SDGA Amateur Championship

ELIGIBILITY POLICY

At the time of registration for a championship, a player must have an active GHIN number on file at a member golf club of the South Dakota Golf Association that offers the GHIN Service to all its members;  AND

At the time of registration for a championship, a player must have posted a minimum of five (5) 18-hole scores in the previous 12 months at the South Dakota golf club where their GHIN number is active.

Women’s Amateur Championship

The 144-player field will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA individual champions since 2000; (B) The low 16 scorers from 2020 Championship; (C) Through an 18-hole qualifying round from the remaining pool of entrants held  at Moccasin Creek CC the day prior to competition. If total number of entries received does not exceed 144, no qualifying round will be conducted, and all qualified applications will be accepted. Championship is flighted after 36 holes. Size of field determines number of flights with minimum of 8 players in a flight.

Men’s Amateur Championship   

The 144-player field will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA Men’s Amateur champions from 2000-2021; (B) Low 50 finishers and ties from 2021 Men’s Amateur Championship; (C) Top 10 finishers and ties from 2019 Two-Man Championship regardless of flight; (D) Top 16 finishers from 2019 Men’s Match Play Championship; (E) Top 10 finishers and ties from 2021 Men’s Mid-Amateur and 2020 Men’s Senior championships regardless of flight; (F) 2020 SDGA Junior and Adult-Junior champions; (G) 2020 SoDak Cup team members; (H) Top 5 finishers and ties from 2020 Mid-Amateur Two-Man Championship regardless of flight; (I) Top 3 finishers and ties from 2021 Senior Two-Man Championship regardless of flight; (J) Qualifiers and alternates from 2020 local qualifying for U.S. Open and  2020 U.S. Amateur championships; (K) 2020 Class AA and Class A boys high school golf individual champions and 2020 and 2021 Class B boys high school individual champion. The SDGA reserves the right to offer a limited number of special exemptions to players not meeting any of the above criteria. All other entrants will participate in an 18-hole qualifying round at Moccasin Creek CC the day before competition beginning at 8 a.m. if the total number of entries exceeds 144. If the total number of entries does not exceed 144, there will be no qualifying round and all qualified applicants will be accepted. Players play in the same groupings the first two days and the field is flighted after Day 2 scores with low 20 and ties making up the Championship Flight.