2024 North Umpqua Invitational A Tier
Fri-Sun, July 12-14, 2024 at Whistler's Bend in Roseburg, OregonA-tier · PDGA-sanctioned singles tournament
Added cash $3,000
Staff
Director of Tournament OperationsScott Withers
About this tournament
We are super excited to be able to bring the first ever A Tier in Southern Oregon to you this summer! Whistlers Bend is the perfect course to host this event and we can't wait to take the North Umpqua Invitational to even higher levels.
This event is a three day, one round per day PDGA A Tier event. Format is listed below
Friday- All Amateur Divisions, 27 Hole Shotgun Start 8:30am, All Pro Divisions Shotgun Start 1:30pm
Saturday- All Pro Divisions, 27 Hole Shotgun Start at 8:30am, All Amateur Division Shotgun Start at 1:30pm
Top half of each division qualifies to play on Sunday. Yes there is a cut!
Sunday- Tee Times for all players in the following order starting at 8:00am
MP50, MP40, MPO, FPO, MA50, MA40, MA1, MA2, FA1. This round will be 18 holes not 27
Early Registration with Tee Sign Sponsorship Opens at 6:00pm on March 28th
General Registration Opens at 6:00pm on April 4th
We expect this event to fill really quick seeing how the new A tier status brings even more of an elite status to what already is one of the premier events in the Northwest. Please consider purchasing a tee sign to support the event and make sure you get to play. In the past MPO, MP40 and MA1 have filled in under a minute. Some of the other divisions can take 3-5 minutes to fill. Don't take a chance on missing out.
There are still a few campsites (as of March 14th) available, but the tournament staff are not responsible to help with camping reservations. Please visit the following website to book your site. Please remember check out is 11:00am, if you don't reserve Sunday evening, you will need to be out of your campsite fully before your final round. Pro tip, just book Sunday night too!
https://properties.camping.com/whistler's-bend-park/reservations
Amateur side of the event will be players pack only, we will make sure players get HOOKED UP in value and will be playing for trophies for 1st-3rd place in each division.
Roughly $100 of every AM entry fee will be used to provide players pack items at COST, not RETAIL to all AM players. We estimate costs of roughly $15/player for park reservations, $5 PDGA fees, a few bucks for trophy fees and anything else little that pops up. If you have played this event before, you know the players packs will be well worth the value. We are finalizing what those are now, but do not have definite answers yet for what's included. We will post as we get things secured.
Pro side of the event will be playing for paypal payouts and trophies for 1st-3rd place in each division.
Tournament staff will move any open spots to players on the wait list on June 16th. This policy will be in place to make sure we have the maximum amount of players in the event. The timeframe allows over two months for each division to fill before wait list players fill those spots. We also reserve the right to keep some spots open in values of 4 to help make full cards for specific divisions.
Fees- The park is $750/day for us to reserve the course, so $2250 for the three day event. Judging by a field of 200 players we will be splitting that evenly amongst all players for a total of $11.25/player. This amount will vary depending on the number of players who actually end up playing that weekend. PDGA Fees for an A tier are sanctioning fee plus $4/players which breaks down to $5/player total to the PDGA.
Pro players will play for their share of $3000 added cash plus the roughly $133.75 that remains after the pass-through fees.
Am players will have the same pass through fees of roughly $16.25 but will also have trophy costs that come out of their entry. Those trophy costs are still in the works but they will not exceed $5/player. This will leave roughly $108 of each AM entry to go to players packs! We do the best we can to charge as close to COST NOT RETAIL for the players packs!
We are always fully transparent with where your money goes for our event! We want to make sure this event is a must play each summer and the player experience is a key factor to that.
For divisions that are not full. May 1st, four spots will be removed from any division which has eight or more spots still available and wait list players will be promoted from the time they got on the wait list. June 1st, four spots will be removed from any division that has more than four spots left, or any amount to knock it down to the next full card level (4, 8, 12 or however it works out). July 1st all open spots will be moved to players on the wait list by the date that the player got on the wait list. All wait list spots will be filled within flight, Am spots will be filled by Am players.. Pro spots by pro players.
