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Bravado
THE AUCTION
Teams will own the opening auction bid of $500 for their team. The auction is for the Owner Flight Payout and Owner Battle Royale pool and anyone participating in the tournament may bid on your team. If somebody else purchases your team they become the “Owner” and you have the option of purchasing up to 50% of your team.
Ten Percent of all the money raised in the Auction will be put towards the Ravenna Cup. The balance on money will be split into three separate pools (Owner Flight Payout, Team Flight Pool and Battle Royale Owners Pool)
*The following Scenarios is based on 60 teams and 10 teams per flights and is subject to change.*
OWNER FLIGHT PAYOUT A total of $3,000 will be put into the flight payout pool. The First place Owner in each flight will receive 50% of the pool. The second place Owner will receive 30% of the pool, Third Place Owner recieves 20% of the pool. In the case of a tie the money will be split evenly between the owners.
TEAM FLIGHT POOL A total of $10,000 will be put into the team flight. If the overall Hurly Burly Champion from the Battle Royale comes from your flight, each Team in that flight will be paid $1,000 from the overall team flight pool.
BATTLE ROYALE PAYOUT TO OWNERS The remainer of the money will be put into the Battle Royale Pool. 1st place team owner 50%, 2nd place team owner 30%, 3rd place team owner 20%. In the case of ties for second or third place the cash will be split by the number of teams that tie.
OPTIONAL DAY MONEY POOL $200 per team ($100 per day)
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BATTLE ROYALE
The top SIX overall teams and ties will qualify for the Battle Royale.
HANDICAPS:
Teams will receive 10% of their Team handicap for the Battle Royale.
FORMAT:
The top 6 teams carry forward scores in relation to par. The Battle Royale will be held on holes #6, #7, #17, & #18. The GROSS Better Ball of Partners will be scored on holes #6 and #18 and will count both GROSS ball’s on holes #7 and #17. The maximum individual score a player may record in the Battle Royale is gross Double Bogey on holes #7 and #17.
The team with the lowest score relation to par after the 4 holes in the Battle Royale will be crowned the 2023 Hurly Burly Champions. In the event of a tie for first place, the teams that are tied will repeat hole #18 until a champion has been crowned.
Gallaries are encouraged; keep your carts to “Follow the Leaders”
ENTRY FEE $2150 per team Carts billed separately
SIGN-UP Invitations will be emailed to every male golf Member over the age of 26. Players sign up in the Golf Shop or online at www.ravennagolf.com through the Clubessentials system starting April 1st. Members must submit their COMPLETED Bravado entry by 5:00 pm, April 29th. Tournament entries submitted after the entry deadline will be placed on the waitlist. The field has been increased to 72 teams and if the event is oversubscribed, completed entries will be accepted on a priority basis with those who played in the tournament last year having first priority. Members who had a medical exemption last year will have second priority. Members who were wait listed last year will have third priority. Once all the 2022 tournament participant entries and 2022 wait list entries have been fulfilled, a blind draw lottery will be held to determine the remaining field positions. Based on the Membership level, first draw will be Presidential, Founder and Charter Members. Second draw will be Full Golf Privileged Members and the third drawn will be the remaining membership levels. The remaining entries will be placed on a wait list until a position becomes available. Any member who is on the resignation list will automatically be placed on the waitlist. If a lottery is necessary, the Bravado field will be determined and will be communicated to the field by12:00 PM on May 1st. Your member account will be charged the full entry fee on April 30th. Please note that cancellations between June 1st and June 15th will be refunded back 1/2 of the entry fee, and there will be no refunds for cancellations after June 15th.
FORMAT The Format: 45-Hole Round Robin Net Four-Ball Match Play Event. In this format teams play their better ball against the better ball of two other players; using 80% of each player’s handicap. For all matches, handicaps will “wheel” off the lowest handicap contestant in the four-ball match. The lowest handicap player will play to scratch with the other three players receiving strokes based on the difference between their handicaps and the lowest handicap player in the four-ball. Each 9-hole match represents 9 possible points.
One (1) point for winning a hole One-Half (1/2) point for halving a hole Zero (0) points for losing a hole
HANDICAPS The tournament handicap differential between partners must not exceed eight (8) strokes. If it does exceed eight (8) strokes, then the higher handicapped player will be reduced to an 8-stroke differential of his partner. The tournament handicap is calculated at 80%. The Member and Guest must have an established USGA handicap to be eligible to participate. The index for the tournament will be based off the low index in the last 12 months.
FLIGHTS The Bravado field is limited to 72 teams. The golf staff will determine flights and the size of flights based on all handicaps. The first flight may play from the gold tees if six or more teams sign up, if more than six teams register the lowest six teams by handicap will comprise of the gold tee flight. If less than six teams sign to play the gold tees, the entire flight will play Forest. This determination will be made after flighting has been completed and before the tournament. All other flights will play from the Forest tees. Due to the tournament flighting procedure, the last-minute substitution of playing partners will be allowed only under extreme circumstances and then only after application and review by the Director of Golf. Participants are responsible for verifying that their designated Guest will be available to play in the tournament.
RULE OF 90 Competitors 70 years of age and older. If the competitors age and forest tee course handicap add up to 90 or greater, the option is available to play from a senior tees (Umber). This option has to be declared by the practice round. Any senior utilizing this option will have their handicap calculated from the umber tees.
MONEY GAMES $300 Per Team for Day money $100 Per Team Practice Round Individual Gross & Net Skins, Closest to the pin Par 3’s. Total $400 per team charged to member account
