Ace Cup Challenge Registration

What is the Ace Cup Challenge?

The Ace Cup Challenge is a new amateur golf tournament built around a simple idea: One Stud. One Dud. One unforgettable team experience. Together, teams compete in an alt-shot, combined handicap format designed to make competitive golf more accessible, more social, and more entertaining for everyday golfers. This isn’t built for just scratch golfers and club champions.

Who is eligible to play in the Ace Cup Challenge?

The tournament is open to male amateur golfers who are Canadian residents and 19 years of age or older. Teams are made up of two players: a "Stud" (lower handicap) and a "Dud" (higher handicap). For complete eligibility details, please review our OFFICIAL RULES OF COMPETITION PDF.

How does the charity donation work?

The Ace Cup is a hybrid amateur-charity event. To participate, every player is asked to bring a non-perishable food or hygiene item to their local qualifier. Furthermore, we automatically donate 25% of all net ticket sales (gross revenue minus green fees, carts, and HST) and 25% of gross sponsorship revenue to local food banks and Feed Ontario.

How do you prevent cheating and "sandbagging"?

Integrity is everything. During qualifiers, you will keep score on the Dash3 app AND on a physical scorecard alongside the team you are paired with. Both teams must attest and submit photographic proof of the scorecards. We take sandbagging seriously. Providing false handicap data will result in immediate disqualification.

Are cash prizes allowed for amateur golfers?

In tee-to-hole tournaments, no. In skills challenges played as part of a tee-to-hole round, no. But in pure skills challenges, yes.