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INDUSTRY NEWS To be in the running for one of the two national final berths you need to play in a minimum of six competition rounds between the 24th July and the 5th November. The leaderboard will rank you on your total score which is calculated from your best five scores and your one worst. If you have a bad round though, don’t worry, you get one chance to drop a round per series! The two leading players will then join 16 other finalists from around the country in Sydney and challenge yourself around the testing New South Wales Golf Club layout. You will receive an email from the Genesis Golf Link Cup shortly with further information. For any further information on these initiatives please contact Nick Thornton on [email protected] MPOWER TOURNAMENT The golf experience at the GMA National Conference in October will rise to a new level with the introduction of live scoring at both venues. The MPower Tournament (GolfBox) solution that is used for events by Go lf Australia, the PGA of Australia (Holden Scramble) Golf NSW and Golf Victoria will be the platform that will provide the live scoring and live leaderboards. GMA members will be able to use the player live scoring system to enter their hole by hole scores as they play. The player live scoring and the overall platform is all web based to provide ease of use. The MPower Tournament solution was used across 80,000 tournaments worldwide in 2016. It is now available for clubs to take their events to the next level. Whether it be club championships, matchplay events, corporate days or major amateur events at the club the tournament solution will take the event experience to the next level. WWW.GMA.ORG.AU I 9