What Do You Win?

[beck9965]

What do you win if you come first in any of your club comp's
ie, Stableford, medal or cups and vases.
I won a Stableford last year and got zilch.

 

[USER1999]

About £40 sweep behind the bar in cash, and about £20 on the bar card.

Apparently there should be a bit of glassware too, but no one ever wants it.

 

[bigbiffa]

we all get cash put on our proshop ac, and a nice shiny trophy in the cabinet!

 

[algar5]

we all get cash put on our proshop ac, and a nice shiny trophy in the cabinet!

Yep, Same Here !

 

[Putting_Green_Pro]

We get about £50 in the proshop but next week we have a special 4BBB for a college that one of our low handicappers is at. They are donating prizes and first prize costs £400

 

[Fyldewhite]

We have 4 qualifying rounds for each of our club finals.

We pay 1st, 2nd, 3rd, B/G, 4th, Best am, Best pm for our three 36 Hole major finals: £300/£200/£150/£150/£100/£50/£50
Same for our main Open comp except add £50 best am/pm gross.

We also have three 18 hole finals:
£200/£150/£100/£100/£75

Two one off 18 hole board comps are £150/£100/£75/£75/£50

Winter depends on the take but usually 1st about £50/£30 in two divisions for one-off comps. Our winter league over 6 weeks will be ten places £80/£75/£70 etc down to £35 for 10th.

 

[painterboy]

About £40/£50 in vouchers for the Pro shop.
Believe there is a problem giving cash due to our Amateur status.

 

[Parmo]

I won last season:-

Bob Walker trophy Qual round and final
Rabbits Trophy (rabbits champion)
McAlinden mixed fourball comp
Bottle Stableford
Mixed fourball comp

I came home with a grand total of winnings and sweep cash of around..... £60 over the season lol.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Our medals and stablefords are split into divisions and the 1, 2 and 3 in each get a cut of the overall prize kitty. At this time of year with smaller fields the winner usually gets about £25 and I got £18.50 for 2nd in January. As the fields get bigger in the better weather the average winning total is £40-£50. All the money is in the form of pro shop vouchers.

For individual events where there is a trophy and gold letters the pot is usually split 1st 2nd and 3rd and matchplay events split between the two finalists something like 60/40.

 

[Owen_Thomas_14]

Dont know never won before but legend has it that we get vouchers for the pro shop

 

[Imurg]

Don't know about the medals but 1st and 2nd in each division of a Stableford get vouchers - I've got 20+ quid to spend (wow!)

 

[TRS30]

Dont know never won before but legend has it that we get vouchers for the pro shop

Same here

 

[backwoodsman]

We get cash to spend in the pro-shop - not quite sure of the point as there's real cash in an envelope, but you don't get given it? You get a share of the pot - I got £42 for second place in the Div 2 November stableford.

 

[FourPutt]

We get cash to spend in the pro-shop - not quite sure of the point as there's real cash in an envelope, but you don't get given it? You get a share of the pot - I got £42 for second place in the Div 2 November stableford.

You can't get the real cash, as it's against the rules for your amateur status. You can get vouchers though.

At our club, the top 10% of the field get pro-shop vouchers on a sliding scale. Once the medals start in april you get a medal as well if you win, and for our "majors" you get a replica of the actual trophy in addition to the vouchers.

 

[backwoodsman]

We get cash to spend in the pro-shop - not quite sure of the point as there's real cash in an envelope, but you don't get given it? You get a share of the pot - I got £42 for second place in the Div 2 November stableford.

You can't get the real cash, as it's against the rules for your amateur status. You can get vouchers though.

At our club, the top 10% of the field get pro-shop vouchers on a sliding scale. Once the medals start in april you get a medal as well if you win, and for our "majors" you get a replica of the actual trophy in addition to the vouchers.

Yep - I get that.

It was just that I didn't see the point of them actually putting the money in an envelope then saying "You can't have it but you've £42 to spend in the shop". As opposed to <u>not</u> putting it in an envelope and still saying "you've got £42 to spend in the shop"

 

[FourPutt]

Ah, I see what you mean.

 

[jammydodger]

We get the usual pro shop vouchers depending on how many have entered the comp. If its a board comp then you also get a little plaque presented at the end of year presentation

 

[Twire]

You can't get the real cash, as it's against the rules for your amateur status. You can get vouchers though

Not quite true.

This is a C&P from the R&A website.

The distinction between amateur and professional players is currently more clearly and sensibly defined. The Amateur Status Committee of The R&A defines an amateur as someone who plays the game as a non-remunerative and non-profit-making sport and who does not receive remuneration for teaching golf or for other activities because of golf skill or reputation.

Prizes in amateur events are limited to a value of £500

Those who accept prizes with higher values than the rules allow - a car for a hole-in-one for instance - enter a no-man's land. They have no official handicap and cannot take part in amateur events, but they do not become professionals.

 

[Twire]

Our winnings go straight into our pro shop account.

 

[FourPutt]

You can't get the real cash, as it's against the rules for your amateur status. You can get vouchers though

Not quite true.

This is a C&P from the R&A website.

Prizes in amateur events are limited to a value of £500

Yeah, the prizes can be up to a value of £500, but you can't actually win 500 quid in cash. They tried to change it at our lace last year to cash from pro shop vouchers, but they found out that they couldn't. The £500 limit is to stop them giving things like cars as prizes in amateur comps.

C&P from the FAQ section of the R&A:

Q. May an amateur golfer win money?
A. No An amateur golfer cannot accept nor may he play for prize money. If a cash prize is offered such a prize would involve the forfeiture of Amateur Status of all those playing in the competition.