About the Tournament

Team Format — Sept. 7-9

Format will be “two net low ball” of the team (4 amateurs, 1 pro) with  the amateurs using 85% of their current handicap. Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 teams in each flight. Both “low gross team skins” and “low net team skins” games will be held each day. The skins entry price is included in the tournament entry fee. The entire field will compete for team calcutta.

Professional Competition — Sept. 7-9

Two Day Stroke-Play Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 14 players for a total purse in excess of $16,000. Additionally, a Senior Champion will be determined from the field of professional golfers age 50 and over. The top three players will be awarded prize money in the Senior Division. Senior Professional players are eligible to compete for prize money in either professional flight.

Cherokee Strip Horse Race — Sept. 7

Format will be two amateur players per team participating in an alternating shot competition. Ten teams will compete in each flight. One team will be eliminated per hole based upon the highest team score for that hole. In the event of a tie, the team partner not holing out will compete in a chip-off to determine which team is eliminated. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams in each flight.

Cherokee Strip Mule Race — Sept. 7

Format will be one professional player paired with an amateur player or two amateur players paired per team participating in an alternating shot competition. A maximum of ten teams will be allowed in this event. The prize money increases throughout this nine hole event. No teams are eliminated in this event and the winner take all on each hole.

2024 - Cherokee Strip Golf Classic