2025 RIVERWAY OPEN

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$8,000 Total Prize Purse*

Monday, June 16th                 

Riverway Golf Course

12:30pm Start

 

WELCOME NOTE

A very special thanks to the City of Burnaby and Riverway Golf Course for partnering with the VGT and allowing us to host a premier championship on their beautiful layout.

 

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

The 2025 RIVERWAY OPEN is an 18-Hole Stroke play Championship on the 202 V5 IGA

Vancouver Golf Tour Championship Season with official points counting towards the 2025 SRIXON/CLEVELAND Order of Merit.

 

Eligibility

This event is open to Male & Female Professionals as well as Amateur Golfers with official hcp. Index of 26.0 & less.  For this event, players will be entered into the appropriate division based on their current handicap index as follows:

 

Open Division: Professionals and Amateurs 5.0 & less competing for the cash purse (see below)

Championship Division: Hcp index of 5.0 & under competing against Amateurs only for g/c’s.

Division 1: Hcp index of 5.1 to 9.0

Division 2: Hcp factor of 9.1 to 16.0

Division 3: Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0

 

Entry Fee includes:

  • 18-hole green fee + event booking fee at Riverway Golf Course ($75)
  • $10 gift card for Riverway golf snack shack
  • Amateurs receive three (3) Srixon Z-star balls ($15)
  • $50/amateur in Amateur prize = $3,300 in prizes (based on Full Field of 66)
    • Gross & Net prizing in each handicap division.
  • Winner’s Flags presented to the Gross Champions in each Division
  • Opportunity to win valuable points for a chance to win part of the $20,000 in season ending SRIXON / CLEVELAND Order of Merit Prizing!
  • Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
  • Professional Announcing on the first tee
  • All credit card fees

*Prize Purse based on full field of 88 players

 

***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

 

By registering, you agree to adhere to all VGT policies and procedures outlining all cancellation and no show fees here:

https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/

 

 

Full Field Size:  88 Players (22 Pros; 66 Amateurs)

Pro Purse: $4,700 (based on 22 pros)

Amateur Prizing: $3,300 in gift card prizing based on 66 Amateurs.

Prize Payouts: The top 25% of each handicap division will qualify for prize pool with alternating Gross & Net Scores determining prize payouts.

 

For Pro Purse and Amateur prize purposes, Male and Female golfers will compete against one another within the same handicap division.  Female golfers will be provided with an equitable yardage equal to approx..85% of the Men’s yardage.
 

Due to the limited field size, Senior Championship players 55+ years of age and 5.0 & less index will compete versus non-senior Championship Division players at 90% of their yardage.

 

NOTE: Female Championship Division Amateur players will earn points towards their own season-long Women’s Championship Division race to determine Female Golfer of the Year and year-long Order of Merit Standings.

 

Member Priority – Until 14 days out

VGT Members receive priority registration until June 1st at midnight.  

After this time non-members who have registered with payment will be admitted into the field as long as the event is not full with members.

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10 days out

Friday, June 6th at midnight.

 

 

MEMBERS:

Members can either register with payment through the Golf Genius portal 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 at any time.  Their registration will show as ‘pending’ until we can determine we are not full with Members 2 weeks out.  If the event is not full, non-member entries will be accepted in priority of their registration being received, and their status will move from ‘pending’ to ‘registered’.

 

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

 

ENTRY FEES:

 

OPEN DIVISION:

VGT Member: $225+GST ($236.25)

Non-Member: $275+GST ($288.75)

 

For any Championship Amateurs wishing to play in the ‘OPEN DIVISION’ field against the PROS for the CASH PURSE, they need to pay the Amateur fee noted below and add an additional $50 by selecting “Add $50 for OPEN” field.  This qualifies an Amateur to win a portion of the Pro Purse (up to $1,200 cash). 

 

AMATEUR DIVISIONS:

VGT Member: $175+GST ($183.75)   

Non-member: $225+GST ($236.25)

 

As per 2022 USGA guidelines, Amateurs in the Open Division are now eligible to win a maximum cash prize of $1,200 vs. Pros.  This $50 will be added directly into the “Open Purse” for each Amateur player who makes this choice.

 

For Example: If 10 Amateurs decide to play in the ‘Open Division’ vs. the Pros, with 22 Pros & 10 Amateurs, the purse will increase from $4,700 to $5,200.   