Example:
Fpo has 20 spots. If there are more than eight spots left open by 5/1/24, four of those spots will be moved to wait list players from other division and there would be 16 left.
If there are less than 12 players signed up by 6/1/24, four more spots would be moved over to wait list players leaving 12 spots left in that division total.
On 7/1/24 any remaining open spots will be transferred to wait list players.
We want to make sure the maximum amount of players get to play this event. This wait list plan lets players have 26 days from the time general registration opens to sign up before any spots are moved over to other divisions. It also leaves spots left to fill out cards so we don't have mixed cards until less than two weeks before the event. If you know people wanting to play in the division with lower sign up numbers please encourage them to get registered before May 1st so their division doesn't lose spots to wait list folks.
This event is a three day, one round per day PDGA A Tier event. Format is listed below
Friday- All Amateur Divisions, 27 Hole Shotgun Start 8:30am, All Pro Divisions Shotgun Start 1:30pm
Saturday- All Pro Divisions, 27 Hole Shotgun Start at 8:30am, All Amateur Division Shotgun Start at 1:30pm
Top half of each division qualifies to play on Sunday. Yes there is a cut!
Sunday- Tee Times for all players in the following order starting at 8:00am
MP50, MP40, MPO, FPO, MA50, MA40, MA1, MA2, FA1. This round will be 18 holes not 27
Early Registration with Tee Sign Sponsorship Opens at 6:00pm on March 28th
General Registration Opens at 6:00pm on April 4th
We expect this event to fill really quick seeing how the new A tier status brings even more of an elite status to what already is one of the premier events in the Northwest. Please consider purchasing a tee sign to support the event and make sure you get to play. In the past MPO, MP40 and MA1 have filled in under a minute. Some of the other divisions can take 3-5 minutes to fill. Don't take a chance on missing out.
There are still a few campsites (as of March 14th) available, but the tournament staff are not responsible to help with camping reservations. Please visit the following website to book your site. Please remember check out is 11:00am, if you don't reserve Sunday evening, you will need to be out of your campsite fully before your final round. Pro tip, just book Sunday night too!
https://properties.camping.com/whistler's-bend-park/reservations
Amateur side of the event will be players pack only, we will make sure players get HOOKED UP in value and will be playing for trophies for 1st-3rd place in each division.
Roughly $100 of every AM entry fee will be used to provide players pack items at COST, not RETAIL to all AM players. We estimate costs of roughly $15/player for park reservations, $5 PDGA fees, a few bucks for trophy fees and anything else little that pops up. If you have played this event before, you know the players packs will be well worth the value. We are finalizing what those are now, but do not have definite answers yet for what's included. We will post as we get things secured.
Pro side of the event will be playing for paypal payouts and trophies for 1st-3rd place in each division.
Tournament staff will move any open spots to players on the wait list on June 16th. This policy will be in place to make sure we have the maximum amount of players in the event. The timeframe allows over two months for each division to fill before wait list players fill those spots. We also reserve the right to keep some spots open in values of 4 to help make full cards for specific divisions.
Fees- The park is $750/day for us to reserve the course, so $2250 for the three day event. Judging by a field of 200 players we will be splitting that evenly amongst all players for a total of $11.25/player. This amount will vary depending on the number of players who actually end up playing that weekend. PDGA Fees for an A tier are sanctioning fee plus $4/players which breaks down to $5/player total to the PDGA.
Pro players will play for their share of $3000 added cash plus the roughly $133.75 that remains after the pass-through fees.
Am players will have the same pass through fees of roughly $16.25 but will also have trophy costs that come out of their entry. Those trophy costs are still in the works but they will not exceed $5/player. This will leave roughly $108 of each AM entry to go to players packs! We do the best we can to charge as close to COST NOT RETAIL for the players packs!
