2025-2026 Gaspar Golf Playoffs

2026 Gaspar Golf Playoffs Rules

1. The Gaspar Golf Playoffs will be held on October 10-11, 2026 at Lakewood National in the Bradenton/Lakewood Ranch area.  The price is $75 + tax per round, paid in the pro shop.  There will also be a $40 ($20 each day) fee paid in the App for the skins game and CTPs for both days.
2. Only Pirate Club members can make the Gaspar Golf Playoffs.
3. Players who wish to become Pirate Club members will pay a $75 annual fee in our App.
4. You can qualify for the Playoffs by finishing in the top 24 (plus ties) in Gaspar Cup points rankings if you do not win one of our Gaspar Invitational Tournaments.
5. All A & B Flight winners in the season's tournaments qualify for the Playoffs if they are in the top 30, played in half the tournaments, and paid the Pirate Club fee.
6. You must have played in at least half the tournaments during the season.
7. Gaspar Golf Pirate Club annual membership fees are due by the June 2026 Gaspar Invitational Tournament.
8. These annual membership fees go to the Gaspar Golf Playoffs prize purse.
9. Playoffs will be a 2-day tournament played as stroke play, and using each player's Points Quota, and will be held in October 2026.
10. Points Quotas are frozen after the September event.
11. Gaspar Challenges are frozen after the September event.
12. Qualifying players MUST play both Playoff rounds or will withdraw from the event.  If you do not play on Sunday, you forfeit the fees you paid for skins and CTPs.
13. Tournament will be a cumulative Points event.  Your combined result against your Points Quota will be your tournament score.
14. Men play from 6000-6300 yards.  Ladies play from 4800-5200 yards.  Senior players 70+ may play from up to 400 yards closer.  This can vary slightly based on the course(s) we play.
15. All standard Gaspar Invitational rules will apply, although we may install some tournament rules before the event.
16. In the case of a tie at the end of play on Sunday, the players tied for 1st place will go back to the 1st tee, and play that hole.  If there are players still tied, we will continue to the 2nd hole, and play until there is one player who has won the hole.  We use the players' Quotas to determine a net score on the hole(s).
17. If there are 2 players tied for 1st place at the end of regulation, the loser in sudden death will finish in 2nd place.  If there are 3 players tied at the top, the 2 losers in sudden death will tie for 2nd place, and split the prize money for 2nd and 3rd place.  If there are 4 players tied at the top, the 3 losers in sudden death will tie for 2nd place, and split the prize money for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.