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 c rowning champions in September.
This year’s event will be playe d as 2 Divisions with a limit of 16 Teams per Division: 16 teams in Men’s D ivision and 16 Teams in Senior Division.
Conditions of the Co mpetition
Each team is required to sign up by May 11th< /sup> 2025 by email, call or in-person to the professional staff.
Wit h 2 Divisions, the teams will be put into 4 team flights under each respect ive division based on total team handicap percentage. Each flight of 4 team s 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 te e 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 th e next round. Any records that are tied will be broken by head-to-head reco rd. 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: Te am 1 vs Team 3; Team 2 vs Team 4
Match #3: Team 1 vs Team 2; Team 3 v s Team 4
The golf professional staff will update the results after ea ch round and post in the golf shop.
Upo n 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 semi finals Championship bracket and play for the Old Trail Cup Championship. Th e 4 teams that come in 2nd of each flight group will move onto t he 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 gro up.
Eligibility:
Old Trail Member or Guest with current USGA handicap as of May 1st, 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 Te e Markers
Women’s Net – Red Tee Markers
Format:
The for mat for the Old Trail Cup will be fourball match play. Each player will pla y 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 s troked off the low ball of the foursome.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Round Robin Match 1 – May 16th-June 1st
Roun d Robin Match 2 – June 2nd- June 15th
Round Robin Match 3 – June 16th – June 30th
Semifinals – July 1st – 31st :
Finals – August 1st – 31st
Finals – Must be completed by August 31st.
*Please be aware of the time frames given when you sign up your te am. In the event that two teams cannot play, the professional staff will se t a tee time for the last day of the time frame given. The players that sho w up for the tee time can then play the match. If only one team shows up, t hey 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: A ll 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, plea se play two balls and alert the golf professional after the completion of y our match. For fairness and equality as it pertains to hole #11, th e tournament committee has decided to play #11 as a Par 4 for all teeing ar eas. It is the recommendation by the Virginia State Golf Association and th e 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 pe rtains to the handicapping of individual holes under the provision above, H ole # 11 will be handicapped as 3, Hole #14 as 7 & #16 as 5 for the gra y tees during the competition.
< p>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 1st and 2nd p lace teams in each division.
Tournament Fees:
Unlimited Members - $75 entry fee plus $10 per person for every round playe d
Flex Members - $75 entry fee plus $25 per person for every round pl ayed
Guests - $125 entry fee plus $40 per person for every round play ed
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