Big Slaps Golf Club · Est. 2023

The Big Slaps
Championship

Eight players. One champion.

A gentlemen's competition, played under standard USGA rules — aka, playing the ball down and touching cups.

The Ground Rules

The Basics

  • Eight members, one trophy. The full Club competes for the Championship.
  • Rotating local courses. Contested across our home tracks over roughly two months.
  • USGA Rules, strictly observed. Ball down, no mulligans. Nothing's good until it's conceded.
  • Every score is net. Handicaps applied, so every member competes on level terms.

Decision I

The Format

How do we crown a champion?

Stroke Play

Lowest cumulative net score over the season wins. Everyone plays every round; one running scorecard.

The feelA marathon. Consistency is king.

Match Play

A seeded head-to-head bracket. You play an opponent, not the field — win your match and advance. Lose holes and still win the day.

The feelA duel. Nerve and momentum decide it.

→ How the bracket works on the next page.

Match Play, explained

How the Bracket Works

Double elimination — everyone gets two lives.

  1. Win and advance. Lose, and you drop to the losers' bracket — still alive.
  2. Lose twice, and you're out.
  3. The two survivors meet in the final: the undefeated finalist against the one who clawed back.

The catch Because the undefeated finalist hasn't lost yet, a single defeat can't end them. Go unbeaten all the way, and your opponent has to beat you twice in a row to take the trophy.

Decision II · The big question

The Handicaps

How do we set everyone's strokes?

Qualifying Rounds

Establish official-style handicaps over a six-week window — a five-round minimum across rotating courses. Objective, sandbag-resistant, defensible.

The costSix weeks and some bookkeeping before it counts.

Group-Agreed Strokes

We know each other's games. We sit down and agree on everyone's number in one go. No rounds required.

The costInstant — but the negotiation gets spirited, with no neutral arbiter.

Your Verdict

Two decisions.
One Championship.

Format and handicaps — your call.

Take your verdict to the
Big Slaps Golf Club group chat.

May the best member win.