The Committee of the Rosedale Cup writes concerning the seventh playing, over the federal holiday in January 2027. The field arrives Thursday the fourteenth and departs Monday the eighteenth. Play is eighteen holes on Friday, thirty-six on Saturday, and eighteen on Sunday.
Three fields are offered for the Cup. Paper I is Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens, value golf at one hundred to one hundred fifty dollars a round. Paper II is Scottsdale, Cave Creek, and Fountain Hills, mid golf at two hundred to three hundred. Paper III is Orlando, Reunion Resort, mid golf in Florida with Saturday thirty-six on the same property. All three remain live. No house is reserved. No tee time is booked.
Two of the party travel from California and are treated as chairs for the purpose of routing. The rest come from New York, Boston, North Carolina, and elsewhere. Palm Springs is withdrawn. Los Cabos is declined on the price of public golf. The Pacific Northwest is declined on January weather.
Gentlemen of the Cup are asked to write Bennett with a preference of field.
The Rosedale Cup Committee
Order of the Cup
The Programme
Thursday 14 January to Monday 18 January
Thursday
14 January 2027
Arrival
The house. Dinner. The Cup is not yet in play.
Friday
15 January
Eighteen holes
The opening round of VII.
Saturday
16 January
Thirty-six holes
One campus, carts. Morning and afternoon from the same lot, or a hop of fifteen to twenty minutes, as the paper requires.
Sunday
17 January
Eighteen holes
The closing round of VII. Evening at the house.
Monday
18 January
Departure
Martin Luther King Day. Homeward in the morning.
Three fields for VII
The Fields
The seventh playing is not yet seated
Nice golf, not luxury. Figures are estimates, except where a published card is named. The Cup will be played on one of these three fields.
Field I
Jupiter
Palm Beach Gardens
Value golf, $100–150 a round. Warm weather that still holds the band.
Weather
75° / 58°
Field
PBI
Golf
$450–650 est.
All in
$1,070–2,260 est.
FridaySandhill Crane Golf Club$139
Prime, cart included. Published January–April 2026 card. No 2027 card posted.
SaturdayAbacoa Golf Club, morning$150–180 est.
Sandhill Crane, midday$129
A hop of fifteen to twenty minutes. Same-lot thirty-six is not on this paper. Do not pair this day with Boca. Abacoa morning is an estimate; carts are mandatory. The second round is midday, about 12:00 to 12:40. Winter twilight at two o’clock will not finish eighteen.
SundayNorth Palm Beach Country Club$100–130 est.
Nicklaus Signature muny. Estimate. Osprey Point is Boca, forty-five to sixty minutes south. It is not Sunday, and it is not Saturday.
A five-bedroom in Jupiter is tight for ten. Prefer six to eight bedrooms in Jupiter Farms or west Palm Beach Gardens, about $200–500 a man. Not the beach. East Coast nonstops to Palm Beach. Los Angeles is JetBlue only; that fare is an estimate. California otherwise connects. Book Abacoa the hour the fifteen-to-thirty-day window opens.
Field II
Scottsdale
Cave Creek or Fountain Hills
Mid golf, $200–300 a round. The driest paper, and the one frost may delay.
Weather
68° / 46°
Field
PHX
Golf
$630–1,080 est.
All in
$1,290–2,690 est.
FridayTPC Scottsdale, Champions$139–249 est.
Not Stadium. Peak 2026, verified. January 2027 is an estimate. Play there. Do not sleep there.
SaturdayTalking Stick, O’odham$190–250 est.
Talking Stick, Piipaash$190–250 est.
Same parking lot. This is the Saturday plan. Bags staged, grill between rounds. Book the first wave as early as the sheet allows. Do not hop. Frost delay is material in Cave Creek and Fountain Hills. Card rates open three days out. Call the shop for a ten-man hold.
SundayCamelback, Ambiente or Padre$150–189 est.
Peak 2026, verified. January 2027 is an estimate. Eagle Mountain or SunRidge Canyon if the house sits in Fountain Hills.
