Tour Points Systems
Earn points all season long
OVERVIEW
Established in 2021, the Hittin Links Golf Tour consist of a season-long points competition offering $1000’s in Tour Credit and prizes for each Division winner and culminating with the Club Championship at the end of the Season. Players vie to become their Division Tour Champion and 1 Club Champion (lowest gross), which distinguishes the one player who not only performs well during the Regular Season, but also excels through the pressure of the Final Events. Players to hoist the Championship trophies include Jeremy Howard (2020) and Jesse Torres (2021) and JC Miller (2022) and Andy Fullerton (2023) and Robert Schultz (2023) and Alex Tasker (2023) and Ryan Muir (2024) and Brian McAfee (2024) and Ronnie Henderson (2024) and Russell Davies (2024) and Andy Gordon (2025) and DJ Franco (2025) and James Gowen (2025) and Russell Davies (2025).
TOUR REGULAR SEASON
The Tour’s Regular Season features 14 official events across 28 different courses. TOUR members earn points based on their finish at each tournament, with an emphasis placed on wins and high finishes in addition to bonus points received for various accomplishments during the round. Players looking to compete in the Championships will earn season long points based on the following formula for each event:
- Players MUST play in a minimum of 3 events (or 2 min events if joining after June 1) to be eligible to compete for the Individual and Team Final
- Players total points going into the Season Finale will be based of their best 7 tournament finishes of the 13 regular season tournaments available to play. Players who play more than 7 events will be able to drop their worst finishes and will take the sum total of their best 7 events. Players who play less than 7 events will just take the sum total of all their finishes. This will result in more fair competition coming into year end.
- In Total, a player will have the ability to earn a MAX of 4250 points in a season.
- In Total, a player will also have the ability to earn a MAX of 3750 BONUS points each season. See Bonus Points Breakdown below.
Tour Points Distribution
- (6) All Tour events award max 500 points
- (3) All Major Tour Events award max 750 points
- (3) All Travel Series Events award up to 600 points to first place and up to 300 points to second place in our Ryder Cups
- (1) Match Play Champion will earn 500 points to the winner and 300 points for second place. Semi-finalist receive 200 points and quarter finalist receive 100 points.
- (1) Clash of the Club Cup versus Rival Clubs for 400 points max
Points Distribution – Bonus points are points earned in addition to your Season Long Points based on the following formulas as specified in each event description at registration.
- For ALL individual stroke play tournaments players will only earn points based on how they finish the event in their division.
- LOW GROSS winners in our individual stroke play tournaments don’t earn points based on their finish in gross. Players only earn points based on how they finish in their net division.
- Special Note: IF a player wins both Low Net in their Division and Low Gross overall, then they will win the max points and the Low Gross Overall trophy/prizes and D1 money (typically more than low gross money) and the runner up in D1 will win the Division Trophy and prize.
- For ALL team stroke play or scramble events there are NO DIVISONS. Instead we do 2 flights: 1 Low Overall Gross Winner and 1 Low overall Net Winner. All teams will earn points from which ever flight they finished the best in.
- IF a team wins both Low Net and Low Gross overall, then they will win the max points and the Low Gross Overall and the runner up in the low net will win the Division Trophy and prize.
All Tour events (unless noted) will have the ability to earn the following bonus points throughout the season to ADD to their total points.
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- Closest to Pins – 100 points (150 major)
- Putting Contest – 100 points (150 major)
- Long Drive – 100 points (150 major)
BONUS POINTS
Players can also earn bonus points for the following:
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- Player scores a PR (Personal Record). With scorecard proof to Tour management at support@hittinlinks.com players are awarded 25 points
- Players that refer a player that joins the Tour earn 25 bonus points per player and $5 Tour credit that joins. Referrals should be noted when a players signs up for the tour.
- Players that play in Linked Up Challenges can earn max of 10 points per match completed. Linked up Challenges are any casual round or non tour round that you play with player(s) that you DID NOT KNOW before you joined Hittin Links. Please send scorecard proof to Tour management at jhoward@hittinlinks.com players are awarded 10 points for every Linked Up Challenge completed.
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Tour Points are awarded by finish position as defined in the point distribution tables.
Ties – For 1st place ties only, a playoff will decide the winner of the event. Playoffs will most commonly be in the form of a putt off or up and down challenge, but can also be another regulation hole sudden death or for championships a full 18 holes. For all ties outside of first place, Points will be distributed to those in tying positions using the same method currently used to distribute prize money 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.
The Tour Championship
Finishing the Tour Championship, the player with the lowest stroke total over 36 holes when combined with their Starting Strokes will be crowned the Tour Champion, be credited with an official victory at the Championship and earn the 1st place prize Tour credits. The Top 15 players from each division the Points list plus ties and exempt players make their way to the Final Championship.
