WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR POINT SYSTEM
RULES & REGULATIONS
IGA Women’s Player of the Year Point System
Point Total is determined by:
- Total points in IGA and USGA conducted championships and qualifiers, plus….
- Any points earned in Collegiate Championships (Conference, Regional & National Championship). Maximum points allowed in those championships is capped at 1400 points.
- If a player earns points in any collegiate championship they must play at least 1 IGA Championship for those points to count toward IGA Women’s Player of the Year.
- Any points earned in IGA Women’s Additional Point Events
Points for 2024 will accumulate through September 12th. Points earned after September 12th will be added to the 2025 Player of the Year race. Typically, this date is set to include a late USGA Championship. In such a case, if weather forces that USGA event to finish later than the scheduled date, it will still be included in the final rankings. Player must be an Iowa resident and be a member of the IGA (enrolled on GHIN Handicap Roster at an IGA Member Club) to be eligible.
Points will not be awarded to amateur players who are not Iowa residents and IGA members. Positions will not be elevated in order to award those points. For example: 3rd place points will be awarded the 3rd place finisher even if the 1st and 2nd place finishers are not IGA members.
Iowa Women’s Match Play: Players must win a match or earn a first round bye through stroke play qualifying to earn points. For example, if there are only 30 players participating those earning the #1 and #2 seed and those winning a first round match will earn Round of 16 points. Those losing their first round match will not earn any points.
Bonus points are awarded based on final finish. For example, a player who is a quarter-finalist in the US Women’s Amateur will receive a total of 800 points, not 225+300+400+600+800.
If a player is an alternate but subsequently is informed of the USGA that they are in the championship field, their points will be elevated to qualifier level, whether they actually play in the championship or not.
Qualifying points will be awarded to exempt players for USGA or any other championship so long as they tee it up. However, players can earn additional points for their appropriate finish at the championship.
Tiebreaker (in order):
- Points earned in the Iowa Women’s Amateur Championship
- Points earned in the Iowa Women’s Match Play Championship
- Highest point total earned in a Remaining Point Event
- 2nd highest point total earned in a Remaining Point Event
- 3rd highest point total earned in a Remaining Point Event
The Iowa Women’s Four-Ball Championship is a FULL Point Event! Points are awarded to each player based on team finish. For example, on the 1st place team, Player A receives 200 points and Player B receives 200 points.
For determining the field sizes for IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series Events, we will use the number of players registered for the event, not the number of players that ultimately begin play. This is what will be used for determining the “Tier” a Series Event falls under.
It is the policy of the Iowa Golf Association that at least 5 individuals must enter a Women’s Mid-Am Series Event to constitute awarding points for player of the year races that are applicable to such division. If 5 or less enter in the division, no points will be available.
If the Carroll Women’s Amateur gets 15 or more players, full points will be awarded. If the event gets 5-14 players, points will be reduced by 50%. If less than 5 players participate, no points will be awarded.
The IGA Board (Women’s R&C Subcommittee) reserves the right to award points for outstanding achievements outside the points system.
IGA CONDUCTED CHAMPIONSHIPS - Point Tables
Iowa Women's Amateur
1 600
2 420
3 300
4 285
5 270
6 255
7 240
8 225
9 210
10 195
11 188
12 180
13 173
14 165
15 158
16 150
17 143
18 135
19 128
20 120
21 113
22 105
23 98
24 90
25 83
Iowa Women's Amateur
