Welcome to our 20th Annual VGT Season!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGT Opening Day

 

Presented by Cutter & Buck

Beach Grove Golf Club

 

 

March 23rd, 2026                

 

18-Hole Championship

(5.1 to 26.0 hdcp index)

 

Tee-Times: 8:30am-2:30pm

 

 

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

The 2026 VGT OPENING EVENT is the first Official Event on the 2026 VGT Summer Schedule with points counting towards the YEAR-LONG POINTS RACE offering OVER $40,000 in year-end Awards, Cash and Prizing!

 

Top players from the 20th Anniversary will be rewarded unlike any other year at our Tour Championship with amazing year-end prizing to be won, including a DREAM

GOLF GETAWAY to HAWAII you won’t forget!!

 

CLICK HERE for very exciting details on our 2026 year-end points race & how to earn a spot to the RACE TO WAILEA - Dec.1-4th!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELIGIBILITY

This event is open to both Male & Female Golfers in the following three divisions:

 

DIVISION ONE: Male & Female Amateurs (5.1 to 9.0 index) 

DIVISION TWO: Male & female amateurs (9.1 to 14.0 index)

DIVISION THREE:  Male & female Amateurs (14.1 to 26.0 index)

 

TEES:

Division One: Approximately 6,200 yards

Division Two & Three: Approximately 6,000 yards

Female golfers: Will play approximately 10-15% shorter yardage than male golfers

Seniors 70+ years: Will play approx. 10% shorter yardage within their division.

 

ENTRY FEE INCLUDES:

  • 18-hole Stroke Play Championship at Beach Grove Golf Club
  • Amateur Tee-gift = A premium Cutter & Buck vest ($100)
  • Taco Buffet station provided after golf
  • Driving Range Warm-up both days
  • $40/player in Amateur prizing
    • Gross and Net Amateur Prizing
    • Gross Champion Winner’s flag in each Division
  • Valuable points up for grabs for our 2026 POINTS RACE..... (STAY TUNED)
    • A minimum of $20,000 in Year-end Awards & Prizes!
  • Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
  • Professional Announcing on the first tee
  • Reduced guest fee rate for practice round (see practice round info below)
  • Credit card processing fees

 

FULL FIELD SIZE: 60 players

 

AMATEUR PRIZING: Based on alternating Gross & Net Scores in each division. The top 25% of each division will make it to the prize table.  Players will win virtual gift cards that they can cash in through the VGT store (www.myvgt.com) and use for special orders with some of our brand partners (Srixon, Cleveland, Asics, Galvin Green).  Players have until Oct.31st, 25 to redeem their GC’s.

 

Our 2026 Partner Brands (to date):

BUSHNELL

SRIXON

TRAVIS MATHEW

NIKE GOLF

MAUI JIM

CLEVELAND GOLF

NEW BALANCE GOLF

QUIKFLIP HOODIES

GALVIN GREEN    

2UNDR

PROJEKT LUGGAGE

LEVELWEAR

CUTTER & BUCK

ASICS GOLF SHOES

STORMTECH

BIG MAX BAGS

 

PRACTICE ROUNDS

Beach Grove Golf Club is offering players registered in the Opening Event an opportunity to book one practice round time at a reduced twilight rate ($70+GST) the week prior to the tournament. 

 

The following dates/times will be available to book one practice round per player:

 

Monday, March 16th (after 2pm)

Tuesday, March 17th (after 2pm)

Thursday, March 19th (after 2pm)

Friday, March 20th (after 3pm)

Saturday, March 21st (after 3pm)

Sunday, March 22nd (after 3pm)

 

To arrange a practice round, please email Director of Golf, Brent Derrheim at golfshop@beachgrovegolf.com no later than one week prior to the practice round dates noted.

Please make it clear with your preferred date and tee-time on one of the 6 days and time slots offered above.

Green fee payment will be taken at the golf shop on the day of your practice round. All unused practice round times will be released back to the membership 7 days out.

 

VGT MEMBERS & BEACH GROVE MEMBERS HAVE ENTRY PRIORITY UNTIL 2 WEEKS OUT!

VGT & Beach Grove Members have priority until Monday, March 9th at midnight.  Non-members who have registered with payment will be admitted into the field if the field has not been filled with member registrations.

 

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: Friday, March 13th at 6PM PST.

 

ENTRY FEES:

 

Beach Grove Members: $185 + GST = $194.25

VGT Member: $185+GST = $194.25

Non-member: $235+GST = $246.75

 

EXTRA DINNER TICKETS FOR GUEST/CADDIES: $40 - payable to payments@vancouvergolftour.com.

 

SKINS GAME & HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOT:

  • Optional $20/day NET Skins Games also qualifies you for all available Hole-in-one Jackpots!
  • As of Feb.3rd, there are 2 X $5,000 HOLE-IN-ONE JACKPOTS in play!

 

Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE: https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/

 

 

 

                                                                       ORDER OF MERIT

Thanks to our Order of Merit Sponsor CLEVELAND GOLF / SRIXON, and our Major Sponsors MAUI JIM CANADA and GATEKEEPER SYSTEMS, players are playing for $30,000 in Year-End Awards, Cash & Prizes!!

Points from this event will count towards the season-ending SRIXON/CLEVELAND Order of Merit Race.

 

AMATEUR ORDER OF MERIT (OOM)

 

In 2026, Amateur players will continue to earn Order of Merit points within the handicap flight they play within for each event. 

 

However, with a number of members bouncing between handicap divisions the last few years, those players who bounced back and forth between handicap divisions had no chance of winning their division (or even prizing out). 

 

So there will be one small difference in the Order of Merit this year is to determine year-end prizing.  This year, players will continue to earn points at an event within their current handicap division.  But rather than winning Order of Merit prizing based on their finish within their own division, a player’s points will accumulate into an OVERALL ORDER OF MERIT standings.  The player’s BEST 8 results (by points) will determine their Overall Order of Merit points standing versus the entire 2026 VGT Membership. 

 

At the end of the 2026 Vancouver Open, the TOP 30 VGT Members in the OVERALL ORDER OF MERIT for the 2026 season will win some fabulous prizing!!

  

In summary, in 2026, a player will earn points within a tournament in their division, but their points will accumulate into one Overall Amateur Order of Merit Title, no matter if the player bounces from one handicap division to another.

 

Both female and senior golfers will play versus male championship flight players from a shorter tee length. Points for seniors and female golfers will be captured within each handicap division towards the 2026 Overall Order of Merit Points system as well as for Player of the Year title within each handicap division. (see full details in the Order of Merit section of the tournament HERE

 

 

ORDER OF MERIT TITLES BY DIVISION

 

We will continue to track OOM points within the four handicap divisions so that we can still  declare a 4 separate Order of Merit Champions within each division. 

 

Handicap Divisions will be broken down as we have in the past:

 

Championship Division: 5.0 index & under. 

Division One: 5.1 to 9.0

Division Two: 9.1 to 14.0

Division Three: 14.1 to 26.0

 

A player that bounces between handicap divisions will earn ALL of their OOM points regardless of which division they played in for an event.  Their points will accumulate for prizing purposes within the “master” Order of Merit standings.  And their points will be allocated to the handicap division that they played most often in the season in order to determine the Order of Merit Champion in each division.

 

For Example:

 

Player A plays in Division 1 a total of 5 events.  Earns 7,000 points total.

Player A plays in Division 2 a total of 3 events.  Earns 4,000 points total

Player A’s total points = 11,000 allocated to Division 1 for Player of the Year purposes