Date: October 18, 2025
To: 2025 OGA Team Championship
From: Brent Whittaker, OGA Director of Tournament Operations
Subject: Player Information
Thank you for your entry into the 98th OGA Team Championship, October 25 – 26, 2024 at Astoria Golf and Country Club, Warrenton Ore. Enclosed you will find the pairings and starting times for both Saturday and Sunday. Please note that players
Complete tournament information and pairings for both days will be on the OGA website at oga.org.
- For Starting Times: click here
Tournament Information and Results: Will all be provided digitally on the OGA’s website or through the Golf Genius App, GGID: 25OMTC.
Practice Rounds: Each player is eligible for one complimentary practice round. Practice rounds can be made on a space available basis after by calling the Astoria Golf Shop at 503-861-2545. Practice rounds are for contestants only and will not be extended to guests, or family members. Participants must identify themselves as a Team Championship contestant when calling to make arrangements. Players who wish to use their practice round are expected to abide by all clubs rules and policies including pace of play.
Format and Prizes: This is a 36-hole stroke play competition. The low 3 of 4 individual gross scores each day will represent the team’s aggregate score. Awards will be given on the basis of
Optional Skins game will be available for $10 per day. Players may register and pay into the separate game on the starting tee each day.
Course Yardage: Yardages and Course Ratings are subject to change at any time by the Committee.
Click here for Championship - Yardages
Golf Carts: Unless reserved during registration, all carts can be rented on a first come first served basis. Due to limited number of carts, players will be asked to pair up. Please pay the appropriate fee to the golf shop at the time of rental and abide by any cart rules posted by the host club.
Practice: The OGA will host warm up range balls for contestants.
Registration: There will not be any registration, tee prizes will be handed out after the first round.
Food and Beverage: Food and beverage will be available for purchase.
Prohibited use of Audio Equipment: Rule 4.3 is modified in this way: During a round, a player is not allowed to use an electronic device to listen to music or other audio (such as podcasts or the like), including by using headphones or earbuds. Penalty for breach of Local Rule - see Rule 4.3
Code of Conduct: Contestants are expected to (1) know and play by the Rules of Golf, (2) conduct themselves at all times in a sportsmanlike manner, (3) respect the golf course and the rights of other contestants, (4) fulfill their playing obligations and (5) know and abide by the OGA Pace of Play Policy. If the Committee considers that a player is guilty of a serious breach of etiquette, including but not limited to unsportsmanlike conduct (cheating, damaging the golf course, defacing club property, using loud obscene language, throwing clubs, consuming alcoholic beverages when such consumption: is prohibited by the host facility, is offensive to the contestants fellow competitors and/or causes the contestant’s behavior to become offensive, etc.), it may impose a penalty of DISQUALIFICATION and possible suspension from future play in OGA Championships. Any disciplinary actions imposed on a contestant by the OGA may be formally communicated to a representative of the contestant’s club and/or to any other allied golf association that the OGA deems appropriate.
OGA Pace of Play Guidelines: will be in effect during the championship. Pace of play guidelines will be posted on the OGA website at oga.org.
OGA Local Rules and Conditions of Competitions: Click here
Scoring and Score Posting: One player per group will be asked to enter scores for each player for live scoring. It is recommended that players download the Golf Genius App, prior to their starting time. Score posting will be done by the OGA for each round after the championship has been completed. The OGA will post each player’s adjusted score to GHIN as a tournament score, for handicapping purposes.
Please contact the OGA office at (503-981-4653) for any roster changes. All changes must be made before your team’s first player starts their first round.
Thank you for your participation and good luck at Astoria!