 

OPEN DIVISION PAYOUT

Regardless of the ratio of Pros to Amateurs in the Open Division, the top 35% of the Open Division field will be paid. Amateurs who opt to play in the Open Division will earn points within the Amateur Championship Flight but will forfeit prizing in that flight.

 

OPTIONAL SKINS GAME: $20/player (please add to your entry fee online)

*Entering the skins game qualifies you for all Progressive Hole-In-One Jackpots for the day! (see below)

 

GROSS SKINS

Pros & Championship Division players (including Champ Seniors) will compete together in one combined gross skins game.

NET SKINS

All other divisions will be combined and compete together in one net skins game

 

SPONSOR BRANDS & GIFT CARDS: 

Top 25% in each division will earn prize credits for the following sponsor brands that can be cashed in shortly after the event, or they can be saved and cashed in at the end of the season by Oct.30th, 2025.

 

BUSHNELL                 CLEVELAND GOLF               SRIXON             TRAVIS MATHEW

MAUI JIM                    ASICS GOLF SHOES            NIKE GOLF     NEW BALANCE GOLF

GALVIN GREEN         BIG MAX CARTS/BAGS        2UNDR             PROJEKT LUGGAGE           

CUTTER & BUCK          STORMTECH

 

Winning players will receive an email summarizing the prize results and outlining how to cash in their prize credits through our new online member storefront.

 

Approximate Yardages:

 

Male Pros & Championship Division: 6,800 yards

Male Senior Championship Division: 6,200 yards

Male Div.1,2 & 3: 6,200 yards

Female Pros & Championship Division: 5,900 yards

Female Seniors & Division 1, 2 & 3: 5,200 yards

 

Course Details & Location


About Riverway
Located in south Burnaby 15 km east of Vancouver International Airport, Riverway is one of Greater Vancouver's premier 18-hole championship golf courses. The 5,400-7,000 yard course is imaginatively designed with links-style fairways lined by wind-swept mounds of wild fescue. The layout is diverse and challenging, with an array of white tan bunkers and water hazards strategically placed to make every shot an adventure.

 

Address

9001 Bill Fox Way
Burnaby BC V5J 5J3
Canada

Get Directions

Phone: 604-280-4653

Email:golf@burnaby.ca

Book a Tee Time

 

Driving Ranges

The Riverway Driving Range features 54 covered, climate-controlled stalls—night-lit for your convenience. It's the perfect place to perfect your swing! During busy times, you may need to wait for a stall. Thank you!

  • range opens at sunrise daily (except for Fridays when it opens at 9 am due to maintenance)
  • range is open until 9:45 pm daily
  • balls may be purchased and dispensed until 9 pm only

New Golf Burnaby App

Download the Golf Burnaby App for your iPhone or Android to book tee times, access scorecards and GPS, course conditions, hole descriptions and more! 

Learn more

 

 

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 over $20,000 in Year-End Cash & Prizes!!

 

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

Professionals: Gross

Championship Division, Division 1, 2 and 3 & Senior Division – Alternating Gross & Net

 

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

 

PROFESSIONAL DIVISION:

 

1st Gross: 1500 pts

6th Gross: 600 pts

11th Place: 300 pts

16th Place: 150 pts

2nd Gross: 1,100 pts

7th Gross: 500 pts

12th Place: 250 pts

17th Place: 125 pts

3rd Gross: 1,000 pts

8th Gross: 450 pts

13th Place: 225 pts

18th Place: 100 pts

4th Gross: 800 pts

9th Place: 400 pts

14th Place: 200 pts

19th Place: 75 pts

5th Gross: 700 pts

10th Place: 350 pts

15th Place: 175 pts

20th Place: 50 pts

 

ALL AMATEUR DIVISIONS:

 

1st Gross: 1500 pts

6th Gross: 300 pts

1st Net: 1,100 pts

6th Net: 250 pts

2nd Gross: 1,000 pts

7th Gross: 225 pts

2nd Net: 800 pts

7th Net: 200 pts

3rd Gross: 700 pts

8th Gross: 175 pts

3rd Net: 600 pts

8th Net: 150 pts

4th Gross: 500 pts

9th Place: 125 pts

4th Net: 450 pts

9th Net: 100 pts

5th Gross: 400 pts

10th Place: 75 pts

5th Net: 350 pts

10th Net: 50 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.
  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.