HOST CLUB

Fairwood Golf & Country Club

Kathy Wake, PGA Head Golf Professional

17070 140th Ave SE

Renton, WA 98058

(425) 226-9700 - Golf Shop

 

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: WAWS21-3

 

COVID-19 WINTER SERIES POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

All contestants should be familiar with the policies and procedures in place. Policies change frequently based on the different phases within Washington.

 

COVID-19 PARTICIPANT WAIVER

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 DocuSign after the entry deadline.

 

ENTRY FEE

$85 per player

 

CART FEE
$30 per player. Carts will be one player per cart due to COVID-19.

 

ENTRY INCLUDES

Green fees, range balls, tee prize, $10 Puetz Bucks and a *$2,800 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 tee gifts, $10 Puetz Bucks, scorecard and final information before teeing off.

 

STARTING TIME/PAIRINGS

Tee times will be in foursomes from 9:00 a.m. – 11:03 a.m. off the #1 and #10 tees. Players can make pairing requests during online registration. Requests will be accepted up until the registration deadline.

 

FORMAT

Individual Stableford, with a Men’s and Women’s Division. Flights within each Division will be determined by playing handicap.
 

Stableford Scoring:

  • Double Eagle – 5 points
  • Eagle – 4 points
  • Birdie – 3 points
  • Par – 2 points
  • Bogey – 1 point
  • Double Bogey + –  0 points

 

HANDICAPS

Handicap indexes on Wednesday, February 24 will be used for the tournament. Playing Handicaps will be calculated by using 95% of a player’s Course Handicap.

 

FIELD LIMIT

112 Players* (Men - 88 spots | Women - 24 spots)

*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 – 6,026 Yards, Women – 5,249 Yards.

 

PRACTICE ROUND

Contestants wishing to play a practice round prior to the event can contact Fairwood G&CC at
(425) 226-9700 to schedule. Practice rounds are not included in entry fee. A special practice round rate of $45 which includes tax and range balls is being offered to participants on Monday and Tuesday after 1:00 p.m. Golf carts will be available on a first come first serve basis.

 

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

Power carts can be reserved during online registration for $30 per player. Additional power carts will not be available for rent on Friday, February 26. Carts will be rented as one player per cart.

 

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 8:00 a.m.

 

FOOD SERVICE (NO-HOST)

The golf shop will have grab-and-go breakfast and lunch items and beverages available. Lunch service will be available at 11:00 a.m. with limited indoor seating in the Clubhouse Lounge.

 

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 Fairwood Golf & Country Club.
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.