2026 The Putting Zone Shootout – Event Details
2026 Putting Zone Shootout - ESPN TV Show Event
EVENT #68 TOURNAMENT BREAKDOWN
Venue - The Putting Zone
Address:
3040 Sidco Dr.
Nashville, TN 37204
Date: March 21st, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm
This event is being held at the phenomenal Putting Zone in Nashville, TN. This is the World’s first and only par 72, 18 hole putting course. This event offers an unprecedented $26,500 guaranteed prize pool. The ESPN cameras are rolling on this one so come be part of putting history and play in this epic event!
Divisions & Cash Games
All buy ins must be paid in cash the day of the tournament.
| Division: | Payout Structure: |
| Amateur - $49.00 | Top 3 Wins Merchandise Prizes |
| Professional Singles - $275.00 (Includes Custom Hat) | Top 15 Get Paid See Payout Graph▼ |
| Most Zones Hit - FREE With Paid Entry | Winner Gets a Trentini Putter |
Amateur and Professional Division Tournament Structure and Format
We will play in groups of two or three players. All players will play a 18-hole course two times. We will take a break after one round. After the break, we will reshuffle and then play the front nine of the final round. Then, the professionals will reshuffle again, and we will then play the final nine holes. This will be a stroke play event. Players will keep their score and everyone else’s scores in their group. Players will have to adhere to NPT rules during play.
Putting Zone Preview video
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Commited Players
| Amateurs: | |
| 1. Steve Luebke | 2. Rock Croteau |
| 3. Amanda Akers | 4. Michael Menke |
| 5. Daniel Fondren | 6. Marty Halliday |
| 7. Wallace Kinloch | 8. John Burch |
| 9. Kaleb Smith | 10. Alex Evenson |
| 11. Tyler Komahcheet | 12. Jack Lang |
| 13. Zachary Hurdt | 14. Alex Evenson |
| 15. Austin Antonelli | 16. Chase Lambert |
| 17. Dave LaCroix | 18. Sonia LaCroix |
| 19. Frank Wasilewski | 20. Adam Sahmel |
| 21. Jennyfer Corzo | 22. DJ McShane |
| 23. Sharon Holczer | 24. Tyler Strelesky |
| 25. Matthew Thompson | |
| Professionals: | |
| 26. Brock Gillespie | 27. Drew Strampfer |
| 28. Jeff Gibralter | 29. Pete Lyon |
| 30. Tri Nguyen | 31. Bryan Akers |
| 32. Rainey Statum | 33. Chris Johnson |
| 34. Mike Gonzales | 35. Francis Levine-Croteau |
| 36. Jody Kimble | 37. Tom Wedlock |
| 38. Nathan Strand | 39. Jason Raby |
| 40. Jacob Fair | 41. Neil Master |
| 42. Jeff Kirk | 43. Maxime Savard |
| 44. Stéphane Dulmaine | 45. Upendra Modak |
| 46. Eric Feige | 47. Clay Cannon |
| 48. Joey Baldasano | 49. Kyler Tiebout |
| 50. John Harmon | 51. Brandon Robinson |
| 52. Anna Seymour | 53. Justin Seymour |
| 54. Abram Engle | 55. Carter Geissler |
| 56. Nate Nichols | 57. David Neal |
| 58. Ethan Alewine | 59. David Powell |
| 60. Rob Morris | 61. Rick Baird |
| 62. Nick de Genarro | 63. Stephen Antonelli |
| 64. Tyler Alewine | 65. Anthony Sowell |
| 66. Gary Hester | 67. Tom Butler |
| 68. Andy Coradini | 69. Richard Herbert |
| 70. William Moser | 71. Aaron Kaminski |
| 72. Brandon Davis | 73. David Vayda |
| 74. Riley Bell | 75. Jake Stas |
| 76. John Ventura | 77. Randy Reeves |
| 78. Greg Newport | 79. Wade Sahmel |
| 80. Tim Tally | 81. Derek Hartmann |
| 83. Mitch Gueller | 83. Zach Martin |
| 84. Joey Greybeal | 85. Marcus Nix |
| 86. Garrett Bailey | 87. Landon Wiess |
| 86. Will Shrier | 87. Lemar Griffin |
| 88. Justin Gutche | |
EveNT SCHEDULE
8:00 am to 2:45 pm ~ Practice
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm ~ Check In
2:45 pm to 3:00 pm ~ Announcements
3:00 pm to 6:15 pm ~ Round 1
6:15 pm to 7:00 pm ~ Player & Desk Filming
6:15 pm to 7:00 pm ~ Break & Reshuffle
7:00 pm to 9:45 pm ~ Round 2
9:45 pm to 10:30 pm ~ Playoff (If Needed)
10:30 pm to 11:00 pm ~ Scoring & Payouts
Course Gallery
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profEssional Payout Graph
Spectator Tickets
Warm Up Tournaments
Thursday Night Tournament – “The Teaser”
$60.00 Buy In – $30 Goes to Prize Pool – Top 5 Places Pay
1st – 30% ~ 2nd – 25% ~ 3rd – 20% ~ 4th – 15% ~ 5th – 10%
Starts at 6:00 pm
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Friday Night Tournament – “The Warm-Up”
$75 Buy In – $45 Goes to Prize Pool – Top 5 Places Pay
1st – 30% ~ 2nd – 25% ~ 3rd – 20% ~ 4th – 15% ~ 5th – 10%
Starts at 6:00 pm
Tournament Rules
- You can tee off from anywhere in between and behind the two new TPZ emblems. You re also allowed to place your ball on the emblem to tee off if you please.
