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Men's League · Season Finale

Tour Championship Format

September 23, 2026

Shootout Result

ChampionI'm Your Huckleberry
$7,000
2ndSwing Life Co.
$3,000
3rdThe Par Mitzvahs
$1,762

Final Standings & Seeding

SeedTeamHeadWk 8Total
1Swing Life Co.88795
2The Par Mitzvahs28789
3Maple Crushers107888
4Birdie Jewsce58186
5I'm Your Huckleberry58085
6The Dream Team38285
7Sultans of Swing08383
8The Ravens17980

Teams level on the Final Tour Championship Score were separated by their regular-season finish.

Part 1 — Starting Headstart Points

After Week 6, the regular season locks. Teams carry headstart points into Week 8 based on their final regular-season standing.

1st Place10 pts
2nd Place8 pts
3rd Place6 pts
4th Place4 pts
5th Place3 pts
6th Place2 pts
7th Place1 pt
8th Place0 pts

Part 2 — The Week 8 Round

Teams compete in the standard format: Better Ball Net Stableford, 80% handicap allowance, top 4 pairings per team.

Starting Headstart Points + Week 8 Stableford Points

= Final Tour Championship Score

All 8 teams make the Playoff Shootout. The Final Tour Championship Score sets the seeding — Seed 1 through Seed 8 — and the higher your seed, the later you enter the bracket and the more ties fall your way.

Tiebreaker for seedings: if two teams finish with the same Final Tour Championship Score, the team with the better regular-season finish earns the higher seed.

Part 3 — The Live Playoff Shootout

Format: Select-a-Drive Alternate Shot

Both players hit a tee shot. The team selects the better drive, then plays alternate shot from there until the hole is finished.

Pairing Selection

Each team's captain selects 2 players to represent them in the shootout.

Scoring

Each hole is its own game. Scores reset at the start of every hole. On Hole 8, the two lowest-scoring teams advance. Every tie — for a place, for an advancing spot, however many teams are involved — is settled by seed, with the higher seeds coming out ahead. That is the reward for finishing higher in the Tour Championship.

What that means in practice: on Hole 8, Seed 3 only has to tie its way into the top two. Seed 8 has to beat the teams above it outright — if it ties for the second spot, the higher seed goes through and Seed 8 goes home.

Tee Selection — No handicap strokes. Tees staggered by the player's index

Under 5Blacks
5 – 10Golds
10 – 15Whites
15+Reds

The Bracket

Two holes, not three. With a 2:00 PM start we are chasing the light, so the quarterfinal and semifinal have been folded into a single hole.

Hole 8Semifinal

Who plays: Seeds 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 — all six at once.

Result: The two lowest scores advance to Hole 9. The other four are eliminated.

Any tie is broken by seed, however many teams it involves — if four teams tie for the low score, the two highest seeds advance.

Hole 9Championship

Who plays: Seeds 1 and 2, who sat out Hole 8, joined by the two survivors.

Result: Lowest score wins the Men's Night Cup and the League Championship. Second and third lowest take the rest of the shootout money.

Ties go to the higher seed — and a Hole 8 survivor carries its original seed, so it sits behind Seeds 1 and 2 on any tie.

Prizes

Prize amounts grow throughout the season as substitutes pay their event fees. Current totals are always up to date on the Prize Pool page.

View Prize PoolView →

Day-of Schedule

2:00 PMShotgun start (earlier for daylight)
Post-roundCocktails & hors d'oeuvres on the patio while scores are tallied
ShootoutEveryone follows in carts
EveningSeason-ending dinner & awards presentation.