119th Open Championship

Lookaway Golf Club, Buckingham, Pa.

Wednesday-Thursday, July 19-20, 2023

 

**GAP Entry Policies**

 

Qualifiers 

Bellewood Country Club – Monday, June 19 2023

StoneHedge Golf Course – Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Blue Bell Country Club – Monday, June 26, 2023

 

Registration Opens: May 8 at 9 a.m.

Registration Closes: June 5 at 11:59 p.m.

 

Registration Fee: $135 - Amateurs/$185 - Professionals. 

 

Format: 36-hole individual stroke play, two-day event. The low 60 scores and ties will advance to Day Two.

 

Eligibility: The field will consist of professionals who are active members of the Philadelphia Section PGA in good standing (the A-4 classification is not eligible), head professionals of GAP Member Clubs, assistant professionals of Member Clubs who are active members of the New Jersey Section PGA and male amateurs who are members of GAP Member Clubs and have a Handicap Index of 5.0 or less.

 

Field Size: The field of approximately 144 players will consist of exempt players entered and those who have earned a qualifying position at one of the three qualifiers.

 

Practice Rounds: TBD.

 

Starting Times: Begins at 7 a.m. with 10-minute intervals starting on Nos. 1 and 10 tee.

 

Automotive Transportation: Not permitted.

 

Prizes: Amateurs: first thru fifth low gross. Professionals: Guaranteed purse of $30,000.

 

Ties: Four-hole playoff for Championship. Duplicate prizes for ties for first low amateur or second low amateur, prize money to be broken by using the USGA recommended scorecard tiebreaking method. Professional money prizes to be split.