The Dirty Valley Golf Club

 

Welcome to the Dirty Valley Golf Club

Founded in 2016, the Dirty Valley Golf Club is a members only golf club. Based in the Central Valley Region of California, the golf club gets its’ name due to the heavy pollution that plagues our Central Valley. Hence the name Dirty Valley Golf Club. Check out our logo below. Notice the gas mask?

Our members come from the Hanford, Lemoore, Corcoran, Visalia, Tulare and Fresno areas. And our annual Tournaments of Champions Tour is played out at fifteen (15) golf courses throughout the San Joaquin Valley and Central Pacific Coast Region. Our Annual Tournaments of Champions Tour begins in February and ends in September,

Although currently an all men’s golf club, the Dirty Valley is open to men and women over the age of eighteen (18). To become a member, you will have to be voted in by at least 1/3 of our current golf membership.

How It All Works

COST and FEES
Membership is $75.00 annually, and is paid at the start of each Dirty Valley season. All memberships end on December 31st of each year. Your Dirty Valley membership also includes a membership to the Northern California Golf Association (NCGA). Cost is $75.00 if you’ve never had a handicap or your NCGA membership is over a year old.

A $15 entry fee for each tournament is required to play. These fees are used for medals, and cash prize challenges such as Low Par 3, Par 3 Poker, closest to the pin, or the Flag Hunter 33 Challenge.

Our club is a non-profit club. All monies are are spent on the club and its’ members. The people responsible for running the club generously donate their time to give our members the ultimate golf club experience.

You must be an approved (paid) member of the Dirty Valley Golf Club to participate in the tournaments and challenges.

THE DIRTY VALLEY GOLF TOUR
Once you are an approved member you will be invited to play on the Dirty Valley Golf Club Tour.  Like the PGA Tour, our DVGC Tour has pre-determined tournament dates for the entire year.  These tournaments occur every two weeks on average and usually work around holidays such as 4th of July and Memorial Day.

You are not required to play in every single tournament.  You can play in all, some, or simply just the tournaments you like during the Tour.

Every two weeks members are invited to play for the Dirty Valley Golf Club Cup (DVGC).  If members decide to accept the invitation, they must notify the DVGC by the registration deadline. They will then be added to the booking reservations that we do on the Saturday before the tournament.

YOU MUST BE CONFIRMED TO PARTICIPATE  –  NO EXCEPTIONS 
The tee times for our Tournament of Champions Tour are all booked at once and may have up to five foursomes.   If you miss the deadline, you are out until the next invitational tournament.

A minimum of three (3) members is required for a tournament.  If a tournament cannot attract three members.  That tournament will be cancelled and no points will be awarded for that week. This has happened only once since our inception in 2016.

The winner, based on the USGA handicap system, takes home our DVGC Champions Cup.  The winner retains possession of “the Cup” until the next tournament at which time the Cup must be made available.  Whether the winner is playing in the next invitational tournament or not. 

Failure to make the Cup available will be a 6 point penalty from the annual points totals of that player. Multiple violations may result in membership termination.

Points are totaled throughout the year based on the results of your order of finish in each tournament you decide to play in.  The member with the most points combined has their name engraved on the DVGC Champions Cup for that year.

The Dirty Valley Golf Club Scoring System or (How You Win Tournaments)

Stroke Play
The 2023 Dirty Valley Tour features stroke play tournaments.  Utilizing a USGA handicap.  You can establish one by obtaining an official USGA membership. If you join the Dirty Valley Golf Club (DVGC) you will automatically become a member of the Northern California Golf Association.

After each tournament point values are calculated and totaled to determine first through 5th place.  All participants who finish the round (tournament) will automatically receive 1 point.

Points winners are determined and assigned as shown below

1st  Place                 5 pts
2nd Place                4 pts
3rd Place                 3 pts
4th Place                 2 pts
5th Place                1.5 pts


***All players automatically receive one point for playing and completing the round.

Dirty Valley Golf Club Cup must be made available for all sanctioned tournaments.  Failure to bring it or make arrangements to have it at the next tournament will result in the following penalties:

LOSS OF 6 POINTS PER VIOLATION

 No Gimmes

We putt out everything at Dirty Valley Golf Tournaments. No exceptions – No gimmes. If you pick up your ball instead of putting out you will be assessed a 5 stroke penalty for every hole this occurs. Note: This will taken off your tournament score and not your handicap score.

No Call / No Show

This is a cardinal sin at Dirty Valley Golf. If you register to play in a tournament we expect you to show up and play. However, we do understand that life does get in the way of golfing sometimes. In other words, if you need to cancel, you must notify us no later than three (3) hours before the start of our tournament. Otherwise you will be classified as a No Call / No Show. This will result in a standings deduction of 2 points.

In addition, you may be required to prepay to participate in future events. If this behavior persists, you may ultimately be suspended or terminated from the DVGC.