The FLGPA Tour was extablished to provide quality stroke play golf events for male and female Amateur and Professional golfers 18 years of age and over. The Tour is affiliated with the Florida Golf Players Association (est. 2008) which is a member club of the Florida State Golf Association. The Tour is owned and operated by DCI Golf, a division of DeSilva Communications, Inc. The FLGPA Tour provides professionallay organized, tour style golf events at some of the finest private, semi-private and public golf courses. Tour events are held throughout the year with a Tour Championship held annually.
The Tour has Two Separate Divisions:
• An Open Division for Male/Female Professional Golfers
• An Indexed Division for Male/Female Scratch & Amateur golfers.
Tour Membership:
FLGPA Tour Membership is not mandatory to play in Tournaments on the FLGPA Tour. However, all amateur golfers must have a valid, verifiable USGA/GHIN Handicap Index not exceeding 27.9. If you don't have a USGA approved handicap index, you can purchase an annual USGA/GHIN Handicap through the FLGPA for $35. Amateur Golfers who join the FLGPA Tour will receive:
• The Lowest Tournament Entry Fees
• A USGA/Ghin Handicap Index as part of their Membership
• Discounts on Sponsor products and services
• A Tour Player Pack
• Eligibility to participate in the Annual FLGPA Tour Championship
Tour Administration:
In order to cover Administration Costs, the FLGPA Tour will only take up to $20 per day from each Player's Tournament Entry Fee, in addition to all non-member and late entry fees. The Tour will pay 1/3 of the field for each Senior Open Tour event.
Flights & Yardages:
• Male Professional Division: 6,500 -7,000+ yards or comparable
• Female Professional Division: 6,200 - 6,400 yards or comparable
• Female Amateur Golfers: 4,800 - 5,200 yards or comparable
• Male Scratch/Amateur Champ.: 0 - 2.9 Index, 6,200 - 6,500 yards or comparable
• Platinum Flight: 3 - 7.9 Index, 6,000 - 6,200 yards or comparable
• Gold Flight: 8 - 12.9 Index, 6,000 - 6,200 yards or comparable
• Silver Flight: 13 - 17.9 Index,6,000 - 6,200 yards or comparable
• Bronze Flight: 18 - 23.9 Index,6,000 - 6,200 yards or comparable
Professional Golfers:
All Professionals must have a W-9 on file with the Tour.
Professional Golfers can join the FLGPA Tour for an Annual Membership Fee. All winners are paid at the conclusion of the event.
Amateur Golfers:
Amateur Golfers can join the FLGPA Tour for an Annual Membership Fee. All amateur golfers who want to participate in a FLGPA Tour event must have an active, verifiable USGA approved handicap index of 0 - 23.9. Each player's USGA handicap index must have peer review capability. Your USGA Handicap Index will be used to initially place you in a Flight for competition. Thereafter, the FLGPA Tour will create a Tournament Handicap Index based on your Tournament Scores in order to flight you in Tour events.
If you don't have a USGA approved handicap index, you can purchase an annual USGA/GHIN Handicap through the Tour. Golfers who join the Tour will automatically receive a GHIN handicap index as part of your Tour Membership. Players are flighted in each Tour Event based on their established Tournament Index and/or latest revision of their USGA/GHINhandicap index. All amateur golfers compete with fellow golfers at their skill level within their flight. All winners in each Flight are determined by overall low gross score.
A Tournament Handicap Index will be established for all Amateur Players after participation in (4) events and will factor only scores from the tournament. Tournament Index is calculated based on the following: 2 scores-lowest 1, 3 scores-lowest 2, 4 scores-lowest 3, 5 scores-lowest 4, 6 scores-lowest 5 and so on... up to 10 acceptable scores. Tournament Officials reserve the right to Re-Flight Amateur players at any time.
