2012 MGA Mid-Amateur Championship Invitation Criteria

Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, New York

Tuesday & Wednesday, October 2 & 3, 2012

Eligibility: Invitations will be extended to amateur members of MGA member clubs who have reached their 35th birthday by October 2, 2012 who have a USGA Index not exceeding 5.0 and:

  • Have qualified for or are exempt from qualifying for the 2012: Met Amateur; Met Open; Ike or MGA/MetLife Public Links Championships.
  • MGA Mid-Amateur champions from the last five years.
  • The top 20 (and ties) finishers in the 2011 MGA Mid-Amateur.
  • Champions of the: Met Amateur; Met Open; Ike or MGA/MetLife Public Links Championships from the past 15 years.
  • Qualifiers and alternates for the 2012 USGA: Open (SQR); Amateur; Mid-Amateur; Senior Amateur; Senior Open or Amateur Public Links.
  • Top 3 finishers in 2012 MGA Senior Amateur.
  • Top 5 Low Amateurs in 2011 & 2012 MGA Senior Open.
  • 2011 Senior Amateur Champions for: NJSGA, WGA, CSGA, LIGA, and NYSGA.
  • A representative of the host club – Meadow Brook Club.

Semifinalists, or top 5 (& ties), in the following 2012 events:

Arcola Cup Havemeyer Memorial NJSGA Mid-Amateur
Bergen County Amateur Hochster Memorial New York CityAmateur
Boff Memorial LIGA Amateur NYSGA Amateur
Brae Burn Invitational LIGA Amateur Stroke Play NYSGA Mid-Amateur
CSGA Amateur Metedeconk Invitational Richardson Memorial
CSGA Mid-Amateur Mittelmark Invitational Rockland County Amateur
CSGA Palmer Cup Nassau Invitational Travis Memorial
Crump Cup NJSGA Amateur WGA Am

 

 

 

 

 

 

Invitations will also be extended to:

  • Top 3 (&ties), in the following 2012 events: NJSGA Public Links, CSGA Public Links, WGA Mid-Amateur, LIGA Mid-Amatuer
  • Top 5 Low Amateurs in the following 2012 Open events: WGA Open, LIGA Open, NJSGA Open, NY State Open, CSGA Open.
  • Top 3 Low Amateurs in the NJ Senior Open
  • Members of the 2012 Compher Cup, Stoddard Trophy and 2010 French/American teams as well as the 2011 Carey Cup team.
  • Individuals who represented Connecticut, New York and New Jersey for the 2012 USGA State Team Championship.
  • Top 10 on the Polo Golf MGA Jerry Courville Sr.Player of the Year list as of Wednesday, September 19, 2012.
  • Special invitees of the MGA Executive Committee.