Ongoing Games & Awards

1. AGA STATE MEDALLION TOURNAMENT

The player with the two best low gross 18-hole scores out of the four designated ACE Days played January through April will be the Gross State Medallion winner. The player with the two best low net 18-hole scores on those same ACE Days will be the Net State Medallion winner. Gross scores will supersede net scores. Players need to participate in at least two rounds to be eligible. The Gross and Net winners (or their alternates) will represent the SBWGA-18 at the State Tournament. In the event of a tie in the AGA State Medallion competition, the tie will be broken by comparing the players’ lowest round of the qualifying rounds. If the lowest round scores are the same, the USGA recommended Card-Off Procedures will be used to determine the winner. See Section IX, paragraph 6 for details.

2. ECLECTIC

This is an optional game based on the participants’ lowest gross score for each hole throughout the year. Eclectic will be played on all Tuesdays where the competition allows a player to play their own ball and her score can be posted. The Membership Options Committee will keep track of participants’ scores, on Tuesday Play Days, ACE Days, Major Tournaments and Special Tournaments. If a hole is going to be used for Eclectic, the ball must be putted out. Money will be awarded in January for the prior calendar year based on the lowest gross score by 18-hole course combinations, specifically, SaddleBrooke-Tucson, Tucson-Catalina, and Catalina-SaddleBrooke.

3. CHIP-INS

This is an optional game for participants who have chip-ins on Tuesday Play Days, ACE Days, Major Tournaments and Special Tournaments where the player plays her own ball, and her score can be posted. A Chip-in is defined as “a ball that is holed out having been struck from any part of the golf course, except the putting green, is called a chip-in.” To qualify as a chip-in the ball must be holed out from a spot off the green. A ball that has come to rest on the green is no longer eligible, even if the putt runs the ball off the green. Players will indicate chip-ins on their scorecards. These chip-ins will be recorded on a tally sheet maintained by the Membership Options Committee. Money will be awarded in January, based on the number of chip-ins made in the prior calendar year. Members may join at any time during the year, however, only chip-ins made after joining will count.

4. BIRDIES OR BETTER (GROSS)

This is an optional game where each time the participant scores a birdie or better (gross) on Tuesday Play Days, ACE Days, Major Tournaments and Special Tournaments. Players’ names will be recorded on the tally sheet maintained by the Membership Options Committee. Payouts will be made in January based on the number of birdies or better made by each participant in the prior calendar year. Members may join at any time during the year. However, only birdies or better made after joining will count. This applies only where the player has played her own ball and her score can be posted. All balls must be putted out on any hole where the score is recorded as a gross birdie or better.

5. SKINS GAME
Tuesday Play Day will host an optional Gross and Net Skins competition at least once a month, typically on ACE Day. The cost for participation in Skins will be $4.00 and will include entry in both the Gross and Net Skins competition. Gross and Net Skins will pay off across the entire Skins field. Players who want to play in the Skins competition may sign up at the beginning of January or July. Players may withdraw at any time but only rejoin during the two windows each year. New members may join with their new membership. Players should then email the Tuesday Play Day Chair and they will automatically be included whenever they sign up for that week’s game. Payment for the game will be charged to the member’s HOA house account. The Skins Report will be posted on the SBWGA website and sent to the participating players through
Golf Genius. The entire Skins pot will be paid out to all Gross and Net winners in the form of Pro Shop credit. There will be no carryover from the Skins games.

6. HOLE-IN-ONE GAME

This is an optional game where any participant who scores a hole-in-one from January 1st through December 31st will have her name recorded on the hole-in-one tally sheet maintained by the Hole-in-One Committee. SBWGA-18 members may join at any time during the year. However, any holes-in-one that occurred prior to joining the game will not count. Holes-in-one can be made on any day of the week when playing a postable 18-hole round played on any of the HOA #1 courses except on a hole that has been temporarily modified because of construction, course conditions, etc. Holes-in-one made on an away course will be counted if played as part of any event hosted by an organization of which SBWGA-18 is a member. The signature of at least one other player in the group is necessary for verification. At the end of the year monies collected will be split based on the number of holes-in-one made by each participant. Winners will be announced at the January General Meeting. If none of the participants makes a hole-in-one during the year, the monies will be carried over to the following year for the Hole-in-One program.

7. SOUTHERN DISTRICT DEL SUD AND TELEGRAPH TOURNAMENTS

The Del Sud and Telegraph Tournaments are held at SaddleBrooke for SBWGA-18 members who paid their SDWGA dues for the year. Del Sud is a two-day net ringer tournament held on ACE days in March and April utilizing the best score for each hole between those two days. The handicap used in March will also be used in April for scoring purposes and flights. Maximum course handicap is 36.

The Telegraph Tournament is held in November on ACE Day. This one-day net tournament offers flighted payouts. Ties for both tournaments will be determined by a scorecard playoff using the USGA recommended Card-Off procedures. The names of the Tournament winners will be posted on the SDWGA website.