Do not house inside Scottsdale city limits. The short-term rental cap is six adults. The city page was current 1 July 2026. Cave Creek, Carefree, Fountain Hills, or Rio Verde. Confirm the municipality, not the listing title. About $300–500 a man. Los Angeles to Phoenix is the cheap hop, an estimate of $150–320, often Southwest with bags free. We-Ko-Pa is the ninety-day safety valve for Saturday thirty-six, about $239–309 est., slightly over the band at the top.
Field III
Orlando
Reunion Resort
Mid golf, $200–300 a round. Saturday thirty-six without leaving the property.
Weather
72° / 50°
Field
MCO
Golf
$670–1,050 est.
All in
$1,270–2,590 est.
FridayReunion, Palmer$170–230 est.
Estimate. Guest or preferred-rental access only. No official dollar card.
SaturdayReunion, Watson$170–230 est.
Reunion, Nicklaus$150–220 est.
Same resort. Fifty-four holes on the property. This is the Saturday plan. Cart from the villa to the first tee. Do not spend Saturday on I-4. Build a 7:30 to 8:00 first tee against frost and fog.
SundayChampionsGate National$180–260 est.
Estimate. Hold only if the morning prints at or under $300. A ten-minute hop. If it prints over, replay Reunion.
The house must be a Reunion preferred rental, or the golf is closed to the party. About $240–500 a man if the villa is not on a holiday rack. Martin Luther King weekend is a Disney peak. Some owners want five nights. Orlando has the best East Coast air of the three, and good California nonstops. All-in, a wash against Scottsdale.
Read, and left on the sideboard
Set Aside
Quietly declined
Los Cabos
About 80° and dry, with California nonstops. Peak public golf is about $280–395 a round (Puerto Los Cabos $395 morning, $320 afternoon; Cabo del Sol about $280–325). That sits above both bands. Unstaffed, about $2,300–3,400 a man all-in. Staffed, about $3,000–4,000. Some eight hundred to fifteen hundred above Florida value. The Committee declines it as a field for the Cup.
Withdrawn
Palm Springs
The American Express occupies PGA West from 18 to 24 January 2027.
Declined on weather
The Pacific Northwest
Seattle and Portland sit near 47° in January, with rain on about twenty-three days. Bandon Dunes is the only interesting exception. January green fees are $130 for a resort guest and $180 for a day guest, but it is 52°, wet, windy, and walking-only. Saturday thirty-six in that weather is a death march. Save Bandon for May.
The preference of the field
The Ballot
One mark to a name. A later hand may change the book.
Gentlemen of the Cup mark one field. One mark to a name. A later hand may change the book.
Field I · Jupiter0
Field II · Scottsdale0
Field III · Orlando0
The book is still clean. The first mark opens it.
Estimates of 12 August 2026
The Ledger
Four rounds of the Cup. Four nights. Estimates only
Per man, four nights, four rounds. Google Flights for Thursday 14 January to Monday 18 January 2027 loaded without fares on 12 August 2026. Air figures below are estimates from 2026 winter and peak route structure. Ground figures are estimates, except Sandhill Crane $139 / $129, which is a published 2026 winter card. Nothing is booked. All-in ranges include the fare, clubs as a second bag where it applies, and house, golf, food, and cars.
On the ground
Field I
Field II
Field III
House
$200–500 est.
$250–500 est.
$220–500 est.
Golf, four rounds
$450–650 est.
$630–1,080 est.
$670–1,050 est.
Cars
$110–200 est.
$110–220 est.
$100–200 est.
Food and drink
$90–160 est.
$110–170 est.
$100–160 est.
All-in
$1,070–2,260 est.
$1,290–2,690 est.
$1,270–2,590 est.
Origin, air only
Field I, PBI
Field II, PHX
Field III, MCO
Los Angeles (LAX)
$350–550 est.
$150–320 est.
$250–480 est.
San Francisco (SFO)
$400–650 est.
$180–380 est.
$320–550 est.
