NKF Cadillac Golf Classic – Pebble Beach Challenge Sweepstakes Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.

1.      Eligibility.

Open to 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, Germany, Japan, Ireland, 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. 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

2.      How To Enter.

Should you decide to enter this Sweepstakes by playing the game on www.wgt.com, World Golf Tour will donate all entry fees collected to the National Kidney Foundation. No purchase necessary, see alternate method of entry below.

To enter the Sweepstakes by playing the Game, log on to the website at www.wgt.com,  enter the Sweepstakes, and then play and complete the Game, 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 Sweepstakes Period and 11:59 pm PT on the last day of that Sweepstakes Period, as set forth below* and you will automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. You may be automatically entered into the Sweepstakes, however, if you do not meet all eligibility criteria described in Section 1 of these Official Rules, you will not be eligible to win a prize. If you are selected in a random drawing as a potential prize winner and you do not meet all eligibility criteria described in Section 1 of these Official Rules, prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME ZONES.

*There will be one Sweepstakes Periods as follows:
June 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012.

You may play the Game as often as you wish during the Sweepstakes Period, but only one entry per person, per World Golf Tour user account, and per email address will be accepted. Approximate time to play the Game is fifteen (15) minutes.

Use of multiple email addresses or multiple WGT user accounts to enter is prohibited. Use of a false email address or a false WGT user account, or an incorrect mail address will disqualify an entry.  BY ENTERING THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE THAT ALL SUSPECTED FRAUDULENT OR IMPROPER ENTRIES MAY BE DISQUALIFIED BY SPONSOR AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION.

You may also enter the Sweepstakes by registering for a free World Golf Tour account at www.wgt.com (if you have not already), and sending a 3"x5" card with the following information hand-written on it: your name, address, World Golf Tour User Name, Email Address, and Date Of Birth, To: World Golf Tour, Inc., NKF Cadillac Golf Classic – Pebble Beach Challenge Entry, 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104. No other methods of entry will be accepted.  Mail-in entries must be hand-written. Computer generated, typewritten, and other electronically or mechanically reproduced mail-in entries are not acceptable. Mail-in entries that do not conform to the requirements herein will not be acknowledged and Sponsor will disregard such entry requests and any such entry requests will not be eligible to enter or win.

To be entered into a drawing, all electronic entries must be initiated during the applicable Sweepstakes Period and completed electronic entries must be transmitted and received by 11:59 pm PT on the last day of the applicable Sweepstakes Period. Mail-in entries must be postmarked during the applicable Sweepstakes Period and received by Sponsor within ten (10) days following the last day of the applicable Sweepstakes Period. Entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be returned. Each mail-in entry must be mailed separately and, if in an envelope, each must be mailed in a separate outer envelope. Limit: one entry per person, per WGT user account, and per email address.

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 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. Sweepstakes is void where prohibited, restricted or taxed by law. All federal, state, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply.

3.       Prize.

There is one (1) grand prize per sweepstakes period, as follows:

Three (3) night stay (double occupancy) at the Inn at Spanish Bay.   Round of golf for two (2) at the Pebble Beach Golf Links.   Round of golf for two (2) at the Links at Spanish Bay.   Two (2) three hundred and fifty dollar ($350) airline travel vouchers.    All other associated expenses are the responsibility of the winner.   Prize must be redeemed by 12/31/13.  Some dates for travel, accommodates or golf may not be available.

 

The value of the above package is $3,760.

 

Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Prize is not transferable. No substitution of prize or any component of a 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 or any prize component becomes unavailable. Prize details including color, style, and size 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 winners.

All prizes claimed in accordance with the Official Rules will be awarded. Winner may be required to provide a U.S., or Canadian shipping address to claim prize. Prizes will be mailed within thirty (30) 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. Allow four to six weeks for delivery of prize.

4.      Winner Selection and Notification.

Winner will be selected in a random drawing on or about fifteen (15) days following the close of each Sweepstakes Period from all eligible entries received for the Sweepstakes. The drawing will be conducted at Sponsor's address as indicated in Paragraph 8 of these rules by Sponsor or its designee, the judge of the Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final and binding. Potential winner will be notified on or about fifteen (15) days following the close of each Sweepstakes Period by an email sent to the email address specified in the entry. If potential winner cannot be contacted at this email address, 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 the 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 Publicity Release in the form provided by Sponsor included below in these Official Rules 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. Any Canadian potential winner must also correctly answer a mathematical skill-based question administered by the Sponsor in order to claim prize.

5.      General Terms.

By entering the Sweepstakes, 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 Sweepstakes or the acceptance, possession, shipping and handling, loss, use or misuse of, or travel to or from or in connection with the Sweepstakes or any prize awarded. Sponsor has the right to cancel, terminate or modify this Sweepstakes if it cannot be completed as planned due to computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, technical failures, or other conditions beyond Sponsor's control 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 Sweepstakes, 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 Sweepstakes. By entering this Sweepstakes, 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 Sweepstakes 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 Sweepstakes.

By entering the Sweepstakes, entrant releases and holds harmless Sponsor, National Kidney Foundation, Cadillac, Pebble Beach 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 Sweepstakes, with the acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of any prize, or while traveling to or from any Sweepstakes or prize related activity.

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.

Any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes 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.

Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor's security and privacy policy available at http://www.wgt.com.

6.      Applicable Law.

The Sweepstakes 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.

7.      Winners list.

A list of Sweepstakes winners can be viewed on the "Recent Winners" webpage at http://www.wgt.com, and is also available by sending a stamped, and self-addressed envelope marked to "NKF Cadillac Golf Classic – Pebble beach Challenge," 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104. Requests must be received within 30 days following the end of the Sweepstakes Period.

8.       Sponsor.

This Sweepstakes is sponsored by World Golf Tour, Inc., 180 Montgomery Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104.