HOST CLUB 

Wine Valley Golf Club   
Chris Isaacson, Director of Golf    

176 Wine Valley Road   

Walla Walla, WA 99362  

(509) 525-4653 - Golf Shop  

 

Winter Series Event Portal 
Follow the link for pairings, live scoring, results and player information. You can also access the portal by using the USGA Tournament Management app on your mobile device. To access, login using GGID: WSAPR20A 

 

ENTRY FEE 

$160 per team 

 

CART FEE 
$35 per team 

 

ENTRY DEADLINE 

Sunday, March 29, 2020 at midnight 

 

ENTRY INCLUDES 

Green fees, range balls, tee prize, $10 Puetz Bucks and a *$3,000 merchandise payout (*based on a full field). 

 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

Entrants must be members in good standing of a WA Golf member club, with a maximum handicap index of 36.4 for men or 40.4 for women. 

 

REGISTRATION 

All contestants must register with WA Golf staff prior to the shotgun start. Registration will be located inside the pro shop on Friday, April 3 from 7:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Contestants will receive their tee gifts, $10 Puetz Bucks, scorecard and local rules at registration.  

 

STARTING TIME/PAIRINGS 

9:00 a.m. shotgun start. Players can make pairing requests during online registration. Requests will be accepted up until the registration deadline.   

 

FORMAT 

2-Person Four-Ball, with a Men’s and Women’s Division. Flights within each Division will be determined by team course handicap.  

 

HANDICAPS 
Each player will receive 85% of their course handicap for net scoring. Handicap indexes on Monday, March 30 will be used for the tournament. 

 

FIELD LIMIT 

62 Teams* (Men - 50 Teams | Women - 12 Teams) 

*WA Golf reserves the right to modify field limits for men and women to achieve a full field. 

 

COURSE YARDAGE 
Subject to change based on weather and course conditions: Men – 6,235 Yards | Women – 5,290 Yards  

 

PRACTICE ROUND 

Contestants wishing to play a practice round prior to the event can contact Wine Valley at (509) 525-4653 to schedule. Practice rounds are not included in entry fee. A special reduced rate of $75 which includes tax, cart and range balls is being offered to participants all day on Thursday and Saturday before 9:00 a.m.  

  

DRESS CODE 

WA Golf expects all contestants, caddies and spectators to wear suitable golf attire on host club property at all times. Suitable attire does not include cutoffs, tank tops, tee shirts, sweatpants, spandex, jeans or denim of any kind or color or unkempt clothing of any kind. Failure to adhere to the dress code may result in disqualification and removal from the course. 

 

CARTS 

Power carts can be reserved during online registration for $35 per team. If you would like to reserve a cart after registration, contact the WA Golf Championship staff at (206) 526-8605 ext. 3.

 

CADDIES 

Host club caddies will not be available. A player may provide his/her own caddie.  

 

WARM-UP RANGE BALLS 

Hosted warm-up range balls will be provided to participants on the driving range, prior to the round, starting at 8:30 a.m. 

 

FOOD SERVICE (NO-HOST) 

The Wine Valley Café will be open at 7:30 a.m. with breakfast grab-and-go items available. Full menu service will be available after the round. 

 

RESULTS/PRIZES 
Results will be available online and on the USGA Tournament Management App immediately after play. Once all scorecards have been entered, the merchandise payout will be posted. Merchandise credit will be awarded to top finishing gross and net teams in each Division/Flight. All merchandise credit must be redeemed at Wine Valley. 
Note Regarding Ties: Merchandise credit and Winter Series Challenge points will be split for all ties.  

 

SCORE POSTING 

Scores will be posted to GHIN for all participants following the round.

 

CODE OF CONDUCT  

Unacceptable conduct or behavior on the golf course or anywhere on club property will not be tolerated and may be grounds for penalty or immediate disqualification, at any time, from any WA Golf event. The full policy can be viewed here. 

 

WINTER SERIES CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY PUETZ GOLF  

Participants receive participation points for each event entered as well as for top overall gross and net finishes in each event. $2,000 in Puetz Golf merchandise certificates will be distributed to the top season long men's and women's points finishers. Each contestant will also receive $10 Puetz Bucks for each event they participate in.