RIGA Player of the Year Points System
State Amateur		John P. Burke Memorial
July 6-10		(Gross Division Only)
Wannamoisett CC		May 17-18
Winner	300	Warwick/Wanumetonomy
Runner-up	175	Winner	170
Semi-Finalist	120	2nd	110
Quarter-Finalist	90	3rd	100
Winner of 1 Match	70	4th	95
Qualifier for Match Play	50	5th	90
		6th	85
Stroke Play Qualifying		7th	80
(Amateur Proper Only)		8th	75
Medalist	40	9th	70
2nd	37	10th	65
3rd	34	11th	60
4th	31	12th	55
5th	28	13th	50
6th	25	14th	45
7th	22	15th	40
8th	19	16th	35
9th	16	17th	30
10th	13	18th	25
Rhode Island Open		19th	20
July 28-29		20th	15
Quidnesset CC		21st - 30th	10
Winner	350	31st - 40th	5
2nd	300	Four-Ball Championship
3rd	250	June 1-2
4th	225	Crestwood CC/ Ledgemont CC
5th	200	Winner	35 each
6th	190	2nd	25 each
7th	180	3rd	15 each
8th	170	4th	10 each
9th	160	5th - 10th	5 each
10th	150	Stroke Play Championship
11th	145	August 2-3
12th	140	Agawam Hunt
13th	135	Winner	250
14th	130	2nd	150
15th	125	3rd	135
16th	120	4th	125
17th	115	5th	120
18th	110	6th	115
19th	105	7th	110
20th	100	8th	100
21st	95	9th	95
22nd	90	10th	90
23rd	85	11th	85
24th	80	12th	80
25th	75	13th	75
26th - 40th	50	14th	70
41st & Higher	30	15th	65
Mid-Amateur Championship		16th	60
September 7-8		17th	55
Newport National GC		18th	50
Winner	170	19th	45
2nd	110	20th	40
3rd	100	21st & Higher	20
4th	95	Senior Amateur Championship
5th	90	September 27-28
6th	85	Rhode Island CC
7th	80	Winner	50
8th	75	2nd	35
9th	70	3rd	25
10th	65	RI Public Links
11th	60	July 2-3
12th	55	Cranston CC/Triggs Memorial GC
13th	50	Winner  90      8th     40      15th	5
14th	45	2nd        70      9th    35      16th	5
15th	40	3rd         65     10th   30      17th	5
16th	35	4th         60     11th   25      18th	5
17th	30	5th         55     12th   20      19th	5
18th	25	6th         50     13th   15      20th	5
19th	20	7th         45     14th   10
20th	15	Par 3 Championship
21st - 30th	10	TBD
31st - 40th	5	Firefly GC
Mulligan Inter-Club		Winner	35
September 29		2nd	30
Kirkbrae CC		3rd	25
Winner	25	4th	20
2nd	15	5th	15
3rd	10	6th	10
NEGA Amateur		7th - 10th	5
July 20-22		USGA Open
The Course at Yale (CT)		June 17-20
Winner	275	Pebble Beach Golf Links (CA)
2nd	225	Proper Qualifier	200
3rd	175	Sectional Qualifier	75
4th	150	USGA Amateur
5th	130	August 23-29
6th	120	Chambers Bay (CA)
7th	110	Match Play	150
8th	105	Proper Qualifier	75
9th	100
10th	95	Alternates/Top Finishers @ Sectional
11th - 25th	90…25	1st Alternate	50
26th & Higher	20	2nd Alternate	45
NEGA Senior Amateur		3rd Alternate	40
September 21-22		4th Alternate	35
Pawtucket CC (RI)		5th Alternate	30
Winner	100	USGA Mid-Amateur
2nd	80	September 25-30
3rd	70	Atlantic Golf Club (NY)
4th	60	Match Play	100
5th	50	Proper Qualifier	50
6th	45	USGA Amateur Public Links
7th	40	July 12-17
8th	35	Bryan Park Golf Center (NC)
9th	30	Match Play	100
10th	25	Proper Qualifier	50
New England State Open's		USGA Senior Amateur
Top 25 Finishers Only		October 2-7
(Same Points as RI Open)		Lake Nona G&CC (FL)
State Amateur Exemptions		Match Play	150
Past Champions		Proper Qualifier	75
10 Years		Other than USGA Championships, points will not be awarded for other national Amateur events. Points for advancing further in USGA competitions (or other applicable USGA competitions not listed here) may be furnished upon request, after consideration by the Committee.
Match Play Qualifiers
Previous State Amateur
Low Amateur
Previous State Open
Stroke Play Champion
5 Years
Mid-Amateur Champion
3 Years
John P. Burke Memorial Champion
3 Years
(Gross Division Only)
Senior Amateur Champion
1 Year
Junior Amateur Champion
1 Year
RIIL High School Champion
1 Year
Challenge Cup POY Champion
Previous Year
(Only if Rhode Island Resident)
Top 30 Players & Ties
Previous Year's POY Rankings

RIGA Senior Player of the Year Points System
All points accumulated from the RIGA Player of the Year will count towards the RIGA Senior Player of the Year except for the following events: USGA Senior Open, USGA Senior Amateur, NEGA Senior Amateur, RIGA Senior Amateur, and the Ed Perry Senior Four-Ball
The Above listed Senior events' point allocations will remain the same with respect to the Player of the Year.
However, the above listed Senior events will have their own point allocations that will count towards the RIGA Senior Player of the Year point totals and are as stated below.
Points will be awarded for GROSS events only.
Ed Perry Senior Four-Ball Championship		RIGA Senior Amateur Championship
June 14-15		September 27-28
Point Judith CC		Rhode Island CC
Winner	35 each	Winner	150
2nd	25 each	2nd	95
3rd	15 each	3rd	90
4th	10 each	4th	85
5th	5 each	5th	80
NEGA Senior Amateur		6th	75
September 21-22		7th	70
Pawtucket CC (RI)		8th	65
Winner	275	9th	60
2nd	225	10th	55
3rd	175	11th	50
4th	150	12th	45
5th	130	13th	40
6th	120	14th	35
7th	110	15th	30
8th	105	16th	25
9th	100	17th	20
10th	95	18th	15
11th	90	19th	10
12th	85	20th	5
13th	80	USGA Senior Amateur
14th	75	October 2-7
15th	70	Lake Nona G&CC (FL)
16th	65	Match Play	150
17th	60	Proper Qualifier	75
18th	55
19th	50	Alternates/Top Finishers @ Sectional
20th	45	1st Alternate	50
21st	40	2nd Alternate	45
22nd	35	3rd Alternate	40
23rd	30	4th Alternate	35
24th	25	5th Alternate	30
25th	20	Other than USGA Championships, points will not be awarded for other national Amateur events. Points for advancing further in USGA competitions (or other applicable USGA competitions not listed here) may be furnished upon request, after consideration by the Committee.
USGA Senior Open
July 29- August 1
Sahalee CC (WA)
Make 36 Hole Cut at Championship Proper	250
Qualify for Championship  Proper	100
1st Alternate	70
2nd Alternate	65
3rd Alternate	60
4th Alternate	55
5th Alternate	50