All matches will be played MID-WEEK. All matches are to be played by the date specified in the
Draw Sheet. No extensions will be granted.
Matches should be played from the YELLOW tees. All losing qualifiers and losing first round
teams will automatically be entered into the Salver competition.
The 2 Finals will be played over the Courses of the previous year’s Champions.
Players are not allowed to use buggies except under Rule 17. Also see Rules 18 & 19
10. Surrey Order of Merit
TThe Order of Merit is open only to players who are eligible to play in Surrey Amateur
Championships and Competitions.
Eligible players are automatically entered into the Order of Merit, for which there is no Entry Fee
or any other requirement.
The Open Scratch Strokeplay Events that qualify for the Order of Merit are selected and
approved each year by the Golf Committee.
Should the field in any such 18 or 36-hole Individual Strokeplay Event be such that one-third
or more of the starting field are of handicap 2 or less, then that event is designated a ‘Major
Individual Strokeplay Event’.
The 6 County Champions (County, Colts, Mid-Age, Seniors and County Foursomes Champions)
are joined by the top players in the Order of Merit to bring the field for the Surrey Amateur
Masters to 15 players.
In the event of a tie for the 15th place, this is resolved by relative positions in the County
Championship Qualifying Competition and then, but only as far as is necessary to resolve the
tie, in the most recent Major Individual Strokeplay Event(s).
Strokeplay
Points are only awarded to eligible players but are based on their positions in the overall results,
not on the relative positions of the eligible players only. In the event of a tie for a place all
the available positional points are shared equally between all those so tied for that place, ½’s
or over being rounded up and lesser fractions disregarded, and the total available points are
increased as necessary.
Total
Points
Available
Position
EVENT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
County Championship Qualifying Competition 293 40 35 30 27 24 21 18 16 14 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Major Individual Stroke Play Events 139 25 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Colts, Mid-Age & Seniors Championships 141 25
20
18
16
14
11 9 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Other Approved Individual Stroke Play Events
& the Surrey Amateur Masters 78 20
15
12 9 7 5 4 3 2 1
County Foursomes Championship Qualifying
Competition & Approved Foursomes Stroke
Play Events (to each player) 86 15
10 7 5 3 2 1
Match Play
Total Points
Available
EVENT Win Half
County Championship 52 Winner – 20, Runner-up -12, Losing Semi – 6, Losing Quarter – 2
County Foursomes Championship 52 Winners – 10, Runners-up -6, Losing Semi – 3, Losing Quarter – 1 to each player
Note that points are not awarded for Junior events or for County Team Matches.
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