| Information for 2024 MVTI |
| Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
| Location: Sugar Valley Golf Club |
| Entry Fee: $1200 per team ($150 Per Player, billed to each Club) |
| Numbers of Players Per Team: Eight (8) - 4 Play Front and 4 Play Back each shotgun. |
| Entry Includes: 27 Holes of Golf, Cart, Practice Balls, Boxed Lunch, Beverages, Hors d'oeuvres after play, and Certificates for Winning Team. |
| Entry Fee Does Not Include: Breakfast or Alcoholic Beverages |
| Teams Committed: Dayton, Walnut Grove, Sugar Valley, NCR, Sycamore Creek, Troy, Springfield, CC of the North, Piqua |
| Schedule for Day |
| 8:30AM - Practice Area's Open |
| 9:20AM - Team Photos |
| 9:45AM - Opening Remarks |
| 10am - Shotgun 1 - Format - Four Ball (Better Ball) |
| 12:30pm - Boxed Lunch |
| 1pm - Shotgun 2 - Format - Foursomes* (Alternate Shot) |
| Special Note: In Foursomes (Alternate Shot), one team member will tee off on the odd numbered holes, while the other team member will tee of on the even holes. In Foursome Competition, penalty strokes do not affect the order of play. |
| SPECIAL Rule: No Team Member can play the same nine holes three (3) times. |
| 3pm - Shotgun 3 - Individual Stroke Play (Singles) |
| All formats of Play are Stroke Play and the event is played as a Gross Competition. |
| Scoring |
| The best 3 of 4 team scores in the Better Ball and Alternate Shot, and the best 6 of the 8 Singles Score will be used. |
| Team Make Up |
| Each club team may have one Professional Golfer employed by or affiliated with a club's team for each format of play. |
| Each team may substitute a player(s) or adjust team's roster anytime before each format of play. |
No Team Member Can Play the Same Nine Holes Three (3) Times |
| Eligibility |
| The Miami Valley Team Invitational is open to all recognized Clubs residing within the Miami Valley Golf Association's Territory. |
| IN CASE OF TIE |
| If a Tie Exists with the defending championship club they maintain the title. If it is between non-defending clubs and weather and light allow, a sudden victory Foursome (Alternate Shot) playoff will occur between two (2) club chosen players of each tied team. |
| If weather and light do not allow or the playoff cannot be completed before darkness the tied teams 7th score from Singles will be used to break the tie. If a tie still exists, then the 8th score from Singles, then the 4th score from Foursomes, then the 4th score from Fourball. If a tie still exists a coin toss will determine the championship club. |
| Decisions on the Playoff Procedure shall be at the sole discretion of the Head Tournament Official and any MVGA Tournament Committee Members that are present, not involved with the playoff. |
