Friday July 4, 2025

Get your foursome and register for the Freedom Flag Challenge.

REGISTRATION OPENS – June 4, 2026 at 10:00am

REGISTRATION CLOSES –  July 2, 2026 at 10:00an  

Members can register by contacting the Pro Shop at (207)998-6002 or by clicking the link below and registering online through the Poland Spring Golf Genius portal.

REGISTRATION LINK –

TEE TIMES – Member Times

ENTRY FEE – $25.00 per player

Flag Tourney features individual, 18 hole, stroke play format in which golfers begin the round of golf with an allotment of strokes, then play until those strokes run out.  Flags are given to competitors before the round. The golfers stick those flags in the ground at the point from which their ball comes to rest on their final shot allotted.  The golfer who stakes his flag the farthest around the course is the winner.

Here’s an example: Let’s say your allotment is 75 strokes. You play the golf course until you hit your 75th shot, which, let’s say, comes to rest on the 16th fairway. That’s where you plant your flag, on the place your ball came to rest on your final stroke. If no other player’s flag is planted beyond yours (say, on the 16th green or 17th tee box) you are the winner.

DETERMINING STROKE ALLOTMENT – Full handicap (100%) will determine the stroke allotment. Using full handicaps, a golfer playing Poland Spring, a par-71 golf course and who has a course handicap of 14, for example, receives 85 strokes (71 for the course’s par rating plus 14 for the golfer’s handicap) as his tournament stroke allotment.

Using full handicaps often means that several golfers will reach the end of 18 holes with strokes left to use. In that event, all players with strokes remaining  would go back to the No. 1 hole and keep playing until the stroke allotment is reached.

ELIGIBILTY – Flag Tourney is open to all Poland Spring Members with active GHIN handicap.

PURSE – The golfer who stakes his flag the farthest around the course is the winner.  Winners will be awarded prize money, determined by finishing position, in the form of Pro Shop Credit.  All Pro Shop Credit must be used by October 15th.  .

RULES OF GOLF – All play will be governed by The Rules of Golf as approved by the USGA, except as modified by Local Rules. The Rules Committee will have the final authority on all rulings. The competition is deemed to be closed when the trophy is awarded to the champion.

The Tournament Committee/Rules Committee reserves the right to alter any of the conditions, provisions, and/or schedules herein. The decision of the Tournament Committee/Rules Committee in any matter is final.