DORAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
Blue Monster and Red Tiger
18-hole stroke play championship
January 5th and 6th, 2019
SOLD OUT!!!!!
The tournament is sold out. All players that sign up will be placed on the waiting list.
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Golf Channel Amateur Tour will once again return to the Trump National Doral Resort to host the Doral Amateur Championship. We are scheduled to play one round on the Blue and one round on the Red course. The Blue Monster has hosted over 55 PGA Tour events. Every great golfer in the past 55 years has played at the famed Blue Monster. Now it is your turn as you will get to walk in the same footsteps as all of the greats as you test your game against one of the great courses in the world.
Entry fee includes all green fees, cart fees, range balls, trophies, player welcome packs, generous prize fund, and scoring.
QUALIFIERS
The top 3 finishers per flight, including ties, will earn an exemption into the 2019 National Championship.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mike Rich
Southeast Regional Director
407-312-3501
mrich@golfchannel.com
FORMAT
18-hole stroke play championship. All entries are on a first come, first served basis
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS / PAIRINGS
Friday, January 4th, 2019
Tournament check-in will be from 3:30pm to 6:30pm in the Imperilal Ball Room at the Doral Resort outside the Golf Shop
Saturday January 5th, 2019
First Round of play from 7:30 to 9:30 am off Holes #1 and #10
Sunday January 6th, 2019
Final Round of play from 7:30 to 9:30 am off Holes #1 and #10
Sunday January 6th, 2019
Awards Presentation in the Imperial Ball Room as soon as the flight is completed.
ENTRY FEE & PAYMENT OPTION
$595 is the entry fee and it includes one scheduled round on the Blue Monster Course and one scheduled round for the Red Tiger Course. Entry fee includes all green fees, cart fees, range balls, trophies, player welcome packs, generous prize fund, and scoring
ENTRY DEADLINE
Registration Opens on October 1st at noon and closes on December 28th at Noon.
CANCELLATION POLICY
A $75 Cancellation fee applies to any cancellation prior to December 28th, 2019 an 12:00PM. Any cancellation after December 28th, 2019 an 12:00PM will not be refunded for any reason.
PRACTICE ROUNDS
Blue Monster $290 + and Red Tiger $120
Doral Room Rates for Golf Channel Am Tour
The Doral Resort is offereing a room rate of $209++.
Resort FEE
A per room, per day hotel resort services fee of $20.00 will be applied to each guest room upon check-in. The daily included services are guest room wireless high speed internet access, unlimited toll-free and local calls (prefixes 305, 954, and 786), usage of the resort fitness center featuring Technogym equipment, individual beach shuttle transportation (reservations required 24 hours in advance), variety of daily Resort activities, digital newspaper, and turndown service available upon request. Rates are subject to applicable taxes (currently 13%) and are subject to change.
CUT-OFF DATE
After the reservation cut-off date of Monday, December 3, 2018, the Hotel will release all unreserved rooms for general sale. Reservation requests received after the cut-off date will be accepted at the sole discretion of the Hotel on a space and rate availability basis. If the Group Room Rate is not available after the cut-off date, the Hotel’s prevailing rack rates will apply to confirm additional reservation requests.
Individual Reservations: Each individual will be responsible for making their own reservations. Attendees can reserve, modify or cancel their stay online via the web-link or by calling 800-713-6725 or 305-592-2000. Reservation requests must be made by the cut-off date in order to qualify for the group rate. Click this link to make room reservations. Booking Link
Reservations must be made by December 11th to get the special room rate.
PAST CHAMPIONS / DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
Championship Flight Gabriel Vanososte Doral, FL 67-79--146 +2
Palmer Flight Kyle Zeitz Louisville, KY 87-81--168 +24
Hogan Flight Rene Ponce Miami, FL 77-89--166 +22
Sarazen Flight Aaron Simmons Celebration, FL 88-92--180 +36
Jones Flight Dmitry Trukhachev Sunny Isles Beach, FL 93-93--186 +42
Snead Flight Michael Birzon Heathrow, FL 103-102--205 +61
Sr. Palmer Flight Peter Sorrentino Ft Lauderdale, FL 78-86--164 +20
Sr. Hogan Flight Tom Joy Sugar Grove, IL 91-86--177 +33
Sr. Sarazen Flight Bill Hughes Snellville, GA 82-92--174 +30
Sr. Jones Flight Chris Tang Manalapan, NJ 95-92--187 +43
Sr. Snead Flight Tommy O'Harte Tequesta, FL 96-99--195 +51