{"id":4418,"date":"2026-02-25T19:34:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:35:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:35:51","slug":"upcoming-changes-to-competition-parameters-effective-saturday-28th-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/2026\/02\/upcoming-changes-to-competition-parameters-effective-saturday-28th-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Changes to Competition Parameters \u2013 Effective Saturday, 28th February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">We&#8217;re making a few updates to our competition setup, effective from\u00a0<strong>Saturday, 28th February 2026<\/strong>. These changes include a small fee adjustment and clearer prize structures for regular comps and Nearest to the Pin (NTP).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Competition Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>18-hole competitions: Increasing from $12 to\u00a0<strong>$15<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>9-hole competitions: Increasing from $6 to\u00a0<strong>$7.50<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Prize Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prizes now scale with the number of entrants, with separate tables for 18-hole and 9-hole events. Winners and runners-up receive prizes per grade (where multiple grades apply). There&#8217;s also a ball run prize every 5 entrants ($5 for 18-hole, $2.50 for 9-hole).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Comp-Prizes-Table.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4419 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Comp-Prizes-Table.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"967\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Comp-Prizes-Table.png 967w, https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Comp-Prizes-Table-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Comp-Prizes-Table-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 967px) 100vw, 967px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s how it works in practice with a couple of quick examples:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>Example 1<\/strong>: 12 players enter an 18-hole competition \u2192 1 grade \u2192 Winner gets\u00a0<strong>$25<\/strong>, Runner-up gets\u00a0<strong>$15<\/strong>. Plus 2 ball run prizes (1 in 5).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Example 2<\/strong>: 45 players enter an 18-hole competition \u2192 2 grades \u2192 Each grade pays\u00a0<strong>$50<\/strong>\u00a0to the winner and\u00a0<strong>$25<\/strong>\u00a0to the runner-up. Plus 9 ball run prizes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Example 3<\/strong>: 8 players enter a 9-hole competition \u2192 1 grade \u2192 Winner gets\u00a0<strong>$12.50<\/strong>, Runner-up gets\u00a0<strong>$7.50<\/strong>. Plus 1 ball run prize.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Nearest to the Pin (NTP)<\/strong>\u00a0We&#8217;ve refreshed the NTP prizes for each day of the week, with great support from our sponsors. Details (including hole-specific prizes and conditions like per-grade vs open) will be in the attached table. Super Pin on the 17th starts at $10 and adds $0.50 per player \u2013 winner takes the lot!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/d7f09b38386ab3b6e0bd9b920\/images\/88ff1cb3-28af-2f75-bcf4-90e682fbb44f.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"230\" data-file-id=\"8063751\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">These tweaks are all about keeping our comps fun, fair, and rewarding as we grow.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">***** Please note the Competition Fee table varies from the newsletter. Table attached here is correct @ 25 February 2026 7:30PM. **********<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re making a few updates to our competition setup, effective from\u00a0Saturday, 28th February 2026. These changes include a small fee adjustment and clearer prize structures for regular comps and Nearest to the Pin (NTP). Competition Fees 18-hole competitions: Increasing from $12 to\u00a0$15 9-hole competitions: Increasing from $6 to\u00a0$7.50 Prize Structure Prizes now scale with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4421,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions\/4421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bendigogolfclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}