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TEMECULA CALIFORNIA FRI/SAT JULY 25-26th 2025

• FRI 9:30am: Pechanga Journey Golf Course (18 holes)
• SAT 8:00am: Pechanga Journey Golf Course (18 holes)
• THU Optional Afternoon Practice Round
• THU Night "The Last Supper" Cup Relinquishment
• FRI Night Dinner TBD
• SAT afternoon 1/2pm Pool Party & Cup Champions Announcement
• SAT Night Awards Dinner
• SEE FULL WEEKEND SCHEDULE HERE

FROM VEGAS: (FLYING)

Many airports within uber proximity to Pechanga have multiple daily flights from Vegas:

• JetSuite X (JSX) LAS to CLD (Carlsbad) via 40 min uber - see my flight below
• Numerous LAS to ONT (Ontario) via 50 min uber
• Numerous LAS to SAN (San Diego) via 60 min uber (2hrs if rush hour traffic)   
• Numerous LAS to SNA (John Wayne) via 80 min uber (more if rush hr traffic)
• Numerous LAS to PSP (Palm Springs) via 90 min uber 

My JSX flights are below ($528). Many will play a Thur. afternoon practice round at Bear Creek 1:15pm tee 

• Thur. Jul 24 LAS to CLD | FLT XE-620 9:45am to 11am
• Sun. Jul 27 CLD to LAS | FLT XE-623 5:05pm to 6:20pm

FROM VEGAS: (DRIVING)

If you time the traffic accordingly, it's actually a pretty easy drive from Vegas:

• A 3.5 Hour Drive Door-to-Door from the M to Pechanga
• If there is a group interested in renting an RV to make the trip down, Pechanga does have an RV Park adjacent to the casino property. RV PARK DETAILS HERE

TRAVEL FROM ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF SOCAL

• See the list of airports above that are within proximity of Pechanga / Temecula

• Click HOTEL link here or in website menu to book your room.  Click Here to use Booking Code to reserve rooms between July 18 and departing July 21 at Pechanga

• Click WKND-SCHEDULE link here or in website menu for complete schedule 

Venmo (@kvon75) or Zelle (617-335-1690) Kevin your Greens Fees to secure your roster spot:

• Click COSTS link here or in website menu to see all related costs
• Book your own airfare and hotel directly

• If this is your first year playing in the Tin Cup you will be drafted onto one of the teams (The Noonans or the Spauldings)
• Once drafted you will then be contacted by your team captain.  
• Once a Noonan, forever a Noonan.  Once a Spaulding forever a Spaulding

• Your team captain (Spauldings: Vonasek | Noonans: Vargas) will reach out to you to collect your shirt size and tell you the cost of your team's jersey if you don't already own one.

Some travel solo, some brings spouses/SOs. Others bring their entire family. It's up to you:

• Yes, while the golfers compete, the spouses/S.O.s, guests & children are invited to hangout for the weekend. Temecula is a popular SoCal Wine Country and the Pechanga Resort has plenty to entertainment.  We will organize wine tasting for one day and pool / spa day the other day. The pool has both an adults-only and kid-friendly area. More info to come once we know how many RSVPs we have.

• Each Night (Thu, Fri and Sat) there will be group dinners where golfers and any of their guests are invited to join.

• Click the WKND-SCHEDULE link here and in website menu for complete schedule

The Tourney Prize Pool is a $55 Per Player Entry Fee:  

The following individual player prizes will be awarded before crowning the winning team's name upon the Tin Cup. Individual award winners will get to take their pick from the tournament prize in order as listed. 

CLICK PRIZES FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF AWARDS TO BE WON 

PRIZE POOL:  

The prize pool is a mix of PGA Store Gift Cards, top-end Bourbons, Scotches, Wine, Tequila as well as (where legally permitted) NV-legal cannabis products

In 2021 we lost Rob Melvin, a dear friend and Spaulding, much much too early to cancer.  Rob loved golfing with the guys, having a cigar and taking nothing too seriously on the golf course. More importantly he was an outstanding loving father and husband to his wife & kids and is sorely missed by all of his friends and family today.  

Rob was awarded the very first Tin Cup LV MVP in 2018 because after surprising the Spauldings with free team jerseys, he then went on to win plenty of holes in support of the Spaulding's inaugural Tin Cup LV victory.  

The Melvin Award is issued to the player who lifted his team upon his shoulders in victory of the Tin Cup, while embodying team spirit, humor & humility and perhaps making a successful put from out of a bunker (which Rob was known to do from time to time).

In honor of winning such a prestigious award, the annual Mevlin Award winner received a commemorative cup and gets to pick his or her selection first from the prize pool.

Everyone is assigned to the first group of standard tees that come after any women's or senior's tees; however your foursome can elect to move up (or back) to any group of tees as long as everyone in the group unanimously agrees to do so.  

Everyone who is an 11 handicap or worse, can hit from the standard tees (the first tees behind any women's or senior's tees).  Anyone who is a 10 or better handicap, you must hit from the next group of tees behind the standard tees.  

The tee shot must land in the fairway to count as a longest drive prize ball, unless your ball is further (outside of the fairway AND your team elects to play that ball's location as your next shot in the scramble format).