Tour Championship

The MCGA conducts two championships that members in good standing can participate in. Both of these contests are held at the end of the season and run in conjunction with normal MCGA Saturday golf events. The first is called the Tour Championship and the second is called the Club Championship. 

What is the Tour Championship?

The MCGA Tour Championship (also referred to as the "Points Cup") is a season-long competition. The winner of the Tour Championship is determined by an accumulation of regular season points and playoff round points that culminates in one final, winner-take-all round of the top 5 points earners.

Points During the Regular Season

During the regular season, members can earn points at weekly events according to their finish in their particular flight by the following table. All members that compete and complete an official round earn a minimum of 5 pts. Rounds designated as non-point earning or cancelled due to weather or other factors do not count.

Playoffs

The playoff rounds begin about sixty days prior to end of the season for members. The rounds are not always held on successive weeks. Non-playoff, non-points earning rounds can be mixed in between. Each member starts the playoffs with their respective accumulation of season-long points and try to increase them by earning more points during the subsequent playoff events that they qualify for. Each playoff round is a low net, stroke event. 

Advancing in the Playoffs

• Playoff Round #1, the full field participates and only the top 10 finishers earn playoff points. The top 20 players with the highest accumulated Tour Championship points advance to playoff round #2.

• Playoff Round #2, the top 20 players participate and only the top 10 finishers earn playoff points. The top 10 players with the highest accumulated TC points advance to playoff round #3.

• Playoff Round #3, the top 10 players participate and only the top 10 finishers earn playoff points. The top 10 players with the highest accumulated TC points advance to the Finals.

If two or more players are tied in total points vying for the last spot in a playoff round, the tiebreaker will be the player with the highest total number of flight wins during the season. If there is still a tie after that, the second tiebreaker will be the player with the highest total number of Tour Championship events.

The player with the lowest net score + advantage will be the MCGA Tour Champion.  In the event of a tie for Tour Champion, a one-hole sudden death playoff will be held, if the course will allow it. Otherwise, we will use the same scorecard tiebreaking system used during the season. 

In the event that two (or more) players tie with the same low net score, the winner is the golfer, first, with the lowest front nine total score. For the low net game it will be the lowest net total score and for the low gross game, the lowest gross score.

If there is still a tie, then the winner will be determined by a sudden death scorecard playoff on the front 9, hole-by-hole, beginning with the hardest hole (lowest handicap value) and ending with the easiest hole (highest handicap value).

​Last, if there is still a tie, then the winner will be determined by a sudden death scorecard playoff on the back 9, hole-by-hole, ​beginning with the hardest hole (lowest handicap value) and ending with the easiest hole (highest handicap value).