The Bridge
One field. One even fight.
Everyone plays together — one board, scored net by the Bridge, so you’re measured against the field and not against the back tees. The Bridge gives newer players strokes so it’s a fair fight, then the best round wins. You don’t have to be the lowest handicap in the room to win the Crown — the player on top is the Bridge Champion.
The one-field board is the headline. You don’t have to win your flight to take the Crown — the Bridge Champion is whoever finishes on top of the whole field.
Flight leaders — still played
The flights still play.
Champ
Gross only
5.9 and under
A
Gross + Net
6.0 to 10.4
B
Gross + Net
10.5 and up
Every flight still crowns its winner, exactly as before — they're just no longer the headline. One even field up top; the flights running quietly underneath.
Tees
We meet your game.
Your tee is fixed for both rounds — tees do not move during the event.
The evolving Bridge
Round 1
Sets your baseline.
Your indoor number is grounded by a real round.
Round 2
Plays against it.
The number refines as real rounds come in.
If your number moves between rounds, that’s the system working for you. BTG Bridge V3.2
Settings & the Mulligan Rule
Set your sim. Know the rule.
The Mulligan Rule — read it twice
Round 1 — unlimited mulligans, but every mulligan is +1 stroke on your Round 1 score. Take as many as you want; there is no free help.
Round 2 — no mulligans at all. They are switched off in the sim. What you hit is what you score.
Your mulligans used show on the leaderboard. In a winning position, your Round 1 mulligans are verified against a phone-recorded sim replay before a prize locks.
Max score — double par
The worst you can score on any hole is double par — 8 on a par 4, 6 on a par 3, 10 on a par 5. If a hole gets away from you, pick up, take double par and move on.
Like the Round 1 mulligan penalty, we apply this when we score your round — the simulator will still show whatever you actually posted.
Putting
Stay behind the blue line.
- Two blue lights on each wall. The first pair throws a line across the floor about four or five feet off the screen.
- Putt from behind that line. You can move your ball forward, just keep it behind it.
- Cross it and the sensors read your putt as a chip — the ball sails well past the hole.
What is on the line
One champion: the lowest net total in the field. The first Crown Classic trophy goes to the Bridge Champion.
$150 credit
Bridge Champion
$150 credit
Champ gross
$150 credit
A gross
$150 credit
A net
$150 credit
B gross
$150 credit
B net
Six awards of $150 in Back Nine store credit. A and B are scored gross and net separately, so one player can take two. Champ Flight has no separate net award — the field's lowest net is the Bridge Champion. Store credit is for merchandise: no cash, no cash back on what you don't spend. Open to entrants 18 and over, or the age of majority in your state or province. Full rules at beyondthegrass.com/official-rules.
The Bust-Out Rule
Your tee is set. The field stays honest.
Tee
Fixed both rounds
Flight
Set after both rounds
No verified handicap
Start Provisional
Honest rounds clear without a word.
Why it’s fair
The ground is level.
One board only works if the fight is fair. The Bridge gives newer players strokes, so a beginner and a pro are judged on the same ground. The truest round wins — not the lowest number.
When two players tie — the honesty ladder
- The honest number — whoever’s own number told the truth about their game.
- Back nine — the lower score over holes 10 through 18.
- Hole by hole, backward from 18 — the first hole where one player is lower.
Honesty is part of how you win here.
If HQ publishes a different tiebreaker before the event begins, the published rule controls.
At the bay
Enter the code. Finish the hole.
- On course selection, enter the bay code above — not your Full Swing Compete registration.
- The handicap box at the bay is optional — nothing you type there reaches your Back Nine score; your net is taken from your registration.
- Rough hole or tech trouble? You can stop — but finish the hole out. An unfinished hole records no score, and there's no redo.
Booking button not working? Go to your Back Nine location’s site, open Book Now, choose Tournament as the format, and this event is waiting there — same place, a few more clicks. Your entry is paid at the bay when you book; if you can’t find a way to pay, reply to your confirmation email and we’ll sort it out.
This is the last event we run in flights — from here the Bridge sets our majors on one board.