2021 VGT Sandpiper Classic

 

Presented by SRIXON

Sandpiper Resort Golf Course

Saturday, April 3rd, 2021

 

The 2021 VGT Sandpiper Classic is a counting event for official points on the 2021 SRIXON/CLEVELAND ORDER of MERIT.  This event is an 18-Hole stroke play Championship for Male and Female Amateur Golfers with official Golf Canada or USGA handicap factors (18.0 or less – Male) (22.0 or less – Female).  

 

***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***

 

All players must create a VGT Player Profile in Golf Genius to be eligible to play the 2021 VGT Season.

If you have not set-up a player profile yet, please email info@vancouvergolftour.com to set it up.

BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE TO ADHERE TO ALL COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE FOLLOWING LINKS HERE:

VGT COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES

SANDPIPER COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES

 

Registration Deadline: Saturday, March 20th at 6pm PST.

 

VGT Members have until Saturday, March 20th at 6pm PST to register with priority over non-members. 

 

Full Field Size:  120 Amateurs

Amateur Prizing: $4,800 based on 120 players ($40/player in tee-gifts & prizing)

Prize Payouts: Alternating Gross & Net Scores will determine prize payouts in all Divisions & Amateur flights as follows:

Men’s Championship Flight (5.0 & less)

Women’s Championship Flight (5.0 & less)

Flight A (5.1 to 10.0)

Flight B (10.1 to 18.0) 

Senior Division (55+ years & 18.0 or less hdcp.) (limited field size for registration purposes only)

Women’s A/B Division (5.1 & over)

 

Eligibility

Priority will be given to VGT Members until March 20th at 6pm, the registration deadline.  Non-Members are asked to register prior to the deadline with payment.  If the event is not full at the deadline, non-members will be admitted in order of the date their registration (with payment) was received.

 

*NOTE: There must be a minimum of five players registered in each flight for there to be a separate division.  If there are less than 5 players in the Senior Division or either of the Women’s Divisions, these players will play against players from their own handicap flight (either vs. Men in own flight or vs. non-Seniors in their own flight).  In these cases, both women and seniors will be provided with an equitable yardage to play against their handicap peers.

 

ENTRY FEES: 

 

AMATEURS:

VGT Member: $125+GST = $131.25

Non-member: $160+GST = $168.00

 

SKINS GAME: $20/player (optional)

Gross Skins for Pros & Champ Flight combined.  Net Skins for A/B flight combined

 

HOW TO REGISTER: 

All players must establish or update their current VGT player profile on Golf Genius before they play in a 2021 event.  If you have not done so, please establish or update your profile HERE

If you are having troubles establishing or updating your profile, please email info@vancouvergolftour.com. 

 

All payments for 2021 events will need to go through Golf Genius registration.  We apologize, but no more E-transfers will be accepted, but are happy to report, we are waiving credit card fees for 2021! 

 

MEMBERS:

Members will have until 2 weeks in advance to register with priority over non-members.

Members can either register with payment through the Golf Genius App or they can choose to accept the email invite for that event and confirm their payment through Golf Genius.

 

Once your payment is received, your entry will be confirmed, and your name will show on the confirmed player’s list.  With respect to invitational events, players may be placed on a pending list until we can determine you are confirmed in the field.  

 

NON-MEMBERS:

Non-Members may register for VGT events prior to 2-weeks before the event.  However, they will be placed on a pending list until the Member deadline (2 weeks before the event).  If there is space in the event, you will receive a confirmation email and you will be moved from the pending list to confirmed player’s list for this event.

 

Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE

 

 

Entry Fee includes: 

  • 18 holes of tournament golf at Sandpiper Golf Resort 
  • Three (3) Srixon Z-Star Balls
  • A $15 Food Voucher for the 10th hole snack hut
  • $40/PLAYER in Amateur Tee-Gifts & Prizes = $4,800 based on Full Field of 120 players
  • Prizing is calculated in each flight using alternating Gross and Net Scores
  • Optional Gross & Net Skins Games & Hole-in-one Jackpot: TWO X $5,000 HOLE-IN-ONE Jackpots as of March 22nd.
  • Awards presented to Gross Champions in each Flight
  • Opportunity to win valuable points for the 2021 SRIXON / CLEVELAND Order of Merit (over $7,500 in year-end prizing)
  • Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
  • Professional Announcing on first tee

 

Sponsor Prizes & Prize Credits:  Players will earn prize credits for the following sponsor brands that can be cashed shortly after the event, or they can be saved and cashed at the end of the season by Oct.30th, 2021

 

SRIXON                       CLEVELAND GOLF                  BUSHNELL                   TRAVIS MATHEW

MAUI JIM                      ASICS GOLF SHOES                2UNDR                         NEW BALANCE GOLF

GALVIN GREEN           BIG MAX CARTS/BAGS            NIKE GOLF                  PROJEKT LUGGAGE   

 

