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Hampshire Ladies Golf

Junior Order of Merit

The Order of Merit (OoM) is a season-long competition for members of the Hampshire Ladies Golf Junior programme. There are 24 qualifying events across the season including 6 Hampshire Ladies Golf Junior events, plus 8 events before 30th June and a further 10 events after 1st July.

How points will be awarded

Points will be awarded to players that finish in the top 10 at each OoM event with 14 points awarded for a 1st place finish, 10 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd place and reducing by 1 point for each place thereafter. If there is a tie by score for a place, points shall be awarded by count-back.

In order to run two divisions, points will be awarded for top 10 scratch places (forming a scratch Order of Merit) and top 10 nett places (forming a nett Order of Merit). 

In 36 hole qualifying events, Order of Merit points will be calculated from the first 18 holes of the competition. 

Qualifying events & rankings

The Order of Merit rankings for both divisions will be based on:

Points awarded at ALL of the following Hampshire Ladies Golf Junior events:

  • Junior Squad days (9th March, 6th April, 21st September)
  • Junior Spring Meeting (27th April)
  • Junior Championship (14th August)
  • Junior Autumn Meeting (12th October)
PLUS

Points awarded from the best 3 finishes at any of following events before 30th June:

  • Hampshire Ladies Golf Championship at Liphook (first 18 holes of qualifying round Friday 16th May OR qualifying round on Wednesday 14th May depending on the division entered)
  • Liphook Junior Open (16th April)
  • Roehampton Ladies Open Gold Challenge Cup (5th April)*
  • Corhampton Junior Open (14th April)
  • Romsey Junior Open (11th May)
  • Hayling Junior Open (27th May)
  • Waterlooville Junior Open (29th May)
  • Petersfield Junior Open (30th May)
AND

Points awarded from the best 3 finishes at any of following events after 1st July:

  • Hockley Junior Open (25th July)
  • Stoneham Junior Open (4th August)
  • Blackmoor Junior Open (11th August)
  • Portsmouth Junior Open (14th August)
  • Brokenhurst Junior Open (21st August)
  • Royal Winchester Junior Open (24th August)
  • North Hants Junior Open (26th August)
  • Army Junior Open (28th August)
  • Junior European Open at Romsey (14th September)*
  • Junior European Open at Corhampton (27th October)*

* Scratch event only

Prizes

The top 4 ranked girls in the scratch Order of Merit as at 1st July will automatically earn a place in the team that represents Hampshire at Junior County Match Week. At the end of the year, the winner and runner up of both the scratch and nett Order of Merit divisions will be awarded prizes at the end of season prize giving. 

In the event of a tie in rankings, the winner will be awarded to the player gaining the highest number of 1st places, going to 2nd, 3rd placings etc. if required. 





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