One of the hallmarks of the Illinois Open Series is our consistency from event to event. With each tournament being run the same as the last, players know what to expect when they decide to play in one of our events.
Divisions
Our A-tier events have rounds spanning multiple days. The other events are one day events with two rounds. If two days are listed for the weekend, then they are split day events with some divisions playing on Saturday and the others playing on Sunday. Please see the specific event for details.
A note on amateur division names: The IOS team feels that the traditional division names (Advanced/Intermediate/Recreational/Novice) can be misleading. We will instead refer to them as AM I, AM II, AM III, and AM IV. See the FAQ page for more info.
Entry Fees
B and C/B tier events:
Pro – $62
Am – $48
PDGA membership is required for all events
Registration for hole sponsors will open in February. General registration will open March 4.
Pass through fees for all B-tiers: PDGA-$4, TD-$4.
A-tiers
See the specific event for entry fee details
Optional Items
Participation in the Ace Pot and cash CTPs is optional.
$3 Ace Pot
$7 50/50 Cash CTP – Proceeds go towards series trophies and added cash at a future IOS event
Trophies
Trophies will be made for the following divisions as long as there is at least one player registered two weeks before the event: MPO, MP40, MP50, FPO, MA1, MA2, MA3, MA4, FA1, FA2, FA3, FA4, MA40, MA50, MA60, MA65. Second and third place trophies may be made depending on division size.
No trophies are planned for these divisions: FP40, FP50, FA40, FA50, FA60, FA65. We encourage women who qualify to compete in an age based division to choose one of divisions we offer for women: e.g FA1, FA2, FA3, FA4 (or any of the other mixed gender divisions)
Schedule
The following is the normal schedule for a two rounds in a day shotgun event.
7:30am-8:30am Check-in at the course
8:45am – Players meeting
9:00am – First round
Hour break for lunch
Hour after last card from first round – Second round.
15 minutes after last card from second round – Prizes/Awards
The lunch break will end approximately 1 hour from the last card being turned in. Don’t be late. We will get started on time. Second round times will be in the PDGA digital scorecard once it has been set.
Check-in is required. If you are late for check-in, there is a chance that you will be removed from the tournament. If you are running late, please contact another player that can let us know your status. During checkin we are busy taking care of the players who are present and often will ignore our phones during that time.