Athlete Assistance

Announcement of Final List of Ontario Card Nominations and Appeal Procedures

 

2019-2020 Quest for Gold – Ontario Athlete Assistance Program

 

Final List of Ontario Card Nominations Announced!

 

Golf Ontario is pleased to announce a final list of athletes and alternates who have been nominated for Ontario Cards under the 2019-2020 Quest for Gold - Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP). The athletes nominated were selected using the sport specific selection criteria developed by Golf Ontario and applied by (the) Selection Committee.

 

Nominated Athletes:

Thomas Latter

Jeffrey Fang

Ashton McCullogh

Sarah Gallagher

Alexis McMurray

Katie Cranston

 

Alternates:

Luke DelGobbo

Peter Blazevic

Nicole Gal

Ella Weber

 

 

ATHLETE SELECTION CRITERIA

 

Eligibility (Criteria)

 

  • Be a member of 2019/2020 Team Ontario program or 2019/2020 Golf Canada National Development Team
  • Be a member in good standing with Golf Ontario
  • Not be subject to any disciplinary process or sanctions by Golf Ontario
  • Have unquestioned status as an amateur golfer
  • Adhere to the Golf Ontario Code of Conduct
  • Be a permanent resident of Ontario - residency is defined as having a primary residence in Ontario and having a valid OHIP card
  • Be a Canadian citizen and hold a Canadian passport
  • Be under 19 years of age as of August 1, 2020
  • Scoring average from 2019 competition results
  • Scoring differential from 2019 competition results
  • Head to head results from 2019 competition rounds
  • 2019 Golf Ontario Junior Order of Merit ranking
  • 2019 Golf Ontario Juvenile Order of Merit ranking
  • 2019 Golf Ontario Bantam Order of Merit ranking
  • 2019 Golf Ontario Amateur Order of Merit ranking
  • 2019 Golf Canada Junior Order of Merit
  • 2019 Golf Canada Amateur Order of Merit
  • 2019 Trackman and Flight Scope data
  • 2019 National Testing Protocol Data
  • Work ethic, behaviour (on and off course), and team compatibility
  • Golf Ontario tracking and monitoring evaluations
  • Performance trends
  • Projected ability and athlete desire to achieve high performance benchmarks
  • Athletes coachability

 

Eligible Events (2019)

 

  • Ontario Spring Classic
  • Future Links, Presented by Acura Championships
    • Ontario
    • Quebec
    • British Columbia
    • Atlantic
    • Prairie
  • Ontario Junior Championship
  • Ontario Juvenile Championship
  • Ontario Junior Match-play Championship
  • Ontario Amateur Championship
  • Canadian Junior Championship
  • Canadian Amateur Championship
  • USGA Junior and Amateur Championships
  • Woman’s Porter Cup
  • AJGA Competitions - invitational, open, and all-star
  • MJT and CJGA National and Invitational Competitions
  • International Junior Master’s

 

The ranking of eligible Quest for Gold athletes will be based on an equal consideration of the following performance indicators;

  • Golf Canada 2019 Junior Ranking as of August 31, 2019
  • Golf Ontario 2019 Junior Ranking as of August 31, 2019
  • 2019 Head-to-Head ranking of eligible players
  • 2019 Scoring Average Ranking of eligible players from eligible events
  • 2019 Scoring Differential Ranking of eligible players based on the difference between the eligible players and the winning score of eligible events

 

Breaking a Tie:

 

If there is a tie in the final score between 2 athletes, the Selection Committee will compare the head to head results of the two athletes when playing in the same events.   In the event of a continued tie, the tie will be broken based on head to head results in the following priority order:

 

  1. Golf Canada National Junior Championships
  2. Golf Ontario Provincial Junior Championships