WGT BLOGGER INVITATIONAL CLOSEST-TO-THE-HOLE TOURNAMENT
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. Sponsor/Promoter.
This Contest is sponsored by World Golf Tour, Inc.,
180 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
2. Eligibility.
Participation is open to individuals who are 18 years
of age or older. Note, however, that only individuals who are legal residents
of and physically located in the fifty United States and the District of
Columbia, Canada (excluding Quebec), the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany,
Australia, the Netherlands, Norway, and South Korea who are 18 years of age or
older or the age of majority in the entrant's state or province/territory
("province") of residence, whichever is greater are eligible to win
prizes. Employees, officers, and directors of World Golf Tour, Inc.
("Sponsor")and its affiliated entities, parent, subsidiaries,
advertising, promotional agencies, legal advisors, their immediate family
members and persons living in their same household, are not eligible to enter
or win prizes. Void where restricted, taxed or prohibited by law.
3. How To Enter.
To enter the Closest-to-the-Hole Tournament log on to
the website at www.wgt.com, register to enter the Closest-to-the-Hole Tournament
and then play and complete the designated Nine Shot Closest-to-the-Hole game
(the "Game") at wgt.com, where you take nine golf shots in attempt to
get the ball closest to the hole. You must play and complete the Game between
1:00 am Pacific Time (in other words, California Time) ("PT") on the
first day of each applicable contest period (the "Contest Period")
and 11:59 pm PT on the last day of the applicable Contest Period (defined
below) and you will automatically be entered into the Contest (each an
"entry"). No Credits will be deducted from your World Golf Tour
account to enter this Contest. You may play the Game as many times as you wish
during each Contest Period, but only the lowest final score received by you in
a Game during each Contest Period will be recorded as your entry for the
applicable Contest Period. Limit one prize per person, per email address, and
per WGT user account. If you are a winner in an earlier Contest Period, you may
not win a prize in any later Contest Period. Entries become the property of
Sponsor and will not be returned.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DETERMINING THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME
ZONES.
There Contest Period is as follows: June 21-July 31,
2011. No other methods of entry will be accepted. Electronic entries must be
initiated during the Contest Period. Completed electronic entries must be
transmitted and received by 11:59 pm PT on the last day of the applicable
Contest Period. No other methods of entry will be accepted. Limit one entry per
person, per email address, and per WGT user account per Contest Period.
Use of multiple email addresses or multiple WGT user
accounts to enter is prohibited. To enter, the registered user of designated
WGT user account must personally play the Game or the entry will be
disqualified. Use of a false email address or a false WGT user account, or an
incorrect mail address will disqualify an entry. You may not allow any third
party to play the Game in this Contest using your WGT user account. BY ENTERING
THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE THAT ALL SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT OR IMPROPER ENTRIES WILL
BE DISQUALIFIED BY SPONSOR AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION. Sponsor is not responsible
for technical, hardware or software malfunctions, lost or unavailable network
connections, or failed, incorrect, inaccurate, incomplete, lost, late,
misdirected, illegible, mutilated, postage-due, garbled or delayed entries or
other communications or other technical problems related to entries. Sponsor
and its agents and subcontractors accept no responsibility for entries lost or
delayed in submission. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt. Sponsor, in
its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person who tampers
with the entry process or the operation of the website or the game, or who
otherwise violates these rules. In the event of a dispute over who submitted an
entry, the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account designated in the
entrant's World Golf Tour user account will be deemed to be the entrant.
Contest is void in Quebec, and where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law.
All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply.
4. Game Description.
The Closest-to-the-Hole Tournament is a nine shot closest-to-the-hole
contest. The entrants will be given nine shots throughout the golf course, and
are challenged to get the ball as close as possible to each of the nine holes,
each in a single shot. To determine the score for each hole, Sponsor will combine
the number of feet between where the ball lands and the location of the hole,
plus any penalties. When entrant completes all nine designated shots, the
combined score for all shots will comprise the entrant's final score. Entrants
may play the Game as many times as they wish during the Contest Period, but
only the entrant's lowest final score received during the Contest Period will
be recorded as Entrant's entry in the Contest. The lowest scoring entrant in
will be a potential winner (subject to the provision below in the event of a
tie between two or more entrants, and subject to meeting eligibility and all
other requirements in these Official Rules). If a winner is eligible to
participate in the Closest-to-the-Hole Tournament, but is not eligible to win a
prize, the prize will be awarded to the Entrant eligible to win prizes with the
next best score.
In the event of a tie , the better scoring entrant
between or among the tied entrants will be the entrant with the lowest combined
score for the final nine (9) holes of the Game. If any ties remain, the better
scoring entrant between or among the remaining tied entrants will be the
entrant with the lowest combined score for the final six (6) holes for such
Game. If any ties remain, the better scoring entrant between or among the
remaining tied entrants will be the entrant with the lowest combined score for
the final three (3) holes for such Game. If any ties remain, the better scoring
entrant between or among the remaining tied entrants will be the entrant with
the lowest score for the 18th hole (9th for nine hole games) in such Game, and
any remaining ties will be determined by identifying the lowest scoring entrant
for each individual game hole, in sequence from 17th (8th for nine hole games)
through to 1st, as is necessary to determine a winner, and if any ties remain
at that point, the earlier-submitted entry between or among the tied entries
will be deemed the better scoring entry.
