2025 national champs

$5,000 in Total Cash & Prizes

Upper Division

First Place: $1500 cash prize + $1k Rings value

Second Place: $750 cash prize + Award

Third Place: $500 cash prize + Award

Lower Division

First Place: $250 cash prize + Souvenir

Second Place: $250 cash prize + Souvenir

Third Place: $250 cash prize + Souvenir

*Other non play Cash Prizes.

*Note: Prize amounts may increase as event nears!

Location: Elk Grove, CA

Course: Emerald Lakes Golf Course

Date: Sunday 9/20/2026

Check in: 1pm

Shotgun Start: 2pm 

Total Time: 4-5 hours.

Opening Round:  2pm

Seeding + Tie Breakers:  3:30pm

Final Rounds:  4:30pm

(see format below)

Awards: 6pm

Free for spectators.

Entry gift & raffle with free ticket.

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 for head to head battle.

- Top 1/2 advances to upper division round.

- Bottom 1/2 advances to lower division round.

Final Round = Consolation and Championship Round:

Upper Division Round

Play another round of 9 holes for 3rd place.

Same format as opening round, grouped with new team.

Prize: $500 + Award.

Lower Division Round

Play another round of 9 holes for 1st - 3rd of lower division.

Same format as opening round, grouped with new team.

Prize: $250 + Souvenir for 1st - 3rd place teams. 

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!

Prizes: Cash, and 2 Superbowl sized Championship Rings!

- 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 Opening Round, they advance to the Championship 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 makes 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/or target location if tie-breaker continues past 2 rounds.

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.