2008 Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Player of the Year Point System
The following are the St. Louis Metropolitan Area amateur golf championships in which points are awarded to top finishers toward the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association Player of the Year and the compilation of those points. Those securing one of the final top sixteen (16) places on the Point System will be invited to the Metropolitan Match Play Championship the following year.
Note 1: A player's finish in the Metropolitan Championship will be used as a tie-breaker to settle ties from the point system.
Note 2: The Committee reserves the right to adjust the allocation of points if the number of holes played in a championship is reduced.
Eligiblity: To be eligible, a player must be an amateur golfer affiliated with or a member of a club which is a Member Club of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association. This eligibility requirement also applies to the Metropolitan Match Play Championship.
I. Metropolitan Amateur Golf Championship
| 1. 725 | 11. 210 |
| 2. 525 | 12. 195 |
| 3. 425 | 13. 185 |
| 4. 375 | 14. 175 |
| 5. 350 | 15. 165 |
| 6. 325 | 16. 155 |
| 7. 300 | 17. 150 |
| 8. 275 | 18. 145 |
| 9. 250 | 19. 140 |
| 10. 225 | 20. 135 |
Note: All other players surviving the cut shall
receive 125 points. The above distribution of
points, include points for surviving the cut.
II. Metropolitan Open Championship
| 1. 725 | 11. 165 |
| 2. 525 | 12. 155 |
| 3. 450 | 13. 145 |
| 4. 360 | 14. 135 |
| 5. 290 | 15. 125 |
| 6. 240 | |
| 7. 225 | |
| 8. 210 | |
| 9. 195 | |
| 10. 180 |
Note: All other players surviving the cut shall
receive 100 points. The above distribution of
points, include points for surviving the cut.
The Low Amateur shall receive a minimum of
300 points.
III. U.S. Open
A. Local Qualifying:
350 - Medalist
300 - All Qualifiers
50 - Alternates
B. Sectional Qualifying:
450 - Medalist
400 - All Qualifiers
50 - Alternates
C. Championship
500 - Return 72 Hole Score
IV. U.S. Amateur
A. Sectional Qualifying:
400 - Medalist
350 - All Qualifiers
50 - Alternates
B. Championship:
100 - Match Play Qualifiers
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100 - Win Round of 64 Match
125 - Win Round of 32 Match
150 - Win Round of 16 Match
175 - Win Quarter-Final Match
200 - Win Semi-Final Match
250 - Win Final Match
V. U.S. Mid-Amateur and U.S. Public Links
A. Sectional Qualifying:
350 - Medalist
300 - All Qualifiers
50 - Alternates
B. Championship:
75 - Match Play Qualifiers
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75 - Win Round of 64 Match
100 - Win Round of 32 Match
125 - Win Round of 16 Match
150 - Win Quarter-Final Match
175 - Win Semi-Final Match
225 - Win Final Match
VI. Match Play Championship
400 - Champion
200 - Runner-Up
100 - losing Semi-Finalists
50 - Losing Quarter-Finalists
VII. Missouri Amateur Championship
100 - Match Play Qualifiers
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25 - Win Round of 64 Match
50 - Win Round of 32 Match
75 - Win Round of 16 Match
100 - Win Quarter-Final Match
150 - Win Semi-Final Match
200 - Win Final Match
600 TOTAL (600 + 100 = 700)
VIII. Missouri Stroke Play Championship
1. 500 11. 145 2. 360 12. 135 3. 290 13. 125 4. 240 14. 115 5. 225 15. 105 6. 210 16. 100 7. 195 17. 95 8. 180 18. 90 9. 165 19. 85 10. 155 20. 80
Note: All other players surviving the cut shall
receive 75 points. The above distribution of
points, include points for surviving the cut.
IX. Normandie Amateur; East Side Amateur
1. 300 9. 80 2. 200 10. 60 3. 175 11. 50 4. 150 12. 40 5. 125 13. 30 6. 110 14. 20 7. 100 15. 10 8. 90
X. Missouri Mid-Amateur
1. 250 6. 60 2. 150 7. 50 3. 125 8. 40 4. 100 9. 30 5. 75 10. 20
XI. St. Louis District Championship
60 - Match Play Qualifiers
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25 - Win Round of 16 Match
40 - Win Quarter-Final Match
55 - Win Semi-Final Match
70 - Win Final Match
250 TOTAL (190+60=250)
XII. National/International Competition
Committee reserves the right to extend points for National or International accomplishment(s).