Assumption of Risk and Release from Liability: 

By becoming a member of The Deuce Tour or entering and playing in a Deuce Tour event, the participant understands and agrees that there are certain dangers involved with the participation in a golf tournament, including but not limited to being struck by lightning, getting hit by a golf club or golf ball, suffering from heat exhaustion, heart attack or injury from uneven terrain, for all such risks the participant assumes, solely accepts, and waives all claims of injury to body or property against The Deuce Tour. Furthermore, the participant agrees that while on the premises of a The Deuce Tour event, the participant, and any guest, relative or anyone else affiliated with participant, shall be present at their own risk and that Deuce shall not be liable for any claims for injuries or damages whatsoever to person or property of the participant or related person arising out of or in connection with the participation in the tournament or presence at the tournament. Participant agrees to indemnify and hold harmless The Deuce Tour and Sandy Birdie LLC from all claims by or liability to participant or affiliated person.

Tournament Registration

Tour players can register online for all Deuce Tour events at www.DeuceAmTour.com . Events may have a limited number of entries available. Therefore, each event will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Tour players are encouraged to register early, as any event may sell-out in advance of the entry deadline.

Payment Policy

It is the responsibility of the Deuce Tour player to submit the required entry fee for each tournament prior to the entry deadline, as payment will be the only means by which to secure a position in the tournament field. Entry fee payments should be made via the Deuce Tour website using a credit card, but may be paid by other means (i.e., Venmo, Paypal, Zelle, etc.) with the permission of the Tour Director(s). When your payment is received and registration is complete, an email confirmation along with a receipt will be sent to you.

Registration fees will be as follows for each event and type:

Registration	Regular	Playoff	Major
Non-Member	$	$	$
Member	$	$	$
Member Early Bird	$	$	$

*Registration fees for events are subject to change based on venue selection, pricing, and availability. The above pricing is meant to serve as guide only and not a committed price.

Deuce Tour Members will qualify for discounted registration fees (Member & Member Early Bird) as shown above. Early Bird registration is limited and subject to entry gift restrictions. Refer to each event’s Registration page for details. The additional Member Early Bird discount will be available to any Member completing their registration to an event 21 days prior to the originally scheduled date of the event for which they are registering until the designated number of spots are available. If a Member is not able to complete registration before the cutoff date of the Early Bird discount, the Member discount will apply up to the date of the event. 
 
By registering for any event, you are agreeing to these Rules and Guidelines.

Tour Flights

The following table depicts how players are assigned to their respective Tour flights based on their USGA Handicap Index. Final decisions on assigning Tour Players’ flights are solely at the discretion of Deuce Tour Director(s) after a full review of the players and their scores.

Flight Name	Handicap Index
Championship	< 5.9
Players	6.0 – 12.9
Weekenders	13.0 – 17.9
Breakfast Ballers	18 – 24.9
Hackerish	NON COMPETITVE

Player Flight Assignment & Re-Assignment

DeuceTour wants to ensure a competitive atmosphere at our events yet ensure fairness to all players. In order to achieve this, sometimes it is necessary to evaluate new players and those who compete throughout the season. If warranted, the Tour Director(s) will exercise discretion on player reassignments to flights for competition. The following are some common examples:

Bouncing Handicaps – At any time during the season a player improves their handicap index that qualifies them to move into the next flight, they will remain in that flight for the remainder of the season.

Consecutive Wins – If a player wins two consecutive events that they play in for the same flight to which they are assigned, that player will be reviewed and possibly moved up to the next flight for the remainder of the season or their handicap improves to move up yet another flight. Handicap and performance relative to the field will be taken into consideration.

New Players without Handicap-New players are initially flighted based upon their most current USGA® Handicap.  If a new player does not have a USGA® Handicap that player will be flighted based upon correspondence with Tournament Director, noting that strict measures will be in place for protection and integrity of the flight. 

Field and Flight Size-Field sizes and flight offerings may vary.  Senior Flights will be offered at all Regional Major Championships provided there are eight (8) or more players in the open flight and eight (8) or more players in the corresponding senior flight. 

Cancellations and No Shows 

If a Tour player who has registered for a tournament withdraws more than 7 days before the date of that Tour event, they will receive a credit for use in future Deuce Tour events. Withdrawal from any tournament must be done no later than 3 days before the date of the event. If a Tour player withdraws prior to the tournament, they are subject to a cancellation fee plus any additional fees or green fees from the hosting golf course. Any Tour player that has registered for an event and does not show to the event or fails to contact the Tour Supervisor on the day of the event will forfeit their registration fee and may have their player privileges revoked for future events. All withdrawals must be communicated to the Tour Director(s) by email or text. The timestamp of the communication of intent to withdraw will be used in consideration of any fees or credits depicted in the policy stated previously.

By Flights

Each flight will have a “Gross Score Champion”, except in Hackerish Flight which will be a “Net Score Champion, and there will also be an “Overall Net Score Champion”, for a total of six (6) champions per event. Depending on the number of players per flight for each event we will also recognize/award 2nd thru 5th place finishes in each flight accordingly with credits and/or other prizes at the Tournament Director(s) discretion. Tour Director(s) may at their discretion extend the number of prizes and/or their values should a flight’s number of players exceed the chart shown below:

Skins Game

An optional cash buy-in skins game will be offered at each event. $25 skin pot and $100 skin pot(all flights eligible for entry). Skins games will also be available for each flight as well. The game’s entry fee is cash only in addition to the event registration fee and will only be taken at the Check-In table on the day of the event. The lowest Gross Score per hole with a birdie (-1 to par) or better will qualify and be used to determine a winning skin for each flight. A winning player’s payout per skin will simply be the Flight’s pot value divided by number of Flight skins won in the event. If there are no winners, the pot(s) will carry over to the next event and continue to grow until a winner occurs or the Tour year ends. Any unclaimed prize money at year end will either be donated to a local charity or raffled in the form of gift cards and/or golf items to those who participated during the unclaimed period.

Scoring

The Deuce Tour will use Gross Scores to determine the winners of each flight. Each Regular/Playoff (1 day) event will consist of 18 holes, while Major (2 day) events will consist of 36 holes. Gross score is defined to be the total amount of shots taken to finish the 18 holes per round. There is also an Overall Net Prize, in which every player on the field participates.

Ties for first place in each flight will be decided by sudden death playoff (unless the course or weather does not allow Tour players back on the course). All players in a sudden death playoff MUST be present in order to participate, or else they forfeit their tie. In the event of a tie for second place and other places, the winner will be decided by scorecards in the following order:

For Gross Prizes:

– Best (gross) back nine (9)
– Best (gross) last six holes (6)
– Best (gross) last three holes (3)
– Handicap hole #1 score, followed by handicap #2 score, and so on
– If a tie remains, a coin flip will decide 

For Net Prizes:  See below

Note: If the golf course or weather does not permit us to determine a Flight winner, Deuce Tour and the Tour Director(s)/Supervisor(s) can use the above method to determine the Flight Champion.