How Prize Money Payouts Work
There are four ways to win money when playing with the HLGA:
- Placing during Tuesday or Saturday Playdays
- Placing during Special Events with an Entry Fee
- Skins
- Hole-in-One
Read below to find out more about how each of these scenarios work.
Placing during Tuesday or Saturday Playdays
Your HLGA dues go towards paying for placing during Tuesday or Saturday Play Days. Payouts are as follows:
- 1st Place $10
- 2nd Place $8
- 3rd Place $6
- 4th Place $4
- 5th Place $2
(Note: Ties are paid out by splitting the purse. For example, two golfers tie for second, they split the money paid out to 2nd place and 3rd place.)
Approximately 30% of the flight will be paid (and awarded points) for each event. Payouts/Points are based on the number of participants in each flight and may vary flight to flight as shown in the two tables below.
| # of players or teams in flight | # paid out | 1st Net | 2nd Net | 3rd Net | 4th Net |
5th Net |
| 6-8 | 2 | x | x | |||
| 9 | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| 10 | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| 11 | 3 | x | x | x | ||
| 12 | 4 | x | x | x | x | |
| 13 | 4 | x | x | x | x | |
| 14 | 4 | x | x | x | x | |
| 15-17 | 5 | x | x | x | x | x |
| # of players or teams in flight | # paid out | 1st Net | 1st Gross | 2nd Net | 2nd Gross | 3rd Net | 3rd Gross |
| 6-8 | 2 | x | x | ||||
| 9 | 4 | x | x | x | x | ||
| 10 | 4 | x | x | x | x | ||
| 11 | 4 | x | x | x | x | ||
| 12 | 4 | x | x | x | x | ||
| 13+ | 6 | x | x | x | x | x | x |
If you place and the place is being paid out, then the Pro Staff will post your payout within 48 hours after the playday on Golf Genius.
Your final payout total will be paid out at each quarterly meeting including The HLGA Snowball Party & Year End Meeting. Our HLGA Portal Player League Standings page (under Results section) shows all the games you have played in and it you expand your name, you can see all games (with the exception of tournament played with guests) that you have played in and whether you received a payout (Note: You must drill down to see the breakdown of payouts for skins and placing payouts.)
Placing during Special Events with an Entry Fee
There are some events like the Member/Guest and Sadie Hawkins that have an entry fee that goes towards payouts for placing in those events. That prize money is given to the winners in cash the day of the event, or if you have to leave early, it will be available in the Pro Shop for you to pick up.
Skins
For each Tuesday/Saturday playday that includes individual play (vs. team play) you have an opportunity to win a skin. In the HLGA, our skins game is for a net skin and/or a gross skin. A net skin is won by a player who posts the lowest net score on a hole among all players in the game. The low net score for that hole must be unique among all scores (no ties). A gross skin is won by a player who posts the lowest gross score on a hole among all players in the game.
To participate in the Skins game, you must pay $5 to the Skins pot (collected by our Pro staff) before play starts. At the end of play, the pot will be divided evenly amongst the players who won a skin. Payout is given the day of play, or if you have to leave early, it will be available in the Pro Shop for you to pick up.
Hole-in-One
A portion of your HLGA dues goes towards membership into our HLGA Hole-in-One club. The rules associated with obtaining Hole-in-One payout for your Hole-in-One is described in Article VI of our HLGA Constitution.
There is also a Hole-in-One club (for each individual Hills Country Club Golf Member) sponsored by The Hills Country Club. To become a member of that club, please contact the Pro Shop. See The Hills CC Member Portal for more information.