2024 Captain's Cup Rules & Info

Event Information

Location:

Sugar Creek Country Club
420 Sugar Creek Blvd
Sugar Land, TX 77478
 

Schedule:

Monday, November 4, 2024
8:30 am.............Breakfast, Registration, and Putting Contest
10 am............... Shot Gun Start
11 am - 2 pm.....Lunch on Course
3:30 pm.............Dinner, Awards, and Raffle

Entry Includes:

$125+ value gift, green fees, tournament entry, drinks on the course, breakfast, lunch, and steak dinner with open bar. Note: Club rentals and items purchased from the pro shop are NOT included.

Prizes:

Closest to Pin: $100 cash (3 holes)
Longest Drive: $100 cash
1st Team Gross & Net: $100 at pro shop per player
2nd Team Gross & Net: $75 at pro shop per player
3rd Team Net: $50 at pro shop per player

Silent Auction: Galveston Texas City Pilots 2-Hour Private Sunset Cruise in the Galveston Harbor for 10

See Historic Galveston Harbor up close. A unique perspective & private tour of Galveston’s rich maritime history guided by a Galveston-Texas City Pilot. Includes refreshments.

$5,000 value! Starting bid $1,500.

Auction bidding ends at the start of the awards ceremony. You do not need to be present to win. Cash and credit card are accepted.

Raffle:

Raffle Tickets will only be sold at the tournament. Cash and credit card are accepted. Must be present to win.

  • $10 = 1 Ticket
  • $40 = 5 Tickets
  • $100 = 15 Tickets

Putting Contest:

Win cool prizes like bottles or liquor, speakers, and tumblers! $20 per putt. Tickets can be purchased at registration or at the contest. Cash or card accepted.

Shamble Rules

  • Format: Four-person teams. Shamble. Each player will play a tee shot then select the most favorable drive.  Once the drive is selected, each player will play their own ball through the hole from that position. The lie of the ball may be improved on the second shot only within one club length of its original position, no closer to the hole.  All subsequent shots shall be played as they lie.
  • Please record each player’s gross score on the lines provided, and then bring down the team’s best gross and net scores on the lines provided. The same player’s score may be used for the team’s gross and net scores.
    • Each player will receive 50% of their HDCP’s. Max HDCP is 28 for men and 36 for women.
    • All scores will be reviewed by Professional Staff.    
  • Bogey is Your Friend: The highest Gross score your team can make on any hole is Bogey. If your team misses the attempt at Par, please pick up and move on to the next hole.
  • Prizes: 1st and 2nd Gross scores & 1st-3rd Net scores
  • Tees:
    • All men will play from the Back Blue tees.
    • All women will play from the Forward Gold tees.
  • Contests:
    • Hole in One (Truck Prize): Jones #6
    • Hole in One ($10,000 to Ace Maker and $10,000 to GHPB): Jones #1
    • Closest to Pin Trent #4, #8 and Jones #1
    • Long Drive Trent #6
  • Rules: U.S.G.A. rules will govern all play with the following local rules:
    • The fourteen club rule is waived for this event.
    • Out of bounds is defined by white stakes, fence posts along the perimeter of the golf course, and the fence around the maintenance area.
    • Yellow Penalty areas are defined by yellow stakes and lines.  
    • Red Penalty Areas are defined by red stakes and lines.
    • All ties will be settled by the USGA recommended method of matching cards on the basis of the best score for the last nine holes.  If there is still a tie, the total for the last six holes will be used, then the total of the last three holes and finally the 18th hole backwards.
    • Play the ball as it lies in all mulched areas underneath trees.
    • Play all flower beds as Ground Under Repair provided the flower bed does not lie in a hazard.
Please promptly return your scorecard to the SCCC Clubhouse Patio following play for scoring and dinner.