5. Prize
There are 3 prizes, to be awarded to a winner eligible to
win a prize as follows:
1st PLACE - TaylorMade R11 Driver - The latest
all-white real-world R11 10.5 degree driver from TaylorMade. Suggested retail
$399
2nd PLACE - Cleveland CG16 Black Pearl Wedge - The latest
real-world 60 degree wedge from Cleveland. Suggested retail $120
3rd PLACE - Callaway Tour i(z) Golf Balls - A dozen of the
latest distance real-world golf balls from Callaway. Suggested retail $43
Odds of winning depend on the total number of
entrants, the number of entrants who are eligible to win prizes and their
relative skill in the Contest.
Prize is not transferable. No substitution of prize
for cash or for other goods and services is permitted, except Sponsor reserves
the right to provide a substitute prize of approximately equal or greater value
if the advertised prize becomes unavailable. Prize details including color,
style, and size, are at Sponsor's sole discretion. All taxes, including,
without limitation, all federal, state, provincial and local taxes, and international
tariffs, are the sole responsibility of the winner.
Prize claimed in accordance with the Official Rules
will be awarded. Winner may be required to provide a U.S., Canadian, United
Kingdom, Ireland, German, Australian, Netherlands, Norwegian, or South Korean
shipping address to claim prize. Prize will be mailed only following Sponsor's
receipt of the completed Affidavit of Eligibility and, except where and as
prohibited, a Liability Release and Publicity Release, as well as verification
of winner's eligibility. Allow until September 31, 2011 for delivery of prize.
6. Winner Selection and Notification Each Contest
Period's winner will be determined and announced on or about fifteen (15) days
following each Contest Period from all eligible entries received for the
applicable Contest. The judging will be conducted by Sponsor or its designee,
the judge of the Contest, whose decisions are final and binding. Potential
winners will be notified on or about fifteen (15) days following the applicable
Contest Period by an email sent to the email address specified in the entry and
posted on the World Golf Tour website. If potential winner cannot be contacted
at this email, is contacted and does not respond as directed within seven (7)
days of attempted notification, refuses the prize is ineligible to accept the prize
or does not otherwise comply with these Official Rules, the prize may be
forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Potential winner may be required
to complete and sign an Affidavit of Eligibility and, except where and as
prohibited, a Liability Release and a Publicity Release in the form provided by
Sponsor, within seven (7) days of attempted notification in order to claim the
prize. Potential winners may be required to show proof of identification within
seven (7) days of attempted notification, or the prize may be forfeited and
awarded to an alternate winner.
7. General Terms and Conditions.
By entering the Contest, entrant accepts and agrees to
abide by and be bound by the terms of these Official Rules, and assumes sole
liability and accepts all risk of loss for injuries, including personal
injuries and/or damage to property, caused or claimed to be caused by
participating in this Contest or the acceptance, possession, shipping and
handling, loss, use or misuse of, or travel to or from or in connection with
the Contest or any prize awarded. Sponsor has the right to cancel, terminate or
modify this Contest for any reason, including if it cannot be completed as
planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention or technical
failures and to select winner from eligible entries received on or before the
termination date. Sponsor is not responsible for any failure to contact
entrants, whether due to technical or human error.
By entering this Contest, entrants grant to Sponsor a
worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, right and royalty-free license to use the
entry, and, except where prohibited by law, entrant's first and/or last name,
city and state/province of residence, photo(s), voice and/or likeness; in any
and all media but solely in connection with this Contest. By entering this
Contest, entrants agree (a) that Sponsor has the right to exploit and utilize
entrant's first and/or last name, city and state/province of residence,
photo(s), voice and/or likeness in any and all media but solely in connection
with this Contest without any further attribution, notification or compensation
to Entrant, except where prohibited; (b) to be bound by these Official Rules
and the decisions of the judges; and (c) to be contacted by Sponsor or its
agents by telephone, mail or email regarding this Contest. By entering the
Contest, entrant releases and holds harmless Sponsor and its parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees or agents of
each from any and all liability whatsoever for any claims, costs, injuries,
losses or damages of any kind (including, without limitation, claims, costs,
injuries, losses or damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to,
loss or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or
portrayal in a false light) arising out of or in connection with the Contest,
the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, or arising out of or
in connection with any travel to or from any Contest or prize related activity.
Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be
limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with
entering this Contest but in no event attorneys' fees; and entrant hereby
waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages and
any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and
all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
In the event that any provision of these Official
Rules shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held
by applicable court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not
render these Official Rules unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and, in such
event, such provision shall be changed and interpreted so as to best accomplish
the objectives of such unenforceable or invalid provision within the limits of
applicable law or applicable court decisions.
Information collected from entrants is subject to
Sponsor's security and privacy policy available at http://www.wgt.com.
8. Applicable Law.
The Contest is governed by the laws of the state of
California applicable to contracts entered into by California residents and to
be performed within such State without regard to its conflict of law
provisions, with venue in San Francisco County, California.
9. Winners list.
A list of Contest winners is available by sending a
stamped, and self-addressed envelope marked to "Closest-to-the-Hole
Tournament" 180 Montgomery Street 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. Requests
must be received within 30 days following the end of the Contest Period for
which the Contest winner's list is requested.
10. Sponsor.
This Contest is sponsored by World Golf Tour, Inc.,
180 Montgomery Street, 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94104.
© 2011 World Golf Tour, Inc. All Rights Reserved.