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