We are always fully transparent with where your money goes for our event! We want to make sure this event is a must play each summer and the player experience is a key factor to that.
For divisions that are not full. May 1st, four spots will be removed from any division which has eight or more spots still available and wait list players will be promoted from the time they got on the wait list. June 1st, four spots will be removed from any division that has more than four spots left, or any amount to knock it down to the next full card level (4, 8, 12 or however it works out). July 1st all open spots will be moved to players on the wait list by the date that the player got on the wait list. All wait list spots will be filled within flight, Am spots will be filled by Am players.. Pro spots by pro players.
Example:
Fpo has 20 spots. If there are more than eight spots left open by 5/1/24, four of those spots will be moved to wait list players from other division and there would be 16 left.
If there are less than 12 players signed up by 6/1/24, four more spots would be moved over to wait list players leaving 12 spots left in that division total.
On 7/1/24 any remaining open spots will be transferred to wait list players.
We want to make sure the maximum amount of players get to play this event. This wait list plan lets players have 26 days from the time general registration opens to sign up before any spots are moved over to other divisions. It also leaves spots left to fill out cards so we don't have mixed cards until less than two weeks before the event. If you know people wanting to play in the division with lower sign up numbers please encourage them to get registered before May 1st so their division doesn't lose spots to wait list folks.
Refund policy
North Umpqua Invitational Staff are responsible for all refunds/cancellations. We will follow all PDGA policies for refunds. As a note, all refunds will be charged a $10 handling fee as outlined in the PDGA refund policy at a minimum. I UNDERSTAND NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AFTER MONDAY, JULY 8TH, 2024.
1.03 Withdrawals and Refunds
Players must email or phone their withdrawals to the Tournament Director only at the contact information posted for the tournament. Discussions with persons other than the Tournament Director, including other tournament staff, shall not be considered official.
FOR THIS TOURNAMENT ANY PLAYER ON THE WAIT LIST, CAN GET A FULL REFUND WHILE ON THAT LIST. ONCE YOU ARE PROMOTED TO THE ACTIVE LIST, THE NORMAL POLICIES LISTED BELOW APPLY.
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event at least 30 days before the start of the event will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee (minus up to a $10 handling fee).
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event 15 to 29 days before the start of the event will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee minus up to a $10 handling fee only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the TD has the choice to provide either a 50% monetary refund of their entry fee or just the player’s pack the player would have received if they had attended (minus the cost of shipping). In the case of a player in a Pro division for an event without a Pro player pack worth at least 25% of the Entry Fee, the TD will provide the 50% monetary refund.
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event within 14 days of the start of the event and prior to the event’s published closure of registration and waitlist replacements (within one week is recommended) will receive a 100% monetary refund minus up to a $10 handling fee only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the TD has the choice to provide either a 25% monetary refund or just the player’s pack they would have received if they had attended (minus the cost of shipping). In the case of a player in a Pro division for an event without a Pro player pack worth at least 25% of the Entry Fee, the TD will provide the 25% monetary refund.
Players who request withdrawal within 48 hours of the start of play, or who request withdrawal after the published close of registration and the published end of waitlist replacements, are not entitled to a refund. If a TD fills a player’s spot with a player on the waitlist at the time of withdrawal after the published close of registration and the published end of waitlist replacements, but more than 48 hours prior to the start of play, that player must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee.
Tournament Directors for Major, Elite Series, and A-Tier events may petition the PDGA Director of Event Support to change the timeline for items C, D, and E. If granted, the policy must be clearly published with all registration materials.
If a TD vacates an offered division due to a lack of registered players for the division (see 2.01.L), any player for that division that does not wish to move to a different division that they are eligible for, will be provided a full refund.
If a Tournament Director cancels an event, all currently registered or waitlisted players must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee. Only in the case of a disaster beyond the control of the TD that prevents the event from taking place by making the venue(s) unavailable, and only with prior approval from the PDGA Director of Event Support, may a TD provide players registered for Amateur divisions with a player pack and a partial monetary refund in the amount of the difference between the retail value of the player pack and the amount of the entry fee.
