Tournament Schedule Update

ALL CHAMPIONSHIPS SUSPENDED THROUGH MAY 31st

REVISED SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW

May 18th, 2020

USGA Championships & Qualifying

The USGA has canceled all qualifying for 2020 Championships, along with 10 of their 14 National Championships. The US Open, US Women's Open, US Amateur & US Women's Amateur remain scheduled, and fields will be determined using rankings.

FSGA Amateur Public Links Postponed

The FSGA has postponed the Amateur Public Links Championship, June 12-14. We hope to schedule at a later date in the summer of 2020.

April 15th, 2020

Dear Friends - The Coronavirus crisis continues continues to be an unprecedented time for Florida and our nation. Everyone at the FSGA, our volunteers, board and staff, all offer our sympathy and support for those impacted by the virus. We also extend our deepest appreciation to the many heroes that are helping us through this national crisis. Our healthcare workers have been on the front-line of this disease and they have put themselves at personal risk to help people everywhere. There have also been millions of other heroes that have kept our society operating, our communities safe from crime, our grocery stores full, and hundreds of other critical services that we all rely upon in our daily lives.

We will never be able to sufficiently thank you. You are in our hearts and in our prayers.

Playing Safely

As our national healthcare officials suggest that the virus's impact is reaching its peak, the FSGA begins to look past the curve to see what competitive golf will look like this summer. As our health officials have indicated, life won't be the same as it was before, but we will all begin to do more things that we previously considered normal. Normal for the FSGA includes conducting golf tournaments and so with great caution, we begin to announce events that are being rescheduled, even before we know exactly how they will be conducted. 

These schedule changes are all contingent upon our ability to conduct golf tournaments safely, and in accordance with the government heath and social distancing requirements that are in effect as of the time of each event.

UPDATED CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE - All Events   (As of May 18th)

ALL INFORMATION BELOW - SUBJECT TO CHANGE 

ENTRIES - All Entries Open MAY 6th

Men's Championships

Women's Championships 

Junior Golf

Junior Players - Recommendation

It is highly recommended that accomplished junior players compete in the Florida Men's & Women's Amateurs; the Florida Open and Florida Women's Open; and the Florida Junior Championships. College coaches want to see you perform on more difficult course set-ups, and you will be competing against active collegiate players. You should also always attempt to qualify for U.S. Junior and U.S. Amateur Championships. Play a balanced schedule throughout the year and compete in top amateur events in addition to your junior tournaments. 

One-Days

All one days are cancelled through May 31st. One Days in early June are doubtful, but we need to wait to determine if they may be conducted. We will communicate which events will be played as soon as the situation becomes more clear. Please note that some clubs are faced with changing schedules due to the crisis and we need to remain flexible and accommodate their needs.

All schedules are Tentative

There is a great deal of work yet to do in re-scheduling events, and we appreciate the tremendous cooperation and support of our host sites. As of now, all of these plans are tentative and entries have not been re-opened. We must watch the health crisis evolve and as we are more confident that competitions can be conducted, we will open entries.

Thank you for you patience and understanding, and please stay safe.  

PRIOR UPDATES

UPDATE March 28th, 2020,  9:30 AM

Dear Friends - Regrettably, there is NO CHANGE TO OUR CURRENT OPERATING STATUS due to the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. We remain optimistic that we will return to conducting golf tournaments in the next few months. All events through May 17th are currently suspended. Once we move through the peak of the pandemic's infection rate, and when our health and governmental authorities suggest that our country is returning to a new normal, we will reschedule as many events as possible. 

Once We Begin - When we are able to play, we will give scheduling priority to our most historic and long-standing Championships. Naturally, we will want to conduct our Men's and Women's Amateur Championships, Junior Championships, Senior Championships, Mid-Amateur Championships and Open Championships. However, we may only be able to conduct one Championship for each category. Team competitions will have a lower priority for rescheduling, and if the crisis continues, few team competitions will be conducted.

Florida Junior Tour - The FJT will resume its existing schedule when it's safe to play, and hopefully additional events will be added throughout the remainder of the year.

