Welcome to the 2019
IGA VANCOUVER GOLF TOUR
SPRING/SUMMER SCHEDULE
Welcome to 2019 Premier Amateur Membership on the VGT Spring/Summer Schedule. As a Premier Member of VGT you will be receiving some fantastic membership gifts this year thanks to some great partnerships with our sponsors:
- One (1) VGT Membership Card (use to save $$ on golf rounds at partner golf courses)
- One (1) VGT “Credit Card” Wallet
- One (1) Dozen SRIXON Z-Star or Z-Star XV Balls
- One (1) Pair of 2UNDR Men’s Briefs
- One (1) Premium Players Towel if you play in our opening event on March 18th
- One (1) Premium SRIXON, LINKSOUL or TRAVIS MATHEW hat (For First 50 paid memberships only)
- One (1) TSN 1040/1410 BC DISCOUNT GOLF CARD (For First 150 Amateurs paid memberships only)
- ONE (1) TSN 1040/1410 DISCOUNT GOLF CARD (Desert Edition) (For First 75 Amateurs paid memberships only)
- $50 MAUI JIM gift certificate to be used towards the purchase of any regular priced pair of Maui Jim sunglasses
- $50 BUSHNELL gift certificate to be used towards the purchase of any regular priced Bushnell rangefinder
- Two (2) Days FREE PARKING with PARK’N FLY YVR YVR (click on link regarding parking pass https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/1364706 )
- PREMIER MEMBER Pricing on the following brands (up to 30% off)
- SRIXON Clubs, Balls, Bags CLEVELAND Wedges
- BUSHNELL Rangefinders TRAVIS MATHEW Apparel
- MAUI JIM Sunglasses PROJEKT Luggage
- GALVIN GREEN Outerwear 2UNDR Premium briefs
- NEW BALANCE Golf Shoes LINKSOUL Golf Apparel
- SWING CADDIE launch monitors BIG MAX pushcarts/bags
- Preferred VGT Member pricing at Big Rock Golf & Pub at Indian Springs in Palm Springs ($15 off posted rates, 7 days/week) and a Free Beer with food purchase and All-day Happy Hour at Big Rock Pub
- Qualify for over $18,000 in Professional and Amateur Order of Merit Awards & Prizes including an Amateur PGA TOUR Fan Experience you won’t forget!! (includes one FREE FLIGHT and 2 weekly passes to watch a 2019-20 PGA TOUR event!!)
This year marks our 13th Anniversary of the VGT as well as IGA’s 13th Year as our Tour Title Sponsor!! We can’t thank IGA enough for allowing us to make such a complete schedule of events for our players. We owe it all to them and many of our partner sponsors!
We are extremely excited about this year’s schedule which pegs some exciting NEW events and Premier venues on our tour this year!
Your 2019 welcome gifts and VGT Membership Credentials will be available at our Opening Event on March18th – The Brad Garside Open, or at your first VGT event. If you aren’t going to play an event for a while, and require your membership credentials & member gifts sooner, please email heidi@vancouvergolftour.com to arrange for pick-up from our Burnaby office.
For the 6th straight year GOLF GENIUS has signed on as our Official Scoring Solutions Provider, and they have gone above and beyond to help customize their software to make your VGT Tournament registration experience very simple, even for those not tech savvy golfers!
FOR FIRST TIME 2019 VGT MEMBERSHIP LOG-IN:
Please log-in one of 2 ways:
EXISTING MEMBERS:
Use the temporary link GOLF GENIUS provides you in your welcome email (comes right after this email) or sign-out of the GOLF GENIUS App, and sign back in through the 2019 VGT league.
NEW MEMBERS:
Use your Email Address and temporary GOLF GENIUS password that is sent to you as follows:
Click: Http://MYVGT.COM
Click: “SIGN-IN
ENTER Your Email Address
Enter Temporary Password: xxxx
MEMBERSHIP PORTAL LOG-IN:
1. BY SMARTPHONE OR TABLET:
a. Download the FREE “GOLF GENIUS” APP:
i. ANDROID APP (CLICK HERE)
ii. iPHONE/IPAD APP (CLICK HERE)
b. Register with your username (email address) and password provided by GOLF GENIUS in your email
2. FROM YOUR PC:
a. Click http://MYVGT.COM
b. Click “SIGN-IN”
c. Enter your email address and password provided by Golf Genius
Once you are logged in, you can view all the events on our calendar and manage your schedule with ease.
TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION PROCESS:
- FROM GOLF GENIUS PLAYER APP:
- Sign-in to the APP with your email and password Golf Genius provided
- Click ‘2019 VGT’
- Click ‘Member Portal’
- Click ‘Tournaments’
- Click ‘Round Signup’
- Click ‘sign-up’ on event you want to register for
- Click ‘OK’ to confirm your registration
- Finalize registration by confirming your payment (see options below)
- FROM YOUR DESKTOP:
- Log-in at http://myvgt.com
- Click “2019 VGT Summer” tab
- Click “Sign-up” on event you wish to register
- Check and make sure the button is GREEN “you are signed up’
- Finalize your registration by confirming payment (see below)
CONFIRMING PAYMENT:
- Save $5-$10/entry by paying by E-TRANSFER: Send your payment to payments@vancouvergolftour.com
- Save $5-$10 if you pay cash or cheque at the event at least 1 hour prior to your tee-time (members only)
- Pay with credit card or paypal through the VGT tournament payment page (http://vancouvergolftour.com/payment/)
UN-REGISTERING
To un-register, click ‘Cancel Sign-up’ or ‘Cannot Play’ and Click ‘OK’ before the registration deadline to late withdrawal avoid penalties (usually 72 hours in advance). Check you are confirmed on the players' list for all VGT ‘in-house’ events
- Click Tournaments
- Click the event you are playing
- Click Tee-times / Player List
- OR go to the website: http://vancouvergolftour.com
- Click “Tee-times”
- Select the tournament you registered for
- (Player’s lists for partner events such as the Golden Ears and Chilliwack Open are also found here but may not be ‘live’ and so players should contact the host course for player’s lists.)
- Follow any VGT tournament (scores, stats) on your phone LIVE from the APP
- Review past tournament results & analyze personal statistics
- Track player of the year points and most improved player by handicap
- BE SOCIAL! Connect with your fellow members, arrange tee-times/matches and post pictures and make comments…Nice Comments!
For more information on VGT's membership area within Golf Genius, please feel free to contact us directly at info@vancouvergolftour.com.
All of our events can be found on the tournament calendar and will be open for registration through the member’s area usually 8-10 weeks prior to the event.
From all of us at VGT, welcome to our 13th Annual Season and another great year of LIVE LEADERBOARDS and Interactive Member’s Area to register for VGT events throughout the year!!
We hope you enjoy the experience!!
Sincerely,
Helen Simpson,
Head of VGT Player Communications