No. The club will post all tournament scores to NCGA. Make sure you don't post any PAGA tournaments scores as this will result to duplication.
Under NCGA posting guidelines, the maximum score you can post per hole is a net double bogey (net 2 over par). For example, as a 15-handicap player, you receive one stroke on the 15 hardest holes. On a par 5 with a hole handicap of 15 or less, your net par is 6, net bogey is 7, and net double bogey is 8. If you actually score a 9, you must post it as 8 for handicap purposes, but your tournament score remains 9. This creates the disparity between posted scores and competition results.
Go to the homepage and look for "Tournament Registration". Click on it. This will take you to our registration form. Fill in your name and find your GHIN # in the drop down menu. Indicate your responses for all the upcoming tournaments.
Follow the same procedure when you registered. Simply indicate "No" on tournaments you wish to cancel on. Please cancel on a timely manner to give ample time for organizers make necessary adjustments.
Go to the homepage and look for "Pre-Registered List". Check your name if it's in the list (for registration) or off the list (for cancellation). This page is a good reference for verifying whether or not you are registered for upcoming tournaments.
Whether you need to pay after canceling depends on the timing of your cancellation in relation to when we confirm the number of players with the golf course. Once we have committed a guaranteed number, the club is contractually obligated to pay for those players.
If you cancel before that commitment date, you won’t be required to pay. However, if you cancel after that date, we have two options:
Find a replacement player, and
Negotiate with the golf course.
Usually, one of these options succeeds, so you won’t have to pay. But if neither option works out, then payment will be required.
Yes — with a caveat.
When we book a golf course for our tournament, we commit to a specific number of player slots. These slots are reserved first and foremost for playing members, who have priority. Guests can be accommodated if:
We don’t fill all reserved slots with members, or
We can negotiate with the golf course to add extra slots beyond our original commitment.
Guests pay the same fee as members.
We began dividing competitions into two flights in 2025 because we have observed two trends: (1) increased tournament participation, and (2) a wider range of player indexes. Two flights are now the norm, but in tournaments with very low turnout, we may revert to a single-flight format.
We rank players by their most current NCGA index, from lowest to highest, then split the field evenly into Flights A and B. This ensures balanced competition in both flights, regardless of whether most participants have low or high indexes.
The reason for using index for flighting is to group players with similar skill levels, as the index—not the playing handicap—best reflects ability. A playing handicap is simply a conversion of the index based on the chosen tees. For example, Player A with an index of 18 might have a playing handicap of 20, while Player B with a higher index of 21 could have a playing handicap of 17 if playing from easier tees. A lower playing handicap in this case does not mean Player B is the better player.