The Senior Tour is comprised of five events from May to October. The
first event is a combination of the tour, and first round of the
Zone 4 Senior Championship. The low 60 gross scores from this event
who have entered the Championship advance to the second round.
(with a minimum of 10 from each of three age groups) The total gross
scores of the two rounds determines the Zone 4 Senior Amateur Champion
and the Zone 4 Team.
Originally only two Tour events run by The Interclub Golf Committee
(1913) were scheduled, however due to their popularity, by 1986,
three more tournaments were added. These events were hosted
on a rotating basis by the Private Clubs, with the June event becoming
the Zone 2 Senior Amateur Championship. All five events were added
to the BCGA Five Year Plan at that time, however in 1990 the BCGA
determined that only Tournaments Of Excellence would be included
in their plan.
In 1991 due to heavy play at the Private Clubs on weekends, the
Senior Tour events were moved to a Monday afternoon. In order to
create some revenue for the hosting Private Clubs, a banquet was
added following each event. This was only a temporary fix so a year
later the three summer events were moved to public courses.
In 2002 the Zone 4 Private Clubs agreed to host the
Zone 4 Senior Championship on a rotating 9 year schedule, but with
a restricted field of 60 players. This made it necessary to assign
the first Tour event as the Championship qualifying round.