For the third year, the Cove View Men’s Golf Association, in conjunction with the Cove View Golf Course will continue the American National Insurance Cove View Cup. Patterned after the PGA Tours Fed Ex Cup, members of the Association can play in a season long competition earning points, and culminating in the crowning of a Cove View Cup Champion.

Every year the Stubbs Insurance Cove View Cup changes a little and this year is no exception. Changes to the Cup this year are the following.

• The cup will have three separate flights according to handicap and age. There will still only be one winner at the end of the season, but you can now earn points and money in your own flight.

The flights will be:

• A Flight: negative to a 3 handicap.

• B Flight: 4 handicap and above.

• Senor flight: For any players who are 55 and above. Players 55 and above can choose to play in the senior flight, if not then they will be in in the flight in which their handicap falls. Players must decide if they would like to play in the Senior Flight at the beginning of the season.

Note: Each week you may see yourself in a different flight as there is a chance that player’s handicaps will fluctuate throughout the season bouncing them between the A and B flight.

• The last four weeks of the Cup, play points will be doubled.

Points will be earned over a span of 30 events (25 weekly play events and five tournaments). Local handicaps will be established after participants have played one local 9-hole round. A player’s local handicap will use the lowest four of your last eight 9-hole rounds. This local handicap will be used in all five-association tournaments. Players will retain their handicaps from the 2018 season.  Players will need to establish a local handicap from their respective tees in order to play in the tournaments.

Weekly play will take place at the player’s convenience on Monday afternoon, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of each week beginning the week after daylight saving times in March.  All players will be required to play USGA rules and must be accompanied by another Association member to verify their score. If there is a question as to the rules, members will play a provisional ball and golf course management will issue a ruling.

All putts will need to be holed out. No putts can be given in the Cup.  

Like last year, players will be limited to three rounds. Only the lowest score will be submitted for points.  Each first round a player plays, a cup Scorecard will be provided. Scorecards must be signed by you, and attested by another and turned in immediately after completion of each round. The same scorecard will be used for all rounds during the week with a new person attesting to your score each time.

For those who are playing in the senior flight tee boxes are determined by age. Players 70 and over will play from the yellow tee boxes. Ages 55-69 will play from the white tee boxes. All other players will play from the blue tee boxes. . A player beginning the year will stay on a Tee-box they start on for the whole year, based on the individual’s age.  It is suggested that tee boxes be a minimum 20 yards apart on all par 4 and par 5 holes and where possible on par 3 holes.

Cost is minimal with $5 paid to participate each round. $4 will be returned in prize money each week and $1 will be added to the purse for the Cove View Cup at the end of the year. For those who would want to participate, there is an option to pay and additional $2 for a skins game. Participation in each of the five tournaments will cost $20 and $100 from each tournament’s entry-fees will go to the Cup. Membership in the association cost $25 with money used to increase payouts at tournaments and help with projects around the Golf Course.  $5 from the association fees will fund a hole-in-one pot. $350 will go to the first hole-in-one. If no one hits a hole-in-one, the money left will turn into prize money for the club championship.  All participants will need to pay their association fees before their first round of the American National Insurance Cove View Cup or any tournament.

When weekly money has been paid, you must immediately start the round on hole 1 or 10. No practice on holes of the cup after money is paid per USGA and local rules.

Weekly golf will begin with a practice run on the week of March 11th. The Cup will officially start the following week on March 18th and will continue until September 7th.

To increase the enjoyment of the cup a specialty game will be played the first week of each month. The schedule for that is TBD.

The tournament schedule for the upcoming year will be:

• Jones and Demille “One Man Scramble”- Friday, April 12th. This tournament will be flighted according to the flights established based on your local handicaps or age before the tournament.
• Blake Electric “Two-Man Best Ball”- Friday, May 3rd. Partners will be drawn according their standings in the Cup. Points will be assigned to each person based on their teams finish in the tournament.
• Robinson Transport Cove View Amateur. –Friday, June 28. This is an individual tournament, which will be flighted.
• State Bank of Southern Utah Match Play – Begins August 5th. All who want to play will be seeded into the tournament based their handicap at the time of the tournament. Strokes will be determined based on each player’s handicap. Payout and points will be based on the level one achieves as they lose during the tournament.
• Jorgensen’s Honda Cove View Club Championship – Sep 6th-7th. This is the final event of the 2019 American National Cove View Cup. This tournament will also be flighted and points will be allocated based on your finish in this two day tournament.

The top point earner from the season will be crowned the 2019 American National Insurance Cove View Cup winner. The Association will have a dinner at the end to award the American National Cove View Cup Champion. Elections for new committee members will also take place at the dinner.

Point Allocation

Match Play Tournament

Based on income projections, the association should have over $5,000 for payout of the American National Cove View Cup. This could mean $400 or more to the winner.

The top 40 in the cup Standings will receive a payout.

Income for the season:

Sponsors:                    $2700

Individual Play:           $1500

5 Tournaments:           $500

Association Added:    $300  

Total:                          $5000