2025 Tournament Chairman's Message

Welcome to the 2025 Season

We had a very solid 2024 averaging 188 players per regular season tournament. On line sign up was improved and will be the method to sign up for tournaments in 2025. If you are unable to complete the web form, contact Brad Berg (iesgagolf@gmail.com (509) 589-1725) or Doug Kearsley (iesgawebamster@gmail.com (509)994-9254) and they will assist you.

We look forward to playing 15 excellent courses in 2025. As in the past, you may choose one person you want to play with. Emphasis will be placed on completing

a round in less than 4 hours and 20 minutes. No one wants to wait and wait for the group in front of them. We definitely emphasize and enforce pace of play.

The D Flight playing the forward tees has proven to be a very popular approach. In 2024 players in the A, B, and C Flights were also allowed to play from the forward tees. This approach worked out to be very fair due to the handicap adjustments per tee chosen. Be aware though, players choosing this option are not eligible to enter the honey or gross skin side pots.

Entry deadlines are strictly enforced. If you are late with your entry, you will be placed on the waitlist. I will try to get you into the tournament, but you will not get the partner or time that you wanted.

Please remember that we play by USGA rules of golf. We use two IESGA local rules (See TOURNAMENT INFORMATION—TOURNAMENT RULES—IESGA RULE FOR LOST OR OB BALLS). If you witness a rules infraction, please call it to the attention of the offending party (even if he is your buddy). We are all responsible for “protecting the field”.

This is a great organization, and I have enjoyed being a part of it for the past 29 years. I am pleased to have Doug Kearsley, as my assistant. If there is anything either of us can do to improve your experience, please let us know.

Good Luck!

Tournament & Handicap Chairman

John Hanke

John_hanke@msn.com

509-434-9988

Enter the 2025 OLD GOAT Competition

Your IESGA Board of Directors approved the continuation of the Old Goat Cup for 2025. It is modeled after the FedEx Cup competition where points are awarded throughout the year depending on how well you place in each tournament played.

We had good participation in 2024 with payout to 38 players in the amount of $3,825 over the four flights of A, B, C, and D flights.

We expect even greater payouts and participation for 2025. Pay outs are based upon the contribution of the participating players. Results of the accumulated points and payouts are posted on the IESGA website.

Points are based on the top 20 players by net score in each flight. The player with the best net score in each flight will get 20 points. The 2nd best net score will get 19 points and so on down to the 20th place, which will get 1 point. Points will be accumulated even if you play in more than one flight. Your final point total will be based on the flight most played but will also include all points from the other flights played.

Points will be accumulated for the 12 local Spokane and Inland Empire tournaments. The two-day “over-night” tournament at the beginning of the IESGA season will not be included because there are a number of members that are not retired and are unable to participate, and there are snowbird members that aren’t here in the spring and fall, and we want to make the competition equitable and available to as many members as possible.

Players will be awarded double points for the two-day club championship tournaments and the year-end tournament at Liberty Lake. The year-end tournament will be a shotgun start and limited to 144 players. Old Goat players will have a first chance to enter the tournament and then the tournament will be open to the rest of the players until we reach 144 players.

If you missed a couple of regular tournaments during the year, points could be made up in the year-end tournament at Liberty Lake.

The top 15 competitors, or 25%, whichever is the lesser, in each flight will receive cash payouts at the end of the year.

There is a one-time entry fee of $25 to participate in this competition and it must be paid on or before June 16, 2025.

Again, this is a voluntary competition. It is separate from the other tournament games: skins, deuce pot, honey pot, net score, etc.

The idea here is to encourage you to play in as many tournaments as possible and give you an opportunity to win more money.

In previous years there were a few people that missed some tournaments and still scored high in points so don't decide to not enter the competition because you might miss a tournament or two.

The entry form is included as part of the 2025 Web Entry Forms.