Presented by Triple O’s
$7,500 Total Prize Purse*
Monday, June 22nd
Riverway Golf Course
11am Start
WELCOME NOTE
A very special thanks to the City of Burnaby and Riverway Golf Course for partnering with the VGT and allowing us to host a premier championship on their beautiful layout.
TOURNAMENT DETAILS
The 2026 RIVERWAY OPEN is an 18-Hole Stroke play Championship and an Official Event on the VGT Summer schedule. Valuable points up for grabs for our VGT members for both the 2026 SRIXON / CLEVELAND POINTS RACE & “RACE TO WAILEA”!!
To see how to qualify for the RACE TO WAILEA, CLICK HERE!
To celebrate our 20th Anniversary season, VGT Members are being given a chance all season long to earn points and qualify for the 2026 “RACE TO WAILEA” A once-and-a-lifetime TRIP TO MAUI, HAWAII to play in an exclusive golf tournament at WAILEA GOLF CLUB!!
A huge shout-out and continued thanks to our partners GolfBC GROUP, JM MEDIA and WAILEA GOLF CLUB for making this dream golf experience come to life!!!
Eligibility
This event is open to Male & Female Professionals as well as Amateur Golfers with official hcp. Index of 26.0 & less. For this event, players will be entered into the appropriate division based on their current handicap index as follows:
Open Division: Professionals and Amateurs 5.0 & less competing for the cash purse (see below)
Championship Division: Hcp index of 5.0 & under competing against Amateurs only for g/c’s.
Amateur Flights will be broken down evenly into one third the field. Approximate flights as follows:
Division 1: Hcp index of 5.1 to 9.0
Division 2: Hcp factor of 9.1 to 16.0
Division 3: Hcp index of 16.1 to 26.0
*All Amateurs 5.0 & less will compete for OOM points within the Championship Amateur Division for year-end Cleveland / Srixon Order of Merit race & chance to win a spot in the RACE TO WAILEA.
Entry Fee includes:
- Amateur Entry: Includes green fee + advance booking fee ($80)
- Pro Entry: Includes an industry rate fee + advance booking fee ($50)
- All players receive a $15 gift card per player for Riverway Golf Shop ($15)
- Amateurs receive three (3) Srixon Z-star, XV or Diamond balls ($20)
- $50/amateur in Amateur prize = $3,500 in prizes (based on Full Field of 66)
- Gross & Net prizing in each handicap division.
- Winner’s Flags presented to the Gross Champions in each Division
- Opportunity to win valuable points for the RACE TO WAILEA contest & win a share of $40,000 in season ending SRIXON / CLEVELAND Order of Merit Prizing!
- 7 Amateur spots for Race to Wailea up for grabs thru the Order of Merit
- Top Pro on 2026 OOM earns a spot for the Race to Wailea
- Live Leaderboard scoring and Golf Canada Officiating
- Professional Announcing on the first tee
- All credit card fees
*Prize Purse based on full field of 88 players
***PLEASE READ BEFORE REGISTERING***
By registering, you agree to adhere to all player policies and procedures outlined on the VGT website as well as the 2026 VGT Code of Conduct: CLICK HERE
By registering, you agree to adhere to all VGT policies and procedures outlining all cancellation and no show fees here:
https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/
Full Field Size: 88 Players (22 Pros; 66 Amateurs)
Pro Purse: $4,000 (based on 22 pros)
Amateur Prizing: $3,300 in gift card prizing based on 66 Amateurs.
Prize Payouts: The top 25% of each handicap division will qualify for prize pool with alternating Gross & Net Scores determining prize payouts.
For Pro Purse and Amateur prize purposes, Male and Female golfers will compete against one another within the same handicap division. Female golfers will be provided with an equitable yardage equal to approx..85% of the Men’s yardage.
Due to the limited field size, Senior Championship players 55+ years of age and 5.0 & less index will compete versus non-senior Championship Division players at 90% of their yardage.
