TwinCitiesGolf.com 2023 Summer Team Match Play Championship
To set up your match, contact your opposing team. You may play ANY mutually agreed upon course. Questions? Email Alex Malmgren at info@twincitiesgolf.com
Experience the excitement of team match play with the TwinCitiesGolf.com Team Match Play Championship hosted May through September, 2023. Sponsored by Gray Duck Spirits (vodka & seltzers)
How Does It Work?
**Note you must have an ACTIVE and VERIFIABLE (on www.GHIN.com) USGA handicap by MAY 10 to participate in the B Flight. If you do not have a verifiable GHIN by May 1, you will automatically be placed in the A flight. Why only GHIN? With hundreds of players, we can ONLY accept ONE official USGA handicap so that we can validate handicaps for flight placement. Need to get one or re-activate a GHIN? You can do so on www.TwinCitiesGolf.com
DETAILS
1. Format is 2-Person Teams playing team Best-Ball Match Play (individual stroke per player with lower of 2 scores being your “team” score). Scores are NOT handicap adjusted during the matches. Handicaps are used only to determine flights. Must register as a 2-Person Team. Maximum of 8 teams (16 golfers) per flight per division. Minimum of 2 matches per team.
2. The registration cost is $89(+tx) per TEAM and and includes:
Entry into the up to $5,000 prize purse*.
(2) $10 2nd Swing tournament card.
(2) free golf passes at Montgomery National GC valid Mon-Thurs anytime, Friday-Saturday-Sunday after 2:00PM ($100 value).
(1) hour of indoor golf simulator time at 24 Golf valid thru December 1, 2023 ($40 value).
Winning team of EACH division (A & B Flights) gets invite to our year-end TCG $1,000,000 Hole-in-One Shootout on October 7th.
NOTE: Golf & simulator passes are mailed after Team Registration fee is paid to the individual who paid for the team.
*Prize purse grows with each participating team - up to $5,000 with full field. The winning team of each the Flights (A and B for 6 different divisions) receives 1/12th (8%) of the TOTAL purse (up to $400/team with full field of 192 teams). Paid as VISA gift card to winners.
2. You pick the area division where you would like to play your matches. Choose 3 (1st preference, 2nd preference, 3rd preference) and teams will be assigned based on chronological order of registration. Course of play is determined by the playing teams.
East Metro Division
West Metro Division
South Metro Division
North Metro Division
Metro Area (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Division
St. Cloud+Willmar Area Division
3. TCG creates the brackets and teams communicate with each other to setup their matches. Public Country Club members may use their PCC membership for greens fees during matches. Non-PCC members simply pay greens fees at time of each round.
4. We will have (2) flights per division. Your COMBINED team handicap determines your FLIGHT. 14.9 or less combined = A Flight. 15.0 or higher combined = B Flight. Note we no longer have a C flight. If one of the players is a current (or Low H.I.) 4.9 or less handicap, that team will automatically be in the A flight. The maximum difference between player handicaps is 10.0. Handicaps used for flighting are verified on GHIN.com 10 days prior to the start of the Match Play. NEW RULE for 2023 season: Any player that has had a handicap of lower than 4.9 anytime during the prior 12 months will automatically be placed in A Flight.
5. Please choose 3 divisions as options. Teams are given division assignment in chronological order that their application is received.
6. For each round, teams will have a minimum 15 day window to complete their match. If teams are unable to complete their matches, winner is determined by a coin flip by TCG event manager.
7. Flight Winner Rule: If a team has won a division in B Flight TWICE, they are automatically moved up to A Flight for the following season.
8. Dates for each round to be completed are:
Round 1: May 15 - June 4
Round 2: June 5 - June 25
Round 3: June 26 - July 16
Round 4: July 17 - August 6
Round 5: August 7 - September 3 (Championship bracket winner plays Consolation bracket winner for DIVISION CHAMPION).
9. Rules for Match Play competition can be found on the USGA website at https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules-hub/topics/match-play.html - Format for the TCG Team Match Play competition is 2-Person Team Best Ball. Best ball (also known as fourball in the Ryder Cup) involves 2-person teams where each player on the team plays his or her own golf ball throughout the round. After each hole the player with the lowest score on the hole (or “best ball”) out of the 2-person team serves as the team's score.
10. TEE BOX ASSIGNMENTS:
Flight A play from tees that are 6200-6500 yards.
Flight B play from tees that are 5900 to 6199 yards.
**All ages of men play from same tees (no exceptions for juniors or seniors). Women will play from tees that are 4800-5099 yards. If the course you are playing falls outside of the assigned yardages, play the next further Tee Box than the Yardage. eg. If you are B Flight, and the course has a 5854 yard box and a 6414 yard box, play the longer option. If you are A Flight, and the course has 6145 yard box and a 6714 yard box; play the longer option.
11. If you are TIED after 18 holes, winner is determined by a Scorecard Playoff, meaning the team that wins the LOWEST HANDICAP RATED hole wins the match.
12. If you lose your FIRST match, you are moved into the CONSOLATION bracket for a chance to keep advancing to the Championship Round (and a shot at still winning the Division) so all teams will play a minimum of 2 rounds.
13. The winning teams for each division receive prize pool payout. Winning teams will receive TCG store credits as prize money (based on total prize pool) which can be used for VISA gift card redemption or apply towards TCG events.
Questions? Email Alex Malmgren at info@twincitiesgolf.com
