WGC: The World Golfers Championship

For more than a decade WGC has inspired amateur golfers from around the world to take on the challenge of competing within their own skill levels and receiving the same status as the professionals and elite do.

WGC gives amateurs the experience the proud feeling of representing their country in a world championship final, individually as well as in a team.

The tournament begins as a national championship in countries around the world, where winners from five handicap flights comes together and represents their nation as a team and individually within their flights. If a flight winner cannot participate, the runner-up takes his/her place.

National teams from around the world challenge each other for the World Team Champion title, as well as the title within their flight.

• Format and rules
• Information about WGI (the Invitational)

WGC facts

Some interesting facts about World Golfers Championship:

• WGC was founded 1995
   
• Arnold Palmer is WGC’s Tournament Patron and Severiano Ballesteros is Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Board
   
• WGC world final is played over 72 holes (like professional PGA tournaments)
   
• WGC complies with USGA and R&A amateur rules 4:2 (ii) as a team event, consisting of one player in each of the following handicap categories: 0-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25
   
• WGC is the largest amateur championship involving thousands of golfers in over 40 countries
   
• WGC is the amateur golfers’ championship available to everyone with a registered hcp
   
• WGC is designed to give golfers of all skill levels the thrill and prestige of representing their country in a global championship golf event