Some rivalries never get settled
They’re
coming
back.
Twelve men. Two teams. Three days at Seaview. And a Cup that has only ever been won once.
Absolut Cup 2026 · 0:28
Grit vs. Glory — one more time
The 2026 rosters
The battle lines
The rosters moved. The rivalry didn’t. One of them is defending something for the first time in the history of this trip — and the other has spent eleven months thinking about one shot on the eighteenth.
- DaveOne-Man Franchise
- ZChain Reaction
- SpenceThe Last Call
- BoxcarNo Warning
- SpikeFirst Spark
- SkipThe Wild Card
The bigger the hole got, the more they took.
- BabarOpening Statement
- Mad DogThe Reckoning
- LarryThe Hinge
- KeithUnfinished Business
- TribeThe Squall
- FooseThe Anvil
U · The Measuring Stick · On sabbatical. Out on the old links looking for a swing with his name on it. He comes home with it or he does not come home.
The bigger the hole got, the more it cost them.
How it’s won
Three days. Two courses. One Cup.
Every hole is worth two points. The putts are worth one more. Tie a hole and nothing is lost — the points ride to the next one and keep stacking until somebody takes them. Which is how a single hole ends up worth eighty-four.
Opening Round
Seaview Pines · 12:00 PM
Two-man shamble. Everybody tees off, the team takes the best drive, then each man plays his own ball in. Captains submit pairings in sealed envelopes the night before and reveal them together.
The Marathon
Seaview Bay · 8:00 AM · 2:00 PM
The long day. Alternate shot in the morning, when a bad swing is your partner’s problem too. Scramble in the afternoon, when the legs are gone and the light is going.
The Two-Front Battle
Seaview Pines · 8:00 AM
Everything changes. Two men go to the Duel and four to the team scramble, and the points multiply. More than half the tournament is decided in a single afternoon.
Duel ×3 · Team ×6Why this one matters
Level at 131 apiece with a day to play
Glory won the opening day by nine. By Thursday lunchtime it was 131 apiece — twelve men, two days, and not a point between them.
Then Friday arrived carrying 489 of the tournament’s 923 points, and Grit took the Cup by ninety-nine.
The last green produced the biggest hole this thing has ever staged — eighty-four points riding on one shot. By the time they got there it was already decoration. Glory needed forty-nine and a half to level the Cup, and the entire pot was worth forty-two to them. Seven and a half short.
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