WGT DECEMBER FALL TOUR
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID
WHERE PROHIBITED.
The WGT DECEMBER FALL TOUR event consists of a three-phase (qualifying round
and two championship rounds) skill-based contest and a sweepstakes. In the
skill-based contest, entrants compete for the best scores in a qualifying stroke
play tournament round between December 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2011,
and the 100 top scoring entrants in the qualifying round (plus any additional
entrants who are tied in the 100th position) compete for the best score in
a two-round championship stroke play tournament between January 1st , 2012
(Round 1) through January 4th and January 5th through January 7th,
2011 (Round 2) (the “Contest”). Contest entrants who meet geographic eligibility
criteria for sweepstakes entry as defined below (the “Sweepstakes”) will
automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. The combined WGT DECEMBER FALL
TOUR event including the Contest and the Sweepstakes is referred to herein as
the “Promotion.”
1. Sponsor/Promoter.
This Contest is sponsored by World Golf Tour,
Inc., 180 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor, and San Francisco, CA 94104
2. Eligibility.
Participation in the Contest 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, Germany, Australia, Norway, Ireland, The Netherlands, 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.
The Sweepstakes is 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,
Ireland, Norway, The Netherlands, Japan, and South Korea (the “Sweepstakes
Geographic Eligibility” criteria) 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. Residents of Australia are not eligible to enter or win
the Sweepstakes and no Sweepstakes entries will be accepted from residents of
this country, even if they have entered the Contest.
Employees, officers, and directors of World
Golf Tour, Inc. ("Sponsor), and each of their affiliated entities, parent,
subsidiaries, advertising, promotional agencies, legal advisors, their immediate
family members and persons living in their same household with each, are not
eligible to enter or win prizes in the Promotion. Void where restricted, taxed
or prohibited by law.
3. How To Enter.
To enter the WGT DECEMBER FALL TOUR
("Promotion") you must do the following:
a. Step One. Have a valid registered World
Golf Tour account (free); and
b. Step Two. Contest Qualifying Round Entry
and Sweepstakes Entry: Log in to the website at www.wgt.com between 1:00 am Pacific Time (in other
words, California Time) ("PT") December 1st, 2011 and 11:59 pm PT December 31st,
2011, agree to the terms and condition of these Official Rules, and play and
complete the designated 18-hole stroke play game (the "Qualifier") between 1:00
am PT December 1st, 2011 and 11:59 pm PT December 31st, 2011 (the "Qualification
Period" and the “Sweepstakes Period”) and you will automatically be entered into
the Qualifier and, if you meet the Sweepstakes Geographic Eligibility criteria,
the Sweepstakes. No Credits will be deducted from your World Golf Tour account
to enter the Qualifier or the Sweepstakes. You may play the game as many times
as you wish during the Qualification and Sweepstakes Period, however, only the
lowest final score received by you during the Qualification Period will be
recorded as your entry for the Qualifier round of the Contest, and only one
entry per person, per World Golf Tour user account, and per email address will
be accepted for the Sweepstakes.
Alternative
Method to Enter Sweepstakes. Contest entrants who meet Sweepstakes Geographic
Eligibility criteria will automatically be entered into the Sweepstakes. 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, your World Golf Tour User Name, Email Address, And Date Of Birth,
To: World Golf Tour, Inc., WGT DECEMBER FALL TOUR Entry, 180 Montgomery Street,
8th Floor, 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 with 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. Mail-in entries must be
postmarked during the Sweepstakes Period and received by December 31st, 2011.
Each mail-in entry must be mailed separately and, if in an envelope, each must
be mailed in a separate outer envelope. Limit: one Sweepstakes entry per person,
per WGT user account, and per email address, regardless of method of entry.
c. Step Three. Championships Entry: The top
scoring 100 players in the Qualifier round plus any additional entrants who are
tied in the 100th position (the “Championship Players”) will be eligible to
compete in both rounds of the Championships (the “Championships”) to determine
the winners of the Contest. If you receive one of the best 100 scores in the
Qualifier round (or one of those tied in the 100th position) to qualify for the
Championships, you may enter Round 1 of the Championships by logging in to the
website at www.wgt.com between 1:00 am PT
January 1st, 2012 and 11:59 pm PT January 4th, 2012 (“Round 1”), and
playing and completing the 18-hole stroke play game between 1:00 am PT January
1st, 2012 and 11:59 pm PT January 4th, 2012. You may enter Round 2 of the
Championships by logging in to the website at www.wgt.com between 1:00 am PT January 5th, 2012
and 11:59 pm PT January 7th, 2012 (“Round 2”), and playing and completing the
18-hole stroke play game between 1:00 am PT January 5th, 2012 and 11:59 pm PT
January 7th, 2012.
No Credits will be deducted from your World
Golf Tour account to enter the Championships. You may play each of the
Championship rounds only once, and the score received by you will be recorded as
your entry for the Championship round of the Contest. You must be available to
play a Championship Game during the Championship Period. If you are unable to do
so and/or do not play and enter a score during the Championship Period, you will
not be entered into the Championship and you will be disqualified from the
Contest and ineligible to win the Contest prize. Players who do not play both
Championship rounds will be disqualified.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ENTRANTS: ENTRANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE
SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY PERIOD TIMES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME ZONES.
