Montgomery County/PA Amateur Championship

You can help by "giving back" to the less fortunate this year - just by playing good golf

Make every par-or-better you score this year - regardless of where, when or with whom you play count towards something truly memorable and meaningful. Last year, we heard Vijah Singh say - "I am donating $5,000 to St. Jude for every eagle I make this year. What are you doing?". Several GolfChamp Member Courses are providing all golfers regardless of skill level, location, or frequency of play with an opportunity to make every par-or-better hole they score this year also count towards something truly memorable and meaningful.

This year's membership fee is only $20. You will be playing for your home course team

As a Player your role entails:

•  Playing golf anywhere, anytime, with anyone and adding your scores to the GolfChamp Databank
•  Playing for Charity by celebrating your par-or-better holes through pledges
•  Playing for Fun and Prizes. Five or more scores are needed to qualify for prizes
•  Competing and enjoying friendly team camaraderie among your peers!

Participants select from the list of charities at registration. At the end of the Golf-a-thon, they write a check to the local chapter of the selected charity. The Charity returns a receipt for tax purposes. Players can solicit pledges from their peers, family, friends and sponsors. This year's goals include raising more than $2,000 for charity by December 31 and having a great time doing it!

Prizes/Awards That Individuals Can Win

• To be supplied - Most monies raised for Charity:


• To be supplied - GolfChamp Team Championship (Points OverQuota System)


• Next-in-line rule applies where a player already qualified or cannot attend championship
• Golf Ability Ranges (GAR), Age Group and Gender Trophies
• Low 70s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• High 70s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• Low 80s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• High 80s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• 90s: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• Over 100: Top 3 males and top 3 females based on age group and total of best 4 scores
• Age Groups are: 4-12, 13-18, 19-50, 51-60, 61-70, 71-80 and over 80 years old

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Benefiting Charities and Partner Organizations

The First Tee

The First Tee is a World Golf Foundation initiative dedicated to providing  young people of all backgrounds an opportunity to develop, through golf and character education, life-enhancing values such as honesty, integrity and sportsmanship. The intent is to offer opportunities for improvement in the quality of life and create a platform where children can increase their potential for success.

D.A.R.E Drug Abuse Resistance Education

This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.

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Contact Information

Contact Information

For questions throughout the year, contact ParsforCharity Info.

Email: peryerdj@parsforcharity.org
Fax: 610-539-5105

To add/captain a new team - Email: Add New Team

To add a new Partner/Organization - Email: Add New Partner

For registration issues - Email: Sign-Up/Join Issues?

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FAQ's

Details and FAQ regarding the 2009 GolfChamp ParsforCharity Challenge

Q: How do I raise money for the selected charities?
A:Two ways:
(1)  For each point earned, GolfChamp donates $.001 to the First Tee Of Suburban Philadelphia and $.001 to D.A.R.E on your behalf.
(2)  You pledge money yourself and solicit pledges from peers, friends, family, etc.
Based on Gross Scores for each hole played, points are:
•  Double Eagle = 16pts
•  Eagle = 8pts
•  Birdie = 4pt
•  Par = 2 pt
•  Net Par = 1pt

Q: Can I also pledge money per point and have friends and family sponsor me?
A: Yes! It is a golf-a-thon. It is an opportunity to celebrate all your pars-or-better scores and make them count towards something meaningful. We therefore encourage you to additionally pledge for yourself and solicit as many pledges as you can from friends, family and peers.

Q: What charity will my personal donations go to?
A: Your choice from a list of several charities. At registration, you select and notify us of your zip/postal code. At the end of the golf-a-thon, the ParsforCharity databank will notify you of how much you owe as well as the address of the local chapter of your selected charity where you should mail your check. You will be mailed a receipt for tax purposes.

Q: Is this a traditional, one day golf tournament?
A: No, the 2008 GolfChamp ParsforCharity Challenge runs from March 1st – December 31st. Every round you play, regardless of where, when or with whom you play count.

Q: Who is eligible to play?
A: All Golfers regardless of age, gender, location or golf ability!

Q: What is the competitive team structure?
A: Region, Course, Teams. The world has been divided into 23 regions - 11 of which are in USA. At registration, If you do not already have a team, the databank will ask you for a home course. This home course will be used to place you in a team with up to 23 other players from that same course.

Q: Can participants from clients/sponsors/leagues see how they rank against each other?
A: Yes! When a new team is formed, it captain can add sponsors/organizations/leagues to the databank. At registration, each participant identifies his/her organization. The GolfChamp databank ranks all individuals and teams against each other by organization/sponsor. This allows leagues from different locations within a company to organization (e.g. College Alumni) to compete against each other.

Q: Do I need a handicap?
A: No, players do not need to have an established handicap, everyone is welcome to join. The Pars for Charity database will calculate for you a Golf Ability Rating (GAR) based upon the scorecards you turn in. A GAR is very similar to that of the USGA Official Handicap.

Q: Do I need to have a team selected before I can play?
A: No, if you are not recruited by a specific team in your region, you will be assigned to a team in your region.

Q: Do I need to play with other team members for my scores to count?
A: No, players do not need to play with other team members for their round to count, but the score needs to be a full round (18 holes). It can also be the combination of two nine hole scores that was played within a ten day period

Q: Will anyone else be able to see my scores?
A: The top five score cards from each player will be available for viewing. This is to ensure the competitive nature of the SAP Americas Golf Challenge. However, the number of rounds that each player has played will be kept strictly confidential.

Q: What does the $25 registration fee cover?
A: Membership To Golfchamp Databank The $40 Fee will cover all administrative costs associated with SAP Americas Golf Challenge, including prizes, awards and keeping as many scores as you'd like to enter. It will also provide you additional access to Pars for Charity for 1 year - Jan 1 - Dec 31 to enable you to track all your cards and playing statistics.

