THE "PLAY WITH PARKER" 18-HOLE OPEN RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
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Sponsor/Promoter.
This Contest is sponsored by World Golf Tour, Inc., 180 Sansome Street, 5th Floor, and San Francisco, CA 94104.
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Eligibility.
Open to individuals who are legal residents of and physically located in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia and Canada (excluding Quebec) 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. 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.
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How To Enter.
To enter the "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open Tournament (the "Contest") you must do the following:
Step One. Have a valid registered World Golf Tour account (free); and
Step Two. Obtain and Apply Credits to Register for the Contest. In order to register for this Contest One Thousand Eight Hundred (1800) WGT credits will be deducted from your World Golf Tour account. If you do not have at least One Thousand Eight Hundred credits in your World Golf Tour account you will not be eligible to enter the Contest. To obtain Credits:
- Obtain credits through gameplay on the World Golf Tour site;
- Purchase credits on the World Golf Tour site by credit card or other financial instrument; or
- Free Method of Entry. Send a 3"x5" card with the following information hand-written on it: your name, address, World Golf Tour user name, email address, date of birth, contest name, and date, to: World Golf Tour, Inc., April "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open Tournament Credit Request, 180 Sansome Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. Your World Golf Tour account will be credited with One Thousand Eight Hundred (1800) WGT credits within forty eight hours of Sponsor’s receipt of your postcard, which will enable you to apply credits from your account and register for the Contest. All postcards must be received at least 5 days prior to the end of the Contest Period (defined below) in order for the credits to be applied to the account during such Contest Period. Each mail-in request for credits must be mailed separately, limit one mail-in request per person, per email address, and per WGT user account. Mail-in requests must be hand-written. Computer generated, typewritten, and other electronically or mechanically reproduced mail-in requests are not acceptable. Mail-in requests that do not conform with the requirements herein will not be acknowledged and Sponsor will disregard such requests and will post no credits.
Step Three. To enter the "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open, log on to the website at www.wgt.com, select a "Tier" for play as designated for you by Sponsor, and register to enter and play the April "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open Tournament between 1:00 am Pacific Time (in other words, California Time) ("PT") April 1, 2009 and 11:00 pm PT April 30, 2009. You must play and complete the Eighteen Hole Stroke Play game (the "Game") between 1:00 am PT April 1, 2009 and 11:59 pm PT April 30, 2009 (the "Contest Period") and you will automatically be entered into the Contest. One Thousand Eight Hundred WGT credits will be deducted from your World Golf Tour account to enter this Contest.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME ZONES.
No other methods of entry will be accepted. Electronic entries must be initiated during the Contest Period and completed electronic entries must be transmitted and received by 11:59 pm PT April 30, 2009. You may play the Game as many times as you wish during the Contest Period, but only one entry per person, per email address, and per WGT user account. Only the lowest final score received by you during the Contest Period will be recorded as your entry in the Contest. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned.
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.
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Game Description.
The "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open is an eighteen-hole stroke play contest. There are two Tiers of competition as follows: Amateur and Hack (each a "Tier"). Entrant's Tier is determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion, which may be based in whole or in part on entrant's performance and scoring in previous World Golf Tour game play on Sponsor's website, if any. An entrant may only enter into one Tier of competition during the Contest Period. The entrants in each Tier will be given eighteen holes throughout the golf course, and are challenged to get the ball into the cup for each hole in the fewest strokes. The number of stokes taken to get the ball into each cup, plus any penalties, will be recorded for each entrant. When entrant completes all eighteen designated holes, the number of strokes plus penalties are totaled and 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 each Tier 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).
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 six (6) 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 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 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 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.
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Prize.
