2023 MASS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION & POLICY UPDATES
For the 2023 Championship season (and beyond), please be aware of the following updates to some of our registration processes and policies:
refund policy updateS (EVENT SPECIFIC)
Applies to: Open, Amateur, Junior Amateur, Amateur Public Links, Mid-Amateur, Senior Amateur, and Super Senior Amateur
Competitors withdrawing from a championship/qualifier should notify a member of the Mass Golf staff as soon as practicable. Refunds may be processed based on the following criteria:
- Prior to Entries Closing
- entry fee minus a $30 administrative fee will be refunded
- After entries close and more than thirteen days before the day of the event
- 50% of entry fee will be refunded
- Within thirteen days of the event, or on the day of the event
- no refund will be processed
- Notes:
- Refunds will not be processed for competitors advancing through a qualifier who subsequently need to withdraw from the championship proper. Exempt players may be refunded according to the criteria above.
- The Mass Golf staff respectfully asks that if a player knowingly needs to withdraw from an event, please do so as soon as possible – out of respect and as a courtesy to any players on a waitlist/alternate list.
Applies to: Women’s Championships, Four-Ball, Mixed Four-Ball, Senior Four-Ball, Ouimet Tournament, and Young Golfers’ Amateur
Competitors withdrawing from an event should notify a member of the Mass Golf staff as soon as practicable. Refunds may be processed based on the following criteria:
- At least seven days prior to the event
- entry fee minus a $20 administrative fee will be refunded
- Less than seven days and at least 48 hours prior to the event
- 50% of entry fee will be refunded
- Within 48 hours of the event
- no refund will be processed
- Notes:
- The Mass Golf staff respectfully asks that if a player knowingly needs to withdraw from an event, please do so as soon as possible – out of respect and as a courtesy to any players on a waitlist/alternate list.
WAITLIST POLICY UPDATE
Championships with Qualifiers:
- Competitors may only register for one waitlist, per championship. Competitors are also encouraged to register for an available site to guarantee your opportunity to compete in a qualifier for a specific championship.
- When registering for a waitlist – payment information will be required, but your credit card WILL NOT BE CHARGED until a qualifying spot is confirmed.
- Competitors with a confirmed qualifying spot at another site will have that entry transferred (if applicable).
- As qualifying spots become available at your waitlist selection, a member of the Mass Golf staff will contact you to reconfirm your interest/availability.
- All qualifying site waitlists can be viewed on the applicable Golf Genius event portal.
Championships without Qualifiers:
- Once the field is full, players/teams will be able to register for the waitlist and will be added to the waitlist in the order waitlist entires are submitted.
- When registering for a waitlist – payment information will be required, but your credit card WILL NOT BE CHARGED until a qualifying spot is confirmed.
- When a spot becomes available , a member of the Mass Golf staff will contact you to confirm your interest/availability.
FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP REGISTRATION PROCESS
(this applies to the Four-Ball Championship, Women’s Four-Ball Championship, Senior Four-Ball Championship and Mixed Four-Ball Championship)
All registrations for the Four-Ball Championships mentioned above will no longer be first come, first served. Registration will now be based on the low-to-high index selection process outlined below:
- When entries open – all eligible teams – will be able to submit a “pending registration” for the championship proper. Please note that this “pending registration” DOES NOT guarantee you a spot in the championship proper and your status for the event will not be confirmed until entries close.
- When submitting a “pending registration” payment information will be required, but your credit card WILL NOT BE CHARGED until your team is confirmed.
- On the published entry close date, all team/competitor Handicap Indexes® will be updated (based on the entry close date handicap revision). Teams will then be ordered low-to-high (based on Handicap Indexes®) and selected for the championship proper until the maximum field size is met.
- Any team not selected for the championship will be placed on a waitlist based of the final low-to-high Handicap Index® ranking.
- All selected teams will then be charged the applicable entry fee and will receive a confirmation email, confirming their spot in the championship proper.
- All waitlisted teams will be notified of their waitlist status which will be available on the Golf Genius event portal.
- EXEMPT TEAMS ONLY – upon the receipt of a “pending registration” ahead of the published entry close date, all exempt teams will be confirmed/guaranteed a spot in the championship.
CHAMPIONSHIP Participation history
Since 2017, all Mass Golf event administration has been part of Golf Genius. In order to see your current and past event registration/participation history (since 2017) please follow the steps below:
- Step 1: CLICK HERE and log-in to your Golf Genius Player Profile
- Step 2: Once logged into your player profile – choose PLAYER DASHBOARD
- Step 3: On your PLAYER DASHBOARD chose PARTICIPATION HISTORY which will list all your future & past event registrations using the season drop down menu.
If you have any questions regarding these updates, please reach out to a staff member in the Championships department.