Open Division
1 200
2 140
3 130
4 120
5 110
6 100
7 90
8 80
9 70
10 60
11 50
12 40
13 30
14 20
15 10
IGA Women's Match Play
Champion – 400
Runner-up – 300
Semifinalist – 225
Quarterfinalist – 160
Round of 16 – 100
Round of 32 – 50
IGA Women's Four-Ball
1 200
2 140
3 100
4 95
5 90
6 85
7 80
8 75
9 70
10 65
11 60
12 55
13 50
14 45
15 40
16 35
17 30
18 25
19 20
20 15
21 10
22 10
23 10
24 10
25 10
IGA Women's Club Team
(Gross Individual)
1 200
2 140
3 100
4 95
5 90
6 85
7 80
8 75
9 70
10 65
11 60
12 55
13 50
14 45
15 40
16 35
17 30
18 25
19 20
20 15
21 10
22 10
23 10
24 10
25 10
Forever 39 Match Play
Championship Flight
Champion- 150
Runner-up – 130
3rd – 110
4th – 105
5th (consol. winner) – 100
6th (consol. RU) – 90
7th – 85
8th – 80
First Flight
Champion – 75
Runner-up – 65
3rd – 60
4th – 58
5th (consol. winner) – 56
6th (consol. Runner Up) – 54
7th – 0
8th – 0
USGA CONDUCTED CHAMPIONSHIPS - Point Tables
U.S. Women's Open
Champion- 3000
Runner-Up – 2250
Top 5 – 1750
Top 10 – 1500
Top 20 – 1250
Low Am (made cut) – 900
Make cut – 700
Low Am (miss cut) – 600
Sectional Qualifying
Medalist – 450
Qualifier – 400
1st Alt – 200
2nd Alt – 150
U.S. Women's Amateur
Champion – 2000
Runner-up – 1250
Semifinalist – 1000
Quarterfinalist – 800
Final 16 – 600
Final 32 – 400
MP Qualifier – 300
Sectional Qualifying
Medalist – 225
Qualifier – 200
1st Alt – 100
2nd Alt – 75
U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur
Champion – 1500
Runner-up – 1000
Semifinalist – 800
Quarterfinalist – 600
Final 16 – 475
Final 32 – 350
MP Qualifier – 250
Sectional Qualifying
Medalist – 175
Qualifier – 150
1st Alt – 75
2nd Alt – 50
U.S. Women's Four-Ball
Champion – 1000
Runner-up – 750
Semifinalist – 500
Quarterfinalist – 350
Final 16 – 275
Final 32 – 225
MP Qualifier – 175
Sectional Qualifying
Medalist – 125
Qualifier – 100
1st Alt – 50
2nd Alt – 25
IGA WOMEN'S MID-AM SERIES & CARROLL WOMEN'S AMATEUR- Point Tables
Event #1 Stableford
Tier A = 20 + entrants
Tier B = 5-19 entrants
Event #2 Alternate Shot, Event #3 Four-Ball, Event #4 Shamble
Tier A = 20 + entrants
Tier B = 5-19 entrants
EVENT #1 (Stableford)
IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series Tier A
Champion – 150
Runner-up – 100
3 – 80
4 – 60
5 – 50
6 – 45
7 – 40
8 – 35
9 – 30
10 – 25
IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series Tier B
Champion – 100
Runner-up – 80
3 – 65
4 – 45
5 – 35
6 – 30
7 – 25
8 – 20
9 – 15
10 – 10
Carroll Women’s Amateur
Tier A = 15 + entrants
Tier B = 5-14 entrants
Tier A
1 200
2 140
3 130
4 120
5 110
6 100
7 90
8 80
9 70
10 60
11 50
12 40
13 30
14 20
15 10
Tier B
1 100
2 70
3 65
4 60
5 55
6 50
7 45
8 40
9 35
10 30
11 25
12 20
13 15
14 10
15 5
Event #2 - Shamble | Event #3 - Four-Ball
IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series Tier A
Champion – 100
Runner-up – 80
3 – 65
4 -45
5 – 35
6 – 30
7 – 25
8 – 20
9 – 15
10 – 10
IGA Women’s Mid-Am Series Tier B
Champion – 75
Runner-up – 50
3 – 40
4 – 35
5 – 30
6 – 25
7 – 20
8 – 15
9 – 10
10 – 5
COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - Point Tables
NCAA Division I Nat. Championship
Champion – 1000
Runner-up – 900
Top 5 – 800
Top 10 – 700
Top 20 – 600
NCAA Division II Nat. Championship
NCAA Division III Nat. Championship
Champion – 850
Runner-up – 750
Top 5 – 650
Top 10 – 550
Top 20 – 450
NAIA National Championship
NJCAA National Championship
Champion – 700
Runner-up – 600
Top 5 – 500
Top 10 -400
Top 20 – 300
NCAA Division I Regional Championship
Champion – 600
Runner-up – 500
Top 5 – 400
Top 10 – 300
Top 20 – 200
NCAA Division II Regional Championship
Champion – 450
Runner-up – 350
Top 5 – 250
Top 10 – 150
Top 20 – 50
NCAA Division I Conference Championship
Champion – 200
Runner-up – 150
Top 5 – 100
Top 10 – 75
Top 20 – 50
NCAA Division II Conference Championship
NCAA Division III Conference Championship
Champion – 200
Runner-up – 150
Top 5 – 100
Top 10 – 75
Top 20 – 50
NAIA Conference Championship
NJCAA Conference Championship
Champion – 200
Runner-up – 150
Top 5 – 100
Top 10 – 75
Top 20 – 50