If a Tournament Director postpones an event, all players currently registered or waitlisted for the original date at the time of postponement must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee if they request it. Only in the case of a disaster beyond the control of the TD that prevents the event from taking place by making the venue(s) unavailable, and only with prior approval from the PDGA Director of Event Support, may a TD provide players registered for Amateur divisions with a player pack and a partial monetary refund in the amount of the difference between the retail value of the player pack and the amount of the entry fee. Once a new date is announced, all prior registrants who are still registered or waitlisted must be notified by email and given a reasonable opportunity to receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee if they determine they are unable to attend the event on its new date.
1.03 Withdrawals and Refunds
Players must email or phone their withdrawals to the Tournament Director only at the contact information posted for the tournament. Discussions with persons other than the Tournament Director, including other tournament staff, shall not be considered official.
FOR THIS TOURNAMENT ANY PLAYER ON THE WAIT LIST, CAN GET A FULL REFUND WHILE ON THAT LIST. ONCE YOU ARE PROMOTED TO THE ACTIVE LIST, THE NORMAL POLICIES LISTED BELOW APPLY.
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event at least 30 days before the start of the event will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee (minus up to a $10 handling fee).
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event 15 to 29 days before the start of the event will receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee minus up to a $10 handling fee only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the TD has the choice to provide either a 50% monetary refund of their entry fee or just the player’s pack the player would have received if they had attended (minus the cost of shipping). In the case of a player in a Pro division for an event without a Pro player pack worth at least 25% of the Entry Fee, the TD will provide the 50% monetary refund.
Players who officially request to withdraw from an event within 14 days of the start of the event and prior to the event’s published closure of registration and waitlist replacements (within one week is recommended) will receive a 100% monetary refund minus up to a $10 handling fee only if their spot in the tournament is filled by a player who is on the waitlist at the time of the withdrawal request. If the player’s spot is not filled, the TD has the choice to provide either a 25% monetary refund or just the player’s pack they would have received if they had attended (minus the cost of shipping). In the case of a player in a Pro division for an event without a Pro player pack worth at least 25% of the Entry Fee, the TD will provide the 25% monetary refund.
Players who request withdrawal within 48 hours of the start of play, or who request withdrawal after the published close of registration and the published end of waitlist replacements, are not entitled to a refund. If a TD fills a player’s spot with a player on the waitlist at the time of withdrawal after the published close of registration and the published end of waitlist replacements, but more than 48 hours prior to the start of play, that player must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry fee.
Tournament Directors for Major, Elite Series, and A-Tier events may petition the PDGA Director of Event Support to change the timeline for items C, D, and E. If granted, the policy must be clearly published with all registration materials.
If a TD vacates an offered division due to a lack of registered players for the division (see 2.01.L), any player for that division that does not wish to move to a different division that they are eligible for, will be provided a full refund.
If a Tournament Director cancels an event, all currently registered or waitlisted players must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee. Only in the case of a disaster beyond the control of the TD that prevents the event from taking place by making the venue(s) unavailable, and only with prior approval from the PDGA Director of Event Support, may a TD provide players registered for Amateur divisions with a player pack and a partial monetary refund in the amount of the difference between the retail value of the player pack and the amount of the entry fee.
If a Tournament Director postpones an event, all players currently registered or waitlisted for the original date at the time of postponement must receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee if they request it. Only in the case of a disaster beyond the control of the TD that prevents the event from taking place by making the venue(s) unavailable, and only with prior approval from the PDGA Director of Event Support, may a TD provide players registered for Amateur divisions with a player pack and a partial monetary refund in the amount of the difference between the retail value of the player pack and the amount of the entry fee. Once a new date is announced, all prior registrants who are still registered or waitlisted must be notified by email and given a reasonable opportunity to receive a 100% monetary refund of their entry or waitlist fee if they determine they are unable to attend the event on its new date.
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