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PGA Professional

You can look great to your members by providing them an opportunity to compete for a national title in Las Vegas, NV on November 13th and 14th at Revere Golf Club and Primm Valley Golf Resort.

It’s great for your members because they only have to qualify once!
Not only that, they qualify at their home course with their trusted home professional looking after the handicaps and equity of the event. The payoff is their opportunity to register and compete for a National Championship in Las Vegas. As their PGA professional, you can join their team at the nationals (National Championship played in Pro-AM fivesomes).

It’s great for you because there are no tedious forms to fill out—your players have already inputted their information into our database once they registered. We have already created the format sheets for you, you just need edit them according to your club’s specific information and print them.

The only paperwork we need from you is to fax the handicap records of all teams who qualified for the National Championship to (407) 877-1530.

You start it all by registering your club to hold a qualifying event between April 1st and August 31st, 2008. Your registration is quick, easy and paperless. Upon registration, you will receive a tournament code for your local qualifier.

Your amateurs must then register and pay on this secure website using the code you generated.
Don’t delay registration! Don’t delay running your qualifier! Once the National Championship has reached 200 qualifying teams the event is at capacity and no further teams will be allowed into the Championship.

There are two types of local qualifying tournaments, it is up to the local PGA professional to choose one of the two types of qualifying events:

  1. “Invitational” local qualifying – Each foursome must have at least one member of the host club on each team that participates. The other three players may be invited from other clubs. All players are subject to the same handicap guidelines. Each participant not a member of the host club MUST provide the local PGA professional with a copy of his handicap record in effect 10 days prior to the local championship date.
  2. “Open” local qualifying – Each foursome may have any player on their team subject to the handicap guidelines and team formation guidelines. Every person competing MUST provide the local PGA professional with copies of their handicap record in effect 10 days prior to the local championship date

We will send you a commission based on the size of your qualifying event. You will need to provide each qualifying team with a PGA professional or PGA apprentice. Details provided below:

Each host professional will ultimately decide how many teams will advance to the national finals from their club or course. The following chart shows only the maximum allowable teams per local club event based on the number of local entries.

Clubs holding an event must have a minimum of 8 registered teams to advance a team to the finals.

8-11 teams in local • 1 team to the National Finals • Pro must decide net or gross
12-17 teams in local • 2 teams to the National Finals • 1 Net and 1 Gross team
18-23 teams in local • 3 teams to the National Finals • 1 Net and 2 Gross or...
2 Net and 1 Gross team. Local Pro makes decision
24+ teams in local • 4 teams to the National Finals • 2 Net and 2 Gross teams

No matter how big or small the field for your event, please also have one “alternate” qualifying spot. In the event the National Championship has space, we will fill the field using alternates. Alternate spaces will be prioritized according to the date the PGA professional registers his club into the web site, NOT when his event is played. The earlier you register, the greater the probability we would use an alternate team from your club if needed.

Commissions paid directly to Host Professional according to the following schedule:

8-11 teams registered in local event: $ 250.00
12-17 teams registered in local event: $ 400.00
18-23 teams registered in local event: $ 500.00
24+ teams registered in local event: $ 599.00

With 100 teams, the National Championship will be a Net & Gross Event simultaneously with the low 10 gross and 10 net teams being paid. We will also have “day money” pari-mutuel and an optional “2nd day” buy-in for those teams in the bottom half of the field and a skins game option for both days. The purse for an event with 100 teams in the National Championship will be $100,000.

With 200 teams, the National Championship will be a Net Only Championship at one golf facility and a Gross only Championship at another golf facility with each team competing in the division in which they qualified. We will pay the low 20 scores in each division. We will also have “day money” payouts and an optional “2nd day” buy in for those teams in the bottom third of the field and a skins game option for each day. The purse for an event with 200 teams in the National Championship will be $200,000.

The awards party will combine both the Gross and Net Division to crown the National Champions.

When you login to your account for the National Championship, a full list of the teams from your qualifier will appear. You just click on the teams who made it and which team is the alternate.

Great American Scramble Documents Download:

Player Eligibility

All amateur golfers with a current USGA Handicap index 2 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.

Amateur Handicap Guidelines

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.

Local professionals must fax the copies of all team members’ handicap/score record printouts advancing to the finals to (407) 877-1530. These should be faxed as soon as possible.

Professional Eligibility

Only class “A” PGA professionals or PGA apprentices in good standing may play in the Great American Scramble as the professional 5th team member in the National Championship. Class F PGA members, inactive PGA members, and Class A-3 (PGA TOUR) members will not be allowed to compete in the Great American Scramble. Additionally, any PGA member who has competed in at least seven PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, or Nationwide TOUR sponsored or co-sponsored events combined within the calendar year of the National Championship is ineligible. All professional golfers who have played in golf tournaments based on gross scores, compete primarily as individuals, and use participation in golf tournaments to at least supplement his income are not allowed into a local club event as an amateur even if they have a valid USGA Handicap Index.