There are six (6) prizes to be awarded, three per Tier. The First Prize in both Tiers is a trip to TPC Scottsdale Arizona to play a round of golf with Parker McLachlin on September 15, 2009. Hack Tier and Amateur Tier winners play together in a single round of golf along with Parker McLachlin. Prize details are as follows:
Hack Tier:
One (1) First Prize Trip: Roundtrip airfare for one person (winner) (maximum value USD $1500), 3 days/ 2 nights hotel accommodations for winner (one single or double occupancy room, at Sponsor's discretion), at a minimum 3-star class hotel to be chosen by Sponsor at its sole discretion (maximum value USD $200 per night), one 18-hole round of golf at TPC Scottsdale with Parker McLachlin (approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $272 US) to be played on September 15, 2009, and spending money (USD $150) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $2,322)*. Actual value of prize trip may vary depending on winner's residence and seasonal rates.
One (1) Second Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $200); and
One (1) Third Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of One Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $100);
Amateur Tier:
One (1) First Prize Trip: Roundtrip airfare for one person (winner) (maximum value USD $1500), 3 days/ 2 nights hotel accommodations for winner (one single or double occupancy room, at Sponsor's discretion), at a minimum 3-star class hotel to be chosen by Sponsor at its sole discretion (maximum value USD $200 per night), one 18-hole round of golf at TPC Scottsdale with Parker McLachlin (approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $272 US) to be played on September 15, 2009, and spending money (USD $150) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $2,322)*. Actual value of prize trip may vary depending on winner's residence and seasonal rates.
One (1) Second Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $200); and
One (1) Third Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of One Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $100);
* Further details are below.
Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entrants in each Tier, their relative skill in the Contest, and the entrant's Tier designation.
The TCP golf round portion of Hack Tier and Amateur Tier First Prize winners' prize trip will take place on September 15, 2009. In the event that any winner is not available to take the trip and play on September 15, 2009, the winner may still take the trip any time between September 1, 2009 and November 30, 2009, but will forfeit the round of golf with Parker McLachlan.
Participation by Parker McLachlin is subject to availability and confirmation, so Sponsor cannot guarantee his availability on the specified date and shall not be responsible for any cancellation or rescheduling of Parker McLachlin's participation in golf round.
Travel, accommodations, and golf course related restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply and may include, without limitation, seasonal restrictions, scheduling restrictions, and time-based restrictions (e.g., expiration dates). Travel arrangements are subject to availability. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays, diversions or substitution or any act or omissions whatsoever by the air carriers, hotels, golf courses or other transportation companies or any other persons providing any of these services and accommodations necessitated by same. Sponsor shall not be liable for any loss or damage to baggage.
Except as otherwise explicitly stated above, winner is responsible for transportation to and from any prize related events or destinations, any incidentals, including, without limitation: meals, telephone calls, facsimile charges, Internet charges, spa/beauty salon services, laundry, tours/excursions, gift shop purchases, hotel processing fees, and any other expenses not mentioned in these Official Rules, which are the sole responsibility of the winner. Any extra nights' stay and any additional costs associated with an extended stay are the sole responsibility of winner. Additional restrictions may apply. Winner must hold valid documentation for travel, and is responsible for his or her own insurance arrangements.
Winners must notify WGT intended dates of stay by no later than June 15, 2009. Flight, accommodations, and golf round will be booked by WGT. Prize must be redeemed and used entirely between September 1, 2009 and November 30, 2009, or prize will be forfeited in its entirety. If winner is unable to travel on such dates, prize will be forfeited in its entirety. Airline tickets and accommodations are subject to availability and certain restrictions, so Sponsor cannot guarantee prize will be available on the exact dates specified by winner. If for any reason any portion of the prize is delayed, cancelled or postponed, or becomes unavailable, Sponsor reserves the right, but is not obligated, to cancel or modify the Contest in its discretion and award a substitute prize of approximately equal or greater value.
Prizes are not transferable. No substitution of prizes 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, if applicable, color, model, style, size, and denomination at Sponsor's sole discretion. Gift card prizes subject to standard gift card terms and conditions. All taxes, including, without limitation, all federal, state, provincial, and local taxes, and international tariffs, are the sole responsibility of the winners.
