ATTENTION - PLEASE READ BEFORE SIGNING UP!

 

The IGA Rules and Competitions Committee has  approved moving forward with the IGA Senior Match Play Championship at Veenker Memorial Golf Course on the originally scheduled dates of May 28th thru 30th.  The format of the event will be modified slightly.

 

The field will be limited to the first 72 eligible entrants at this time. If you happen to sign up and see the field is full, please contact the IGA office at 515-402-7205. 

 

The altered format will include no shotgun starts.  All play will  start in tee times off the 1st hole. Stroke Play qualifying will be held on day 1 (May 28th), with matches being played on days 2 and 3 (May 29 & 30).  This is being done so that players can exit the golf course promptly after their rounds and to limit "gathering" as much as possible. 

 

We will determine multiple brackets (flights) of 16 rather than 32 in order to finish play on the originally scheduled dates (two matches per day on days 2 and 3). All players will play on day 1 and have a match on the morning of day 2.  All bracket play will be single elimination. 

 

Many other policies will be in place for the championship, in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic (such as single person carts, electronic scoring, no bunker rakes, etc). The specifics of those are being finalized and will be communicated to all players along with stroke play pairings on Friday, May 22nd.  They will also be posted on this website.   

 

At this point, we are anticipating playing with the actual hole materially unaffected or changed.  That means nothing in the bottom of the hole and that the flagstick can be removed or not removed at the option of each player.  The R&C Committee felt that the proper "holing out" was so material to tournament golf that it should be kept normal.  We will provide hand sanitizer to all golfers so that you can sanitize your hands after reaching into the hole or touching the flagstick, should you choose to touch the flagstick.

 

All players will be asked to sign a liability waiver (electronically), which will be sent along with the other info on the 22nd.  We want to make you aware of these anticipated plans before signing up to play.