•  You will be provided with a golfname and password for the GolfChamp databank upon receipt of your payment. To view and maintain your individual scores and data profile, access the Personal Databank . Upon entering, click on the "Members"  logo located on both the top and side menu bar and enter your golfname and password. Then, select any menu-item from your personalized menu bar.

Q: How do I enter my scores?
A: You can log on and enter your own card here  .

Q: How are team members ranked?
A: This is done automatically by The GolfChamp Databank once you have entered at least 5 scores. It uses a modified stableford system (often referred to as the Over Quota System).

1. You start each round with a number of quota points (or points to earn during your round). Your quota points is 36 less your Handicap/GAR which is calculated automatically for you by the GolfChamp databank once you have entered 5 or more scores
2. You are awarded points for each good hole you score during the round. You are awarded points: Bogey = 1, Par = 2, Birdie = 4, Eagle = 8 and Double-eagle 16. You lose 1 point for each Triple or worse
3. An overQuota value is calculated from the difference between your starting quota and points you earned during the round
4. The average of the best 4 of your last 9 overQuota scores (in date sequence) are used for ranking
5. Example:
   1. Your GAR/Handicap = 16
   2. Your Starting quota  = 36 - 16 = 20
   3. You made 5 bogies, 6 pars, 1 birdie and 2 triples during your round
   4. You were awarded (5 *1) + (6*2) + (1*4)-(2*1) = 19 points
   5. Your over quota for that round is -1. Note that even or over is the desired result 

Q: How are teams ranked?
A:  Teams are ranked against each other based on the average overQuota scores of their top 6 ranked players..

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Past Annual Golf-a-Thon Results

Over the past 5 years more than 163,000 holes of golf have been played by Greater Delaware Valley golfers with charitable contributions in excess of $112,000!

2007: Parents of kids, 4-12 years old, playing on the 2007 U.S. Kids Philadelphia North and South Golf tour donated over $2,000 to the Eye Tumor Research Foundation. One kid who was having a very bad golf day finally made a birdie on his last hole of play. He instantly loooked at his grand-dad who was caddying for him, issued a fist-pump, and said. "See Pop-Pop - That is $4 for Kyle and tomorrow, I am going to make it $8". His Grand-dad replied instantly - "You do that and I will make it $16. I am also sure that your Grand-ma will want to add something to the pot"

2007: For the fourth year in a row, SAP Americas provided its employees, clients and partners with an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy competitive fun and team camaraderie while generating $15,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross and over $10,000 to The First Tee based on the pars-or-better golf holes played by SAP NA employees, partners and clients. A team from Global Marketing - "The Atlanta Prime Time South" based in Atlanta, Georgia won the fund raising title by raising over $4,000.

2006: SAP celebrated it's third year of internal competitive fun and team camaraderie by generating $19,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross based on the good golf holes played by SAP NA employees. With the Ernie's Castaways from New York stealing the fund raising title away from the Dallas Drivers.

2005: We surpassed our $10K objective and finished with 103.5% of goal. We also had repeat team champions. Taylor-made golf team won the annual SAP Golf Challenge and Dallas Drivers won the year end Championship.

2004: The total charity funds in this phenomenal first year of this event totaled $8,500. And the Dallas Drivers started showing SAP what they had by placing first!

Over the past 4 years more than 78,000 holes of golf have been played by SAP employees with charitable contributions in excess of $57,000!

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Past Annual Golf-a-Thon Results

Over the past 5 years more than 356,000 holes of golf have been played by Greater Delaware Valley golfers with charitable contributions in excess of $170,000!

2007: Parents of kids, 4-12 years old, playing on the 2007 U.S. Kids Philadelphia North and South Golf tour donated over $2,000 to the Eye Tumor Research Foundation. One kid who was having a very bad golf day finally made a birdie on his last hole of play. He instantly loooked at his grand-dad who was caddying for him, issued a fist-pump, and said. "See Pop-Pop - That is $4 for Kyle and tomorrow, I am going to make it $8". His Grand-dad replied instantly - "You do that and I will make it $16. I am also sure that your Grand-ma will want to add something to the pot"

2008: SAP celebrated it's fifth year of competitive fun and team camaraderie for clients, employees and partners by generating a total of $58,000 in charitable revenue eight(8)different charities. SAP Calgary one from Alberta, Canada took home the team golf prize. Eight golfers based on individual funds raised won a week-end at the David Leadbetter golf Academy.

2007: For the fourth year in a row, SAP Americas provided its employees, clients and partners with an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy competitive fun and team camaraderie while generating $15,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross and over $10,000 to The First Tee based on the pars-or-better golf holes played by SAP NA employees, partners and clients. A team from Global Marketing - "The Atlanta Prime Time South" based in Atlanta, Georgia won the fund raising title by raising over $4,000.

2006: SAP celebrated it's third year of internal competitive fun and team camaraderie by generating $19,000 in charitable revenue for the American Red Cross based on the good golf holes played by SAP NA employees. With the Ernie's Castaways from New York stealing the fund raising title away from the Dallas Drivers.

2005: We surpassed our $10K objective and finished with 103.5% of goal. We also had repeat team champions. Taylor-made golf team won the annual SAP Golf Challenge and Dallas Drivers won the year end Championship.

2004: The total charity funds in this phenomenal first year of this event totaled $8,500. And the Dallas Drivers started showing SAP what they had by placing first!

Over the past 4 years more than 78,000 holes of golf have been played by SAP employees with charitable contributions in excess of $57,000!

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