amateur is $389.00.
- Each player must be entered into the National Championship by their PGA professional through the professional section of this website. When payment has been made on-line by the amateur, the player is officially registered.
- This fee covers all course costs, lunch both tournament days, all prizes, and the awards party. This fee does not cover travel costs, lodging, skins, and pari-mutuel betting.
Download Local Qualifier Format Sheets - Invitational
Download Local Qualifier Format Sheets - Open
All amateur* golfers with a current USGA Handicap index two update periods prior to the local club championship date are eligible to compete in the Great American Scramble provided that by the update 10 DAYS PRIOR to the local club championship date they have a MINIMUM of 10 posted scores within the last 12 months of the actual local club championship date.
*A formerly amateur golfer who has technically lost his amateur status due to contest winnings, due to team event winnings (such as the Great American Scramble), or due to a tournament based on net scores is still eligible to compete in the Great American Scramble provided he has a valid USGA handicap index, meets the score record requirements, and does not display the skills or the score record indicative of a professional caliber player. In other words, if a player has obvious amateur skills and a score record indicative of amateur ability, the Great American Scramble will consider the player eligible to compete. In this and similar cases we will classify a player as an “amateur” based on skill level, score record, and handicap index.
Each local team will be comprised of 4 amateurs* using the following guidelines:
- Each team may have only one player whose handicap index is 4.0 or less
- Each team must have four players with combined handicap indexes of at least 30.0 to be an eligible team for the GREAT AMERICAN SCRAMBLE.
- 30.0-35.9 -- 0 team handicap
- 36.0-41.9 – 1 team handicap
- 42.0-47.9 – 2 team handicap
- 48.0-53.9 – 3 team handicap
- 54.0 and above -- 4 team handicap
Each participant not a member of the host club must provide the host PGA professional with a copy of his USGA handicap index card and/or computer printout that lists handicap index, handicap number, and score record in effect 10 days prior to the local club tournament date before they can compete. Be prepared to additionally provide a picture id in case the local professional in charge of the event deems it necessary.