All prizes claimed in accordance with the Official Rules will be awarded. Winners may be required to provide a U.S. or Canadian shipping address to claim prize. Prizes will be mailed or otherwise dispersed within twenty-eight (28) business days 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.
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Winner Selection and Notification.
Winners will be determined and announced on or about May 15, 2009 from all eligible entries received for the 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 May 15, 2009 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.
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General Terms.
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.
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.
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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.
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Winners list.
A list of Contest winners can be viewed on the "Recent Winners" webpage at www.wgt.com, and is also available by sending a stamped and self-addressed envelope marked to "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open Winners, April 2009," 180 Sansome Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. Requests must be received by May 30, 2009.
AFFIDAVIT OF ELIGIBILITY/RELEASE OF PUBLICITY AND LIABILITY
I represent and certify to World Golf Tour, Inc. ("Sponsor"), that I was 18 years of age or older as of the date of entry (or if the age of majority in my state or province/territory is greater than 18 years of age, I was at least the age of majority in my state or province/territory of residence as of the date of entry) and I am a legal resident of one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, Canada (excluding Quebec), the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, or Norway. I hereby certify that I am eligible, under the "Play With Parker" 18-Hole Open" (the "Contest") official rules (the "Rules"), to claim the applicable prize set forth below and further described in the Rules (the "Prize"). I represent that I have read, fully understand, have complied with, and agree to be bound by the Rules.
Prize:
Hack Tier:
[One (1) First Prize: Roundtrip airfare for one (maximum value USD $1500), 3 days/ 2 nights hotel accommodations for winner (one single or double occupancy room, at Sponsor's discretion), at a minimum 3-star class hotel to be chosen by Sponsor at its sole discretion (maximum value USD $200 per night), one 18-hole round of golf at TPC Scottsdale with Parker McLachlin (approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $272 US) to be played on September 15, 2009, and spending money (USD $150) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $2,322). Actual value of prize trip may vary depending on winner's residence and seasonal rates. The round will be played on September 15, 2009, and the trip must be taken between September 1, 2009 and November 30, 2009.]
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[One (1) Second Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $200)]
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[One (1) Third Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of One Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $100)]
Amateur Tier:
[One (1) First Prize: Roundtrip airfare for one (maximum value USD $1500), 3 days/ 2 nights hotel accommodations for winner (one single or double occupancy room, at Sponsor's discretion), at a minimum 3-star class hotel to be chosen by Sponsor at its sole discretion (maximum value USD $200 per night), one 18-hole round of golf at TPC Scottsdale with Parker McLachlin (approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $272 US) to be played on September 15, 2009, and spending money (USD $150) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $2,322). Actual value of prize trip may vary depending on winner's residence and seasonal rates. The round will be played on September 15, 2009, and the trip must be taken between September 1, 2009 and November 30, 2009.]
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[One (1) Second Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of Two Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $200)]
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[One (1) Third Prize: Golfsmith Gift Card in the amount of One Hundred Dollars (US) (one to the lowest scoring entrant, approximate retail value ("ARV") USD $100)]
I also acknowledge that Sponsor has not arranged for and does not carry any insurance of any kind for my benefit or that of my heirs, executors and administrators relative to my use of the prize; and that I am solely responsible for obtaining and paying for any life, travel, accident, property or other insurance relative to my use of the prize
I grant Sponsor a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, right and royalty-free license to use my entry and, except where prohibited by law, my first and/or last name, city and state/province of residence, photo(s), voice and/or likeness; in any and all media solely in connection with this Contest.
I release and hold 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, with 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.
In the event that any provision of this Affidavit Of Eligibility/Release Of Publicity And Liability shall be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law or be so held by applicable court decision, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render this Affidavit Of Eligibility/Release Of Publicity And Liability 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.
This Affidavit of Eligibility/Release of Publicity and Liability is governed by the laws of the 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, California.
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