Electronic entries for the Qualifier and
Sweepstakes must be initiated during the Qualification and Sweepstakes Period.
Completed electronic entries for Qualifier and Sweepstakes must be transmitted
and received by 11:59 pm PT on December 31st, 2011. Electronic entries for the
Championships must be initiated during the Championship Periods, and completed
electronic Championship entries must be transmitted and received by 11:59 pm PT
on January 1st, 2012 for Round 1 and 11:59 pm PT on January 5th, 2012 for Round
2. Mail-in entries must be postmarked during the Sweepstakes Period and received
by January 1st, 2012. No other methods of entry will be accepted. Limit
one entry per person, per email address, and per WGT user account for the
Qualifier and for the Sweepstakes and, for each Championship Player, one entry
per person, per email address, and per WGT user account for the Championship.
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.
4.
Game Description.
The WGT DECEMBER FALL TOUR Contest is a
54-hole stroke play contest.
Qualifier. The entrants 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 in the Qualifier round, the
number of strokes plus penalties are totaled and comprise the entrant's score in
that Game. The lowest final score received by you for a Game during the
Qualification Period will be recorded as your entry for the Qualifier. The
lowest scoring 100 entrants, plus any additional entrants who are tied in the
100th position (the “Qualifying Entrants”) will be able to advance to the
Championship rounds. If any Qualifying Entrant(s) are not eligible to win
a prize, the prize(s) for such entrants will be awarded to the entrant(s)
eligible to win a prize with the next lowest score(s).
Championships. The Qualifying Entrants will
advance to the Championships rounds where they will be given eighteen holes
throughout the golf course in each of two rounds, and are challenged to get the
ball into the cup for each hole in the fewest strokes. The number of strokes
taken to get the ball into each cup, plus any penalties, will be recorded for
each entrant. When entrant completes all thirty-six designated holes in
theChampionships, the number of strokes plus penalties are totaled and comprise
the entrant's final score. The lowest scoring entrant in the Championships will
be a potential Contest 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 the lowest scoring entrant in
the Championships is not eligible to win a prize, the prize will be awarded to
the next entrant eligible to win a prize with the lowest score in the
Championships.
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.
SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE: One player will be selected
from each tier of players (only Pro, Tour Pro, Master, Tour Master, Legend are
eligible) to win one dozen virtual Callaway golf balls. Odds of
winning Sweepstakes depend on the number of eligible entries received during the
Sweepstakes Period.
CONTEST PRIZE: There are 10 Contest prizes.
The top ten finishers in the Championship rounds will receive a $100 Amazon.com
gift card. 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.
The top 3 finishers in the Championship
tournament will receive automatic entry into the 4-round WGT FALL TOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP (in January 2012) where the winner will receive a $1000 Amazon gift
card.
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 or parts thereof become altered or
unavailable. Prize details including, if applicable, color, style, size, and
denomination 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. Contest Winner may be required to provide a
U.S., Canadian, United Kingdom, German, Australian, Irish, Dutch, South Korean,
or Norwegian shipping address to claim prize. Sweepstakes winner may be required
to provide a U.S., Canadian, United Kingdom, German, Irish, Norwegian, Dutch,
Japanese, or South Korean shipping address to claim prize. Sweepstakes prize and
Contest prize package confirmation will be mailed or otherwise dispersed within
twenty-eight (28) 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.
6. Winner Selection and Notification.
SWEEPSTAKES WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION.
Winner of the Sweepstakes will be determined by a random drawing from all
eligible entries received, to be held at Sponsor's address listed in Paragraph
1, on or about January 8th, 2012.
The judging will be conducted by Sponsor or
its designee, the judge of the Sweepstakes, whose decisions are final and
binding. Potential Sweepstakes winner will be notified on or about December 8th,
2010 by an email sent to the email address specified in the entry and posted on
the World Golf Tour website. If potential Sweepstakes 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. Any Canadian potential winner must
also correctly answer a mathematical skill-based question administered by the
Sponsor in order to claim prize.
CONTEST WINNERS SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION.
Winners of the Contest will be determined on or about January 10, 2012.
The judging will be conducted by Sponsor or its designee, the judge of the
Contest, whose decisions are final and binding. Potential Contest winner will be
notified on or about January 10th, 2012 by an email sent to the email
address specified in the Contest entry and posted on the World Golf Tour
website. If potential Contest 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. 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.
Potential Contest 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 Contest winner 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.
By entering the Promotion, 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 Promotion or the acceptance, possession, shipping and
handling, loss, use or misuse of, or travel to or from or in connection with the
Promotion or any prize awarded. Sponsor has the right to cancel, terminate or
modify this Promotion 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 Promotion, 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 Promotion. By entering this
Promotion, 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 Promotion 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 Promotion.
By entering the Promotion, entrant releases
and holds harmless the Sponsor, and the 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 Promotion, the acceptance,
possession, use, or misuse of any prize, or arising out of or in connection with
any travel to or from any Promotion 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 Promotion 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 Promotion winners is available by
sending a stamped and self-addressed envelope marked to "WGT FALL TOUR," 180
Sansome Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104. Requests must be received by
December 31, 2011.
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