Format and Rules for World Final

The tournament is played over 72 holes, stroke play, with hcp adjustments after each round, giving all a fair and equal opportunity to become a world champion, both in the team championship and individually within each flight.

The Championship and the Invitational

In order to let enthusiastic golf supporters participate in this event in a fair and exciting way, the world final is divided into two separate tournaments, the Championship and the Invitational.

The Championship

It begins with a national championship where players must qualify to represent their country in the national team, as well as individually within their handicap flight.

National Championships 5 flight winners		WGC World Final Five-person Team and Individual Championship in 5 hcp flights.

The Invitational

By invitation only. Here VIP:s, executives and their guests, sponsors and supporters, event organizers as well as golf federation representatives compete for an honorary world championship title.

Invited VIP's, Sponsors & Celebrities		World Golfers Invitational Two-person Team and Individual Championship in 6 hcp flights.

Flight Qualification Information

All players will play the world final in the handicap flights they qualified into.

Basically all players start the world final with their current exact handicap with the following exceptions:

A player who now has a lower handicap than the flight in the national qualification plays with his current handicap and a player who now has a higher handicap exceeding the border for the qualifying flight plays with the “highest handicap” for the qualifying flight. See Examples below.

A: Player qualifying in flight 2 (6-10) has now 4.3 will play the world final in flight 2 based on handicap 4.3 = 4.

B: Player qualifying in flight 3 (11-15) has now 16.1 will play the world final in flight 3 based on handicap 15.4 = 15.

Team and Individual

Both the Championship and Invitational have individual titles in each flight, as well as a team title.

The Championship combines the best five scores per day of the national team. The Invitational combines the total score of the two team members.

National flight winner becomes National Champion of their flight and gets to represent their National Team in the World Final, as well as individually within their flight. With 5 hcp flights in WGC and 6 flights in WGI everyone competes against others with equal skill level.

World Golfers Championship complies with the R&A amateur rules, clause 4-2(ii). (click here to see letter of approval)

Accredited Referees

World Golfers Championship and Invitational use accredited referees from golf federations during the world final, ensuring that the tournament is played under strict rules according to the rules of golf.

Team and Individual

The tournament is played both as a team event, as well as individually in handicap flights.

• The Championship
  5-person team and 5 hcp flights.
• The Invitational is
  2-person team and 6 hcp flights.

Handicap Flights:

0-5	6-10	11-15
16-20	21-25	26-30*
*Flight 26-30 only exists in the Invitational. Players with hcp 31 or more are welcome but enters tournament with hcp 30. Exact flights are: 0-5.4, 5.5-10.4, 10.5-11.4, etc.

Handicap Adjustment

To cope with the varying handicap rules from around the world, the tournament has handicap adjustments between all rounds.

Adjusted scores balance the game and evens out scores closer to par, creating a fair contest under equal conditions.

The adjustment is based on the players score against par, see handicap adjustment chart.

Equitable Stroke Control

Equitable Stroke Control sets a maximum number that a player can post on any hole.

Maximum strokes per hole = par + 5. If you are four over par on a hole, pick up the ball and write “par+5”.

Maximum Strokes:
Par 3 = 8, Par 4 = 9, Par 5 = 10