Qualifying for NCGA Zone and Two-Ball tournaments as a member of the Golf Club at Fremont Park will occur at our April home and away tournaments. For those that want to be included in NCGA qualifying, your scores with handicap at each designated GCFP event will also be used as NCGA qualifying scores, but adjusted according to eligibility requirements.
Zone Championship: Two, 2-Person teams qualify to represent us as our 4-person team at a regional event. We will use our April scores to determine participants. The two best team scores, in order, can choose to represent us at the Zone sectional (or Four-Ball Net). See requirements below for more info. The Club will assist in next round carts but entry fees are the responsibility of participants.
Four-Ball Net: 2-Person better ball teams. We will use the same scores as Zone qualifiers to determine participants. See requirements below for more info. Seniors Four-ball: Alert tournament director if you want to participate in Senior qualifying.
Net Amateur: Three individuals. Qualifying to represent us at a sectional event occurs TBD. We will use tournament scores in these events to establish the scores for NCGA qualifying. The total cumulative score will determine qualifiers. See requirements below for more info. If there is little to no interest in this event, we will go with a fun event instead.
Tie Breakers. Tie breakers will be determined by home scores in this order...best score, best final nine, best final six, best final three, best final hole, coin toss.
Canceled tournaments. As long as one of the designated qualifying events is played, that event will count as the qualifier. If all qualifying events are canceled an emergency home event will be called by the Board of Directors. You must be entered in the first qualifying event, even if canceled, to qualify in subsequent events.
Eligibility
We are members of the East Bay Zone. Any member of the Golf Club at Fremont Park that is currently eligible can represent the club at local and regional NCGA qualifying events. Note: players must be very comfortable with their knowledge of the Rules of Golf. They need to know when to call a penalty and what to do if another player calls one on them. To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
GCFP Requirements: Players must have participated in 7 GCFP tournaments during the 12 months prior to the qualifying month. The current Club Champion is exempt from this requirement. Prior to the deadline for the first scheduled qualifying round, each player/team must enter through the Member Planet link for NCGA Qualifying at April Home.
NCGA requirements: 18 holes Four-Ball Net Stroke Play (Two–Person Better Ball). Play will be 85% of the course handicap using a maximum current index of 18.4 for men and 25.4 for women. All players with indexes of 18.5 (men) or 25.5 (women) and higher are eligible but must play to the maximum index listed. The number of qualifying spots available at each qualifying site will be determined based on the total number of players and the final field size at each site. Final numbers of spots will be available from the Committee on the day of qualifying. Ties for the final qualifying spot will be determined by the USGA recommended method of matching score cards.
You must be able to participate in subsequent rounds (usually weekdays) should you qualify. See NCGA Bluebook for specific dates. Players are responsible for payment of rounds.
Men and women are eligible, women compete from the forward tees at away events. At home events men will play from Blue/White tees and women from White/White tees. You must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
