LONE TREE CUP

 

No Changes for 2024

  • The 2024 LTMGC Season marks the 14th year of the Lone Tree Cup Event.
  • LTC is a season-long points competition which culminates with the top 30 players in the LTC standings are eligible for the playoffs with a combo tournament on September 29th to determine a winner for the season.
  • To be eligible for the LTC you would need to pay $25.00. In 2023, we had 171 players and a total of $4,275. If we get 225 members to sign up, the total prize fund will be $5,625 that will be split with the top 30 players in cash.
  • The points will be given to 12 regular tournaments and 4 major tournaments: M/M, CC and Match Play Ind. & Team.  There will be no points awarded for the Member/Guest and there are no participation points.
  • The points earned per tournament have not changed and will continue to be more heavily weighted for the winner of the flight and then a 40% drop off to second place down to the top 16 places and then one flat number for the rest of the players in the flight.
  • All points will be determined by Net winners only, no Gross winners will receive LTC points.
  • There are no ties for 1st place in a flight, all other ties will split the points per normal payout schedule.
  • The LTC Championship Round will also have starting strokes advantage based on final seeding of the top 30 players.

 

LTMGC Regular and Major Tournaments  

The 2023 Regular Season features 11 official events beginning with the Lone Tree Memorial on Sunday, March 24th.  The other 10 events are ISP #1, Stableford, ISP #2, 2-Man Best Ball, ABCD 4-man, ISP #3, 2-Man Best Ball, ISP #4, and Ryder Cup. There are four Majors also included in the LTC points: Member/Member, Club Championship, Individual and Team Match Play.  The LTMGC members earn LTC points based on their finish at each tournament, with an emphasis placed on flight winners and high finishes within your flight.

 

LTMGC Points Distribution

Official LTC regular events are awarded 200 LTC points for first place and 300 LTC points for Member/Member and Club Championship. LTMGC Points are awarded by finish position as defined in the point distribution tables listed below.  Ties – Points will be distributed to those in tying positions using the same method currently used to distribute prize money for first place when there is a tie. That is, the total points for each tying position will be averaged and that average will be distributed to each player in the tying position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points will be updated and verified after each tournament.  The Season Points will be posted on the portal along with a follow up email to the membership after each event.   If there is a discrepancy, please notify Mike Lynch or Mike Morong immediately so the errors can be corrected.      ** If Match Play doesn’t finish by Sept 22nd, then the remaining points available will be split between the remaining teams or individuals and will be applied to their total LTC season points.

 

 

 

LTC Starting Strokes for Championship Round

                                                                   

Seeding and Starting Stokes

Seed

Strokes

1

-6

2-3

-4

4-5

-3

6-10

-2

11-16

-1

17-30

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For the LTC Championship round points leaders will begin this final round with stroke advantage to recognize the season long effort. 

Here are the rules:

  • In the event there are tied players at any position going into the LTC Championship, tied players will be awarded the same number of Starting Strokes for round one. For example, if two players are tied for third position, both players would start at -4 and the 5th player would start at -3. 
  • Any player that is qualified for the LTC Championship but unable to participate will not be awarded any of the prize fund for the top 30 players.  
  • The most current LTMGC HCP will be used, and all players and the winner will determine be the best net score for the final round.
  • If any player who has qualified and unable to play this final round or is disqualified or withdraws for any reason, he will finish in 30 position for the final TOC Championship Round.  No EXCEPTIONS!

 

 

Championship Cash Payout

The payout below is based on 225 members at $25 each.  The final payout will be based on the final number of members that sign up for the LTC.