New York (JFK / LGA / EWR)
$220–450 est.
$280–520 est.
$180–380 est.
Boston (BOS)
$250–480 est.
$300–550 est.
$200–400 est.
Charlotte (CLT)
$180–380 est.
$280–500 est.
$150–320 est.
Raleigh–Durham (RDU)
$220–420 est.
$280–500 est.
$150–320 est.
Clubs as a second bag on American: $110–120 the round trip, published 12 August 2026. If clubs are the only checked bag, $90–100. Southwest: two bags free. The old planning figure of about $200 is high unless it counts clothes and clubs together. Status and Southwest are already inside the all-in lows.
No January 2027 fare was observed. Los Angeles to Palm Beach is JetBlue only. Los Angeles to Phoenix is the cheap California hop, often Southwest. Orlando is the easiest East Coast field. If the two California chairs can use Los Angeles rather than San Francisco, they save on every paper.
Field I, Jupiter value, all-in about $1,070–2,260 a man. Mid about $1,615. The low needs an East Coast fare and an inland house. The high is Los Angeles peak plus an oceanfront listing.
Field II, Scottsdale mid, all-in about $1,290–2,690 a man. Mid about $1,980. Field III, Orlando mid, all-in about $1,270–2,590 a man. Mid about $1,905. A wash against Scottsdale on the total.
For the field
Notes for the Cup
Nothing held
No gentleman should take a tee time, a house, or a fare on this page as reserved. The Committee awaits a preference of field for VII.
The party
Eight to twelve, planned around ten. The seventh field. Two chairs from California. Others from New York, Boston, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
Passports
Required only if the Cup returns to the question of Los Cabos, which the Committee has declined on price.
Reply
Write Bennett with a preference of field, or with silence if the dates do not serve.
The Rosedale Cup Committee will not move a booking until the field has spoken.
The roll of the Cup
The Members
From the oral history of the first six playings
Names stand as they appear in Andrew Ward’s book. The archive is incomplete. Further papers of the Cup are expected.
Commissioner
Campbell
Called Will, and Commissioner. He lives in San Diego. With VP Brownlow, of San Francisco, he is one of the two executive chairs, and they are the only West Coast men in the Cup. His vision opened the first playing, at Tampa. The Commish went unbeaten through Year 5, and stood 4-0 after Tampa II. He took a captaincy at last in Year 6, at San Diego, his city, after Fort Myers was killed by a hurricane, and there he lost the Cup.
Vice president
Bennett Brownlow
Called Bennett, Brownlow, Ben, and VP Brownlow. He lives in San Francisco. With Commissioner Campbell, of San Diego, he is one of the two executive chairs, and they are the only West Coast men in the Cup. An inaugural champ with DeathStar. At TPC Tampa he was miles better than the field, and paired with Pav. In Year 3 Captain Borg sent him against Keshian in Sunday singles and expected him to lose. Bennett won 5&4 in the nine-hole match. In Year 6, at San Diego, he assumed the captaincy, appeared to draft the stronger side, and Team Brownlow took the Cup.
Original Cup member
Pavlick
Called Pav. An inaugural champ. In Year 1 he was hitting bombs, before Covid. In Year 2, after a Friday muni, he was found chipping wiffle balls in the valley behind the house, an image the book keeps as a symbol of the Cup. Captain of Team Pav at Tampa II. In Year 6 he went 0-4, and the Commissioner placed him on a PIP.
Inaugural champ
O’Regan
Of Team DeathStar in Year 1, with Wambell, Brownlow, and Pavlick.
Inaugural champ
Wambell
Named among the first champions, of Team DeathStar, Year 1 at Tampa.
Original Cup member
Seany Robs
Assumed the captaincy in Year 5 at Orlando II, looking for his first win of any kind in his Rosedale career. After another heartbreak, Captain Rubenstein took an indefinite hiatus from the Cup.
