Hello, friends…
You’ve waited long enough for this announcement. The Shootout is back and better than ever. And for the first time, it will be returning to its rightful place…
WHAT: North Star Shootout 5 (Roost Major/NIT Qualifier)
WHEN: Sunday, September 8
WHERE: Keller Golf Course, Maplewood, MN
WHO: Up to 72 sickos
FORMAT: 36 holes (AM/PM Shotgun) - Gross/Net Stableford (-1/0/1/2/4/8)
COST: $200-250 depending on numbers
Details
You read that correctly - the Shootout is back at Keller; this time with the course to ourselves. Format will be AM/PM shotguns with mixed tees and tee changes between rounds (I’m going to ask about pin changes but let’s not get our hopes up there). For any of the uninitiated, Keller is generally held by NSU as the Best Value Public Course in the Twin Cities, if not the entire state. Scoring will modified Stableford with both Net and Gross divisions:
Double or worse: -1
Bogey: 0
Par: 1
Birdie: 2
Eagle: 4
Albatross: 8
Charity
For this edition, we will be partnering with Children’s Cancer Research Fund. CCRF has been assisting families and funding lifesaving research for childhood cancers since 1981. As of 2022, 81% of donations go directly to funding treatments and research; 14% goes to fundraising, and 5% goes to management. On average, every dollar donated results in $18 in research funding due to CCRF’s investment in “seed grants” which allow researchers to prove out their theories and in turn secure larger grants.
NIT Qualifier
Gross and Net champions will be awarded a berth to the 2024 Nest Invitational Tournament, taking place at Dobson Ranch Golf Club in Mesa, AZ; October 24-26. Only Nest members are eligible to attend the NIT.
Registration
We are kicking the NSS5 thread off the old-fashioned way - with an unofficial spreadsheet. Official regsitration will be set up and posted as soon as we work out some financial stuff on the front end.
