Scotland 2025

Entry Fee

• $300 per person

Tournament Rules

• Putts inside or touching the tape on putter are considered good (tape will be added before first round)
• Bump ball everywhere (max. 1 ft.)
• OB played as lateral hazard
• Lost ball, drop nearest to suspected location, one stroke penalty
• Triple bogey max
  Note: Rules are subject to change

Individual Championship

• Five-day tournament using two best net scores from Kingsbarn, Dumbarnie, and The Castle Course, and net scores from The Old Course and Carnoustie
• Original handicap (+/- any tee adjustments) will be used for all rounds
• Triple bogey max on all holes
• Payout
  • 1st Place - $175
  • 2nd Place - $125
  • 3rd Place - $85
  • 4th Place - $40

Lottery Pick

• Each person draws the name of another player (not himself). The person that draws the winner of the Individual Championship wins the Lottery.
• Payout - $40

Daily Individual Tournaments

• Single day tournaments
• Adjusted handicap will be used each day
• Triple bogey max on all holes
• Payout (Kingsbarn, Dumbarnie, The Castle Course)
  • 1st Place - $55
  • 2nd Place - $30
  • 3rd Place - $20
  • 4th Place - $10
• Payout (The Old Course, Carnoustie)
  • 1st Place - $65
  • 2nd Place - $40
  • 3rd Place - $25
  • 4th Place - $15

Daily Team Events

• Best-Ball Net (Kingsbarn and Old Course)

  • Two-man teams
  • Low net score for team is team score for the hole
  • Triple bogey max on all holes
  • Payouts
    • 1st Place - $50 per team member
    • 2nd Place - $30 per team member

• Match Play (Dumbarnie and Carnoustie)

  • Two members of each team in each foursome
  • Each hole is worth 1 pt
  • Team with lowest net score on each hole wins 1 pt, if the hole is tied, each teams gets 1/2 point
  • Bonus point for winning front, back and total
  • Total points for match = 21
  • Team total is the total points of the two teams
  • Triple bogey max on all holes
  • Payout
    • $5/$5/$5 for front/back/18 against the other team in your foursome
    • $25 per member of winning four-man team

• Chicago Points (Castle)

  • Two members of each team in each group
  • Each player has a points goal (36 - adjusted handicap)
  • Points awarded
    • Bogey -> 1 pt
    • Par -> 2 pts
    • Birdie -> 4 pts
    • Eagle -> 8 pts
  • Team goal = sum of team member goals
  • Team points = sum of team member points
  • Team total = Team points - team goal
  • Winning team is team with highest total
  • Payout
    • $15 for 18-hole match against the other team in your foursome
    • $25 per member of four-man winning team

Daily Scats

• Scat is won by having the single lowest score (Net or Half-Net TBD) on a hole
• Scat Pool - $80 per day
• Per Scat Payout - (scat pool)/(total # of scats won)

Daily Closest-To-The-Hole

• One hole per day (holes TBD)
• Payout - $20

Handicap Adjustments

Tee Adjustments

Anyone 65 or over with a hcp index greater than 12 has the option to play from the forward tees. If you choose to play from the forward tees, your handicaps for that day, both for the Individiual Championship and for the daily events, will be adjusted (amount of adjustment TBD). Note the adjustment could be different at different courses.

Daily Hcp Adjustments

Handicaps will be adjusted each day, and the adjusted handicaps will be used for Daily Individual tournaments, Daily Team events, and Daily Scats. Adjusted handicaps will not be used for the five-day individual championship.

Adjusted Net (grading on the curve)

The calculation of the adjusted handicap will be based on an adjusted net score for each round. The adjusted net score is the (net score) - (median net score for that round). For example, if the median net score for Round 1 is +2. A net score of -1 would be adjusted to -3, a net score of +2 would be adjusted to zero, and a net score of +4 would be adjusted to +2.

• Round 1

  • Use original handicap

• Round 2

  • Adjustment = (R1 AdjNet) / 2
  • Maximum adjustment is plus or minus 1
  • Adjusted Handicap = Original handicap + adjustment

• Round 3

  • Adjustment = (R1 AdjNet + R2 AdjNet) / 3
  • Maximum adjustment is plus or minus 1
  • Adjusted Handicap = Original handicap + adjustment

• Round 4

  • Adjustment = (R1 AdjNet + R2 AdjNet + R3 AdjNet) / 4
  • Maximum adjustment is plus or minus 3
  • Adjusted Handicap = Original handicap + adjustment

• Round 5

  • Adjustment = (R1 AdjNet + R2 AdjNet + R3 AdjNet + R4 AdjNet) / 5
  • Maximum adjustment is plus or minus 3
  • Adjusted Handicap = Original handicap + adjustment