FORMAT:                         

  • 3 Day Tournament, Five 9-hole matches (best ball). Two matches on Fri & Sat, one 9-hole match on Sunday.  
  • Handicaps: 90% of course handicap – Max of 36 course handicap
  • Members use tournament handicaps and play from their tournament tees
  • Guest will use current USGA handicap index subject to review and approval by the handicap committee.
  • Mixed Tees Flights - Guest HCP and tee assignments will be made by the Handicap Committee for equitable and fair competition 
  • 6 Teams per flight (16 flights).  Play each team once over 5 rounds. 
  • Wheeled off lowest handicap within the foursome for each of the 5 rounds. 
  • Each 9-hole round to be played for 9 points.   1 POINT FOR WIN, ½ FOR TIE, 0 FOR HOLE LOSS.  Total points accumulate over all 5 rounds for total points scored.  
  • Holes are won with lowest net score, best ball for the team. 
  • If you start your round on the front 9, you’ll stay on the front 9 regardless of starting position.  Example: You start your round on hole 5, you’ll finish your round on hole 4.  Same for teams starting on the back; start on 13, you end on 12.  If you start on the front in the am, you’ll play the back in the pm.
  • All golfers must ride a cart to speed up play

 

SHOOTOUT:

  • 1st and 2nd place teams in each flight qualify for a 3-hole shootout after finish of play Sunday and after a buffet lunch.
  • Foursomes - Alternate Shot Format will be played.  No player on team will tee off 2 times in a row, scotch from there.
  • Handicap - 50% TEAM HCP and the teams will play the tees they did in the tournament.
  • Preliminary Shootout
    • Flights 1-4:    Holes #11,12,14
    • Flights 5-8:    Holes #18,11,12
    • Flights 9-12:  Holes #14,15,16
    • Flights 13-16: Holes #16,17,18 
    • 6 of the 8 teams from each group will be eliminated over three holes. 2 teams will be eliminated on each hole. A chip-off will be used to break ties. The remaining 2 teams go to Hole 16 for the Final Shootout.
  • Final Shootout
    • The final 8 teams from the 4 groups will play hole #16 and 4 more teams will be eliminated. 2 more teams will be eliminated on hole #17. Once again, ties will be broken with a chip-off.
    • 3rd place will be awarded to the team that is eliminated with the lower score on hole #17. If two teams are eliminated with the same score, 3rd place will be determined by a chip-off.
    • The final 2 teams will go to 18 for the Member/Guest CHAMPION. Ties will play the hole again.

 

Handicap Strokes for the Shootout

 

50%   Handicap Stroke Allocation on Shootout Holes
TEAM Hole # >> 11 12 14 15 16 17 18
HDCP Hdcp # >> 14 2 4 12 10 8 6
<2                
2/3     1          
4/5     1 1        
6/7     1 1       1
8/9     1 1     1 1
10/11     1 1   1 1 1
12/13     1 1 1 1 1 1
14/15   1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16/17   1 1 1 1 1 1 1
18/19   1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20/21   1 2 1 1 1 1 1
22/23   1 2 2 1 1 1 1

 

 

Flight Winners

Flight winners will be determined by the highest point total over five 9-hole matches. In the event of any ties within a flight, the winner will be determined by:

  1. Head-to-head match result between two tied teams
  2. Accumulated points received in head-to-head matches of all teams tied
  3. Points versus the highest finishing team in the flight not in the tie
  4. Coin flip