J-Town Forum

Overall Series Website: www.illinoisopenseries.com
Pre-Registration: http://www.paperorplasticsports.com/2015/2015ios68.html
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/824246024308240/846208765445299/
Current Registration: Saturday / Sunday

TOURNAMENT FORMAT:
Singles - 2 rounds of at least 21-holes from concrete tees. Temp holes will be played from grass or pavement tees. Number of holes subject to change depending on weather conditions or other unforeseen circumstances. All divisions will play the same tees and basket locations for both rounds. 1st round will play from short tees, 2nd round from long tees.

REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN (note new times!):
7:30-8:30 AM, Players Meeting: 8:45 AM, Tee Time shortly thereafter. There will be a 1 hour break for lunch. If you do not check in by the appointed time, there is a possibility that your spot will be given up to another player!

ENTRY FEES/DIVISIONS:

Save $5 off the prices below when you pre-register!
Saturday Divisions (5/2/15)
MPO Open Men - $55.00
MA2 Intermediate - $35.00
MA4 Novice - $35.00

Save $5 off the prices below when you pre-register!
Sunday Divisions (5/3/15)
MPM Masters - $55.00
MPG Grandmasters - $55.00
FPO Open Women - $55.00
MA1 Advanced - $35.00
MM1 Adv Masters - $35.00
MG1 Adv Grandmasters - $35.00
MS1 Adv Sr Grandmasters - $35.00
FA1 Advanced Women - $35.00
FA2 Intermediate Women - $35.00
MA3 Recreational - $35.00
FA3 Recreational Women - $35.00
MJ1 Junior - $25.00 (trophy only)

1/2 In For Pros - $30
Trophy Only for Am's - $25

Introducing series points for clubs! At this point it is just for bragging rights, but we thought we'd experiment with a team/club component to the series.

Points are as follows:
If a player places in one of the 5 major divisions (MPO, Am1-am4), they will earn their club points
1st = 10 pts
2nd = 5 pts
3rd = 3 pts
In the smaller divisions where there are at least two players participating:
1st = 5 pts
If a club has more than 10 players participating on a given day, they will earn 10 bonus points.

When you checkin, show the your bag tag for the club you are competing for and we will note it on your leader board card. The bag tag is required; no tag, no points! Note that this is just for identification purposes, the IOS team is does not have the manpower to compute/run tags for all of the participating clubs.

This may get tweaked through the year based on how things go and the feedback we receive. Please let us know what you think.

Pre-Registration is CLOSED for IOS #68. We have 27 spots available for Saturday, and 15 spots available for Sunday.

Here's how the spots will be awarded out:
At 6:30 AM we will start handing out spots. If there are more players than spots available at that time we will have a LOTTERY to hand out the spots. This means that you do not have to arrive super early to wait. However, you would want to arrive by 6:20 to make sure you are included in the lottery that would take place at 6:30. If there are still spots remaining after 6:30 AM, we will continue to hand out spots on a first come, first served basis. We will probably not be set up well enough yet at that point to register you for the event, but you would at least have a ticket to get in. Plan to start being called up at 7:30 AM to register.

FOR SUNDAY: We WILL allow people to pre-register with us on SATURDAY for Sunday's event! These will be handled on a first come, first served basis.

Any spots still remaining Sunday morning will be handled just as we are handling Saturday's remaining spots.