Many of our members prefer to just participate in the five CAGD Blind Draw events that are held at their local leagues. These fun virtual tournament events match your score with the score of a randomly drawn player from another participating member club anywhere in the Central Arizona area. The lucky winning pairings win cash prizes!
What is the Blind Draw?
The Blind Draw is best described as a virtual tournament with cash prizes awarded to randomly paired 2-person teams from across the participating member clubs.
Blind Draws take place five (5) times each calendar year during January, February, March, April, and November.
How Much Does it Cost?
The cost is $1!
Clubs have several options of how they collect the money for the Blind Draw. Check with your Area Representative on the specifics for your club.
How Do I Participate?
You must complete a round of golf on your league’s designated Blind Draw day.
For each of the five eligible months, your league’s CAGD Area Representative will identify and communicate which league day they will be collecting scores for Blind Draw.
The Area Rep will submit your score, your current handicap, and the course rating for the tees you played. The Blind Draw Chair will use this information to calculate your Blind Draw Score.
How Do I Win?
It’s the luck of the draw and an easy process for you and your partner, but takes some magic from our Blind Draw Chairperson.
Here are the highlights:
- A randomizing process is used to select 33% of participants from each club.
- Scores’ are calculated for each participant. Gross – Handicap – Course Rating = ‘Blind Draw score’
- Another randomizing process is used to create two-person teams with team members from different clubs.
- The scores of each team member are added together. Team totals are then ranked lowest to highest.
- Maintaining the order of those rankings, the participants are then separated back into their clubs.
- The lowest (best) ranking for the club receives the highest payout. Subsequent payouts continue in order of club ranking.
It’s an easy way for you to win a prize without any extra effort beyond golfing on your regular league day!
How Much Can I Win?
Roughly one-third of the submissions from each club will win a cash prize.
All monies collected during each Blind Draw are returned as prize money. In addition, CAGD matches everything collected up to $500.
The amount of the prizes depend on how many people participate. All winners definitely get enough to cover the entry fee! It’s not the lottery, but it’s always fun to get a little extra pocket change!
Area Representative Role in Blind Draw
- Encourage membership participation!
- Identify and communicate which day will count towards Blind Draw in each of the eligible months.
- Collect money and scores for your league’s participating players.
- Send all scores and Blind Draw checks to the Blind Draw chair by the last day of the month.
- Distribute winnings to league members the following month.
You can find the Blind Draw draw form on the forms page, or just click the link below.
Contact our Blind Draw Chair with any questions:
Barbara Gayer
5501 N Crow Drive – Eloy, AZ 85131
Phone: 907-252-7252
Email: BlindDraw@cagdgolf.org
