Fall 2026 · Pilot Season
League Night Is The Best Night.
Six Wednesdays, Oct 7 to Nov 11. Two-person teams, 18 holes a week, handicapped so everybody has a shot at the trophy.
Field capped at 12 players · Roster locks Wed, Sept 30
The season
Six Wednesdays. One Trophy.
Our first proper league season, run as a pilot with a deliberately small field. Two-person teams, one team per bay, a full 18 holes every week, and handicaps that let a 20 beat a 5 on the night.
- Season
- Oct 7 – Nov 11Six straight Wednesdays, championship on Nov 11.
- League night
- Check-in 6:00 PMBriefing at 6:15, warm up, tee off 6:45. Home by about nine.
- Teams
- Two playersOne team per bay, full 18 holes weekly. Sign up solo and we’ll pair you.
- Field
- 8–12 playersFour to six teams. Small on purpose for season one — once it’s full, it’s full.
- Entry
- $199 per playerMembers pay less. Full breakdown below.
- Prize pool
- $600 minimumGrows with the field, over $1,000 at a full house.
Week by week
A Different Game Every Week
The format changes every week, so the season doesn’t come down to who hits it furthest. Some weeks reward your own ball, some reward your partner covering for you, and one week you share a single ball and find out how the friendship holds up.
Both play their own ball; the better net score counts.
Both card their own round. Team score is the two nets added.
Best drive, then everyone plays their own ball in.
Handicaps recalibratedOne ball per team, players alternate every shot.
50% of combined indexBoth tee off, play the best shot, repeat until holed.
15% lower + 10% higherTrophy, certificates and payouts awarded the same night.
Double pointsCourses are announced week by week — six different tracks, each picked to suit the format being played on it. Handicap allowance is 85% except where noted above. Every night runs on Uneekor XO2 with the same baseline settings, agreed with the team captains before Week 1 rather than set by staff alone.
Handicaps
Every Skill Level Actually Competes
You don’t need to be good, you need a number. There are two ways to get one, and which applies to you isn’t a choice — it depends on whether you already carry an index.
You already have an index
Submit it by Wed, Sept 30
Carry a current GHIN or 18Birdies Handicap Index? Send it in when you register and you play off it as it stands, capped at 40. No conversion, no arithmetic.
You play no qualifying rounds. Once your number is in, you’re set for opening night.
You don’t have one
Complete by Tue, Oct 6
We’ll establish one for you in house. Play at least three qualifying rounds on our sims before opening night and your index comes from the average, capped at 40.
Those rounds are included in your entry — no separate charge. Book them whenever suits you.
Then we check our work. The first three weeks are all individual-scoring formats, which gives us clean data on how everybody is really playing. After Week 3 every handicap is recalculated from those actual scores, and adjustments are announced before Week 4. A three-round sample can misjudge somebody — this is the safety net, and it matters because there’s a prize pool on the line.
Entry
$199 Per Player, All In
One price covers the whole season. Membership discounts apply per player, so a Birdie member pays $169 while their non-member teammate pays $199 on the same team.
What your entry covers
- Six league nights — a full 18 holes every Wednesday, bay included.
- Your qualifying rounds, if you need them — bundled in, never billed separately.
- Entry into the season prize pool.
- Two makeup rounds per player per season, for the weeks life gets in the way.
- Your name on the trophy and a champion’s certificate, if you win the thing.
Worth knowing
- The discount is the same one your membership already gives you everywhere else — 10% Junior, 15% Birdie, 20% Eagle.
- Eagle members are never wait-listed. If the league fills you’re still in, and you get first pick of makeup times.
- Not a member yet? A season of league bay time is worth several times the entry fee at our regular rates — worth reading the membership maths before you register.
- If fewer than eight players sign up we’ll postpone rather than run a short field, and refund in full.
Playing for
$600 minimum prize pool — grows with the field, over $1,000 at a full house.
Half of every entry fee goes straight back into the pool, so the more players who sign up, the more there is to play for. Paid down to second place at four teams, third place at five or six.
- $25 to the winning team every week — the middle of the season matters too.
- A perpetual trophy that lives at the club, engraved with each season’s champions.
- Most Improved — biggest handicap drop between Week 3 and the championship.
Diary
Dates That Matter
Two deadlines sit before opening night. Miss the roster lock and we can’t place you on a team.
Register
Twelve Places. That’s It.
Registration and payment run through Whoosh — the same system you already use to book a bay. Takes about two minutes.
Register on Whoosh →Questions first? Call (832) 924-7826, email contactus@birdie-central.com, or just ask at the bar.