MAY 5-9, 2024
Experience what life is like at PGA WEST. The annual Shootout at PGA WEST brings like minded golfers from all over North America to play in a three day two person best ball tournament at the “Western Home of Golf in America” PGA WEST.
You and your golfing partner will share a 700 square foot two-bedroom 1 bathroom casita for four nights at the nicely appointed Indian Palms Intervals, only a short 10 – 15 minute drive to the courses. UNLIMITED AFTERNOON REPLAYS at PGA WEST are also included in your package, as well as daily skills competitions, kickoff cocktail party and finals awards dinner. You’ll also want to make sure to compete in the rowdy afternoon horse race shootout at Dusk! Experience PGA WEST like never before.
FAQs
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Golf Only Package
• Three tournament rounds of two-person best ball golf on three world class courses
• FREE afternoon replays on any of the five PGA WEST courses
• Unlimited use of the range and practice facility
• Golf cart each day
• Daily skills competitions on 6 of the 18 holes
• Overall three day prize fund
• Optional Tuesday afternoon Horse Race Shootout
• Kickoff open bar cocktail party at the Crooked Club’s 19th Hole
• Final nights awards dinner and ceremony
Golf Stay & Play Package
• Three tournament rounds of two-person best ball golf on three world class courses
• Shared FOUR nights lodging in a 700 square foot two-bed one-bath condo
• FREE afternoon replays on any of the five PGA WEST courses
• Unlimited use of the range and practice facility
• Golf cart each day
• Daily skills competitions on 6 of the 18 holes
• Overall three day prize fund
• Optional Tuesday afternoon Horse Race Shootout
• Kickoff open bar cocktail party at the Crooked Club’s 19th Hole
• Final nights awards dinner and ceremony
All entry fee’s include Open Bar Kickoff Tournament Party hosted at the Crooked Clubs 19th Hole and final night Awards Dinner & Ceremony.
Golf Only – $925.00 Per Player
Golf Stay & Play – $1,395.00 Per Player
Returning player pricing & group discounts available for groups of 6 or more. Contact Tournament Host Eric Hoskinson at eric@fungolfvacations.com for more information.
Indian Palms Intervals is the tournament headquarters and is located at the Indian Palms Country Club & Resort, just a short, 10-minute drive to PGA WEST.
Each team will share all the comforts of home at these nicely appointed 700 square foot, 2 bedroom, 1 bath condos, including kitchen and living room area.
If you need some extra practice with the flat stick, make sure to check ou t the newly designed 2,250 square foot practice putting green outside of your condo.
Fun Golf Vacations makes your Palm Springs golf buddy trip the golf experience of a lifetime! Chief Fun Officer Eric Hoskinson will be your personal golf concierge for the entire week answering any questions and giving personal recommendations on where to eat and drink.
Most players stay at the tournament headquarters Indian Palms Intervals resort complex allowing the players to socialize in the evenings around the pool while downing drinks on their verandas surrounding the central pool courtyard. You’ll even find some evening betting on the Crooked Club’s 19th Hole putting green.
All your golf is set for the week, early morning shotgun tournament rounds, unlimited FREE afternoon replays on any of the five PGA WEST courses, as well as unlimited use of the range and practice facility at PGA WEST. You’ll want to make sure to participate in the rowdy afternoon Horse Race Shootout at PGA WEST for your chance at tournament glory and huge CASH pot.
The Wednesday night awards dinner and ceremony will certainly leave a lasting impression that you’ll write home about.
Just fly into Palm Springs, check in and everything is taken care of. Rally your golf crew, take dead aim and join the gang at PGA WEST!
Over the last 20 years, 1,600 players have enjoyed the experience, so don’t wait and register today!
Format
The Shootout is organized around Two Person Best Ball format, also known as Four Ball. You and your partner will play your own ball during the entire tournament. Your team will take the best gross and net score for the team on each hole.
So find your favorite golf buddy that you can “ham and egg” it for a week.
