Since the implementation of the World Handicap System (WHS), consensus at golf clubs across the country is that it’s harder for lower handicap golfers to win nett events. Most clubs only have a handful of scratch tournaments each season meaning many low or plus digit players don’t have a huge amount of organised golf at their home club in which they feel they can be competitive. This sentiment was an inspiration for the Elite Amateur Golf League (EAGL).
The founders of the Elite Amateur Golf Group (EAGG) wanted to create a vehicle to bring clubs and scratch golfers together through a forward-thinking, season-long, scratch golf competition. Over four years, the EAGL has grown from 24 to 160 teams from the southern half of England and it features well known entrants like Woburn, Hindhead, Bearwood Lakes, The London Club and Liphook.
Last year’s winners, at the finals held at Hollinwell Golf Course in Nottingham, were Rowlands Castle.
The event, currently sponsored by TaylorMade and Motocaddy, starts in March and follows a Champion’s League style format with 32 mini leagues of five teams being played out between March and August.
The top two teams from each mini league enter a knockout phase of the competition, where 64 teams battle it out for one trophy. The competition culminates in a complimentary finals day in November, where the champion team will lift the coveted Elite Amateur Golf League Trophy.
Why Would Your Club Enter The League?
There’s great camaraderie in the Elite Amateur Golf League
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It’s a chance to be part of the biggest and most competitive scratch golf league in the UK and to compete against top clubs for big prizes.
It offers your club’s elite amateur players competitive opportunities through the season and provides a chance to shine a light on the quality of the players at your club.
There’s also the chance to create new golfing relationships between clubs and give your club’s players a taste of top-level amateur golf, inspiring them to play in further events.
What Is the Aim of the League?
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The primary aim of the league is to foster friendship and camaraderie within the healthy confines of competitive scratch golf.
It’s an inter club cross-county team event with 32 groups of five teams – Groups are organised so journey times are a maximum of 45 minutes between clubs where possible.
Entrants will play two home and two away matches between March and August, with prizes to be won throughout…
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