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Zone 4 Senior Program
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A Brief history of the Zone 4 Senior Tour
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The Senior Tour is comprised of
five events from May to October. The first event is a
combination of the tour, and first round of the Zone 4 Senior
Championship. The low 60 gross scores from this event who have
entered the Championship advance to the second round.
(with a minimum of 10 from each of three age groups) The total
gross scores of the two rounds determines the Zone
4 Senior Amateur Champion and the Zone 4 Team.
Originally only two Tour events run by The Interclub Golf Committee (1913)
were scheduled, however due to their popularity, by 1986, three more tournaments
were added. These events were hosted on a rotating basis by the Private
Clubs, with the June event becoming the Zone 2 Senior Amateur Championship.
All five events were added to the BCGA Five Year Plan at that time, however
in 1990 the BCGA determined that only Tournaments Of Excellence would be
included in their plan.
In 1991 due to heavy play at the Private Clubs on weekends, the Senior Tour
events were moved to a Monday afternoon. In order to create some revenue
for the hosting Private Clubs, a banquet was added following each event.
This was only a temporary fix so a year later the three summer events were
moved to public courses.
In 2002 the Zone 4 Private Clubs agreed to host the Zone 4 Senior
Championship on a rotating 9 year schedule, but with a restricted field of
60 players. This made it necessary to assign the first Tour event as the
Championship qualifying round. |
Footnotes:
A. The Senior tour was initiated in 1984 by
Russ White, a Director of the Interclub Golf Committee (1913)
B. In late 1986 Zone 2 became Zone 4.
C. The Interclub Golf Committee (1913) has been renamed
BCGA Zone 4 Interclub Golf Committee
D. The Zone Senior Championship originated in 1978 as a
replacement for the Mid Amateur
E. The Derek Glazer trophy in recognition of the
Zone 4 Senior Golfer of The Year originated in 1990
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