El Santo Itinerary & Format 2024

Wednesday, November 6 - Saturday, November 9, 2024

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

Round Robin Four-Ball Matches | Total of Five 9-Hole Matches in a Round Robin format

One Best Ball (Net) of two-person teams

Flights

100% of team indexes will be used to determine flights

Eight flights of two-person teams, six teams per flight

Tee Selection

El Santo Flight: I Tees

All other flights: Combo Twos

USGA Handicap and O icial GHIN # required

A maximum 10 shot di erential between team-mates

100% of your handicap will be used

Players without a USGA Handicap must play as a scratch/zero

Strokes will be allotted where they fall on the card based on the handicaps for each 9-hole match

Based upon the lower scoring individual of the match (o the low handicap in the group)

No more than seven points awared per 9-hole match

Concessions of a hole within each match are allowed

In the event of a forfeit prior to or during a match, the winning team is awarded a maximum of 6 points

If a team is to forfeit prior to or during a match, that team will no longer be eligible to play

Teams with the most points in their Flight after five matches, compete in the sudden death Battle Royale

In the event of a tie within the Flight, the decision will go to their head-to-head match score to advance to the Battle Royale

The Nacho Libre Flight – The teams with the 2nd lowest point total in each flight after Match 4 will compete in the virtual Nacho Libre Flight, and the team with highest point total in Match 5 will advance to the Battle Royale

THE BATTLE ROYALE

The Battle Royale will be played on hole #5 three times, each time from a di erent tee and pin location:

Par 4 – Twin Dolphin Tees Yardage – 362 Handicap 16 Adjusted

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

THE BATTLE ROYALE

Par 4 – I Tees Box Yardage – 343 Handicap 17 Adjusted

Par 4 – III Tees Yardage – 271 Handicap 18 Adjusted

Teams will receive 50% of their combined team handicap

Strokes will be allotted based upon the lowest handicapped team in the Battle Royale

The lowest handicapped team will not be given strokes

True Alternate Shot format:

Player A tees o and alternates with Player B until the ball is holed

If Player A putts last on the previous hole, then Player B will tee o on the next hole

Penalty strokes do not change the order of play

Three teams will be eliminated on the first playo hole, four teams will be eliminated on the second playo hole

In the event of a tie, teams will compete in a KP chip o

Three teams will compete for El Santo Championship in the final hole of the Battle Royale

In the event of a tie, the two teams will compete from a 50-yard shot

The winners of the Battle Royale will be El Santo Champions

The team buy-in is $500 cash per two-person team, collected upon registration at Wednesday’s Welcome Reception

Cash payouts: Daily Flight Leaders for each of the first two days of competition, Flight winners, Runner-ups, and the overall Champions

A portion of this buy-in will also be paid out to the remaining teams in the overall Champions flight

11/6 Practice round on Wednesday - $100 Skin game per player

11/8 Post round Closest to Pin Competition - $50 (for three balls)

11/9 Parimutuel betting on the Battle Royale

TOURNAMENT ITINERARY

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Optional complimentary Practice Round with tee times of your choice

All Day Skins Game

$100 cash buy-in per player – NET Skins

100% of individual Handicaps will be used for the Skins Game

Participants will only receive ½ shots on all par 3 holes

½ shots will be allotted to the scorecard for each participant

Payouts presented on Thursday morning prior to Match 1

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

5:30 PM 8 AM 9:30 AM 1

Event Registration

Entry fee $3,000 per team

$500 per two-person team cash buy-in

Welcome swag handout

Receive flight information & pairing assignments

Breakfast at the Clubhouse

Practice Tee opens Massage therapist available Swag handout

Match 1 | Shotgun start

Format: Four-Ball Match = Two-Person Net Best Ball

No more than 7 points awarded per 9-hole match

All ties are worth ½ point

Return to Clubhouse after the completion of Match 1 for lunch and refreshments prior to the start of Match 2

Match 2 | Shotgun start

Format: Four-Ball Match = Two-Person Net Best Ball

No more than 7 points awarded per 9-hole match

All ties are worth ½ point

Return to Clubhouse after the completion of Match 2

TOURNAMENT ITINERARY

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

8 AM

Breakfast at the Clubhouse

Practice Tee opens

Massage therapist available

Swag handout

9:30 AM

Match 3 | Shotgun Start

Format: Four-Ball Match = Two-Person Net Best Ball

No more than seven points awarded per 9-hole match

All ties are worth ½ point

Return to Clubhouse after completion of Match 3 for lunch and refreshments prior to the start of Match 4

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9

1 PM

Match 4 | Shotgun start

Format: Four-Ball Match = Two-Person Net Best Ball

No more than seven points awarded per 9-hole match

All ties are worth ½ point

3:30 PM 7 PM 8 AM 9:30 AM

Vendor swag experience on Clubhouse Lawn

Breakfast at the Clubhouse

Practice Tee opens

Massage therapist available

Match 5 | Shotgun Start

Format: Four-Ball Match = Two-Person Net Best Ball

9 points can be awarded

All ties are worth ½ point

NACHO LIBRE FLIGHT 1:30 PM

Top point earner in Match 5 will move on to the Battle Royale

9 points can be awarded

All Players players head to Red Door 5 after completion of Match 5 for lunch and Battle Royale

Lunch and DJ

Parimutuel betting at Red Door 5

Battle Royale starts

Play Hole #5, three di erent ways

Handicaps are set based on teams

Parimutuel betting ends before first tee shot, followed by award reception

Dinner on the Clubhouse Event Lawn

Significant Others Invited

Team photos & DJ

Luchador wrestling show

Announcement of Nacho Libre Flight