USGA - Qualifiers for USGA National Championships are also on hold, and the USGA will continue to provide guidance on the conduct of their championships.

Please remain safe and if you play golf -  please take all possible precautions to avoid contracting the virus. Be smart, do not stand near people, do not ride in a cart with someone you don't live with, and do not touch anything unnecessarily (the flagstick, rakes, ball washers, door handles etc). Take wipes and hand sanitizer with you and clean surfaces that you need to touch before you do. And as you mother told you a thousand times before dinner "go wash your hands"!

Take care of your families and we look forward to seeing you at an FSGA Championship, One-Day, USGA or FJT event soon.

Best regards, Your friends at the FSGA

UPDATE March 18th, 2020,  5:00 PM

Dear Friends - We share your concerns about this terrible crisis that we are all in, and hope to conduct golf tournaments as soon as possible. Our greatest concern continues to be the well-being of everyone involved, and we are respecting the advice of our government health officials and other leaders. Frankly, we are being very conservative in our approach but we believe being conservative is best. After all, we are just talking about golf tournaments... 

As for when we will begin playing again - It's not unlike the hundreds of weather suspensions that we have dealt with through the years -  we will only play when we believe it is safe.  We are carefully monitoring the actions taken by the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, USGA and other governing bodies of golf. Although our events are not conducted on the same scale as the professional tours - the lives we deal with are just as important. Please be patient - I can assure you that we are chomping at the bit to resume events.

Postponements - For now, no one knows when it will be safe to resume organized golf activities. Perhaps June, maybe July. If anyone already knows the answer please contact us!

What we do Know:

• We are going to attempt to re-schedule as many events that get postponed as possible
• One-Day competitions that are effected will not be re-scheduled
• Major Individual Championships that are Postponed  - we will work like mad to find a new date or site to play our major individual championships - hopefully at the original site, but if that's not possible, somewhere else
• Some team events, four-balls etc. may have to be cancelled to provide room in the compressed schedule that will remain
• Updates - We will update you at least every week at this location so that you know where we are going next
• Restart - Once we begin playing - we can't just catch everything back up at once - we have only so many staff members, so many officials and so many golf courses.

For Now - Stay healthy, and go walk nine holes by yourself late in the evening; take only a few clubs - it's great therapy for stress and it should be safe too. Practice your chipping some - that can always use more work!

Refunds & a Little Patience - See below - but when we cancel any event, we are pushing 100% refunds back to your credit card. For some events that are suspended - we will hold your entry and not refund the amount until we know when and where the postponed event will occur. Then we will communicate with you more. Don't panic, we are good for it! It takes longer than usual to receive refunds - because the entire financial system including the credit card companies are stretched to the max. Please be patient. We are a small company and our staff is trying to stay out of harm's way too!

We love conducting golf tournaments and we will play as soon as we can - as long as it is considered safe for everyone, including the people we go home to after the round.

Warm regards, FSGA Team

UPDATE March 14th, 2020,  9:20 AM

Regrettably, due to the pandemic crisis facing our nation and the world, the Florida State Golf Association was forced to suspend all activities effective March 13, 2020. This suspension includes all FSGA and FJT events. Further, all training, education, and course rating activities are suspended.

The volunteers and staff of the FSGA love to conduct golf tournaments and provide service to our clubs and the golf community. We are very disappointed that we are unable to conduct events but for the safety of our players, volunteers, staff and the general public, we have suspended events. Please recognize that the FSGA is a volunteer-based organization, and many of our volunteers, players and club members are in high risk categories identified by the medical experts. 

Players with active entries should NOT withdraw online as that will not result in a full refund. A full refund for all cancelled events will be automatically refunded to your credit card.

As this situation progresses, we will provide updates on how long operations will remain suspended and inform you of any dates for events that may be re-scheduled.

All future entries are now closed until further notice.

Thank you for your patience and support during this very challenging time for everyone.

Sincerely, Florida State Golf Association

Refunds of Entry Fees

Please DO NOT withdraw online for any events. Withdrawing online will not result in a full refund.

ALL cancelled events will be automatically refunded in full, back to the credit card that the entry was charged on.