Eligible tournaments in a given year include those which sustained a legitimate Open division the prior year. An Open event must have 3 or more competing players to be recognized.

• Regularly eligible tournaments are expected to include the Milwaukee Classic, Maverick Open, North Dakota State, Gopher Classic, Manitoba Open, Tallcorn, Northshore, Rudy Harris, and Minnesota State tournaments. This is reflected in the Elite Series logo.

For a player to be recognized, they must compete in the Open division of at least one Minnesota tournament.

Eligibility for proposed prize money (see Incentives tab):

• Men: participate in 2+ MN Opens OR 1 MN and 2+ non-MN Opens
• Women: participate in 2+ Opens, at least one being an MN Open
• In a given field, unranked Open participants and women who earn higher prizes in the other gender field are ineligible, regardless of number of tournaments played.