Top net events to feed your competitive fire
23 Apr 2013
by Benjamin Larsen of AmateurGolf.com
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Clockwise from top left: World Amateur, Pac-Am, Best of Bend and Two-Man Links host courses
The meat and potatoes of amateurgolf.com
and the tournaments it
covers are no doubt some of the most
competitive tournaments in teh
game. The events feature the best scratch
players anywhere and the
competition is high.
But what about the rest of us? What about the
mid-to-higher
handicaps? We want a high level of
competition, too.
Last fall, we presented the top ‘Tournaments
for the Rest of Us’ (read it
here). Now, we present the top net events for
you to feel the pressure
of competition while still enjoying yourself.
1.)
Golf.com World Amateur Handicap
Championship: With
approximately 3,500 golfers, you know you’re
playing against some stiff
competition. But throw in the location, the
format and everything else
that comes with the ‘World Am’ and you’ve got
yourself one heck of an
event. The World Am, held Aug. 26-30, takes
over Myrtle Beach’s Grand
Strand and includes many flights and
divisions, meaning that you’ll find
equal competition regardless of your skill
level. Each flight plays four
different courses throughout the week with
flight winners moving on to a
championship round held at the Dye Club at
Barefoot Resort.
2.)
Pacific
Amateur Golf Classic: With three
separate divisions, there’s plenty
of levels to the competition available at the
Oregon-based Pac-Am.
There are divisions geared towards
Gross/Scratch, Net and Non-
Competitive golfers. The net portion has fields
for Men (18-49), Sen Men
(50-59), Mid-Sen Men (60-69), Sup-Sen Men
(70+), Women (18-59) and
Senior Women (60+). All of this, of course, is
held at one of the
country’s hottest golf regions in Central
Oregon at the Sunriver Resort.
3.)
Best
of Bend Best Ball: Think the Pac-Am, but
with a teammate. The
Best of Bend Best Ball is held at Sunriver
Resort’s three courses ---
ProngHorn, Tetherow and Crosswater --- June
13-15. The 54-hole four-
ball stroke play is scored with handicaps at 90
percent. Gross and net
prizes awarded and the event features an
open division and a senior
division for players 55 and older.
4.)
amateurgolf.com Two Man Links
Championship at Bandon
Dunes: We certainly don’t want to ‘pump
our own tires’ but there’s
plenty to be said about this annual event. With
four highly-ranked true links courses, the Two
Man Links Championship attracts players
from around the U.S., Canada, and England
that compete in a 72-hole
best-ball format in Scratch, Senior-Scratch, or
Net Divisions. (Total
combined handicap in the Net Division should
not exceed 32 with a max
differential of 10) The tournament is run like
any of the top national
events normally reserved for just scratch
players – there are two
tournament dinners, sponsor prizes,
tournament awards, professional
photography, and of course your name on
huge scoreboards that follow
you around the resort. Don’t worry, people
only look at the top of
scoreboards… Entry fees start at just over
$2000 per player double
occupancy, including four rounds of golf, four
nights lodging, two
dinners, and prizes.