Conditions of participation for regional rounds

• Entry is strictly by invitation only. Invitations are non-transferable.
• Participants over 18 years of age will be permitted to compete on the day of the tournament.
• Amateur golfers ranked in the top 20 of the Indian Golf Union's Merit List for the past 3 years are not eligible to participate.
• The local club rules apply for every tournament.
• The Porsche Golf Cup tournament committee reserves the right to accept entries of any player at its sole discretion. In case of any dispute, the tournament committee's decision will be treated as final.
• During the tournament series, a golfer may only participate in one Porsche Golf Cup tournament.
• Porsche owners in whose name the car is registered only will be considered as customers entitled to travel & compete at the India Finals. If the owner does not play golf, then in that case, only the immediate family members are eligible to participate in the tournament. The "immediate family" includes the owner's spouse, parents, children & the siblings.
• Registration for a qualifying round and the India Finals of the Porsche Golf Cup is allowed for owners of a Porsche car and non-customers.
• Only a Porsche owner/ customer will be able to qualify for the International / World Final.
• In order to participate in the tournament, the participant must be a member of a recognized golf club or have a valid handicap with the WHS. Without a valid handicap from a recognized organization, the player will play off scratch in the tournament or may be disqualified.
• By registering, participants agree to give up their portrait rights for the communication (including social media) of the event. By registering, participants accept the current rules and conditions of participation.

Scoring format – Stableford points on double peoria format over 18 holes

The Peoria System is a 1-day handicapping system for tournaments in which most of the golfers do not have real handicap indexes.

How does the double peoria handicap system works?

• During the event briefing, twelve hidden holes are taken out by the Porsche India representative in front of all the golfers. These holes nos. will be disclosed to the golfers post their round only where their scores on these twelve hidden holes are added.
• How does the Double Peoria handicap system works?
• This twelve-hole aggregate is then multiplied by one and half times (1.5).
• The par for the course (72, as in case of DLF Golf Course and Country Club) is then subtracted from this number.
• This result is then multiplied by 80% and rounded off.
• This is the Peoria handicap allowance to be used to calculate the individual stableford points.
• Example: John Doe is playing the tournament.
• During the briefing, the following hole nos. are selected as the hidden holes (not disclosed to the players at the time) – 1,3,5,7,8,9,11,12, 13,15,17,18.
• After the round, John comes back with the following scores of 3,4,5,7,6,5,3,4,6,5,3 and 4 on the above twelve hidden holes selected.
• The sum of these twelve holes is 55 (3+4+5+7+6+5+3+4+6+5+3+4 =55).
• This is multiplied by 1.5 i.e. one and half times of 55 is 82.5.
• Par for the course is 72 and subtracting this from 82.5 is 10.5. 80% of 10.5 is 8.4.
• So John's Double Peoria One-day Handicap for the tournament only is 8.4.

Scoring on stableford points

The scoring in Stableford competitions is made by points awarded in relation to a fixed score (gross or net par) at each hole as indicated below:

More than one over par or no score returned: 0

• One over par: 1 pt
• Equal to Par: 2 pts
• 1 under par (Birdie) : 3 pts
• 2 under par (Eagle): 4 pts
• 3 under par (Albatross): 5 pts

The higher the points the better the score of the golfers.

Awards and prizes:

During the regional rounds, golfers will be divided into the following categories:

• Gross scores on original handicap
• Handicap category 0 to 8
• Handicap category 9 to 16
• Handicap category 17 and above

In the event of a tie, the better net score of handicap holes 1-18 in that order will decide the winner. The selection of holes takes place in accordance with the course's handicap holes with the most difficult hole followed by the second most difficult hole, etc. If there is still a tie, the winner will be decided by a monster putt challenge.

The net scores will be converted to stableford points. The golfer with the most stableford points is adjudged as the winner. In the event of a tie, there is a countback of stableford points made, first on the back 9 of the course (9/6/3/2/1) and if the tie still persists then the front 9 of the course (9/6/3/2/1).

If there is still a tie, the winner will be decided by a monster putting competition on the putting green.