The GolfSixes Cascais is an unofficial money team
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
tournament on the
European Tour
The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fi ...
. The inaugural edition was played at
Centurion Club
The Centurion Club is a golf club in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.
The club opened in 2013. It has hosted the GolfSixes
The GolfSixes Cascais is an unofficial money team golf tournament on the European Tour. The inaugural edition was pl ...
in
St Albans, England in May
2017
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. It featured a 32-player field consisting of 16 teams of two, each representing a nation, competing for a €1 million purse.
Rules
The first day's play has the teams split into four groups of four. In the group stages three points are given for winning a match, with one point given for a draw. The top two teams from each group progress to the knockout stages – the quarterfinals, the semifinals, a 3rd/4th place playoff match and the final – all of which were contested on the second and final day.
The winner of each match is the team with the most holes won after a six-hole contest. A
greensomes Foursomes, also known as alternate shot, is a pairs playing format in the sport of golf.
Golfers compete in teams of two, using only one ball per team, and taking alternate shots until the hole is completed. Team members take turns in teeing off o ...
match play format is used, where all four players drive and the teams choose the best tee shot, and from there play alternate shots.
A shot clock is in operation at the fourth hole, with the players permitted 30 seconds to play each shot and any breach of time incurring a stroke penalty.
Winners
Notes
References
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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Former European Tour events
Golf tournaments in England