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Barstool Classic Wraps Sebonack Qualifier With Sunset Putting Contest

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Barstool Classic Wraps Sebonack Qualifier With Sunset Putting Contest
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The Barstool Classic's Sebonack qualifier didn't end at 18 - it ended in sudden death on a balcony deck as the sun went down.

  1. A golfer in a green polo putts on a wooden deck overlooking the water at sunset

    The Barstool Classic's stop at Sebonack Golf Club on Long Island didn't wrap with a scorecard tally in the clubhouse - it wrapped with a putting contest on a deck overlooking the water. Fore Play called it flatly: "PUTTING CONTEST OF THE YEAR," and the sudden-death playoff that decided it didn't sound like hyperbole for the bit.

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    Fore Play
    @ForePlayPod

    PUTTING CONTEST OF THE YEAR. SEBONACK. SUNSET. BALCONY DECK. SUDDEN DEATH PLAYOFF. ELECTRIC FACTORY!!! @BarstoolClassic @drinksuncruiser

    There's real stakes buried under the vibes here. The Barstool Classic runs as a season-long tour of qualifier stops, teams of 2 playing best-ball at 50% handicap, with the top 5 teams from each stop punching a ticket to the championship. That championship lands at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, November 16-18, where last year's winners walked away with $20,000 and their names etched on the Commissioner's Cup.

    So a balcony putting contest at sunset isn't just a photo op - it's the kind of moment that closes out a qualifier round after the real golf is finished, the informal decider that ends up being the thing everybody actually remembers. Sebonack, a Jack Nicklaus/Tom Doak design in Southampton that's hosted a U.S. Women's Open, makes for a pretty dramatic backdrop for it.

    Zah, posting what he called his last stop of the year, said he'd have to miss the championship field entirely - he's taking his mom on a safari for her 75th birthday after 2 years apart from family - but made a point of thanking everyone who's kept the tour sold out.

    Sudden-death putting contests off a clubhouse deck have become something of a signature for how Barstool Classic stops close out, less a formal tiebreaker than a bit that's grown into a tradition of its own. With Sebonack in the books, the tour keeps rolling toward Scottsdale in November, where the top 5 teams from every qualifier - including whoever came out on top on that deck - will get their shot at the Cup.

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