The season consists of 27 events, approximately a week-long each, beginning April 1st and ending October 5th.

The season's length closely aligns with the in-season months designated by cold-weather states' golf associations, so as to be inclusive of as many golfers as possible.

Each event utilizes a progressive scoring system. A progressive scoring system means 1st place receives as many points as there are players in the event. For example, if 10 players submitted a score during Week 1, 1st place earns 10 points; 2nd place earns 9; 3rd place earns 8, and so on all the way down to 1 point.

Each event's leaderboard will be first ranked by TheGrint's metric: "Net Score Over Par", which is a useful formula conveying your performance on the course in context of your handicap index. The formula is:

NSOP = Score - (Index x Slope / 113) - Course Rating.

Ties will then look at Net Score, followed by Gross Score.

We use TheGrint app, a leading golf app that you can download for free. Through its tour functionality, you can easily upload your score to the Pursuit in the app. Check out our How To Videos to learn more.

You can play any course on any date as long as the round takes place during the event's timeframe (typically one week).

One of the many great things about the Handicap System is that it creates a more level playing field by automatically accounting for everyone's course difficulty, tee selection and weather conditions.

Yes, a GHIN number (aka Handicap ID) is required to participate in the P2S 2025 Pursuit, as your handicap index enables a level playing field across all skill levels and all courses. Head to USGA's "Getting a Handicap Index" page to learn more.

And technically you can't make your way to a scratch golfer without one!

Think of these flights as different tiers, except not based on skill but rather on how many rounds you upload to the Pursuit. If you play 10 rounds, your best 6 finishes in terms of # of points earned will count towards the Best 6 leaderboard. If you played 13 rounds, your best 12 will count towards the Best 12 leaderboard, and so on.

This way, someone who plays 10 rounds per year doesn't compete against someone who plays 50 rounds per year, as the latter would have an unfair advantage by simply accruing more points over time. Knowing everyone's circumstances are different, Activity Flights are utilized to ensure more fair competition among golfers with a similar amount of playing opportunities.

For the time being, P2S Pursuit is for the love of the game and the glory of bragging rights!

That said, the season's winners for each Activity Flight, as well the Signature Events, will receive special gift cards / discounts to Path2Scratch merchandise.

For the future, we are looking into additional prize awards and will update this page accordingly as concepts develop.

No, only one round can be applied to an event. Check out our How To Videos to learn more about swapping one score for another if you played multiple times in one week.

For the time being, only 18 hole rounds are eligible to submit to the 2025 Pursuit.

While we prefer adherence to USGA rules of play, as doing so creates the most accurate handicap index (and thus the most accurate Path2Scratch), we realize it may not always be feasible or reasonable to achieve such a goal, particularly regarding Out of Bounds.

• Lies: no fluffing lies unless ball is abnormally muddied, etc.

• Max Strokes: Net triple bogey is acceptable for maximum strokes per hole to keep up pace of play

• Gimmies: No gimmies given or received; rather, measure the ball to the edge of the hole with a standard putter (33-35"). If the entire ball is within the putter length, it can be a gimmie if you choose to not putt out for the round. With a system in place like this, we help to avoid commonplace and arbitrary good-goods and other questionable raking tendencies that can extraordinarily impact the handicap index.

• Out of Bounds: Local Rule Stroke & Distance option can be utilized, in addition to the traditional provisional ball. Follow the link above to learn more. Amateur golfers are not often able to efficiently return to the tee box if they can't find a wayward tee shot, so while a provisional ball remains an option, this format ensures less pace of play issues (and more fun as a result) by implementing a drop / hitting your 4th shot, contrary to returning back to the tee or hitting a provisional. An example below:

I hit a tee shot that way out of bounds. I can either: (1) go to the location where I believe the ball entered OB and apply the local rule, at which point I'm hitting 4, OR (2) play a provisional off the tee. If I play the provisional, I am also hitting 4 from the spot where that ball landed. If I choose option 2, I forfeit the ability to use the local rule, i.e., if my provisional ball was a bad shot, I still have to play that ball.