Author of the oral history
Andrew Ward
Called Ward, and Kim Jong when he captained. A six-time player, 3-3. First captain, with Borg, in Year 3 at Scottsdale. Team Ward took that Cup. In Year 2, Richardson dropped a 50-footer on the 18th and handed Ward his toughest loss since Freshman Spring Rush. In Year 6 he halved Campbell in singles after missing short putts, and then KJ beat him.
Of the field
H. Brown
Called Hunty, H, and H. Brown. In Year 2 at Falcon’s Fire he almost quit golf. After rocky years with Pup N Suds, he and Ward entered the win column in Year 3. Team H rolled Team Pav at Tampa II.
First captain
Borg
Called Captain Borg, and Stalin when he captained. In Year 2 he was YouTubing swing tips during the round. First captain, with Ward, in Year 3. He equipped his side with golf balls featuring Ward’s face. Team Ward beat him. In Year 4 he and Ward formed the Axis Powers.
Of the field
Keshian
Called Kesh. Welcomed in Year 2, when the field expanded to twelve. In Year 3 he had a stellar Cup, clutch on Saturday and shining in the kitchen, until Bennett beat him 5&4.
Of the field
Hickman
Welcomed in Year 2. Returned in Year 4 after a one-year absence, as the field reached a tournament high of thirteen. The book records his continued dominance, and that he owns Adam everywhere outside of Richmond, Virginia.
Of the field
Lems
Welcomed in Year 2. In Year 6 he two-putted from eighty feet on the 18th to give Team Brownlow the victory, the tightest margin the Cup has known. The book calls him a Rosedale great, and wonders if that was the last of him: he forgot in April that the Cup is in January, and is expecting a child with an MLK weekend birthday.
Of the field
A-Rich
Called A-Rich, Richardson, and Adam. Welcomed in Year 2. On the 18th that year he dropped a 50-footer to beat Ward. In Year 5, in a matchup of two soon to be fathers, Timmy Weitzel’s putting proved too much for him.
Of the field
Cayman
Filled in for Austin in Year 2 on two days’ notice. Remains the only non-Deacon participant in the Cup’s history.
Of the field
Austin
Made his debut in Year 3 at Scottsdale. He told everyone he had played golf like twice, then broke 90. Captain of Team Austin in Year 5, which held off a Sunday charge in the rain. Ship Sticks lost his clubs for good on the way to Year 6 at San Diego.
Of the field
Timmy Weitzel
Called Tim, hair-twirling Tim, Timmy, and Weitzel. In Year 3 a Sunday starter almost crippled him, until Dancing On My Own put him right. In Year 5 his putting was the whisper of Orange County National, and he entered the win column at last, after years of disappointment.
Of the field
KJ
Made his Rosedale Cup debut in Year 6 at San Diego, and played his best golf in years. A scramble pairing with Pav did not survive it. After Ward’s halved match with Campbell, KJ beat the brakes off of Ward.
The book is incomplete. More files will come.
An oral history
The History
The first six playings, as set down by Andrew Ward
Drawn from the deck titled Rosedale Cup: An Oral History. Calendar years are not in that book, and are not supplied here. The archive is incomplete.
Year 1
Tampa
Commissioner Campbell’s vision was nearly halted at once. The Airbnb cancelled three days prior. The scramble led to a house that had a pool table, and little else.
The field played TPC Tampa. It was a bloodbath. Pav was hitting bombs. Bennett was miles better than the field. They paired like Rahm and Hatton. Team DeathStar shellacked Pup N Suds. Wambell, Brownlow, Pavlick, and O’Regan became the inaugural champs.
Sports Moment in Time. The fellas gathered in downtown Tampa to watch the last fight Conor McGregor ever won.
Year 2 · Orlando
Year 2
Orlando
The field expanded to twelve, welcoming Kesh, Hickman, Lems, and A-Rich. Cayman filled in for Austin on two days’ notice, and remains the only non-Deacon participant in the Cup’s history.
A massive pool was the star of the house. Tired legs on the course were owed to pool basketball. Pavlick’s game took a nosedive in the Friday muni. He was later spotted chipping wiffle balls in the valley fifty yards behind the house. Borg was YouTubing swing tips during the round.
