The Nova Scotia Golf Association

The 2009 Nova Scotia Player of the Year

2009 Player of the Year Results

Men's Results

Women's Results

Junior Boy's Results

Junior Girl's Results

Mission Statement

The Player of the Year (POY) is a ranking system that awards points to players from their finishes in various tournaments throughout the golfing year. It is designed to promote the development of golfers in Nova Scotia through a ranking system based on their competitive accomplishments. Thus providing players with a means to grade their development relative to their peers. Player of the Year information can be used for building resumes and portfolios.

Eligibility
To be eligible for the POY, players must be amateur golfers as defined by the Rules of Golf, be a member in good standing of the Nova Scotia Golf Association and play in at least one identified Nova Scotia POY event each year.

Juniors are not able to accumulate junior point in amateur or amateur point for junior events. If they receive point in an amateur event they credit towards their amateur standing.

Process for Calculating Points

The NSGA office staff is responsible for calculating points for each player who has earned points. To find out what events are used and their point values, go to the "POY Point Chart" on the website.

the POY Point Chart

Club level tournaments such as invitationals and club championships.

1^st	50	6^th	25
2^nd	45	7^th	20
3^rd	40	8^th	15
4^th	35	9^th	10
5^th	30	10^th	5

Provincial Championships.

1^st	100	6^th	50
2^nd	90	7^th	40
3^rd	80	8^th	30
4^th	70	9^th	20
5^th	60	10^th	10

POY Result Spreadsheets will be posted on the website and ranked from highest to lowest. These spreadsheets will be updated regularly throughout the season with the final update at the end of September. Deadline for 2009 Player of the Points is September 30, 2009. Any events played after this date will be counted for the following season (2010).

Maximum 10 events per player

To prevent a player from accumulating a distorted number of points due to the number of tournaments played, the associated costs incurred, and recognizing the need for scheduling breaks to avoid burnout; the total points recorded will count a maximum of 10 events in which the player earns the most points.

Tie Breaking Procedure

In the event of a tie the players will receive the amount allocated based on their finish. For example if there was a 3 way tie for 8^th spot in the Women’s Amateur, each competitor will be awarded 30 points, however 9^th and 10^th points will not awarded.

NSGA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Awards are given to the top ranking male and female amateur and male and female junior.

What tournaments are eligiable for the Nova Scotia Order of Merit?

Any club invitational

Any club championship

NSGA provincial championship (amateur and junior)

The Nova Scotia Golf Provincial Player Development Committee reviews the relative weighting of tournament events and the points awarded to each tournament. The POY is revised where necessary at that time (off-season/winter) for the following year.