Back Nine Battles · October to April

Your Back Nine Against The World.

This winter every Back Nine location fields a team, and every other week your team battles another one somewhere in the world. You play in your own bay, it costs you nothing, and any handicap can win it. This page is how the league works, start to finish.

What a battle is

Three Of Yours Against Three Of Theirs.

Best ball
On every hole your team counts its best score of the three, so one hot round can carry the side.
Two divisions
The Championship plays gross — low score wins, no strokes. The Bridge plays net off your Back Nine number, so any handicap can win a battle.
Your bay, your schedule
Both teams play the same course inside the same week, each in its own bays, any day that week. Nobody travels.
Three match points
The front nine is worth a point, the back nine a point, and the full 18 a point. A tied nine splits its point.

The rhythm

You Play Twice A Month.

The two divisions alternate weeks, so your side plays every other week — in your own bay, any day that week. No player carries the whole winter.

Championship
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
W7
W8
W9
W10
W11
W12
W13
W14
Bridge

Every other week, per side · October to April

A third division

The Women's Division.

It has its own standings and its own crown, and our target is fifty teams. Every division is open to women today — a woman with the game for the Championship side belongs on it — and the women's division adds a race of their own.

Two races, kept separate

Three Titles.

Championship Division — champion
Won on match points, gross. Low score wins, no strokes. The bracket runs through February and March.
The National Final — Las Vegas, April
Two rounds on grass, two inside. The season ends on a trip.
Bridge Division — champion
Won on match points, net off each player's Back Nine number, so any handicap can win it.
The Clubhouse Shield
The season-long title, and it isn't won in a bracket. Your rostered players earn Back Nine Points by entering and playing Back Nine competition through the season — each event, your location counts its top three scorers. The location with the most at the end of the season takes the Shield — you out-earn them.

Match points decide the bracket. Back Nine Points decide the Shield. The two totals are never added together, and neither breaks a tie in the other. Being on the roster earns nothing — a player has to enter and play.

Play for your location →Your request goes straight to the location.

Common questions

The Answers.

Do they have to be members?

No. Any golfer in your market can play for your location. The one bar: they can't be a member at another Back Nine location. One player, one location.

What's the format — and why best ball?

Three-player best ball: on every hole your team counts its best score of the three, so one hot round can carry the side. Championship plays it gross; Bridge plays it net off each player's Back Nine number.

Where and when are the playoffs?

The regular season closes after the new year. The bracket runs through February and March — the top teams on match points go. The National Final is in Las Vegas in April: two rounds on grass, two inside.

What about the women's division?

The Women's Division has its own standings and its own crown; our target is fifty teams. Every division is open to women today — a woman with the game for your Championship side belongs on it.

The season opens October 5

Play For Your Location.

Ask for a tryout. Your request goes straight to the location — they'll be in touch to set up a time.

Ask for a tryout →Own a location? Opt your location in — no payment, it registers your intent to field a team. →