104Th Met Open Championship Official Entry Form
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OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM 104TH MET OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP PRESENTED BY CALLAWAY PIPING ROCK CLUB, LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. TUESDAY-THURSDAY, AUGUST 20 - 22, 2019 entry fee: $250 professional - $150 amateur Entry and payment must be received by: Wednesday, July 17 by 5:00 p.m. Addressed to: Metropolitan Golf Association, 49 Knollwood Road, Elmsford, NY 10523 Name: (First, Middle, Last Name, Suffix) Mailing Address: City: State: Zip: Home Phone: Cell Phone: Email: Club: USGA Handicap Index: . GHIN #: D.O.B. (mm/dd/yyyy) SECTIONAL QUALIFYING SITES (CHECK ONE): q (NJ#1) Monday, July 22, Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township, N.J. q (NJ#2) Monday, July 29, Haworth Country Club, Haworth, N.J. q (LI#2) Monday, July 29, Nissequogue Golf Club, Saint James, N.Y. q (LI#1) Wednesday, July 31, Seawane Club, Hewlett Harbor, N.Y. q (W) Tuesday, August 6, Leewood Golf Club, Eastchester, N.Y. q (HudV) Tuesday, August 6, Paramount Country Club, New City, N.Y. q EXEMPT Category # (See Reverse Side) Exempt players must file an entry. NOTICE: Forsgate, Haworth, Paramount, Leewood and Nissequogue will be limited to 144 players. Seawane will be limited to 120 players. FORM OF PAYMENT: q Check/Cash (enclosed) q MasterCard q Visa Credit Card Number: Exp. Date (mm/yy): Name as it appears on credit card: Billing Address: (To avoid CC decline please use address & zip where statement is mailed.) ELIGIBILITY – PLEASE CHECK ONE THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO GOLFERS WHO ARE: q 1. Past MGA Open Champions. q 2. PGA Members in good standing in the Metropolitan and New Jersey PGA Sections. q 3. PGA Apprentices, employed at a golf facility in the MGA territory, who are enrolled in the Professional Golf Management (‘PGM’). q 4. Head and Assistant Professionals at MGA Member Clubs. See below for definition of “Assistant Golf Professional”. q 5. Golf Professionals who are bona fide members, with full golfing privileges, at MGA Member Clubs, have a place of residence in the MGA territory, and an individual up-to-date Handicap Index based on ratings for men not exceeding 4.0 under the USGA Handicap System. A Golf Professional may not join an MGA Member Club for the sole purpose of gain- ing entry to the Met Open Championship.* q 6. Amateur members and applicants for Amateur Reinstatement at MGA Member Clubs with an individual up-to-date Handicap Index based on ratings for men not exceeding 4.0 under the USGA Handicap System. q 7. Golf Professionals or Amateurs, 23 and under, in the immediate family of the Head Golf Professional, General Man- ager, and/or Head Golf Course Superintendent at MGA Member Clubs with an individual up-to-date Handicap Index based on ratings for men not exceeding 4.0 under the USGA Handicap System. FORMAT OF PLAY 18-Hole Sectional Qualifying Round. Qualifiers play 54-Hole Stroke Play Championship. Field cut after 36 holes. EXEMPTION CATEGORIES (IF OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE): 2) Past Met Open Champions. 3) USGA Champions and members of the Walker Cup Team from the past 10 years. 4) 25 lowest scores and ties in the 2018 Met Open Championship. 5) 2019 Open Champions of the LIGA, NJSGA, CSGA, and WGA. 6) 2018 Long Island and Westchester PGA Champions. 7) 2018 NJ and Met PGA Section Champions, NJPGA Match Play Champion and MGA Senior Open Champion. 8) 2019 Met Amateur and Ike Champions. 9) 2019 NJSGA, NYSGA, and CSGA Amateur Champions. 10) Past U.S. Open and PGA Champions. 11) Top 3 on the 2017 MGA Player of the Year and the current leader on the 2018 MGA Player of the Year list as of July 18, 2017. 12) Top 5 on the 2018 Metropolitan and New Jersey PGA Section Player of the Year lists. 13) Qualifiers for the 2019 U.S. Open and PGA Championships. 14) 2019 NYS Open, NYS PGA, NJPGA Charity Clambake, and NJPGA Charity Classic Champions. 15) 2018 Treiber Memorial Champion. 16) Top 500 in the Men’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) at the time of entry. 