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THE TOURNEY FORMAT:
A 25 year old Boston tradition has found its way to the west coast. The Tin Cup is your chance to be drafted into golf glory. Once a Spaulding forever a Spaulding. Once a Noonan forever a Noonan. Each year may the best team win and earn the right to lift the Cup!!
Noonans vs. Spauldings in a modified 2-day Ryder Cup Format
Each foursome comprised of 2 x Two-Man-Teams (2 Noonans vs 2 Spauldings)
Friday July 19th: Temecula Creek - 18 Holes (Two 9-Hole Matches)
Saturday July 20th: Journey at Pechanga - 18 Holes (Two 9-Hole Matches)
Scoring System: Match Play (each hole worth up to 1 point; Each round up to 9 total team points)
Weekend Aggregate Tournament Score
(i) all Noonan points won vs (ii) all Spaulding points won determines which team wins the Cup!!!
We are removing the Flight system this year. Every player will play to their actual handicap. If you don't have a handicap we suggest you get one. It costs $45 a year and you can join an "e-club" here with the Southern Nevada Golf Association (or find your local version). Simply input your scores into the app after you play and you have a handicap. If you don't have an official handicap by July 19th please send me some scorecards of your last few rounds and we will create one for you.
Everyone invited to the tournament is a solid dude and remember we're just playing for a Tin Trophy!!
NOTE: Course has very strict on pace of play. If your ball is no longer in competition to win the hole please pick-up and concede the hole. All rounds must be completed within 4 hours or less.
The Tourney Prize Pool is a $50 Per Player Entry Fee:
The following individual player prizes will be awarded in addition to annual team crowning of the Tin Cup Championship. Individual award winners will take their pick from the tournament prize pool in the following order:
PRIZE SELECTION ORDER:
ANNUAL PRIZE POOL (SEE BELOW DETAILS FOR THIS YEAR):
The prize pool is typically a mix of PGA Store Gift cards, top-end Bourbons, Scotches, Wine, Tequila, and/or Cigars and various cannabis products (if and when the tournament is located in a state jurisdiction where such products are legal for recreational usage)
Like a champion F1 Driver, the winning team is filmed lifting the cup while being sprayed by 3 magnum Champagne bottles (and gets to drink what ever's left from The Cup itself)
In addition to getting the first pick from the prize pool, the Tourney MVP receives the prestigious Melvin Award, an annually engraved drinking vessel that can be used to toast and share a shot with each former MVP before him. MVP is typically granted to the player on the winning team who won the most holes in aggregate, taken by a vote of that year's tourney players.
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, getting mistaken for the Big Lebowski and never letting anything on the golf course stress him out. 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 annually to the player who lifts his or her team up on their shoulders in victory of the Tin Cup, while embodying team spirit, humor & humility and perhaps making a successful putt 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 receives a commemorative cup and gets to pick his or her prize selection first from the prize pool.
We miss you Rob! Spaulding forever!!