2025 national champs

$5,000 in Total Cash Prizes

First Place: $2,000 cash prize + $1k awards value

Second Place: $750 cash prize

Third Place: $750 cash prize

Bonus: $500 various prizes

*Note: Prize amounts may increase as event nears!

Location: Las Positas Golf Course, Livermore, CA

Date: Sunday 9/21/2025

Check in: 10am

Shotgun Start: 11:15am (all start at same time from a different hole)

Total Time: 11am - 5:00pm

Opening Round:  11:15 - 1:00pm

Lunch:  1:00pm - 1:45pm (tie breaker time if needed)

Final Round:  2:00pm - 3:30pm

(see format below)

Awards: 4:00pm

Free to watch with check-in.

2-person team with an optional 3rd sub. Teams can be made of any gender combination as all teams tee off from the same location. 

Gameplay is best ball scramble, 9 hole rounds. This style allows for true teamwork, strategy, encourages more risk-taking and creative shots making it more fun to play and watch.

1 day event, 2 rounds, 9 hole matches/rounds.

Shotgun start (All at same time from different holes- course is privately reserved by MLFG)

Opening Round = Ranking round:

2 Team scramble, stroke scoring.

Top 2 teams advance to Championship Round by head to head battle.

Remaining teams compete for 3rd place, stroke play again.

Final Round = Consolation and Championship Round:

Consolation Round

Pro teams ranked 3rd and below play another round of 9 holes.

Same format as opening round, grouped with new team.

Championship Round

Team scramble, match play, head to head 2 teams, start from hole 1.

Team who wins the most holes, wins the match and the Championship!

- If only 2 teams are tied for the top 2 spots, after opening round, no tie breaker is needed as those 2 will face off in the Championship Round.

- If one team has the lowest score after Openening Round, they advance to the Champtionship Round.

- If 2 or more teams are tied for second, or more than 2 teams are tied for first, tie breaker will be conducted as a 1 kick putt-off as follows:

a. Each team in contention will designate a player as the first kicker & second kicker.

b. Starting point and target hole location to be defined by event official.

c. Order of putt-off determined by coin toss or name drawing.

d. Each teams first kicker takes one kick, each team gets a chance to kick.

e. If no one make it "in" the hole or target, process is repeated with second kicker.

f. Process repeats until top 2 teams are defined.

g. Event official may change starting and target location if tie-breaker takes too long and/or all teams in contention agree.

Stroke: Using best ball scramble, the amount of kicks to get from the tee to hole.

Match: The team that sinks each hole with the fewest strokes wins the hole.  Each hole is either won, lost, or tied by each team. Strokes are reset for each hole.  The team who wins the most holes, wins the match. An example of a  9-hole match score is: 4-2, where team A won 4 holes, team B won 2 holes, and 3 holes were tied.

Ball: Provided league ball for uniformity as with other professional leagues.

Cleat: Any soccer or tennis shoe by a major manufacturer is allowed with the exception of outdoor cleats as mandated by the golf courses. Ideal boot is a turf shoe with small nubs. 

Requirements in place to ensure quality competition, league standards, mass inclusion, fair play, and positive ambassadorship for the growth of the sport and league.

Franchise fee, uniform, logo, and details shared once application submitted and vetted.

Full policies, requirements, and rules provided to competing teams.