Event Format

Match Play:
Team event comprised of 18 holes of Four-Ball* on Day 1 and 18 holes of Singles** on Day 2.  All participants must have a basic knowledge of Match Play rules set forth by the USGA. 100% Handicaps will be used to determine the number of strokes a player gives or receives for a match.

Scoring:  
Competitors earn 1 point for winning the match, and ½ point for a tied match towards their team’s total. The number of teams at each Qualifier that will advance to compete in the LPGA Amateur Cup Finals will be determined on a percentage basis compared with the total number of teams in all Qualifiers.  The number of teams to advance will be posted on the event portal prior to the competition beginning. 

Match Pairings:
In the Four-Ball matches, Team captains will select the players from their team that will play together in each match (see the limitation on Course Handicap spreads below). The LPGA Amateur Golf Association's Golf Department will create the matches between teams based on the Course Handicaps of the team pairs with an emphasis on creating the best match ups across the entire field of players.

 

All Singles matches will be created by the LPGA Amateur Golf Association's Golf Department based on Course Handicaps. Every attempt will be made to keep the spread between opponents' Course Handicaps to 6 or less strokes.

 

Four-Ball Handicap Allowances: 
Final Four-Ball pairings are due as indicated according to the deadlines posted for each Qualifier or Finals. It is recommended that team captains create Four-Ball Pairings with players that are no more than 10 strokes apart. Four-Ball partners are subject to a 6 stroke Course Handicap mark down as described below.

 

Adjustments will be made to every player in each pairing. The player with the lowest handicap in the pairing is reduced to a zero (scratch handicap). The Course Handicaps of the remaining players are reduced by the Course Handicap of the lowest player.

Example: Players A, B, C and D have Course Handicaps of 5, 10, 15 and 20 respectively. Player A plays to scratch (a zero handicap), B receives 5 strokes (10 - 5 = 5), C receives 10 strokes, and D receives 15 strokes.

Within a pairing, the maximum number of strokes allowed between team members’ Course Handicaps is six (6) strokes. If adjustments are needed to maintain the 6-stroke spread, the higher handicap player’s Course Handicap will be reduced.

Example: Player A has a Course Handicap of 15 and Player B has Course Handicap of 24. Player B’s Course Handicap would be reduced to 21 to maintain the 6-stroke spread.

*Four-Ball Match Play - A match in which two players play their better ball against the better ball of two other players. 
All players play their own ball. The lower net score of the two players is the team score on the hole.

**Singles Match Play - A match in which one player plays against another player. Scoring is hole by hole.