SENIOR WOMEN'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR POINT SYSTEM
RULES & REGULATIONS
IGA Senior Woman Player of the Year Point System
Point Total is determined by:
- Total Points in IGA and USGA conducted championships and qualifiers, and Additional Point Events
Points for 2024 will accumulate through September 26th. 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 U.S. 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 Senior Women’s Amateur 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
Iowa Senior Women's Amateur
1 400
2 280
3 200
4 190
5 180
6 170
7 160
8 150
9 140
10 130
11 125
12 120
13 115
14 110
15 105
16 100
17 95
18 90
19 85
20 80
21 75
22 70
23 65
24 60
25 55
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
Senior Division
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)
points are based on overall finish
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- 200
Runner-up – 140
3rd – 100
4th – 90
5th (consol. winner) – 80
6th (consol. RU) – 70
7th – 60
8th – 50
First Flight
Champion – 40
Runner-up – 30
3rd – 20
4th – 10
5th (consol. winner) – 8
6th (consol. Runner Up) – 5
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. Senior Women's 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 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 - Alternate Shot
Event #3 - Four-Ball
Event #4 - Shamble
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