Gold Rush Cup

Gold Rush Cup

The GRCTwo sides. And now a third.Seven Cups played. Four teams have held it.Pinehurst. March 18–21, 2027.The 3-0 ClubThe GRC gives something back.GRC IGRC IIGRC IIIGRC IVGRC VGRC VIGRC VIISeventy-two golfers. One weekend.Eight years, in pictures.
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Eight years. Three teams. One Cup.

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March 18–21, 2027 · Pinehurst, North Carolina · 72 players, confirmed

Sponsor the GRC The 2027 GRC

VIII

The Eighth Cup

8th

Annual Cup

72

Player field, 2027

4.5×

Growth since 2020

$3,000+

Raised in 2026

What the GRC is

A Ryder Cup for the rest of us — and it travels.

Three days. Three courses. Three formats. In 2027 the field splits three ways under three captains and plays nothing but match play until one side reaches the number.

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Past Sponsors

L.A.B. Golf
L.A.B. Golf
Evnroll
Evnroll
TravisMathew
TravisMathew
PING
PING
Callaway
Callaway
Iliac
Iliac
Winston Collection
Winston Collection
Ventus
Ventus
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi
Club Champion
Club Champion
Vessel
Vessel
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Eight years of golf trips, and this is the one everyone has been waiting for. Pinehurst · March 2027

GRC VIII · Pinehurst · March 2027

Three days, three formats, three courses.

4
4

Day One · Friday

2-Man Scramble

Both partners play every shot from the best ball. The fastest way to build a lead — and the hardest to defend.

Pinehurst No. 4 · 6,658 yds

8
8

Day Two · Saturday

2-Man Best Ball

Each player plays their own ball; the better score counts. Where partnerships are made and matches turn on the closing holes.

Pinehurst No. 8 · 6,694 yds

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10

Day Three · Sunday

Singles, Head to Head

Thirty-six matches, one point each. Walking only, with caddies. Every Cup in eight years has come down to Sunday.

Pinehurst No. 10 · 6,709 yds

The record

Seven Cups played. Four teams have held it.

Cup
Year
Venues
Champion
Result
VIII
2027
Pinehurst No. 4, No. 8, No. 10
To be decided
March 18–21
VII
2026
We-Ko-Pa · TPC Scottsdale
The OG's
30½ – 25½
VI
2025
Desert Willow · PGA West
Putt Pirates
25 – 19 †
V
2024
Wolf Creek · Conestoga
The OG's
18½ – 13½ †
IV
2023
Desert Willow · PGA West
The OG's
19 – 13
III
2022
Escena · Desert Willow
The OG's
15 – 11 – 7 – 7
II
2021
Desert Willow · SilverRock
Team Daly
16 – 12
I
2020
La Quinta Dunes · PGA West
Big Putts
11 – 9

† Final score computed from the published day-by-day totals — the recap for that year doesn't state one.

All-time: The OG's 4 · Putt Pirates 1 · Team Daly 1 · Big Putts 1

Every Cup in detail

From the GRC

Two people holding the trophy between them on a fairway, a bear-crest pin flag hanging from it.
Two people holding the trophy between them on a fairway, a bear-crest pin flag hanging from it.
A player in black completing a driver swing from a tee, desert scrub and mountains beyond.
A player in black completing a driver swing from a tee, desert scrub and mountains beyond.
An adult in a cap holding a small child beside the trophy on a poolside ledge, mountains and palms behind.
An adult in a cap holding a small child beside the trophy on a poolside ledge, mountains and palms behind.
Two teams posed together on a fairway, one in black and one in pink-striped shirts with teal caps, red rock behind.
Two teams posed together on a fairway, one in black and one in pink-striped shirts with teal caps, red rock behind.
A player in a light blue polo and cream shorts completing a putting stroke, the ball still on the green.
A player in a light blue polo and cream shorts completing a putting stroke, the ball still on the green.
A team in dark striped polos posed on a green, one holding a skull-and-clubs flag, palms behind.
A team in dark striped polos posed on a green, one holding a skull-and-clubs flag, palms behind.
A warm-toned frame of a group sitting and standing on the grass watching a hole, low sun through the trees.
A warm-toned frame of a group sitting and standing on the grass watching a hole, low sun through the trees.
Two players in black quarter-zips hold the trophy between them on a fairway, mountains and a line of trees behind.
Two players in black quarter-zips hold the trophy between them on a fairway, mountains and a line of trees behind.

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Sponsorship

Put your brand in 72 golfers' hands for a full weekend.

The Gold Rush Cup field is 72 committed golfers who fund their own way to a destination resort, play three rounds in three days, and come back year after year. Four partnership tiers, from in-kind raffle product to presenting partner.

Partner with the Cup

Folds of Honor

Folds of Honor
Folds of Honor

$3,000+

A portion of every GRC goes to Folds of Honor, which provides educational scholarships to the spouses and children of fallen or disabled service members and first responders. The GRC VII raffle raised over $3,000 in a single evening.