2021 Nevada State Net Amateur Championship

 

WHEN: Friday August 13 - Sunday August 15, 2021

 

WHERE: Genoa Lakes Golf Resort - Lakes Course

 

REGISTRATION: 

  • Entry Fee: $310 - Entry Fee includes golf, cart, range balls, practice round, prize fund, and tee gift
  • Opens July 12 @ 9:00 AM PST
  • Closes August 8 @ 5:00 PM PST

 

FIELD SIZE: Maximum of 60 players

 

ELIGIBILITY: 

  • Open to all active male members SNGA and the NNGA with an established and verifiable handicap index

 

EXEMPT GOLFERS: 

  • The Eight Match Play Qualifiers from the 2020 Nevada State Mid-Amateur (Dennis Young, Scott Gardner, James Kim, Robert Golden, Bryan Carlon, George Wolf, Trevor Coss, & Jason Buckholz)

 

FORMAT:

  • 36 Holes of Stroke Play on Friday and Saturday to determine the 8 players who will advance to Match Play
  • The top 8 players advance to match play.  Ties for the last spot will be broken using sudden death, full handicap, strokes where assigned.
    • Seeding will be done by qualifier finish and in the case of ties for all but the last spot will be determined by a scorecard playoff.
    • The USGA general numeric draw for matches will be used:  1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5
  • 3rd Round - afternoon of day 2 - four matches with losers being eliminated.
  • 4th Round - morning of day 3 - two matches with losers being eliminated.
  • 5th Round - afternoon of day 3 - one match with the winner being named the Nevada State Net Amateur Champion.

 

PROJECTED YARDAGE:  Please note that these yardages are subject to change at the discretion of the Championship committee based on course or weather conditions. The committee will move some tees around on certain holes from one day to another.

 

PRACTICE ROUND:  Thursday August 12, 2021. The practice round is included in the entry fee. 

 

HANDICAPS: Handicap index as of Wednesday, August 11, 2021 will be used for this event. Maximum allowable course handicap for this event is 24.

 

REFUND POLICY: After the established deadline for a state event, players can only receive a refund if there is a waiting list of players and a wait listed player agrees to play.  Cases such as death in the family or serious illnesses such as hospitalization can be reviewed on a case by case basis. There is a $25 administration fee applied to a refund for any player who cancels prior to the registration closing date.

 

NOTE: Please note that the eventual winner and runner-up will be required to play 5 rounds of golf (2 stroke play rounds and 3 matches).  Schedule your flights and hotels accordingly with the understanding that the further you advance in the tournament the more rounds of golf and days you will need to be available.

 

Contact andrew@nnga.org if you have any questions about the Nevada State Net Amateur Championship