GOLDEN EARS OPEN
Presented by
July 24-25th, 2021
$22,000 in CASH & PRIZES!!*
***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***
BY REGISTERING, YOU AGREE TO ADHERE TO ALL COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE FOLLOWING LINKS HERE:
VGT COVID-19 SAFETY PROCEDURES
PITT MEADOWS GOLF CLUB COVID-19 POLICIES
Tournament Details
The Pitt Meadows Golf Club is proud to re-launch the GOLDEN EARS MEN’S OPEN on July 24 & 25th at Pitt Meadows Golf Club!! This year’s event is proudly sponsored by JOHNSTON MEIER INSURANCE AGENCIES and is set to host 160 Amateur and 40 Professional Golfers ready to take the challenges of Pitt Meadows Golf Club over 36 Holes of Championship Golf!
The 2021 Golden Ears Champion will have the honor of having their name etched on the trophy alongside some legendary names including PGA Tour winner Adam Hadwin.
The event holds double point values on the SRIXON / CLEVELAND Order of Merit with first place in each division earning 3,000 points.
Male Professionals & Amateur Golfers with a registered Golf Canada handicap factor of 18.0 or less are welcome to register for this year’s event.
All players will receive lunch breakfast or lunch both days as well as dinner on Saturday evening.
Pros will compete for a minimum purse of $10,000 while Amateurs will receive a commemorative welcome gift and prize table totalling over $14,000!!
Full Field: 40 Professionals / 160 Amateurs
Professional Purse: $12,000*. First Place: $3,000
Amateur Tee-gift & Prizing: $14,000*
*Based on Full field
TOURNAMENT DIVISIONS:
Professional
Men’s Amateur Championship: (5.0 & less)
Men’s Flight A: (5.1 to 10.0)
Men’s Flight B: (10.1 to 18.0)
Eligibility
The event is open to Professional Golfers and to Amateur Golfers with a valid Golf Canada (Gold version) or USGA handicap factor of 18.0 or less.
Priority Entry
Amateurs:
*Priority entry will be given to past participants of the 2019 Golden Ears Open and to Pitt Meadows Golf Club members, followed by 2021 VGT Members. The event will then be open to non-members if the event is not full as of 2-weeks out.
Past participants of the 2019 Golden Ears Men’s Open and Pitt Meadows Members will have priority entry until June 15th. After that time, registration will be opened to 2021 VGT Members in good standing. Players in all 3 categories will have priority over all other players until the registration deadline of Saturday, July 10th at 6pm.
If the event is not full as of July 10th at 6pm, non-members will admitted into the event with entries being accepted in priority of the date their entry is received.
Professionals:
The top 10 male VGT Professionals* on the 2020 Order of Merit plus the top 10 male VGT Professionals on the 2021 Order of Merit as of June 15th (not already exempt) will have their entries to the Golden Ear’s Invitational guaranteed until June 30th.
All other Professional entries will be at the discretion of the Golden Ears Invitational Committee.
Pros are asked to register online as early as possible to give themselves the highest priority entry possible.
After the registration deadline, if the field is not full with exempt Pros & Committee invites, the balance of Professional entries will be processed based on the date of their entry fees being received.
*VGT Professional = 2021 VGT Member in good standing.
ENTRY FEE & REGISTRATION
Professionals: $250 + GST ($262.50)
Amateurs:
Pitt Meadows Members: $190 + GST ($199.50)
VGT Members: $250 + GST ($262.50)
Non-Members: $250 + GST ($262.50)
Optional $20 Skins/day: Please add skins payment to online entry at time of registration
Gross Skins: Pros/Champ (combined) Net Skins: A/B Flights (combined)
Registration Deadline
Saturday, July 10th, 2021 at 6pm PST or when event is full (whichever comes first). Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE.
Entry Fee includes:
- 36-hole stroke play tournament at Pitt Meadows Golf Club
- Amateur Tee-gift ($40 value)
- Lunch or dinner provided to all players Saturday
- Boxed lunch for all players on Sunday
- $80/player in Amateur Tee-gifts and Prize Table (over $14,000 total*)
- Special practice round rate the week of July 19th-23rd (Rate & times noted below).
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- Practice rounds can be booked within non-member booking privileges at the Member’s Guest rate. Please book online or through the pro shop.