Approximate Tee-Yardages:

 

Male Championship Flight (6,600 yards)

Male Flight A, Flight B & Male Seniors (6,100 yards)

Female Championship Flight (5,600 yards)

Female Flight A/B & Female Seniors (5,300 yards)

 

Six Divisions:

    • Men’s Championship (5.0 or less)
    • Women’s Championship (5.0 or less)
    • Flight A (5.1-10.0)
    • Flight B (10.1-18.0)
    • Senior Am (55+ years & 18.0 or less handicap)
    • Women's A & B Flight combined (5.1 to 18.0)

 

*There Must be a minimum of five (5) Women or Senior Male Amateurs registered for there to be a separate Division for this event.  If not, then players will play within their own division (Pro/Am) and handicap flight from equitable tees versus the male competitors (approx. 85% of yardage).

 

 

Tee Times

Tee times start at 9:00am - 2:30pm. (Championship, Senior, B, A)

 

Practice Rounds

 

VGT Amateur Members:

  • VGT Members are being offered a $44.95+GST weekday rate (M-Thursday) the week of Mar.29-April 1st.
  • Players are to call the Sandpiper Golf Shop and inform the staff you are a VGT Member playing in the Sandpiper Classic event.
  • Payment for practice rounds is to be paid on the day at Sandpiper Pro-Shop (Players must show your VGT Membership card or refer to the player's list online)

 

Srixon/Cleveland Order of Merit

Order of Merit (OOM) points will be awarded in each category of membership as follows:

  • Tour Professional – Gross
  • Champ, Women's Divisions, Senior – Alternating Gross & Net
  • Flight A & B – Alternating Gross & Net

 

1st Place: 1500 pts

6th Place: 600 pts

11th Place: 200 pts

16th Place: 100 pts

2nd Place: 1100 pts

7th Place: 500 pts

12th Place: 180 pts

17th Place: 80 pts

3rd Place: 900 pts

8th Place: 400 pts

13th Place: 160 pts

18th Place: 60 pts

4th Place: 800 pts

9th Place: 300 pts

14th Place: 140 pts

19th Place: 40 pts

5th Place: 700 pts

10th Place: 250 pts

15th Place: 120 pts

20th Place: 20 pts

 

PROGRESSIVE HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOT RULES

  1. In order to qualify for the Hole-in-one (H.I.O) JACKPOT offered at a VGT event, a player must be entered into the $20 skins game/hole-in-one pot for that event.  If there is no winner of the hole-in-one at VGT event, the current hole-in-one pot will carry over to the next event until we have a winner of the jackpot.  If by the end of the Winter Tour the jackpot has not been won, the current jackpot will be carried over into the Summer Tour schedule commencing on March 23rd, 2020.
  2. If the jackpot accumulates to $5,000, it will be cut-off at $5,000 and the first eligible person (see above) to score a hole-in-one on an eligible jackpot hole will receive the $5,000 payout.  A secondary Hole-in-one purse will be started as soon as the original jackpot reaches $5,000.  From the time the original purse reaches $5,000, moneys collected for the H.I.O purse will accumulate in this secondary pot while the first pot remains at $5,000. The secondary pot will continue to grow until the next eligible player scores a hole-in-one on the designated jackpot hole at a VGT event.  The maximum H.I.O purse paid out at any time will be $5,000, and once the pot has reached $5,000, a 3rd and 4th purse (and so on) will be established for future winners.
  3. Due to the skill difference of Pros versus the Amateurs in the field, we level the playing field for the JACKPOT two ways:
    1. By allowing the A & B amateurs to tee-off a shorter designated tee-box at various times compared to Professionals and Championship Amateurs.
    2. VGT hosts numerous Amateur only events where Amateurs have a chance to win the JACKPOT without Pros in the field.

 

COURSE DETAILS & ADDRESS

 

Recent winner of the PGA of BC’s “Hidden Gem” awards, is located 75 minutes East of Vancouver and is open to the public 364 days a year. This par 72 course runs 6,500 yards from the back tees, and is gently sloped, featuring four sets of tees for all playing abilities.  Canadian course designer, Russ Olsen, has done an amazing job of taking advantage of the spectacular water and mountain vistas when designing this masterpiece. Sandpiper Golf Course has played host to several Vancouver Golf Tour events, most notably the Canada Bread BC Match Play & the VGT’s Inaugural 36-Hole Major Series Event the ‘2013 VGT Sandpiper Open’.

 

For more information, contact:

 

Ted Swaine, Director of Golf Operations 

E: Ted@sandpiperresort.ca

T: 604-798-9338

Golf Shop: (604)796-1000

14282 Morris Valley Road

Harrison Mills, British Columbia

Website: http://sandpipergc.com