Other SCGA Events

In This Page:

• SCGA Team Play Championships
• SCGA Four-Ball Championship
• SCGA Senior Four-Ball and Senior Four-Ball Net Championships
• SCGA Four-Ball Net Championship
• SCGA Foursomes Championship
• SCGA Affiliate Team Championship
• SCGA Parent-Junior Championship
• Tournament of Club Champions
• SCGA Amateur Net Championship
• The Honors Matches
• SCGA Super Senior Amateur Championship

The first informal Team Play events took place in 1900, and 27 years later, the first formal championship began. As one of the SCGA’s most popular, competitive and longest-running championships, the Team Play list of past champions is a strong one. Teams with asterisks are no longer in existence.

This event is limited to players with handicap indexes of 5.4 and below. Players compete over 18 holes of qualifying four-ball stroke play to determine the  teams that advance to the championship. The championship is conducted over 36 holes of stroke play.

Senior Four-Ball Championship

This two-person championship started as a Match Play event in 2004. In 2007 the event was changed to a 36-hole stroke play championship. Each player’s index must not exceed 7.4 and all players must be age 55 or above. Both team members do not need to belong to the same SCGA club.

Senior Four-Ball Net Championship

This two-person championship started as a Match Play event in 2004. In 2007 the event was changed to a 36-hole stroke play championship.  Each player’s index must not exceed 18.4, and all players must be age 55 or above. Both team members do not need to belong to the same SCGA club.

Partners must be members of the same SCGA member club. Only one team can represent each member club. This event is open to players with an index of 18.4 and below. Qualifying is 18 holes of four-ball net stroke play. Forty-eight teams advance to the championship which consists of 36 holes of four-ball net stroke play.

This event is open to two-person teams. Both players must belong to an SCGA club (not necessarily the same club), and each must have an established current index of 6.4 and below. The format is alternate shot with one player teeing off from the odd numbered holes and the partner teeing off from the even holes. A maximum of 84 teams will play for the championship. There is no qualifying, and players sign up on a first come, first served basis.

Nearly 800 of the SCGA’s member clubs are known as affiliate clubs (or clubs without real estate). This championship was created to represent those members.

This event, which started in 2007, is open to two-person teams. Both players must be members of the SCGA and have an established index. The junior player must be 17 or under as of the cutoff date. Partners may have more than one generation between them (e.g., a grandfather may play with his grandson or granddaughter, aunts and uncles may play with their nephews and nieces). A total of 120 players (60 teams) participate in 18 holes of modified foursomes (alternate shot). Each partner plays from the tee and then selects one ball to play thereafter. The partner whose drive was not taken plays first on the second shot. That ball is played alternately until the ball is holed. The team will play to 40 percent of their combined course handicap. The field is divided into flights based on combined handicaps of the teams. Gross and Net prizes are awarded.

The Tournament of Club Champions (TOCC) is one of the SCGA’s most popular tournaments. Club champions are invited to play in this 18-hole championship. There are multiple flights based on handicap index played over four different courses. Those club champions with November indexes of 2.4 or less play in the gross flight. Those club champions over the age of 55 play in the Senior divisions. Club champions with November indexes of 2.5–24.4 play in the net flights.  

This event started in 1993 to give all SCGA members an opportunity to compete in a major association tournament regardless of their handicap index level. Competitors play 18 holes of qualifying net stroke play to move on to the championship. A total of 180 players qualify for the 36-hole championship. The field is divided into multiple flights based on handicap index.

The Honors Matches is a biennial team event between players from the SCGA and players from the Southern California Section of the PGA (SCPGA). At this event, the SCGA and SCPGA each honor and celebrate two individuals for their past accomplishments and dedicated service to the game.

A Super Senior division was added in 2000 for those 65 and older, and in 2008, the SCGA Super Senior Amateur became its own separate event.