Scottish Women’s Order of Merit | Conditions Holder: Hazel MacGarvie,

1. Counting events The events on the schedule below will count towards the 2020 Scottish Women’s Order of Merit. Please note other Order of Merit events may be added at a later date. There are four categories of event which are as follows:

Category 1 Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship R&A Women’s Amateur Championship European Ladies Championship

Category 2 Welsh Ladies’ Open Stroke Play Championship Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship St Rule Trophy Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship English Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship

Category 3 No Events

Category 4 Leveret Trophy Comboy Scratch Munross Trophy Pleasington Putter The Royal Scratch Trophy Mackie Bowl Carnoustie Test – TBC Ladies County Championships – Winners will receive 50 points Ladies’ Divisional Championships - Winners will receive 50 points

2. Qualification To be eligible for inclusion a player must: (a) Be female 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 countries International team *exception; having played for another countries International team at Girls level if they meet all other eligibility criteria as listed. (d) not have played in the closed championship of another country other than as a girl 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 Women’s Order of Merit | Schedule Holder: Hazel MacGarvie, Royal Troon Golf Club (Event name linked to entry form)

Event Dates Category Points Awarded

Leveret Trophy | Golf Club 28 March 4 Top 10 & ties

Comboy Scratch | Delamere Forest Golf Club 29 March 4 Top 10 & ties

Helen Holm Scottish Women’s Open Championship | Royal Troon & 17-19 April 1 Top 30 & ties Portland

Welsh Ladies’ Open Stroke Play Championship | Royal Porthcrawl 1-3 May 2 Top 20 & ties Golf Club

Irish Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship | County Louth 8-10 May 2 Top 20 & ties

Munross Trophy | Montrose Golf Links 17 May 4 Top 10 & ties

St Rule Trophy | St Andrews Links 30-31 May 2 Top 20 & ties

Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship | Ladybank 5-7 June 2 Top 16 & ties (SP)

Last 16 (MP)

R&A Women’s Amateur Championship | Kilmarnock (Barassie) 23-27 June 1 Top 30 & ties (SP)

Last 64 (MP)

Pleasington Putter | Pleasington Golf Club 8 July 4 Top 10 & ties

European Ladies Championship | Kytaja Golf Club, Finland 22-25 July 1 Top 30 & ties

The Royal Birkdale Scratch Trophy | Royal Birkdale Golf Club 24 July 4 Top 10 & ties

Mackie Bowl | no1 26 July 4 Top 10 & ties

English Women’s Open Stroke Play Championship | Burnham & 18-20 August 2 Top 20 & ties Berrow Golf Club

Carnoustie Test TBC TBC TBC

(SP) Stroke Play (MP) Match Play

POINTS SYSTEM

CATEGORY 1 1.CATEGORY P 2 CATEGORY 3 CATEGORY 4 CATEGORY 1 & 2 CATEGORY 3 CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 CATEGORY 3 O STROKE PLAY STROKE PLAY MATCH PLAY MATCH PLAY MATCH PLAY S QUALIFYING QUALIFYING 1 400 325 250 100 200 175 Winner 400 Winner 350 Winner 200 2 360 280 200 90 180 140 Runner Up 350 Runner Up 300 Runner Up 175 3 324 242 160 85 162 121 Semi 300 Semi 225 Semi 150 4 292 211 130 80 146 106 Quarter 200 Quarter 150 Quarter 100 5 263 187 110 75 132 94 Last 16 100 Last 16 75 Last 16 50 6 237 169 100 70 119 85 Last 32 75 Last 32 50 Last 32 38 7 214 152 90 65 107 76 Last 64 50 8 193 137 80 60 97 69 9 174 125 75 55 87 63 10 157 114 70 50 79 57 11 142 104 65 71 52 12 128 94 60 64 47 13 116 86 55 58 43 14 105 78 50 53 39 15 95 68 45 48 34 16 86 63 40 43 32 17 78 57 35 39 29 18 71 51 30 36 26 19 64 45 25 32 23 20 58 39 20 29 20 21 53 27 22 48 24 23 44 22 24 40 20 25 36 18 26 33 17 27 30 15 28 27 14 29 25 13 30 23 12