INFORMATION
TOURNAMENT DATE: Monday, July 27th – Tuesday, July 28th. The first tee time on Day 1 will be at 11 a.m., while the first tee time on Day 2 will be at 8 a.m.
SECOND-ROUND PAIRINGS: Will be available via www.gam.org, as well as via e-mail and text.
CHAMPIONSHIP YARDAGE: Available @ GAM.org, under Tournaments / GAM Championships / GAM Women’s Four-Ball Championship – Course Setup. All yardage is projected and subject to change.
DIRECTIONS: Take I-75 to Holland Ave. Go W off the exit. Holland Ave. will turn into M-46 (Gratiot Ave.), which will bring you to Saginaw CC. The club is about 6 miles west of I-75.
CLUB ADDRESS: 4465 Gratiot Ave. Saginaw, MI 48638
LODGING: Saginaw Fairfield Inn & Suites, 5200 Cardinal Square Blvd., Saginaw, MI, 48604. The room block is under "Golf Association of Michigan". The rate is $114/night with taxes and fees.
PRACTICE ROUNDS: Please contact the golf shop for rates and availability, (989) 793-3461. Contestants must call in advance to reserve a tee time and identify themselves as GAM Women’s Four-Ball Championship contestants.
GPS AND RANGE FINDERS: In this competition, if a player or caddie uses a distance-measuring device that is designed to gauge or measure other conditions that might affect her play, AND USES IT FOR THOSE OTHER CONDITIONS the player is in breach of Rule 4.3, for which the penalty is TWO STROKES for the first breach of this rule and DISQUALIFICATION for a subsequent breach during the stipulated round.
FOOD: Players will have a credit to purchase food at Saginaw CC on both days of the tournament.
CADDIES/CARTS: Automotive transportation is mandatory in this championship. We will be riding two people per cart. In line with the recent Executive Order, everyone should wear a mask while riding with another person. We will allow a person to walk while her partner drives the cart with both bags, so long as it does not negatively impact pace of play. Note: Only Competitors may ride in a cart. Spectators are prohibited from riding in the players’ cart. No caddies allowed in this championship. Spectator carts are only permitted if a request, accompanied by a doctor’s note confirming the spectator’s need for a cart, is submitted to the GAM at least two days prior to the competition. Requests and doctor’s notes can be submitted to tournamententry@gam.org and doctor’s notes can also be faxed to (248) 478-5536 attn: GAM Tournament Dept.
HANDICAP CALCULATION: For the Senior Division, indexes were established on the day of the entry deadline. In line with the USGA recommendation for stroke play in the four-ball format, all Senior Division players will receive 85% of their course handicap.
MOST-LIKELY SCORE: Players should pick up if they are out of the hole. However, they should still mark their most-likely score in Golf Genius for that particular hole. Most-likely score is what a player would make most often if she were to finish out the hole.
PRACTICE RANGE: Complimentary for players on the day of the competition, prior to play only. Players should not be on any practice area until at least 40 minutes before their tee time.
PLAYOFF: A tie for the Open Division and Senior Championship only will be determined by a sudden-death playoff immediately after the final scores have been posted. All other ties will be decided by a method recommended by the USGA. This method states that we must match cards to determine the winner based on the best score for the last nine holes. It is the player’s responsibility to be ready to play when called to the tee.
PRIZES: Prizes will be awarded to the 1st gross and net teams in senior flights based on the total number entries. The Open Division will only be awarded gross prizes. There must be a minimum of seven (7) teams competing in a Senior flight/division to be eligible for gross and net prizes. The overall Champions’ names will be engraved on the Hiestand–Garety Trophy.