How It's Played

The Format

Match-play rounds of 6 v 6, then a scramble for the closer.

Each match is worth 1½ points. Every match is split into three segments — front nine, back nine, and total eighteen — each worth half a point.

Front 9 · ½ pt
Back 9 · ½ pt
Total 18 · ½ pt
  1. Thursday Afternoon

    Tobacco Road

    Best Ball · 2 v 23 matches

  2. Friday Morning

    Southern Pines

    2 v 2 Scramble3 matches

  3. Friday Afternoon

    Pine Needles

    Best Ball · 2 v 23 matches

  4. Saturday Morning

    Mid Pines

    1 v 1 Match Play6 matches

    9

End of 6 v 6

Total 22½ Points

Saturday Afternoon · The Closer

A Scramble at Pine Needles

The teams are reshuffled. Twelve men split into three squads of four for a final 4 v 4 v 4 Scramble. Bragging rights on the line — and the trip's last walk down 18.