The Competition

The competition is a stableford format played over 36 holes on two consecutive days (normally Thursday and Friday) according to the following format:

• 1st Day 18 Holes Fourball betterball (4 pairs per team)

• 2nd Day 18 Holes Singles (8 players per team)

A practice day is offered for visiting teams on the Wednesday. would meet to foster friendship, social competition and camaraderie between them.

Friendly Rivalry

If a team has not enough players to compete, it can borrow players from the host club or failing that from any of the other participating clubs providing that no player ever represents more than one team during the event. A team consisting of less than 5 home playing members can participate in the competition but cannot win the Hamilton Cup

Playing team members of 70 years of age or more will be allowed to play from the senior tees (or relevant forward tee as allocated by the host club).

Shared Moments and Reciprocation of Green Fees

A benefit of participating in the Hamilton Cup is that each club will offer reciprocity of green fees to the other clubs to a maximum of 20 games per member per year. If use is made of the reciprocity, each player has at all times to abide by the local rules of the host club. The practice of the last 30 years is that none of the participating clubs has received more than 20 visitors per year apart from the tournament days of the Hamilton Cup.

The Trophies and awards

The Hamilton Cup

The Hamilton Cup is presented at the presentation dinner to the team with the highest overall points.

Nuno Carneiro Trophy

In memory of one of the founder members, Nuno Carneiro, a trophy is presented at the presentation dinner to the team with the least overall points.

Steve Evans Medal

The Hamilton Gold Medal was donated by Steve Evans, Founder Member of the competition, in 2023. It is presented to the player with the best individual stableford score on the singles day of the competition.