Scottish Men’s Order of Merit | Conditions Holder: Matt Clark, Kilmacolm 1. Counting Events The events on the schedule below will count towards the 2020 Scottish Men’s Order of Merit. Events fall into five categories as follows:

Category 1 Lytham Trophy Brabazon Trophy Links Trophy The Amateur Championship

Category 2 Scottish Men’s Open Championship Irish Amateur Open Championship

Category 3 Welsh Open Championship Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship

Category 4 Battle Trophy Tennant Cup East of Open

Category 5 Craigmillar Park Open Cameron Corbett Vase Amateur Champion Gold Medal North East Open North of Scotland Open South East District Open

2. Qualification To be eligible for inclusion, a player must: a) Be male and of amateur status as defined by R&A Rules Limited. b) Have either been born in Scotland, have one parent or grandparent born in Scotland or prove principal permanent residency in Scotland for a period of not less than 3 years. c) Not have played for any other country’s international team at boy’s level or higher. d) Not have played in the closed championship of another country other than as a boy i.e. under 18 years of age on 1 January in the year of that closed championship

3. Final Placings a) Eligible players will receive points relative to their final position/category in a nominated event. b) All points collected by a player will form an aggregate and this total will determine their final placings. c) In the event of a tie for first place, the title will be shared. d) For events where there is a cut, players must make the cut to complete the tournament and receive points.

Scottish Men’s Order of Merit | Schedule Holder: Matt Clark, Kilmacolm

Event Dates Category Points Awarded

Craigmillar Park Open 11-12 April 5 Top 10 & ties

Battle Trophy 18-19 April 4 Top 15 & ties

Lytham Trophy 1-3 May 1 Top 30 & ties

Welsh Open Stroke Play Championship 15-17 May 3 Top 20 & ties

Brabazon Trophy 21-24 May 1 Top 30 & ties

Scottish Men’s Open Championship 29-31 May 2 Top 25 & ties

St Andrews Links Trophy 5-7 June 1 Top 30 & ties

The Amateur Championship 15-20 June 1 Top 30 & ties (SP) Last 64 (MP) Tennant Cup 20-21 June 4 Top 15 & ties

East of Scotland Open 27-28 June 4 Top 15 & ties

Cameron Corbett Vase 4-5 July 5 Top 10 & ties

Scottish Men’s Amateur Championship 28 July-1 August 3 Top 20 & ties (SP) Last 64 (MP) Amateur Champion Gold Medal 8-9 August 5 Top 10 & ties

Irish Amateur Open Championship 13-16 August 2 Top 25 & ties

North East Open 15-16 August 5 Top 10 & ties

North of Scotland Open 22-23 August 5 Top 10 & ties

South East District Open 29-30 August 5 Top 10 & ties

(SP) Stroke Play (MP)

POINTS SYSTEM

CATEGORY CATEGORY1. P CATEGORY CATEGORY CATEGORY AMATEUR SCOTTISH MEN’S AMATEUR SCOTTISH MEN’S 1 2 O 3 4 5 CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEUR S STROKE PLAY STROKE PLAY MATCH PLAY MATCH PLAY QUALIFYING QUALIFYING 1 400 320 220 100 50 200 150 Winner 400 Winner 200 2 360 300 200 90 45 180 140 Runner Up 350 Runner Up 150 3 340 280 180 80 40 162 130 Semi 300 Semi 100 4 320 260 160 70 35 146 120 Quarter 200 Quarter 75 5 300 240 140 60 30 132 110 Last 16 100 Last 16 50 6 280 220 130 55 25 119 100 Last 32 75 Last 32 25 7 270 200 120 50 20 107 95 Last 64 50 Last 64 15 8 260 180 110 45 15 97 90 9 250 160 100 40 10 87 80 10 240 150 90 35 5 79 70 11 230 140 80 30 71 60 12 220 130 70 25 64 55 13 210 120 60 20 58 50 14 200 110 50 15 53 45 15 190 100 40 10 48 40 16 180 90 35 43 35 17 170 80 30 39 30 18 160 70 25 36 25 19 150 60 20 32 20 20 140 50 15 29 15 21 130 45 27 22 120 40 24 23 110 35 22 24 100 30 20 25 90 25 18 26 80 17 27 70 15 28 60 14 29 50 13 30 40 12