How Competitions Work

The PARennial Cup is a year-long competitive golf league exclusively for PARennial Golf members. Compete across a full season of tournaments, earn points with every finish, climb the leaderboard, qualify for the playoffs, and win prizes.

All active members are eligible to participate. Whether you're a seasoned golfer or just getting started, the competition is structured to be fair, fun, and rewarding for everyone.

A season is the top-level container for all competition activity. It spans the full year and holds every tournament, standing, and prize for that cycle.

Seasons progress through stages:

You must register for a season before you can enter any of its tournaments.

Tournaments are the individual events within a season. Each one has its own format, scoring method, and prize pool.

There are four tournament categories, each with different eligibility and points:

Most tournaments are stroke play (lowest total score wins), but some use match play format (head-to-head elimination bracket). Stroke play events can span multiple rounds, and some have a cut after an early round, just like a PGA Tour event.

Check each tournament's details for format, scoring method, and eligibility requirements.

Tournaments use one of three scoring formats:

In Net and Stableford formats, your course handicap determines which holes you receive extra strokes on. Each hole has a stroke index (SI 1 = hardest, SI 18 = easiest). If your handicap is 12, you get one extra stroke on the 12 hardest holes. If it's over 18, you get a stroke on every hole plus a second stroke on the hardest ones.

In match play, the difference between the two players' handicaps determines how many strokes the higher-handicap player receives, starting from the hardest holes.

Scorecards can be submitted from your Trackman session or entered manually. Once submitted, they count toward the tournament standings.

Every tournament awards points to the top 10 finishers based on finishing position. Higher-tier tournaments offer more points, making them critical for the season standings.

Your season standings are determined by your total accumulated points. The Money List separately tracks your total prize earnings (PARennial Rewards), so you can see both where you rank and how much you've won.

At the end of the regular season, the top qualifiers advance to the playoffs. The qualification threshold varies by season.

When players finish a tournament with the same score, a countback tiebreaker compares their scores starting from the hardest holes on the course (by stroke index). The player who performed better on the tougher holes takes the higher finish. If still tied after all 18, the players share the position and split points and prizes equally.

The Money List is a season-long ranking of total prize earnings. While the standings track your accumulated tournament points, the Money List tracks every PARennial Point you've won in prize payouts.

Each tournament has its own prize pool. The top 10 finishers earn a percentage of that pool. The percentages are the same regardless of category. Higher-category tournaments typically carry bigger purses:

The Money List updates after every tournament payout. It's a running measure of your consistency and success across every event in the season.

Some tournaments use a single-elimination bracket format instead of stroke play. In match play, you compete head-to-head, winning individual holes rather than counting total strokes. Think WGC Match Play.

• •Players are seeded by course handicap (lowest = #1 seed) so the bracket is balanced.
• •If there are fewer players than bracket slots, top seeds get a first-round bye.
• •Each match is decided over 18 holes. Both players submit scorecards, and the scores are compared hole by hole.
• •A match can end early if one player's lead is insurmountable. For example, 3 up with 2 to play is a 3&2 win.
• •If the match is tied after 18 (all square), the result is decided by a sudden-death resolution.
• •Winners advance through the bracket. The last player standing wins the tournament.

Finishing positions are assigned backward through the bracket: 1st (winner), 2nd (finalist), T3 (both semifinal losers), T5 (all quarterfinal losers), and so on. Tied players split their combined standings points and prize money equally.

When the final match is decided, the tournament finalizes automatically. Results, standings points, and prizes are calculated and applied right away.

Prizes are awarded as PARennial Rewards, credits that can be used toward bookings, memberships, merchandise, and more.

Every tournament has its own prize pool distributed among the top 10 finishers. Higher-category tournaments carry bigger purses. At the end of the season, additional prizes are awarded based on the final season standings.

The Money List tracks your total prize earnings across the entire season. It's a running tally of every PARennial Point you've won, a badge of honor and a measure of your consistency across all events.

The full prize structure for each season and tournament is announced when registration opens.