HOST CLUB
Rob Clark, PGA Head Golf Professional
1201 Desert Canyon Blvd.
Orondo, WA 98843
(509) 784-1111 - Golf Shop
LODGING INFORMATION
(509) 784-1234 – Reservations
The following rates will be offered to players on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Rooms and Casitas will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Rooms and Casitas will be available for a single night stay on Thursday night only. Reservations including Friday night will be required a two-night minimum stay at The Lodge. The following rates are available to WA Golf Winter Series Players:
Small 1-Bedroom - $141 per night including tax, max capacity – 1 couple or 2 individuals.
Large 1-Bedroom - $178.50 per night including tax, max capacity – 1 couple or 2 individuals.
2-Bedroom Casita - $292.50 per night including tax, max capacity – 2 couples or 2 individuals.
4-Bedroom Casita - $411.50 per night including tax, max capacity – 4 individuals.
Winter Series Event Portal
Follow the link for pairings, live scoring, results and player information. You can also access the portal by using the USGA Tournament Management app on your mobile device. To access, login using GGID: WAWS21-7
COVID-19 WINTER SERIES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
All contestants should be familiar with the policies and procedures in place.
All contestants MUST sign the participant waiver prior to playing in any WA Golf event. The waiver will be emailed to all contestants to sign digitally using SignNow after the entry deadline.
ENTRY FEE
$210 per team (includes a cart)
CART FEE
$40 per team. Carts are mandatory and included in the entry fee.
ENTRY INCLUDES
Green fees, golf cart, range balls, tee prize, $10 Puetz Bucks and a *$2,500 merchandise payout (*based on a full field).
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Entrants must be members in good standing of a WA Golf member club, with a maximum handicap index of 54.0.
REGISTRATION
All contestants must register with WA Golf staff on their assigned starting tee. Contestants are expected to arrive at their starting tee arrive 8 minutes prior to their scheduled starting time. Contestants will receive their tee gifts, $10 Puetz Bucks, scorecard, and local rules before teeing off.
STARTING TIME/PAIRINGS
9:00 a.m. shotgun start. Players can make pairing requests during online registration. Requests will be accepted up until the registration deadline.
FORMAT
2-Person Four-Ball, with a Men’s and Women’s Division. Flights within each Division will be determined by team playing handicap.
HANDICAPS
Handicap indexes on Wednesday, April 21 will be used for the tournament. Team playing handicaps for net scoring will be determined by using 85% of teams combined Course Handicap.
FIELD LIMIT
60 teams* (Men – 48 teams | Women – 12 teams)
*WA Golf reserves the right to modify field limits for men and women to achieve a full field.
COURSE YARDAGE
Subject to change based on weather and course conditions: Men – 6,144 Yards, Women – 5,327 Yards.
PRACTICE ROUND
Contestants wishing to play a practice round prior to the event can contact Desert Canyon GR at
(509) 784-1111 to schedule. Practice rounds are not included in entry fee. A special practice round rate of $50, which includes tax, cart and range balls is being offered to participants all day on Wednesday and Thursday.
DRESS CODE
WA Golf expects all contestants, caddies and spectators to wear suitable golf attire on host club property at all times. Suitable attire does not include cutoffs, tank tops, tee shirts, sweatpants, spandex, jeans or denim of any kind or color or unkempt clothing of any kind. Failure to adhere to the dress code may result in disqualification and removal from the course.
CARTS
Carts are included in the entry fee.
CADDIES
Host club caddies will not be available. A player may provide his/her own caddie.
WARM-UP RANGE BALLS
Hosted warm-up range balls will be provided to participants on the driving range, starting at 7:30 a.m.
FOOD SERVICE (NO-HOST)
Desert Canyon GR Coffee House will be open at 6:00 a.m. with breakfast grab-and-go options and beverages available. Lunch service will be available at 11:00 a.m. in the restaurant.
RESULTS/PRIZES
Results will be available online and on the USGA Tournament Management App immediately after play. Once all scorecards have been entered, the merchandise payout will be posted. Merchandise credit will be awarded to top finishing gross and net teams in each Division/Flight. All merchandise credit must be redeemed at Desert Canyon Golf Resort.
Note Regarding Ties: Merchandise credit and Winter Series Challenge points will be split for all ties.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Unacceptable conduct or behavior on the golf course or anywhere on club property will not be tolerated and may be grounds for penalty or immediate disqualification, at any time, from any WA Golf event. The full policy can be viewed here.
WINTER SERIES CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY PUETZ GOLF
Players receive participation points for each event entered as well as for top overall gross and net finishes in each event. $2,500 in Puetz Golf merchandise certificates will be distributed to the top season long men's and women's points finishers. Each contestant will also receive $10 Puetz Bucks for each event they participate in.