Lothians Order of Merit

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The review of competitions in 2015 brought in some changes to the Men's Order of Merit. Following feedback from the players the Selection Committee incorporated some further modifications for 2017 including separating out the points awarded for good performance at national level. 

The overall Order of Merit will involve our programme of 13 events throughout the summer (including the Lothians Amateur Championship at Duddingston GC).  A separate table for points awarded at national level will be displayed based on the points awarded by the SGL. (eg: Scottish Golf Limited, England Golf etc.) See the Lothians OOM events on the fixture list on the Home tab of the website.

The history of the OOM and a list of the winners can be seen by clicking the 'History' heading at the bottom of the list at the left hand side of this page.

The first event in the Lothians 2025 schedule is the Open Scratch competition at Longniddry Golf Club on 3  May 2025, the table below provides all dates and venues for 2025

2025

The Leaderboards and full Results for the local OOM will be seen by clicking the tabs on the left of this page after the first event.

Please treat these dates as provisional as at 20.01.25.   Players should check the host clubs website to ensure they receive up to date information. 

Counting Events

The events on the schedule above will count towards the 2024 Lothians Golf Association Men's Order of Merit. Events fall into three categories as follows.

Category 1 (36 and 72 Hole Events)

Newbattle Open, Longniddry Open, Turnhouse Open, South East District, Lothian Amateur Championship (Qualifying), West Lothian Open, Duddingston Open. 

Category 2 (18 Hole Events)

Musselburgh Open, Uphall Open, Greenburn Open, Bathgate Open, Royal Musselburgh Open, Broomieknowe Open, Silverknowes Open. 

Category 3

Lothian Amateur Championship (Matchplay)

Qualification

To be eligible for inclusion, a player must: 

a) Be male and of amateur status as defined by R&A Rules.

b) Players must belong to a course-owning or affiliate member of the Association.

Final Placings

a) Eligible players will receive points relative to their final position/category in a nominated event.

b) All points collected by a player will form an aggregate and this total will determine their final placings.

c) In the event of a tie for first place, the title will be shared. 

d) Players finishing on the same score will receive a proportion of the points for the places. (Therefore two players finishing with the same score in 1st and 2nd place will receive the agrregate points for 1st and 2nd divided by 2. 

e) For events where there is a cut, players must make the cut to complete the tournament and receive points.

f) In the event os a 36 hole event being reduced to 18 holes, Category 2 points are awarded. 

National Order of Merit

The Lothians National Order of Merit will be extracted directly from the Scottish Order of Merit. You will find this by following this link.   https://scottishgolf.org/performance-homepage/

Prizes

Prize vouchers will be presented for at least the first two places in the 2024 main Order of Merit.  The OOM will provide a guide for the selection process.   

Trophy presented in memory of Ian Dunlop by his colleagues on the Executive