MIDDLESEX GOLF Junior Champion Club 

1.1 Qualifications

  1. i) Each golf club affiliated to MIDDLESEX GOLF may enter one or more teams of two or three competitors (male, female or mixed). 
  2. ii) Entrants must be under the age of 18 at 00:00 hours on 1st January preceding the Championship.

iii) On the date that their entry for the Championship is submitted, competitors must hold a handicap of 36.4 or lower. Players with handicaps greater than the limit may not enter.

1.2 Maximum Entry 

Each affiliated club has the right to enter at least one team. There is no maximum number of teams that a club can enter. However;

  1. i) There will be a maximum of 72 players. If more than 72 players enter AND each club entered is only represented with one team, the competitors will be based on a first come first serve basis.   
  2. ii) If the maximum of 72 players is exceeded and a club(s) have multiple teams entered, the club(s) with the most teams entered must withdraw a team(s) of their choice.

1.3 Format

  1. i) The Championship is an 18-hole stableford competition, played off handicap allowance. The team’s score will comprise of the two best scores of the three competitors over the 18 holes.
  2. ii) Players are free to choose the set of tees they play from but they must play from a set of tees that have been rated for their gender.  

iii) Players may employ a caddie, but the caddie must be under the age of 18 on the day of the Championship. 

iii) The Committee reserves the right to prevent a person from being employed or continuing to be employed as a caddie if the competitor is unable to verify that the caddie meets the term above by providing verification from the Secretary of the competitor’s golf club or other evidence acceptable to the Committee.

1.4 Order of Play

As far as is practical, competitors will be drawn to play in descending order of handicap in groups of three with no playing group comprising two competitors from the same club.

1.5 Prizes and Vouchers

  1. i) The winning team will be the one with the highest aggregate stableford score over the 18 holes, with the best two of the three scores counting.
  2. ii) The winning team will receive the trophy and will also receive a memento to retain.  

iii) The runners-up will receive a memento.

  1. iv) If there is a tie, the team’s third score will count and the tie will be decided on the aggregate total of all three scores over the 18 holes (if a team has no third score to add to the aggregate, then that team will default to losing the tie). If a tie still exists, the winner will be decided on the aggregate total over the last 9, 6, 3 or 1 hole (all three scores will count). If a tie still exists, the winner will be decided on the aggregate total over the first 9, 6, 3 or 1 hole (all three scores will count). 
  2. v) The winning team will be expected to accept the invitation of England Golf to play in the Junior Champion Club Tournament normally held in August of the same year. However, if at any time during that same year a member(s) of the winning team ceases to be a member of a golf club affiliated to MIDDLESEX GOLF, and therefore does not have a club affiliated to MIDDLESEX GOLF as their Home Club for handicap purposes, the invitation will be withdrawn and offered instead to a person nominated by the winning club and that fully meets the tournament requirements.

This condition is subject to change depending on the T&Cs of the England Golf Junior Champion Club Tournament.