The record, more or less. Some entries have been lightly edited for legal reasons and heavily edited for ego reasons.
24 players. 6 teams. Two houses — Mike's Pinehurst lake house (Quiet) and a much nicer rental (Fun). A paid House Mom joins the ops crew. Cradle Stableford + shamble round debut. Prize table gets serious: Dormie Shamp head covers, Vessel bag, LAB fitting, rangefinders, Club Glider, commemorative coins.
The Draft Card & Handicap Report becomes an institution — GHIN verification, self-submitted strengths and weaknesses, and Mike's handicapper commentary. Golf Genius scoring app introduced by PGA Pro Mark Puranaputra. shampionship.com goes live.
20 players, 5 teams, second rental house, team hat colors, upgraded trophies (retroactive ones for past winners). ChatGPT installed as official rules arbiter. Elliott's on Linden catering the championship dinner. Alex Aguas's Blue Ballz — May, Fogarty, Rech — take the title with 126 points, ahead of Living on a Prayerz (114), Cradle Capz (103), Gray Hairz (100) and Black Sheepz (77).
Team names debut. Regular play ends in a 63–63 tie. Scramble match-play playoff — Winklers vs. Mike & Yantzer. Trying to Survive takes the title. Josh Barnes bills himself as a two-time Shampions Champion the next year, and technically nobody can stop him.
The one that started it all. 3 teams, 12 guys, snake draft off a putting contest. Per group-chat legend, Ronnie went from flipping a golf cart to ringing the Nasdaq bell in the same week.
A possible six-round format ending in a Shampions Cup — regular-season points seed a winner-take-all match. GPT-coordinated pairings. 60-day handicap window. Declared tees. Real bound rules doc. A real trophy.
Applications for the 2027 tournament are being taken. Submitting a form does not guarantee entry. It merely begins your formal journey through the Shampions selection gauntlet.
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