NOTE: Female Championship Division Amateur players will earn points towards their own season-long Women’s Championship Division race to determine Female Golfer of the Year and year-long Order of Merit Standings.
Member Priority – Until 14 days out
VGT Members receive priority registration until June 7th at midnight.
After this time non-members who have registered with payment will be admitted into the field as long as the event is not full with members.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 10 days out
Friday, June 12th at midnight.
ENTRY FEES:
OPEN DIVISION:
VGT Member: $235+GST ($246.75)
Non-Member: $285+GST ($299.25)
For any Championship Amateurs wishing to play in the ‘OPEN DIVISION’ field against the PROS for the CASH PURSE, they need to pay the Amateur fee noted below and add an additional $50 by selecting “Add $50 for OPEN” field. This qualifies an Amateur to win a portion of the Pro Purse (up to $1,200 cash).
AMATEUR DIVISIONS:
VGT Member: $185+GST ($194.25)
Non-member: $235+GST ($246.75)
As per 2022 USGA guidelines, Amateurs in the Open Division are now eligible to win a maximum cash prize of $1,200 vs. Pros. This $50 will be added directly into the “Open Purse” for each Amateur player who makes this choice.
For Example: If 10 Amateurs decide to play in the ‘Open Division’ vs. the Pros, with 22 Pros & 10 Amateurs, the purse will increase from $4,000 to $4,500.
OPEN DIVISION PAYOUT
The top 33% of the Open Division field will be paid. Due to the lesser value of entry fee being added to the Open Division purse, Amateurs who opt to play in the Open Division will count as ½ a player when determining the Open Division payout. If 20 Pros and 10 Amateurs, the total field size payout will be based on 33% of 20 Pros + .5 (10 amateurs) = 25 players = 8.33 spots, rounded up to 9.
Amateurs will earn points within the Amateur Championship Flight but will forfeit prizing in that flight.
OPTIONAL SKINS GAME: $20/player (please add to your entry fee online)
*Entering the skins game qualifies you for all Progressive Hole-In-One Jackpots for the day! (see below)
GROSS SKINS
Pros & Championship Division players (including Champ Seniors) will compete together in one combined gross skins game.
NET SKINS
All other divisions will be combined and compete together in one net skins game
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 by the end of the Winter Tour the jackpot has not been won, the current jackpot will be carried over into the Summer Tour schedule.
- 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. A secondary Hole-in-one purse will be started as soon as the original jackpot reaches $5,000. From the time the original purse reaches $5,000, moneys collected for the H.I.O purse will accumulate in this secondary pot while the first pot remains at $5,000. The secondary pot will continue to grow until the next eligible player scores a hole-in-one on the designated jackpot hole at a VGT event. The maximum H.I.O purse paid out at any time will be $5,000, and once the pot has reached $5,000, a 3rd and 4th purse (and so on) will be established for future winners.
- 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 Division 1,2 and 3 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.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR AN EVENT:
All players must establish or update their VGT player profile on Golf Genius.
If you have not done so already, PLEASE UPDATE OR CREATE YOUR VGT PROFILE HERE: https://www.golfleaguegenius.com/pages/3450203
MEMBERS:
Members can either register with payment through the Golf Genius portal or they can choose to accept the email invite for that event and confirm their payment through Golf Genius.
Once your payment is received, your entry will be confirmed, and your name will show on the confirmed player’s list. With respect to invitational events, players may be placed on a pending list until we can determine you are confirmed in the field.
NON-MEMBERS:
Non-members may register for VGT events at any time. Their registration will show as ‘pending’ until we can determine we are not full with Members 2 weeks out. If the event is not full, non-member entries will be accepted in priority of their registration being received, and their status will move from ‘pending’ to ‘registered’.
Players are reminded to review the Policies and Procedures of VGT outlining all cancellation and no-show fees HERE: https://vancouvergolftour.com/legal/