2020 Tournament Calendar

FBMGA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 2019 – JUNE, 2020  

 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 – FBMGA TWO MAN SHAMBLE – 18 holes – 9:00 AM  

Shotgun or Tee Times – Both drive and pick the best one and play your own ball 

into the hole. Regular Blitz Stable ford – Target points is ½ of the total of each 

players target points. Chipping contest 8:25 AM – 8:45 AM

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 – FBMGA OCTOBER FALL BALL – 18 holes -9:00 AM – 

Shotgun  – FBGC Credits - Handicapped event – eight stroke differential - NO 

ADJUSTMENTS - Six holes (1W – 6W of SCRAMBLE – 35% of A player and 15% of 

B player divided by two) -  six holes (7W – 3S  of AGGREGATE – both players 

record a score – 1/3 of each player’s total handicap)   ALTERNATE SHOT (4S – 9S – 

60% of A player and 40% of B player divided by two)  There will be Three or Four 

Flights depending on participation - THE OVERALL LOW GROSS AND OVERALL  

LOW NET Teams can be from any flight. There will also be LOW GROSS and  LOW 

NET  in each Flight and additional winners depending on participation 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER, 16 – FBMGA TWO MAN PINEHURST –CHAPMAN STROKE

PLAY COMPETETION – 9:00 Shotgun – FBGC Credits – eight stroke differential – 

this is a handicapped modified alternate shot format event – NO ADJUSTMENTS - 

Two players, as partners, each play from the teeing ground and, in turn, their 

partner’s ball on the second shot. After the second shot, partners choose their 

scoring ball, the player whose ball isn’t being played hits the third shot and then 

play alternate shot into the hole. The “A” player is allowed 60 % of his handicap 

and the player with higher course handicap is allowed 40% of his course handicap 

– There will be THREE FLIGHTS – FBGC Credits to OVERALL LOW GROSS and 

OVERALL LOW NET teams which can be from any flight - FBGC Credits to LOW 

GROSS and LOW NET in each flights and additional credits depending on 

participation 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 - FBMGA/FBWGA ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT

– 12:00 PM Shotgun – 18 holes - Four Person Step Aside Scramble​

STARTING JANUARY 1, 2020 – THE JANUARY – MARCH FBMGA MATCH PLAY 

KNOCK OUT – FBMGA Members will compete in a 18 hole double elimination 

match play competition against other FBMGA Members over the next 12 – 16 

weeks.  TROPHIES and FBGC CREDITS are awarded to the CHAMPION and 

FINALIST   - Semifinal and Quarterfinal players also receive FBGC CREDITS – 

HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS are made for Gold and Red Tee players. Players are to 

check the handicap computer and notebook to determine their handicap index 

and the amount of strokes they receive from the tee box they are playing

STARTING THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 – THE FBMGA TEAM COMPETES IN THE 

FSGA INTERCLUB TOURNAMENT – The FBMGA Tournament Director picks eight 

players to play each Thursday (one home match and one away match) for six 

weeks in match play tournaments against eight players from The Golf Club of 

Amelia Island, The Amelia Island Club (Long Point) and the Amelia River Club. The 

winning team moves on to the Regionals. In 2018 (our second year in the 

competition) our FBMGA team won our local division, but lost in a four player one 

hole playoff in the 2nd  round of the Regionals against The Palencia Club 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 – FBMGA THREE MAN SCRAMBLE (ABC computer 

picked) –  9:00 Shotgun – FBGC Credits - 18 holes –Six Players on the tee box (Two 

teams)  

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 - ANNUAL SUPERBOWL TOURNAMENT – 12 Noon 

Shotgun – 18 holes – (Not a FBMGA event, but should be on the schedule) – Four 

man computer picked ( ABCD ) scramble

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 – THE FBMGA CUP – 9:00 AM Tee Times – 18 holes of USGA 

handicap medal play – NO ADJUSTMENTS - Three Flights – WHITE, GOLD and RED

- Individual Low Gross and Low Net in each flight will receive FBGC CREDITS – 

Other FBGC CREDITS will be based on flight participation –  FBMGA CUP GOLF 

CAPS  will also be awarded to the LOW GROSS in each flight APRIL 11/12, FBMGA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP – Two day Tournament - 36 holes of 

USGA handicap medal play – 9:00 AM starting tee times – FBGC Credits – STROKE 

ADJUSTMENTS FOR TEE BOXES - Three flights – White, Gold and Red – The LOW 

GROSS  Winner (from White Tee only) will be our FBMGA CLUB CHAMPION  and 

receive a designated PARKING SPACE  – The LOW NET  Winner can be from any 

flight and will receive a designated PARKING SPACE - The SENIOR LOW NET can be 

from either the GOLD TEE or the RED TEE and receive a designated PARKING 

SPACE – Other FBGC CREDITS will be based on flight participation

SATURDAY, MAY 9 – FBMGA MEMBER-MEMBER – 9:00 AM SHOTGUN – 18 holes 

– Handicapped Tournament – FBGC Credits – NO ADJUSTMENTS – Eight stroke 

differential - six holes of SCRAMBLE   (1W -6W) 35% of the A player and 15% of 

the B player, six holes of AGGREGATE (both players post a score - 7W – 3S – 1/3 of 

each player’s handicap) - six holes of ALTERNATE SHOT (4S – 9S - 60% of the A 

player handicap and 40% of the B player handicap) – There will be three or four 

flights depending on participation - FBGC CREDITS to OVERALL LOW GROSS AND 

LOW NET   which can be from any Flight – FBGC Credits to LOW GROSS and LOW 

NET  in each Flight and additional FBGC Credits to runner up Teams depending on 

participation - FBGC Member-Member LOGO GOLF HAT  to OVERALL LOW GROSS 

and OVERALL LOW NET Teams

SATURDAY, MAY 23  – ANNUAL FBMGA MEMORIAL WEEKEND PAR 3 

TOURNAMENT –9:00 Shotgun – 18 holes of CLOSEST To The Pin – NO PUTTING – 

To be  CLOSEST  must be on the green - One SHOOTOUT for players with a CLOSEST

and another SHOOTOUT for those WITHOUT A CLOSEST  – This Tournament takes 

only 2 1/2 hours to play

SATURDAY, JUNE 20 – THE FBMGA “WHAT-A-GUY” TOURNAMENT – 9:00 AM  

Shotgun – 18 holes – FBGC Credits – NO ADJUSTMENTS – Three Flights - Everyone

plays from the Red Tees – This is an Individual handicap Tournament – YOU PICK 

THE THREE CLUBS YOU WANT TO PLAY 18 HOLES WITH – YES, THREE CLUBS –You 

win this and you will get the WHAT-A-GUY GOLF HAT   that the FBMGA 

Tournament Director desperately wants to win. FBGC CREDITS to LOW GROSS 

Winners  and  LOW NET Winners in each Flight and there will be a blind draw for ​

the  winners of a two man competition . FBGC Credits will be in proportion to the 

number of entries