Our club can sponsor one 4-person team for the NCGA Zone Championship. The NCGA format will be best two balls of four net. Our team will be determined by the two low 2-person best ball teams.

Our NCGA Qualifier Tournament will be held Tuesday, March 7 with a rain date of Tuesday, March 14

If we have less than 10 teams, we may have to cancel the event.

Key Dates

2 teams will advance to the Championship.

Championship Dates:     August 28-29 ( Mon-Tues )

The Zone Championship will be a two-day competition played at:

       Poppy Hills        Spyglass Golf Course

Morro Bay Golf Club Team Qualifier

Format	Two-person Best Ball
Tees	Men will play from the white tees. Women from the gold tees.
Eligibility	Entrants must be amateur golfers and current members of the club. Entrants must also have played in at least 4 qualifying rounds in the 12 months prior to the event (not including Club Championship and other NCGA Qualifiers) or have been a member in good standing for at least 5 years. Qualifying rounds are: play on a Tuesday with the club (entry in the game not required) or an NCGA Team Play match for our club at home or away.
Winners	Morro Bay Golf Club can send one 4-person team to this NCGA competition The top two teams advance to the Regional Championship. The next places will be alternates in order of finish.
Dates	Our qualifier will be held Tuesday, March 7 , with regular play. Rain date: Tuesday, March 14 Entry Deadline: Saturday before play.
Handicaps	March 1 handicaps will be used All players with indexes of 18.5 or above are eligible but must play to a maximum index of 18.4. Partners with greater than an 8 stroke difference in handicaps will have a 10% reduction applied. For the qualifier, handicaps will be 90% (men) and 95% (women) of the course handicap using a maximum index of 18.4 for calculation.
Fees	Entry fee: $30 per person, $60 per team. Entry fee does not include entry in game of the day. The monies collected in the qualifier will be applied to the cost of playing in the NCGA tournament. The NCGA entry fees are $640 per team for qualifiers. There is no additional fee for teams that advance. The entry fees includes all greens fees.
Expenses	The qualifying teams will be responsible for their own travel costs. Any extra money received in the qualifier entry fees will be used to offset winning teams' travel costs The entry fees paid by our club cover greens fees, but not cart fees.
Tee Times	Tee times will be assigned and posted on our website or you can call the Tournament Chair.
Tournament Chair	Margaret Breen Phone: 556-0755 Email morrobaygc@hotmail.com

If you need a partner or have any questions please contact the Tournament Chair and we will try to pair you up.

Entry Form

NCGA Competition Details

NO SHOWS:
A player who does not show up and does not notify the NCGA shall receive a one year suspension from all NCGA events for the calendar year following the infraction. This includes team/club events.

NO SHOWS also includes a player who starts and withdraws prior to the close of the competition and has not personally turned in his scorecard to a tournament official.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Players must be amateur golfers
• NCGA regular member clubs only. Multi-members can only represent one club.
• Players must have a valid handicap.
• Team may be men and/or women.
• Players must be on our roster as of March 1 .

FORMAT:

• Two-Person Net Better Ball Stroke Play.
• Women compete from forward tees in all NCGA events and handicaps will be adjusted accordingly based on the difference in ratings of the men's and women's tees.
• If partners handicaps differ more than 8 strokes, an additional 10% reduction will be applied to their course handicaps.
• Play will be 90% (men) and 95% (women) of the course handicap using a maximum index of 18.4 for calculation.
• All players with indexes of 18.5 or above are eligible but must play to a maximum current index of 18.4.