2025 SANDPIPER OPEN

36-Hole “Open” Championship

(Pros & Amateurs 5.0 & less)

Friday & Saturday April 25-26th, 2025  

Sandpiper Golf Resort

11:30am-2:30pm

 

Tournament Details

The 2025 Johnston Meier Insurance Sandpiper Open is our 5th Official Event on the 2025 VGT Summer Championship Season.

All players will be competing in a 36-Hole Stroke Play Championship for Official points on the 2025 SRIXON/CLEVELAND ORDER of MERIT. 

 

Eligibility

Open to all Male & Female Professionals and Amateur Golfers with official handicap index 5.0 or less.

 

OPEN DIVISION – Open to Male & Female Professionals and Amateurs (5.0 or less index) who compete for the ‘Open Division’ cash purse (instead of Amateur prizing). 

CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEUR DIVISION – Amateurs 5.0 index & less (competing for Amateur gift cards)

 

NOTES:

  1. Amateur Order of Merit points will always accumulate within the Championship Amateur Division regardless of playing in the ‘Open’ Division or Championship Amateur Division for prizing.
  2. Senior male (55+ yrs.) & female Championship players will play a 10-15% shorter yardage than male Championship golfers.
  3. Female Pros will play 10-15% shorter yardage than Male Professionals.

 

Full Field Size: 72 Players (32 Pros, 40 Amateurs)

Open Division Purse: $14,500 (based on full field of 32 Pros).

An additional $100/amateur registered for the Open Division will be added to the purse.  The top 35% of the Open Division will be paid out regardless of Pro vs. Amateur split.

Amateur Division Prizing: $50/player

Prize Payouts: Using Alternating Gross & Net Scores, 25% of the Amateur field will earn prizing

 

VGT MEMBER PRIORITY REGISTRATION:

Members have Priority Registration Until two weeks out – Thursday, April 10th.

After that time, the event is open for all non-members.

 

Final Registration Deadline: Thursday, April 17th at midnight.

 

Entry Fee includes:

  • 36-hole stroke-play Championship at Sandpiper Golf Resort
  • Amateurs receive a $155 Cutter & Buck Breaker Hooded Half-Zip
  • $20 gift card for the 9th hole kiosk or Rowena’s restaurant each day
  • $50 per amateur goes towards Gross and Net Amateur Prizing
  • Gross Champion Winner’s Flags in each Flight
  • Earn valuable points for 2025 Srixon/Cleveland Order of Merit.
    • Members are eligible for over $30,000 in Year-end Awards, Prizes & Bursaries!
  • Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
  • Professional Announcing on first tee

 

 

ENTRY FEES:

 

AMATEUR DIVISION (Playing for VGT gift cards & prizing)

 

VGT Member: $350+GST = $367.50

Non-member: $400+GST = $420.00

 

OPEN DIVISION (Pros & Amateurs playing for the cash prize purse)

 

AMATEURS:

VGT Member: $450+GST = $472.50

Non-Member: $500+GST = $525.00

 

PROFESSIONALS:

VGT Member: $450+GST = $472.50

Non-Members: $550+GST = $577.50

 

Amateurs registering for the Open Division are eligible to win up to $1,200 cash per event. Please click the regular Amateur entry fee + add the $100 fee to play for the Open Cash Purse.

 

Whether Amateurs play for the ‘Am only’ or “Open’ purse, they will compete for Order of Merit points within the Championship Division.

 

For 2025, regardless of the Pro to Amateur split in the Open Division, 35% of the total Open Division field will be paid out.

 

GROSS SKINS GAME: Add $40 for the 2 days ($20/day) and be eligible for 2 x $5,000 Hole-in-one jackpots each day!

Pro & Amateur Divisions are combined for the GROSS SKINS game.

 

Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE: https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/

 

 

AMATEUR PRIZING / VGT GIFT CARDS: 

Players will earn VGT GIFT CARDS for placing in the top 25% of their flight.  They will receive a digital gift card code (and value) that can be cashed in at any time by shopping on our online store at www.myvgt.com.  Players have until October 30, 2025 to cash in their VGT GIFT CARDS if they wish to bundle their winnings up for larger purchases throughout the season!

 

Here are some of the amazing partners and brands we are working with for you to cash in your gift cards in 2025:

 

BUSHNELL

SRIXON

TRAVIS MATHEW

NIKE GOLF

MAUI JIM

CLEVELAND GOLF

NEW BALANCE GOLF

QUIKFLIP HOODIES

GALVIN GREEN    

2UNDR

PROJEKT LUGGAGE

LEVELWEAR

CUTTER & BUCK

ASICS GOLF SHOES

STORMTECH

BIG MAX BAGS

 

Note: Players may also use their gift cards to special order some of the brand items not found on our website but that we can order in:

 

*Srixon / Cleveland custom clubs        * Maui Jim sunglasses

* Asics Golf Shoes                                * Galvin Green outerwear

* Projekt luggage                                  * Cutter & Buck

 

***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***

All players must create a VGT Player Profile in Golf Genius to be eligible to play the 2025 VGT Season.