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- Live Leaderboard mobile scoring from your phone all weekend!
- Amateurs earn double points for the 2021 SRIXON/CLEVELAND Amateur Order of Merit Race
- Pros collect double points for the 2021 SRIXON/CLEVELAND Professional Order of Merit Race
- Golf Canada officiating and Professional Announcing off 1st tee both days
Additional Optional Skins Game:
- Optional $20 Gross and Net Skins games per day qualify you for any available Progressive Hole-in-One Jackpots!
- As of June 1st we have 2 x $5,000 Hole-in-One Jackpots & one x $2,500 Jackpot available!
Amateur Prizing will be Gift Card values which can be used to make purchases at the Pitt Meadows Golf Club Pro-shop or
Clubhouse.
*With Full field of 160 Amateurs
Tee Times both days:
Morning Wave: 7am-9am off 1st and 10th tees
Afternoon Wave: 12pm – 2:00pm off 1st and 10th tees
Leaders will tee-off last on Sunday off 1st tee at approximately 2pm.
Official Practice Round & Booking Procedure:
Practice rounds can be booked in the non-member booking window the week prior to the event at the Member’s Guest rate. Please book your tee time online or with the pro shop. Limited tee times will be available.
Course Details & Location
13615 Harris Road
Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2R8
Main Office: (604) 465-5431
Golf Shop: (604) 465-4711
Wes Doka - PGA of Canada
Head Golf Professional
wdoka@pittmeadowsgolf.com
SRIXON / CLEVELAND GOLF Order of Merit (OOM) points will be awarded in each category of membership as follows:
Professional – Gross
All Amateur Flights – Alternating Gross & Net
The Professional OOM is based on the following point system for this 36-Hole Event:
1st Place: 3,000 pts 2nd Place: 2,200 pts 3rd Place: 1,800 pts
4th Place: 1,500 pts 5th Place: 1,300 pts 6th Place: 1,100 pts
7th Place: 1,000 pts 8th Place: 900 pts 9th Place: 800 pts
10th Place: 700 pts 11th Place: 600 pts 12th Place: 500 pts
13th Place: 450 pts 14th Place: 400 pts 15th Place: 350 pts
16th Place: 300 pts 17th Place: 250 pts 18th place: 200 pts
19th Place: 150 pts 20th Place: 100 pts
The Amateur OOM is based on the following point system for this event for each flight based on a full field:
1st Place Gross: 3,000 pts 1st Place Net: 2,200 pts
2nd Place Gross: 1,800 pts 2nd Place Net: 1,500 pts
3rd Place Gross: 1,300 pts 3rd Place Net: 1,100 pts
4th Place Gross: 1,000 pts 4th Place Net: 900 pts
5th Place Gross: 800 pts 5th Place Net: 700 pts
6th Place Gross: 600 pts 6th Place Net: 500 pts
7th Place Gross: 450 pts 7th Place Net: 400 pts
8th Place Gross: 350 pts 8th Place Net: 300 pts
9th Place Gross: 250 pts 9th Place Net: 200 pts
10th Place Gross: 150 pts 10th Place Net: 100 pts
PROGRESSIVE HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOT RULES
- In order to qualify for the Hole-in-one (H.I.O) JACKPOT offered at a VGT event, a player must be entered into the $20 skins game/hole-in-one pot for that event. If there is no winner of the hole-in-one at VGT event, the current hole-in-one pot will carry over to the next event until we have a winner of the jackpot.
- If the jackpot accumulates to $5,000, it will be cut-off at $5,000 and the first eligible person (see above) to score a hole-in-one on an eligible jackpot hole will receive the $5,000 payout. If we have a winner of the 1st $5,000 Jackpot, then then the eligible person to score a hole-in-one in the event would win the 2nd $5,000 Prize. Any additional hole-in-ones at this event would not qualify for prizing since both prizes would have been won already.
- Due to the skill difference of Pros versus the Amateurs in the field, we level the playing field for the JACKPOT two ways:
- By allowing the A & B amateurs to tee-off a shorter designated tee-box at various times compared to Professionals and Championship Amateurs.
- VGT hosts numerous Amateur only events where Amateurs have a chance to win the JACKPOT without Pros in the field.