Last Updated: 03/03/2010

What's New for 2010?
 

The GTGP Board of Directors has been hard at work this off-season seeking out ways to improve our club for the 2010 season.  A few important changes for 2010 are noted below:

  • 2010 GTGP Schedule

  • Time to mix it up with some great courses!!!
    The 2010 GTGP schedule includes five new courses, none of which have ever hosted a GTGP event.  This year, the Tour visits private clubs Manufacturers G&CC, RiverCrest, Brandywine CC, and Running Deer, as well as daily fee standout McCullough's Emerald Links for the first time.  Several courses return after an absence in 2009, including Architects, Seaview Resort - Bay, Pilgrim's Oak, Scotland Run, Raven's Claw, Frog Hollow, and Inniscrone.  At the same time, several favorites from our first five seasons remain on the schedule.

  • The GTGP Tour Championship, a season-ending 36-hole stroke play event, moves to Rock Manor and Lederach.  As in 2008 and 2009, the purse is a total of $20,000,000.  Of this, $5,000,000 will be awarded for each weekend's play, with a bonus $10,000,000 purse awarded for the total 36-hole competition.

  • The duration of the GTGP season schedule remains at 22 regular season events, running from April to September.

  • GTGP will travel to a yet to be determined site for the 2010 Mason-Dixon Cup against the Washington Wormburners Golf Club.    The matches consist of a 2-player better ball competition on Saturday afternoon and individual net singles matches on Sunday morning.  Qualifying provisions for the Mason-Dixon Cup team remain the same as for 2009, with the team being selected from the Top 8 players on the final GTGP Money List, and each of the players with the lowest ten Adjusted Net and lowest ten Adjusted Gross scores who have not already qualified.  Members must play in a minimum of ten events to qualify.

  • New Club Policies

  • The membership fee of $100 now includes a USGA handicap through the Golf Association of Philadelphia (GAP).  This will provide you, our members, with a $25 savings over previous seasons when the handicap fee was charged separately. As our long-time members know, our annual membership fee of $100 has remained unchanged since our inaugural 2005 season.

  • All members will be required to keep their handicap updated through the GHIN system.  This will help to streamline the Board's updating of handicaps in preparation for the events.

  • Clarifications have been made to the policy for cancelling events due to inclement weather.  If an event is cancelled in advance by the Board of Directors due to the forecast of inclement weather, the cancellation will be posted on the club web site not later than noon on the day before the event.  Please see the Club Policies page for more information.

  • A formal policy has been established (just in case!) that requires a minimum of twelve registered members for an event to be considered an official GTGP event counting toward the season ending championship.

  • New Local Rules

  • There are no changes to local rules for 2010.

  • Web Site Updates

  • You will note our web site has a new look.  The format remains essentially the same, however, so members should not have difficulty finding content.

  • Several new statistics features, including Career Stats, the GTGP Record Book, and the Winners' Circle, are planned to debut before the season.