Divisions
Masters – Combined Team HDCP >5.0
Tiger – Team HDCP 5.1 – 10.0
Nicklaus – Team HDCP 10.1 – 15.0
Azalea – Team HDCP 15.1+
Tees
Masters – Combo Tees 6,400 yards
All Other Divisions – White Tees 6,100 yards
Women – Red Tees 5,000 yards
Players may elect to play from shorter tees and handicaps will be adjusted accordingly.
Handicaps
All players participating in the Shootout will play to their 12-month Low Handicap Index (this can be lower than your current handicap index). Please have your handicap CHIN # available when registering for easy verification.
If you do not have a handicap, please contact Tournament Host Eric Hoskinson at eric@fungolfvacations.com
Maximum Handicap for Men is 36.4 and 40.4 for Women.
Handicaps
Partner handicaps must be within 10 strokes of each other. If your partners handicap is above 10 strokes we’ll adjust their handicap to meet that requirement.
Huge Prize Purse
Fun Golf Vacations believes that if you WIN a golf tournament that you should be rewarded! So, the top 30% of each flight will be taking home cold hard CASH.
If you wish to forfeit your CASH for a Visa GC to keep your amateur status, please let the tournament organizers know before the start of the tournament.
Overall Three Day Payout Based on 10 Team Divisions
1st Place $1,000.00
2nd Place $600.00
3rd Place $400.00
Optional Side Cash Honey Pots
There is also an optional daily and three day overall cash honey pot payout. This is an additional cash buy in per player. The cost is $150.00 for the week.
Payouts are based on 10 team divisions and all teams participating.
Daily Prize Payouts
1st Place $225.00
2nd Place $150.00
3rd Place $125.00
Total Daily Prize Purse $500.00
Overall Three Day Payouts
1st Place $750.00
2nd Place $450.00
3rd Place $350.00
Total Five Day Prize Purse $1,500.00
Optional Daily Canadian Skins Game
There are also an optional daily cash skins game for all you birdie hunters. This is an additional cash buy in per player. The cost is $60.00 for the week. With a full field there will be $1,200.00 per day for skins.
Daily On Course Skills Competitions
There are daily closest to the pins and GIR contest during the tournament. Some are by flight, and some are the entire field. Please check your morning rules sheet for contest holes. There will be $3K in on course skills competitions given away over the course of three days.
Below are some of the prizes available to the winners
Frontside KP by Flight $50.00
Backside KP by Flight $50.00
Inside 10′ $100.00 Per Day (Rollover if no winner)
Inside 5′ $200.00 Per Day (Rollover if no winner)
GIR Custom Drone Picture
GIR Custom Drone Picture
Sunday Night Kickoff cocktail pizza party outback of your condos. Enjoy open bar and famous pizza from Stuft Pizza.
Wednesday Night Awards Ceremony May 8th at 6:45pm at the Cooper Pool BBQ Area. We will award the Daily Honey Pot Payout for Wednesday as well as the Four Day Honey Pot payout. Trophies will be awarded to the winning teams.
Early arrival or late departure
Based upon availability, it is usually possible to come a few days early or stay a few days later. It is always easier to stay later than come in earlier. The extra cost is $175 per condo per night.
Guests at no extra cost.
Spouses or significant others can come at essentially no additional cost. There is no increase to the cost of accommodations. The only drawback for two couples staying in one condo is that there is only one bathroom for the two bedrooms.
Separate condo
One team can request a separate condo for each player. The cost is an additional $300 per player.
Airfare
Each player is responsible for their own airfare and car rentals which are quite reasonable at this time if the year. Players can fly into either the Palm Springs Airport or the Ontario Airport.
The drive from the Palm Springs Airport is approximately 30 minutes to the condos. The drive from the Ontario Airport is approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
LAX is an alternative but the drive is about two and one half hours.
Car Rentals
I have found Costco Travel has some of the best rental rates, so if you’re a member go through Costco Travel to book your car rental. Turo.com is another great alternative. You can select pretty much any vehicle that you’ve ever wanted to drive. Think of AirBnB for cars.
