SHAMPIONSHIP
Example Schedule

Five days. Six teams. One winner.

This is an illustrative week — not the confirmed 2027 schedule. Final dates, courses, and tee times TBD. Format is stable. Days below use placeholder weekdays (Sunday arrival through Friday travel) to show the flow, subject to Mark's pairings, weather, and whether The Cradle is open when we want it.

Example

Weekdays shown are a template. 2027 dates will be confirmed once Pinehurst locks tee times.

  1. 01
    Tuesday, March 9 · All afternoon

    Arrival

    Optional
    Course
    Optional practice round
    Format
    Whoever's in town, whatever's open

    Chili bar at the Quiet House. Poker if enough people are up.

  2. 02
    Wednesday, March 10 · Optional morning round, putt-off ~4 pm, draft after

    Draft Night

    Included
    Course
    Optional round (Tobacco Road / Pine Needles) · The Cradle putting horse race
    Format
    Live snake draft • Draft cards • Scouting reports

    Draft order determined by putting horse race, in accordance with the scriptures. Trash talk encouraged in the doc comments.

  3. 03
    Thursday, March 11 · AM tee times

    Round 1

    Included
    Course
    Pinehurst No. 3
    Format
    4-man team scramble

    Score ×2. Sets the tone. Nobody wins the tournament today; plenty of guys lose it.

  4. 04
    Friday, March 12 · AM + short course

    Round 2

    Included
    Course
    Pinehurst course TBD + The Cradle
    Format
    Stableford at The Cradle + 2-man best ball

    The Cradle is the most fun you can have with a sand wedge. Fireball buckets by team.

  5. 05
    Saturday, March 13 · Morning

    Round 3

    Included
    Course
    Pinehurst course / Tobacco Road or Mid Pines — TBD
    Format
    2-man best ball • partner rotation

    You will have played a partner round with every one of your teammates by the end of the week.

  6. 06
    Saturday, March 13 · Afternoon

    Championship Day

    Included
    Course
    Pinehurst #2 or #4 (rotating)
    Format
    Team scramble AM • Team low-ball PM • CTP + Long Drive

    Tee-time order set by standings. Pays to be last. Championship dinner at Elliott's on Linden that night.

  7. 07
    Sunday, March 14 · Get out

    Travel Day

    Optional
    Course
    Optional round for the diehards
    Format
    Whoever's still standing

    Wheels up. Rangefinders returned. Head covers awarded.

Locked once we've booked the tee times.

Schedule is directional. Rules are not.

Actual 2027 dates and course rotation drop as soon as Pinehurst confirms. Deposits open by Venmo, first-come-first-serve, per tradition and in accordance with the scriptures.

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