If you have not set-up a player profile, or have not updated it through one of our recent emails, please CLICK HERE

 

Approximate Tee-Yardages:

 

Male Pros & Championship Amateurs: Approx. 6,500 yards.

Female Pros & Championship Amateurs: Approx. 5,800 yards.

Senior Male Amateurs (55+): Approximately 5,800 yards

Senior Female Amateurs (55+): Approximately 5,400 yards

 

Course Details & Location

 

SANDPIPER RESORT

 

Recent winner of the PGA of BC’s “Hidden Gem” awards, Sandpiper Resort 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’ where 4-time PGA Tour winner Nick Taylor finished runner-up to West Vancouver’s Seann Harlingten.

 

For more information, contact:

 

T: 604-798-9338

Golf Shop: (604)796-1000

14282 Morris Valley Road

Harrison Mills, British Columbia

Website: https://sandpiperresort.ca/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/sandpiperresort

“X”: @sandpiperGC

                

                                                         

 

SRIXON / CLEVELAND ORDER OF MERIT

Thanks to our Order of Merit Sponsor CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON, and our Major Sponsors MAUI JIM CANADA and GATEKEEPER SYSTEMS, players are playing for $20,000 in Year-End Awards, Cash & Prizes!!

Points from this event will count towards the season-ending SRIXON/CLEVELAND Order of Merit Race.

 

The Professional Order of Merit will be based on the following point system using gross scores over 36-Holes:

 

1st Place: 3000 pts

6th Place: 1200 pts

11th Place: 700 pts

16th Place: 350 pts

2nd Place: 2200 pts

7th Place: 1100 pts

12th Place: 600 pts

17th Place: 300 pts

3rd Place: 2000 pts

8th Place: 1000 pts

13th Place: 500 pts

18th Place: 250 pts

4th Place: 1600 pts

9th Place: 900 pts

14th Place: 450 pts

19th Place: 225 pts

5th Place: 1400 pts

10th Place: 800 pts

15th Place: 400 pts

20th Place: 200 pts

 

Amateur OOM will be based on the following point system for a full field based on alternating gross and net scores.  Order of Merit Points may be modified in any given event based on relative field size:

 

1st Gross: 3000 pts

6th Gross: 600 pts

1st Net: 2200 pts

6th Net: 500 pts

2nd Gross: 2000 pts

7th Gross: 450 pts

2nd Net: 1600 pts

7th Net: 400 pts

3rd Gross: 1400 pts

8th Gross: 350 pts

3rd Net: 1200 pts

8th Net: 300 pts

4th Gross: 1000 pts

9th Place: 250 pts

4th Net: 900 pts

9th Net: 200 pts

5th Gross: 800 pts

10th Place: 150 pts

5th Net: 700 pts

10th Net: 100 pts

 

In 2025, Amateur players will continue to earn Order of Merit points within the handicap flight they play within for each event. 

The one small difference this year is to determine year-end prizing.  This year, rather than prizing be based on points per handicap division, a player’s points will accumulate into one OVERALL ORDER OF MERIT standings.  The player’s BEST 8 results by points will determine their Order of Merit points standing.

 And the TOP 30 VGT Members in the OVERALL ORDER OF MERIT for the 2025 season will win some fabulous prizing!!

 With a number of members bouncing between handicap divisions last few years, we have determined this is the fairest system to determine the year-end prizing. Those players who bounced back and forth between handicap divisions had no chance of winning their division (or even prizing out). 

 In summary, in 2025, a player’s points will accumulate into one Overall Amateur Order of Merit Title, no matter if the player bounces from one handicap division to another.

ORDER OF MERIT TITLES BY DIVISION

 We will continue to track OOM points within the four traditional handicap divisions so we can declare an Order of Merit Champion within each division. 

 Handicap Divisions will be broken down as we have in the past:

 Championship Division: 5.0 index & under. 

Division One: 5.1 to 9.0

Division Two: 9.1 to 14.0

Division Three: 14.1 to 26.0

 A player that bounces between handicap divisions will earn ALL of their OOM points regardless of which division they played in for an event.  Their points will accumulate for prizing purposes within the “master” Order of Merit standings.  And their points will be allocated to the handicap division that they played most often in the season in order to determine the Order of Merit Champion in each division.

For Example:

 Player A plays in Division 1 a total of 5 events.  Earns 7,000 points total.

Player A plays in Division 2 a total of 3 events.  Earns 4,000 points total

Player A’s total points = 11,000 allocated to Division 1 for Player of the Year purposes.

 

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.
  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 Division 1,2 and 3 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.