17) Professional representative and current Club Champion at Championship Host Club - Wykagyl Country Club. 18) Special Invitees of the MGA Executive Committee. DEFINITIONS Golf Facility – the term “golf facility” shall include any golf course or golf practice range that is fully equipped to teach golf and demonstrate the use of all types of golf equipment and may include a golf shop adequate for the display and sale of golf equipment and apparel. This definition does not include any stand- alone retail golf specialty store or sporting goods store with golf department. Assistant Golf Professional – the term “Assistant Golf Professional” shall mean a person regularly employed (minimum of 40 hours per week) by a golf profes- sional (and paid by the golf professional or the club) in the category of teacher or shop assistant (which means spending at least 20 hours a week in duties of club repair, merchandising, maintaining handicap records, inventory control, bookkeeping, and tournament operations.) Employment – the term “Employment” as it pertains to Assistant Golf Professionals shall mean anyone employed at a Golf Facility, which must be endorsed by the immediate supervisor at the Golf Facility. * Professional golfers who are bona fide members with full golfing privileges at an MGA member club who meet the qualifications stated on this form and who wish to play in the Met Open Championship must submit an entry form along with a letter from the Club President (or Golf Chairman) of their club verifying the nature of their membership and their place of residence. RULES AND REGULATIONS The Rules of Golf as approved by the United States Golf Association and the R&A govern play, except as they may be modified by the MGA Committee. The Committee reserves the right to amend this program before or during the Championship if considered advisable. Contestants entering the Championship shall be considered to have subjected themselves to the authority of the Committee, whose decision on all points shall be final.The Committee reserves the right at its discretion to disqualify or default any player at any stage of the Championship. The use of golf carts, cellular phones or other electronic communication devices, and steel spiked golf shoes may be prohibited. Entries are subject to approval or rejection at any time by the MGA Committee at its discretion. PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION The MGA may arrange for (i) promotion of the Championship, for radio, internet and television broadcasting and other exhibition and publication of the Cham- pionship or excerpts thereof in any and all media throughout the world, whether now known or hereafter developed, and (ii) the design, manufacture and sale of merchandise which commemorates or memorializes the Championship. By this application, the player consents to the use by the MGA, or persons autho- rized by the MGA, of his name, likeness, voice and references to him and photographs and other images of him and his play connected with his appearance in the Championship, or any portion(s) thereof, in connection with such media promotion, broadcasting and other exhibition and publication of the Champion- ship and design, manufacture and sale of commemorative merchandise. The MGA may utilize the rights granted it hereunder in connection with the promotion and/or commemoration of the 2018 Championship as well as future Championships, other MGA Championships and the MGA. The cooperation of players with authorized representatives of the media is required, provided that no pre-Championship activities outside of those activities which are part of the Championship will be required and provided that the player’s Championship play is not unreasonably interfered with. TRANSPORTATION Players and caddies shall walk at all times during a round. The optional condition prescribed in Model Local Rule G-6 of the Rules of Golf shall be in effect. Anyone (player or caddie) seeking a golf cart due to a disability as defined underThe American with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact the MGA at (914) 347-4653 to obtain information on procedures for submitting such requests. All such requests and required information must be submitted in writing to the MGA within three days of submission of the relevant MGA Championship entry application. Please note that requests due to temporary injuries or impair- ments that do not qualify as a “disability” under the ADA will not be granted. REFUND POLICY Entry fee, less a $25.00 service charge, will be refunded regardless of reason if the MGA is notified by phone at (914) 347-4653 or email (championships@ mgagolf.org) prior to the close of entries. Refunds, less service charge, for serious illness or injury after the close of entries require written confirmation. No refund for any reason after the tournament date. Late or incomplete entries are not acceptable. Time limit for entries means time of receipt at the MGA office, not time of postmark. TO BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY ENTRANT I affirm that all information given on this entry form is true and accurate and agree to the Championship regulations printed on this entry. Signature: __________________________________________________________________________ Date:____________________.