The points leader at the completion of the season will begin the Championship at 10-under par. The No. 2 player will start at 8 under. The No. 3 player starts at 7 under; the No. 4 player starts at 6 under; the No. 5 player starts at 5 under. No. 6 Player start at 4 under; No. 7 player start at 3 under; No. 8 player start at 2 under; No. 9 player start at 1 under; and No. 10 player start at even par. All ties in 10th will start at E par. All exempt players that are not ranked in the top 10 from their division will start the Championship at E par.
In the event there are tied players at any position going into the Championship, tied players will be awarded the same number of Starting Strokes for round one. For example, if two players are tied for second position, both players would start at 8 under and the No. 4 player would start at 6 under.
Tournament Schedule Notes:
- (10) Conference Tournaments – 500 points max
- 5 regular season events hosted in the Valley Conference area
- 5 regular season events hosted in the Bay-Area Conference area
- ALL players have access to ALL events from each conference
- All players will receive points and top overall gross and top net player from each division win tour credits.
- (3) Travel Series Events – 600/300 point max
- (3) Major Conference tournaments – 750 points max
- Each conference will host a regular season MAJOR tournament worth more points and more cash for winning. All players will receive points and top overall gross and top net player from each division win Tour credits. Top players will also receive exemption into the Tour Championship.
- (1) Season Long Match Play Championship – 500/300/200/100 bonus points
- Starting May1st, players will be bracketed to compete in a season long match play championship. Each round, players are paired against another player and will have 1 month to complete their match. Matches will go until we have a finale and a winner.
- (1) Clash of the Club Match Cup against Rival Clubs – 400 points max
- The marquee event of the year as we invite 7 other clubs to come face off with 36 holes of Ryder Cup action in one day! Each Club brings 20 players who will pair off against other club pairs for 4 different formats of 9 hole golf to earn points and be crowned the Clash of Clubs Champs!
- (1) Final Team and Individual Championship
- Players must compete in a min 3 events a season to be eligible to play in the Championship
- Players will qualify for the Championship with the total points of their best 7 events during the season
- Top 15 players from each conference division in points will earn a spot in the 36 hole Championship
- Top 20 overall teams will earn a spot in the Team Championship.
Hittin Links Points Breakdown
| Place | Regular Events | Major Events | Travel Events | Bonus Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | 750 | 600 | Closest to Pin: 100/150 |
| 2 | 300 | 500 | 300 | Putting Contest: 100/150 |
| 3 | 200 | 400 | Longest Drive: 100/150 | |
| 4 | 150 | 300 | Personal Best: 25 | |
| 5 | 125 | 250 | Refer A Friend: 25 | |
| 6 | 100 | 200 | Linked Up Challenge: 10 | |
| 7 | 90 | 150 | ||
| 8 | 80 | 125 | ||
| 9 | 70 | 100 | ||
| 10 | 60 | 90 | ||
| 11 | 50 | 80 | ||
| 12 | 40 | 70 | ||
| 13 | 30 | 60 | ||
| 14 | 20 | 50 | ||
| 15 | 10 | 40 | ||
| 16 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 17 | 5 | 20 | ||
| 18 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 20 | 5 | 5 |
Tour Championship Starting Point
| Finishing Standings (per division) | Starting Championship Strokes | Finishing TEAM Standings | Starting Championship Strokes |
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| 1 | -10 | 1 | -6 |
| 2 | -8 | 2 | -5 |
| 3 | -7 | 3 | -5 |
| 4 | -6 | 4 | -4 |
| 5 | -5 | 5 | -4 |
| 6 | -4 | 6 | -4 |
| 7 | -4 | 7 | -3 |
| 8 | -3 | 8 | -3 |
| 9 | -3 | 9 | -3 |
| 10 | -2 | 10 | -2 |
| 11 | -2 | 11 | -2 |
| 12 | -1 | 12 | -2 |
| 13 | -1 | 13 | -1 |
| 14 | E | 14 | -1 |
| 15 | E | 15 | -1 |
| 16 | E | ||
| 17 | E | ||
| 18 | E | ||
| 19 | E | ||
| 20 | E |
Average Tournament Prize Money
| Position (Per Divison) | Low Net | Putting Contest | Gross Skins | Net Skins | Closest To Pin / Long Drive | Raffles |
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| 1 | $100-$200+ trophy | $75-$125 | $50-$200 | $50-$200 | $25-$50 + prize | Prize values $50-$200 |
| 2 | $50-$75 | |||||
| 3 | $25-$50 | |||||