The Medal & Trophy Winners Shield is the premier Men's event to mark the end of the summer golfing season. It is also the final event contributing
to the Order of Merit. In order to play in the event, you need to qualify in the preceding year through one or more of several routes:
- any winner of either division in medals and mid-week medals (up to and including October)
- any winner of a men's singles or doubles competition including
Captain's Shoot-Out, Vice Captains shoot-out, first class shoot-out,
winter and summer K/Os winner of the Club Championship (net and gross).
- the highest place man in any mixed singles trophy
- the top 10 in the Order or Merit following the Oct medal (after points have been awarded to summer singles and doubles KOs)
- the holder of the Medal & Trophy Winner's Shield
Below are the final qualifiers for the 2017 event:
| Black, J |
1st Class Shoot-Out, Dec Medal Div 1, Barn
Trophy, June medal Div 1, Oct medal |
| Black, P |
Sprayavia |
| Bonnett, S |
Feb medal Div 1, March m/w medal, April m/w
medal Div 1, Spitfire Salver |
| Carse, B |
Grange Trophy |
| Chisholm, J |
Jan medal |
| Clifton, T |
Holder, Linton Trophy |
| Coulson, M |
Feb medal Div 2 |
| Edge, C |
Oct m/w medal |
| Gaillard, M |
Spitfire Salver |
| Handscombe, G |
Hallmark Trophy, Club Champ (gross and nett),
Summer pairs KO, Summer singles KO |
| Jackson, P |
Lakeside, 3 Counties Plate |
| Jones, D |
May m/w medal Div 1, Sept medal |
| King, S |
Captain's Shoot-Out, Summer pairs KO |
| Knobel-Forbes, M |
April medal Div 1, July medal Div 1, Blenheim Bowl |
| Lane, M |
Ian Waters, April m/w medal Div 2, May m/w
medal Div 2, Aug m/w medal |
| Leigh, T |
Nick Willys |
| Masters, D |
Barn Trophy |
| Nunn, B |
Aug medal, Masters |
| Redgewell, M |
Nov medal Div 1, July m/w medal Div 2 |
| Rodham, J |
Secretary's Salver, June m/w medal |
| Smith, R |
Sept m/w medal |
| Smith, S |
Dec Medal Div 2, March medal |
| Tomkins, D |
May medal, Blenheim Bowl, Lucy Godfrey
Memorial Trophy, Granta Rummer |
| Thompson, G |
April medal Div 2, July medal Div 2 |
| Watts, D |
Ian Waters |
| Woods, T |
July m/w medal Div 1 |