2025 Old Trail Cup

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The 2025 Old Trail Cup will be a season long two-person match play net competition that will conclude by crowning champions in September. 

This year’s event will be played as 2 Divisions with a limit of 16 Teams per Division: 16 teams in Men’s Division and 16 Teams in Senior Division.

Conditions of the Competition

Each team is required to sign up by May 11^th 2025 by email, call or in-person to the professional staff.

With 2 Divisions, the teams will be put into 4 team flights under each respective division based on total team handicap percentage. Each flight of 4 teams will play Round Robin matches within the group. Each match is either won or lost and if tied after 18 holes, teams will proceed back to the first tee and play sudden death until there is a winner with strokes given as they fell in the original match. The teams with the best records move on into the next round. Any records that are tied will be broken by head-to-head record. If a 3-way ties exists it will be broken by the total net holes won in the Round Robin matches.

SAMPLE 4-TEAM ROUND ROBIN FORMAT

Match #1: Team 1 vs Team 4; Team 2 vs Team 3

Match #2: Team 1 vs Team 3; Team 2 vs Team 4

Match #3: Team 1 vs Team 2; Team 3 vs Team 4

The golf professional staff will update the results after each round and post in the golf shop.

 

Upon completion of the round robin events, in both divisions, the 4 teams that achieve the best record within their flight group will move on to the semifinals Championship bracket and play for the Old Trail Cup Championship. The 4 teams that come in 2^nd of each flight group will move onto the semifinals Consolation bracket where they will also compete for a prize. The semifinals and championship matches will play traditional better ball match play. Tiebreakers will be determined by head-to-head match in the group.

 

Eligibility:

Old Trail Member or Guest with current USGA handicap as of May 1^st, 2025. Handicaps day of will be used for matches being played.

 

Tees of Play:

Men’s Net 59 & under – White Tee Markers

Men’s Net 60 & over - Gray Tee Markers

Women’s Net – Red Tee Markers

 

 

Format:

The format for the Old Trail Cup will be fourball match play. Each player will play their own ball and will select the best score between the two players on a team. All matches, will be played at 75% of each team members individual handicap stroked off the low ball of the foursome.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Round Robin Match 1 – May 16^th-June 1st

Round Robin Match 2 – June 2^nd- June 15th

Round Robin Match 3 – June 16^th – June 30^th

Semifinals – July 1^st – 31^st :

Finals – August 1^st – 31^st

Finals – Must be completed by August 31^st.

*Please be aware of the time frames given when you sign up your team. In the event that two teams cannot play, the professional staff will set a tee time for the last day of the time frame given. The players that show up for the tee time can then play the match. If only one team shows up, they will be determined the winner. Matches can be played by one individual from a team if a playing partner cannot participate.

 THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE IN 2025 SO BE SURE YOU CAN PLAY DURING THE GIVEN MATCH DATES.

Rules: All play will be governed under the USGA Rules of Golf.   If you, your team or your group is in doubt of how to proceed under the rules, please play two balls and alert the golf professional after the completion of your match. For fairness and equality as it pertains to hole #11, the tournament committee has decided to play #11 as a Par 4 for all teeing areas. It is the recommendation by the Virginia State Golf Association and the United States Golf Association that in competition style formats, no one team will play any hole as a different Par than their competitors. As it pertains to the handicapping of individual holes under the provision above, Hole # 11 will be handicapped as 3, Hole #14 as 7 & #16 as 5 for the gray tees during the competition.

 

Tie Breakers for Semifinals-Finals: If the match is tied after 18 holes, the two teams will proceed back to the first tee and play sudden death until there is a winner. Strokes will be given as they fell in the original match.

 

Prizes:

The winning team from the Men’s division and winning team from Seniors division will be presented with an Old Trail Cup champions trophy. Additional gift cards will be given to 1^st and 2^nd place teams in each division.

Tournament Fees:

Unlimited Members - $75 entry fee plus $10 per person for every round played

Flex Members - $75 entry fee plus $25 per person for every round played

Guests - $125 entry fee plus $40 per person for every round played