The MCLGA Junior Order of Merit - Brand New for 2025!

MCLGA launched a brand new Order of Merit in 2025. 

ELIGIBLE EVENTS

The eligible events are detailed below and are aligned with existing tours in Scotland. This move is to help grow our junior member’s participation in these tour events whilst maintaining the long held traditional events of MCLGA.

MCLGA are working with the Junior Tour Scotland and the Stephen Gallagher Foundation to provide an enhanced fixture list for MCLGA juniors. This will incorporate current Spring and Autumn competitions.

Both organisations have their own membership criteria and MCLGA juniors are encouraged to sign up for their 2025 seasons. The respective websites have published their events for 2025:

· Junior Tour Scotland (JTS) website   Stephen Gallagher Foundation (SGF) website

ORDER OF MERIT POINTS

All events run by the tours where any junior may enter, and play is over a minimum of 18 holes, will be an eligible event for the MCLGA Scratch Order of Merit (OoM). For the avoidance of doubt, this excludes the final for both tours which is only open to the highest ranked players in the season.

All MCLGA participants will receive a minimum of 10 points for completing 18 holes in an event, with additional points being issued to players in order of their final MCLGA ranking in the event.

The MCLGA ranking for additional OoM points will be made on the final placings of the event after all rounds are completed, as detailed below

Where an event is held over more than 1 round, the first round will be the counting round for any co-sanctioned MCLGA stroke play competition. The minimum 10 pts will be received for completing the first round irrespective of what happens in rounds 2 and 3.

Points for Tour events that are not co-sanctioned MCLGA events, will only be given for placings in the top half of the event. For example, if there are 12 players, points will be allocated for top 6 placings. Where events have an odd number participating, the “top” half will be the smaller number e.g. 11 entries, points will be awarded for a top 5 placing only.

At the end of the season, each player will be placed in the MCLGA Junior OoM by adding together their points for the Spring and Autumn meeting and their best other event from any of the eligible events. Should the OoM scores then be tied, the tied players will be jointly ranked, including joint winners of the OoM.

SPRING MEETING

In 2025 the chosen event for the Spring Championship trophy is SGF – Dunbar Sunday 20th April.

The winner of the Fraser Trophy will be the best scratch score of the day for a MCLGA junior. The winner of the Macpherson Trophy will be the best net score of the day for a MCLGA junior. The usual MCLGA count back rules will be applied for any ties.

AUTUMN MEETING AND CHAMPIONSHIP - sadly not competed for in 2025 due to no handicap players entering the chsoen event. -SGF  – Kingsknowe Sunday 7th September.

·Hopefully the event will be held in 2026 where the winner of the Brown Trophy and MCLGA Junior Champion of the Year will be the best scratch score of the day for a MCLGA junior, and the winner of the Marshall Trophy will be the best net score of the day for a MCLGA junior. Again, the usual MCLGA count back rules will be applied for any ties.