Payment –
We accept all major forms of payment, Venmo, PayPal, Check, Zelle and all major credit cards. Due to the rise in merchant card fees, there is an online convenience fee for using your credit card. If you wish to skip those fees you can pay via Check, PayPal, Venmo or Zelle.
If paying with Check, PayPal, Venmo or Zelle, please submit payment within two weeks of registering. If you do not submit payment within two weeks you’ll receive an email notification for a reminder, after another week of nonpayment you’ll be removed from the list of registered players.
Deposit –
You may select to pay just the deposit of $350.00 to secure your spot for the tournament. Final payment will be automatically deducted from the same CC on 3.15.2024. You’ll receive a receipt via email. If you wish to use a different card, please contact eric@fungolfvacations.com to make arrangements.
Refunds –
If you need to cancel, below is the cancelation schedule and accompanying processing fee.
• From the date of registration and within the first 4 weeks full refund
• After the fourth week there is a $200 processing fee for all refunds
• If you register within four weeks of the tournament date and need to cancel its non-refundable.
Raincheck Policy, if you can’t make the tournament for unforeseen circumstances but would like to roll over your deposit or entry fee to a future tournament or date that is an option. Email eric@fungolfvacations.com for details.
Courses
PGA West – Jack Nicklaus
Challenge, beauty and drama permeate every Jack Nicklaus Course, and the masterfully designed Nicklaus Tournament is no exception. It is one of the only courses in the world to feature two island greens. The enormous and undulated double-green of holes 9 & 18 are perfectly viewed from the PGA West Clubhouse.
BLUE
6,522 / 72.2 / 134
WHITE
6,021 / 70.0 / 128
GOLD
5,627 / 68.1 / 122
RED
5,023 / 69.4 / 124
PGA West – TPC Stadium
Rated as one of the “Top 100 Courses in the World” by GOLF MAGAZINE and 4th toughest course in America in Golf Digest’s “Top 50 Toughest Courses in America (2007),” there may be no greater challenge or excitement in the game of golf than the Stadium at PGA WEST! The world famous Stadium is one of Pete Dye’s finest course creations, delivering multiple adrenaline rushes throughout the round.
BLUE
6739 / 73.1 / 140
WHITE
6,166 / 70.2 / 133
GOLD
5700 / 73.7 / 137
RED
5092 / 70.2 / 124
PGA West – Greg Norman
The newest course at PGA WEST and the only Greg Norman-designed golf course in the Coachella Valley is aptly described as being very “challenging but fair.” Sporting only 68 acres of lush manicured turf, 102 white crushed marble bunkers and shark blue water coming into play on 9 holes, this 7,200-yard course offers a truly “Outback” experience that will entice you back time and time again.
BLUE
6,671 / 72.8 / 133
WHITE
6,227 / 70.6 / 126
GOLD
5,751 / 68.4 / 120
RED
5,297 / 71.4 / 120
PGA West – Dunes
This Par 72 Pete Dye designed course offers traditional rolling links style golf with Scottish and Irish flair, characterized by rolling mounds framing manicured fairways and thick rough. The course provides an invigorating round of golf against a backdrop of rugged mountain landscapes.
BLACK
6,732 / 72.9 / 135
WHITE
6,300 / 70.7 / 128
SILVER
5,768 / 68.3 / 121
RED
4,875 / 71.0 / 123
PGA West – Mountain
PGA West Mountain course combines everything the desert has to offer. Many famous tournaments have been played on this legendary and exclusive ” VIP players only ” golfer’s paradise. Noted for pot bunkers, rock formations, sand and water. Watch for the par-3 16th hole that has a green that is surrounded by desert mountain rocks.
BLACK
6,666 / 72.9 / 135
WHITE
6,280 / 70.7 / 128
SILVER
5,732 / 68.3 / 121
RED
4,884 / 68.7 / 123
BLACK
6,537 / 71.1 / 125
WHITE
6,204 / 69.5 / 120
GOLD
5,640 / 66.6 / 114
SILVER
4,823 / 68.1 / 119
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