Great Lakes Auto Scratch Series: Four-Ball #1 + MPQ

Tippecanoe Country Club   Player Profile In order to register for a NOGA Tournament, both players must have a Golf Genius Player Profile created.  Click Here to create your player profile if you don't have one already.   Starting Times Click Here to view the starting times. Starting times will be posted a couple days after registration closes.   Registration Dates: Opens: Monday, April 21 @ 7:00 a.m. Closes: Monday, May 5 @ 11:59 p.m.   Eligibility Entries are open to any amateur golfer holding an active NOGA/GHIN Handicap Index® of 5.4 or lower at the time of registration and competition from an authorized NOGA member club. Professionals are not allowed to play in this tournament. Entries are subject to the approval or rejection, at any time, by the NOGA tournament committee at its discretion. Players must be 19 years of age on or before the date of competition. Click Here to see if your Club is listed.   Handicap Limit All Scratch Series tournaments are open to players with a handicap index of 5.4 or lower.   Format Four-Ball Stroke Play. Two players compete together as a side, each playing their own ball. The lower score of the two players is the sides score for that hole. Play is governed by the USGA Rules of Golf and its decisions, by the NOGA Hard Card and the terms of competition. Rule 1.3B states that players are responsible for applying the rules to themselves.   The competition will be played as 2 - 9 hole rounds to ensure an appropriate completion of competition.    Entry Fee $250: Entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, & gift certificates. $330: Entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, gift certificates, and match play fee.   Optional Skins Game $40/team optional skins will be collected via Venmo only on the day of the tournament. If no skins are won NOGA will go to the least tied holes. Players will Venmo @NOGA1917   Field Size 100 Players   Waiting List In the case of the event being maxed out, any spots opened as a result of cancellations will be automatically filled with the next available team(s) on the waitlist (ordered by waitlist registration time). There will be no charge until teams are moved from the waitlist to the confirmed tournament roster in our system.   Divisions Championship Division (Ages 19 - 54) Senior Division (55+)   Tees and Yardages Click Here to view the hole by hole yardages. Men and women play in the same division from appropriate tees. Yardages are subject to change on the day of the tournament due to course and weather conditions.   Championship Men: NOGA Black - TBD Senior Men: NOGA White - TBD Championship Women: NOGA Green - TBD Senior Women: NOGA Yellow - TBD   Policies NOGA Hard Card NOGA Pace of Play Policy   Gender Policy The Northern Ohio Golf Association follows the USGA's Gender Policy.   Player of the Year Click Here to view the Player of the Year Standings Click Here to view the Player of the Year Point System Click Here to view NOGA Player of the Year 101   Schedule of Events - The practice area will open one hour before the first tee time. - Starting times will begin at 8:30 a.m. off #1 - Please arrive at the first tee 10 minutes before your starting time ready to play. - Lunch will not be provided.   Season Long Match Play After the qualifier is complete, the top TBD teams who opted in and qualified for season long match play will be placed into a bracket and will play matches throughout the summer.    Match Play Deadlines - No extensions will be granted for any reason. If the match is not played by the deadline the result of the match will go to a coin flip in order to not shorten the next round of matches. Round of 32 - Sunday, June 15 Round of 16 - Sunday, July 6 Quarterfinals - Sunday, July 27 Semifinals - Sunday, August 17 Finals - Sunday, September 7   Ties In the event that there is a tie, NOGA will retain the tie, unless otherwise noted in the specific tournaments terms of competition.   Pairings and Requests Pairings will be posted to NOGA.org and sent to players after registration closes. If you would like to request a specific tee time, please contact Sean Croell at scroell@noga.org. Two teams from the same club will not be paired together to keep the competition fair.   Gift Certificates Gift Certificates will be awarded following play. Each player will choose which club they would like their gift certificate sent to at registration.    Refund Policy Players will have up to 3 days (72 hours) AFTER the registration closing date to request a refund and will be subject to a $10.00 administrative fee, regardless of reason. No refund will be processed for a withdrawal notification that is received after 3 days (72 hours) after the registration closing date.   The Course - Tippecanoe Country Club Tippecanoe Country Club opened in 1921 when a small group purchased a nine-hole golf course in Boardman Township. Starting as the “Poland Country Club,” members became dissatisfied with a course of only nine holes. On April 26, 1927,  members pooled together and purchased more than 185 acres of land to build the eighteen-hole course of today. The course was then designed by arguably the most renowned course architect of all time, Donald Ross.   Once the eighteen-hole course was completed, officers were elected and a golf pro was hired for the very first time, starting Tippy’s journey in becoming the premier country club in the Mahoning Valley. They then formed a corporation, naming it “The Tippecanoe Country Club.”   During the Great Depression, the club was foreclosed on and reopened under control of the bank, bearing the name Southern Hills Country Club. A few years later, a group of Southside merchants purchased the club and restored its name to Tippecanoe Country Club. Then in May of 1953, members finally took ownership of the club by each purchasing a $600 share of stock.   A fire on March 15, 1983 swept through and completely destroyed Tippy’s clubhouse. After much hard work, the facilities were completely rebuilt. These facilities had remained relatively untouched until recently. On August 3, 2020, a group of 70 investors purchased the club - with a member approval vote of 95% - with plans to inject $3 million into renovating the facilities of the club.   Strackaline Thanks to a partnership with the Northern Ohio Golf Association, StrackaLine books can be purchased for a reduced price. A 20% off discount will be automatically added to your shopping cart at checkout. StrackaLine Yardage Books are available for all courses. StrackaLine Greens Guides & Combination Books are available for select courses. Click Here to purchase a Strackaline book for Tippecanoe Country Club.