- There is no relief from the rough line or rough in general.
- If your ball goes into the rough, you will play it from the rough. All rough plays.
- Any hill on the same hole that you are playing that is not marked by ivy or signs can be played through.
- Players can also skip over the hills on hole 11 and hole 12 near the end of the hole.
- We are going to play in threesomes. With any group, one player will go and then when they hit their second shot away from zone one on any particular hole, the next player will then be able to go. This continues until all players are finished with the hole. All players then consult with each other on scores and then they move on to the next hole. The next group can go once the zone is open.
- During play, players will need to do their best to watch the other players in their group while still focusing on their own shots.
- We are not going to allow the marking of the ball at any time during the hole.
- There will be an ivy and sign placard line used at the top of some of the hills. If you cross over this line, it will be an automatic stroke penalty, and you will have to hit the ball from the exact same spot you just hit it. This is considered OB. Balls that touch ivy are also considered OB.
- A zone hit gives you a minus one stroke. A zone hit is good if your ball is sitting anywhere on the white circle or if you are on the edge of the zone and at least one white fiber is touching the ball. If you hit a zone the first step will be to notify a playing partner. If there is a debate on whether or not a zone hit is good, you will need to call over a zone Marshall. There will be two zone Marshalls on each nine out there that you will have to call over if you are unsure whether your ball is in the zone. If there is an argument with the zone Marshall, then the final say will be the owner (Bill) who will come over to make a final ruling.
- OB Rule – ALL Rough plays. If you hit a ball and it touches another hole’s fairway or green, you will have to take a one stroke penalty and hit the ball from the exact same spot you just hit it. Barriers have been set up to keep players from skipping over a hill on the same hole. However, there are a few spots where we are allowing players to cut a corner by going over a hill.
- Any ball hit into the rocks or pathway area is considered OB and you will have to take a one stroke penalty and hit the shot again from the same spot you just hit it from. There is never a situation where you are placing the ball at the point it went out of the hole.
- If a cup cover, drink post, plastic cover or signpost is in your line of sight of the hole, you are allowed relief from that obstruction of one club length, no nearer the hole.
- You may not hop over ivy or rock beds other than hole number eleven. The first rock bed to the left on that you are allowed to hop over.
- You are allowed to play over hills that do not have signs or ivy blocking them.
- There is a Triple bogey maximum on every hole.
- A particular zone can only be hit once.
- Any putt that hits ivy, signage, rocks, walls, bushes, ends up in rock bed, flies over rock bed, NPT boards, drink post on 12 or another hole’s fairway or green, is considered out of bounds and the player must hit the shot from the same spot they just hit it from with a one stroke penalty.
- The only exception to the rock bed rule is on hole number eleven. On the first rock bed on the left, you can fly over the rock bed if you want to. If you nick trees or bushes in that rock bed that is okay. If you hit a rock in that bed that is also considered okay. If you hit it into that rock bed and it stays there, that is considered OB.
- If you are within three putter heads of the wall and you did not hit the wall, you are allowed three putter heads relief from the wall.
- If you step up to address the ball and you have not touched the ball and the ball moves, it is not a penalty. You just now play the ball where it lies.
- A ball that hits a tree or blue column is considered out of bounds.
- “Zone Hogging” is not allowed. This is where you egregiously substitute a good score by trying to hit zones in order to win the putter. If you need to hit your ball into a zone to get better position that is okay. However, we kindly ask that you not hit your ball into a zone for no reason other than to rack up zone hits to win the putter. This is on the honor system so please be respectful.
- In a particular group one player will keep the score on the live coring system through their phone and the other remining players will keep a physical card.
- When it comes to any rules infraction, it is up to a player to call it on themselves or for a playing partner to call it on a player. This needs to be settled within th group. If there is an argument over whether a rules infraction took place, it needs to try to be settled within the group. If it cannot be settled, a zone Marshall can be called in to assist. In severe cases, Brock and Bill can be called in to make a decision on the situation. Please be honest. In the end, it is up to the player to be honest about what they have done.