Post #244086 by Eleio the fleet on Thu, Jul 20, 2006 9:13 AM

No worries, here's the breakdown:

You and a friend, spouse, coworker (hopefully a fellow tikiphile) decide to play as a team. You contact me to RSVP (register) for the tournament and the dinner following (Knowing how many teams will be participating in advance will get us discounts for playing the course and I need a head count to give the restaurant). I will be registering a total of 20-2 person teams for the competition.

Between 4 and 6pm on Saturday, September 16th, you and your partner arrive at Adventure Golf and check in for the tournament (I'll be set up near the entrance) and play through their Jungle Adventure course. When you finish this specific course, turn in your combined score. At the end of the time period, the scores of all the teams will be tabulated. I'll be pairing teams for the competition, meaning that I'll be sending two-2 person teams down the course at the same time. Which 2 teams that will start the course together, will either be determined by random draw (putting names of teams that haven't played yet into a hat) or by first come, first served (if there's only two teams that haven't played ready at the moment, then I'll pair them). Though your team will be playing against another 2 person team on the course, it's the actual score of the individual teams that will count towards the overall competition. This sounds a little more complicated in text than it will be in practice.

There is no fee to take part in the tournament, only for the mini-golf. This means that you won't be charged extra for being in the competition.

It takes about 1 - 1 1/2 hours to play the entire course, so at 7pm I'll stop taking scores for the competition. That's why you need to be at the course and begin playing by 6pm. Also, Adventure Golf will not give us exclusive use of the course, meaning that people who aren't in the competition will also be able to play the course if they choose to. Therefore, it will take a little time to get everyone through. When you finish, you can either hang out in one of their covered areas and chat with your fellow Ohana, grab a soda at their snack bar or play one of the other 2 courses at a discounted rate of $3. Adventure Golf also has go-karts and drag racers (kind of a go-kart drag race) for an additional fee.

Between 7 and 7:30 (I'll change the time on the announcement) everyone will be leaving Adventure Golf and heading over to Red Lantern Chinese for dinner and the awards ceremony. If everyone shows up and gets through the course earlier than planned, we'll head to Red Lantern earlier. An hour into our dinner, I'll have an awards ceremony where the prizes will be distributed.

Prizes will be awarded to the 3 teams with the lowest combined scores. Prizes will also be awarded for personal achievements, like having the most holes-in-one or for being the first person to score a hole in one at a specific hole.

I gotta run, but I hope this has cleared some things up.

Please keep that feedback coming!

Mahalo!