Greetings Head Pros and A-Team Captains!
A-Team is almost upon us.
There are links for the entry form and rules for the 2021 Northern Virginia Golf Association A-Team matches at the bottom of this post.
2020 Captains, if you are no longer the Captain please notify me and forward to your 2021 Captain and/or secondary contact. Head Pro’s, please forward to your assistant/s if you are not coordinating on behalf of your club. Please promptly identify these new contacts with an accurate e-mail address and cell number.
Schedules will not be determined until shortly after entries close on February 26th. Please enter as early as possible.
Also, if you are not going to enter a team, and you are aware of this now, please let me know as soon as possible.
Bracket Play matches are scheduled for March 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th. We are also going to make Saturday April 3rd available for make-ups if needed. There will not be any matches initially scheduled for this date. As we all know weather can be a heavy factor in bracket play. It is my goal to balance the schedule over the three weekends as practically as possible, that will allow for rescheduling, if necessary. Depending on the number of entries, it is also my goal to form 4 team brackets which will result in 3 matches per team, however, it is possible that we end up with one or two 3 or 5 team brackets. If any team is strongly opposed to this, please let me know as it has a profound effect on scheduling.
Assuming we can get bracket play completed by April 3rd, the play-offs will commence April 10th (quarters), April 11th (semis), and the finals on April 17th.
As in the past, please limit dates that your course is unavailable to one. Also, please be aware that we should continue to do our best to adhere to certain minimum standards with regard to course conditions for our matches. This time of year can bring about some questionable course conditions as a result of off-season course construction and/or extensive preseason course maintenance. Please be cognizant of these standards when deciding whether or not to enter your club for this competition.
If have any questions, please e-mail me at markv@novagolf.org.
We look forward to your participation in the 2021 A-Team matches!
2021 NVGA A-Team Information & Rules
Mark Vandegrift
Northern Virginia Golf Association
A-Team Commissioner
703-431-8031