2025 Barefoot Classic (4th Annual) Event Information
Shed those foot prisons and feel the grass in between your toes at this year's Barefoot Classic at Northwood GC.
Event Information
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2023
Location: Northwood Golf Course - 19400 CA-116, Monte Rio, CA 95462
Cost: $100 per player
Registration Includes
- 9 holes at Northwood GC
- Rad tee prizes
- $20 F&B voucher to one of the best watering holes in Northern California, Northwood Restaurant & Bistro
- Post-tournament awards
Power carts are not included in event registration. Competitors may rent a power cart from Northwood for $12 per person.
Schedule / Itinerary
- 1:00-2:30pm - Event check-in (get your tee prizes!)
- 2:00-3:00pm - Tee times (all group start on #1 tee)
- 6:30-7:00pm - Awards at Northwood Restaurant
Game Day Information
- Northwood GC does not have a driving range, please prepare accordingly.
- Unlike past years, there is no designated space for a post-round banquet. All players are welcome to eat and drink when and where they want.
- Players can use their F&B voucher before or after golf (or both).
- All contestants will need to sign an event waiver at check-in, prior to teeing off.
Barefoot Golf Waiver
While intoxicating and revelatory, playing golf barefoot is not without its risks. Stepping on a stick, rolling your ankle, or any number of other injuries may arise as a result of your feet becoming one with brother nature. To that end, all BFC participants are required to sign a waiver prior to the start of the tournament, releasing Suave Golf and Northwood GC of any liability related to the BFC.
While we encourage every BFC contestant to enjoy all 9 holes in their bare feet, playing barefoot is not required. Any contestant may wear sandals, flip flops, shoes or any other footwear for any/all of their round. Please also be mindful that footwear is required in all communal spaces at Northwood (golf shop, restaurant/bar, parking lot, etc.).
Tournament Format
2-Player Net Scramble - Team handicaps will be calculated by taking 35% of the lower (more skilled) player's handicap and 15% of the higher players handicap, and adding them together. Once that number is calculated, we'll divide that number in half to get each team's 9-hole handicap.
Example: Player A is a 10 handicap, Player B is a 20 handicap.
- 10 (Player A's handicap) x 35% = 3.5
- 20 (Player B's handicap) x 15% = 3
- 3.5 + 3 = 6.5 would be this team's 18-hole scramble handicap
- 6.5 / 2 = 3.25 (rounds down) = This team's BFC handicap would be 3
Additional BFC Tournament Notes
- Each team is required to use at least 3 tee shots from each player
- Mulligans will be available for purchase at check-in
- Each player may purchase up to 3 mulligans.
- Mulligans are transferrable between teammates
- Players wearing close-toed shoes during competition will have their individual handicap reduced by 50%
- All players to play from the back (white) tees