They played Falcon’s Fire, the fastest greens on the six-year circuit. Hunty almost quit golf after the round. A-Rich waited until the first tee of the blackout scramble to disclose that he had quit drinking during Covid.
Lems and Ward mounted a back-nine charge against Keshian and Richardson, coming from five down to tie it going into the 18th. Richardson then dropped a 50-footer, handing Ward his toughest loss since Freshman Spring Rush. Deathstar handled Pup N Suds once again. The set-team format was abolished, and captains were established.
The Airbnb owner extorted the field after the Cup for a brand-new refrigerator.
Sports Moment in Time. Campbell came off the course to find the Titans, Derrick Henry in an MVP-caliber season, stifled at home in a wild-card loss to the Ravens.
Year 3
Scottsdale
Commissioners Campbell and Brownlow called on Borg and Ward, Stalin and Kim Jong, to serve as the first captains. The first draft took place Friday night. Ward provided team shirts. Borg equipped his ragtag bunch with golf balls featuring Ward’s fattest face ever.
The blackout scramble was on a dog track. The field never set foot outside the Airbnb, though they had crossed the country to a party destination. Pav tried to kick the tires on going to bars with Ward and H. No dice.
Austin made his debut, told everyone he had played golf like twice, and then broke 90.
Keshian had a stellar Cup, clutch all day Saturday, and shining in the kitchen, until Captain Borg sent Bennett Brownlow out against him in Sunday singles and expected Bennett to lose. Bennett won 5&4 in the nine-hole match.
A Sunday starter, furious about carts changed at the turn, almost crippled hair-twirling Tim. Dancing On My Own, played some fifty times more, put him right.
Team Ward cruised over Borg, putting Ward and H. Brown in the win column after rocky years with Pup N Suds.
Sports Moment in Time. The Mac Jones Patriots lost by 30 to Buffalo on wild-card weekend. Ben fat-fingered a significant wager on the Pats.
Year 4 · Tampa II
Year 4
Tampa II
The field returned to its roots, a duplex in the hood of Tampa Bay. A nearby shuffleboard bar proved the fountain of youth. Captain Pav, with no items for his team, bought out the Pro Shop of its block-letter hats.
Participation reached a tournament high of thirteen. Hickman returned after a one-year absence, and continued to own Adam everywhere outside of Richmond, Virginia.
Stalin and Kim Jong formed the Axis Powers and defeated A-Rich. Team H rolled Team Pav. The Commish moved to 4-0. Tampa II holds the distinction of the only year in which the golf was the sideshow.
A hibachi banquet, then a walk across the street to MacDinton’s, where the trophy was drunk from. The book calls it likely the most fun night in Cup history.
Sports Moment in Time. Trevor Lawrence led the Jags from 27-0 down to defeat the Chargers, as the field took a bad beat at the shuffleboard bar.
Hibachi becomes a tradition
Year 5
Orlando II
A return to Orlando, and to Orange County National, which the book calls the premier LIV track of the year. Original Cup member Seany Robs assumed the captaincy, looking for his first win of any kind.
A kerfuffle with a curmudgeonly starter, Stalin and Kim Jong at the forefront, left players not riding with their opponents. Results were matched from scorecards on Saturday night.
Whispers concerned Timmy Weitzel’s putting. In a matchup of two soon to be fathers, Tim had the better of A-Rich. The author of the book played inspired ball to get Seany in the win column, but alas.
Team Austin held off a Sunday charge to win in a rainy finish. After lunch the field still went back out for the Bonus 9 in the rain. Hibachi became a tradition. Weitzel entered the win column after years of disappointment. Despite shaky play, the Commish remained undefeated.
Following another heartbreak, Captain Rubenstein took an indefinite hiatus from the Rosedale Cup.
Sports Moment in Time. The Chiefs crushed Tua’s Dolphins in the coldest playoff game ever. The book records that they barely watched it.
Year 6
San Diego
The field meant to sit Fort Myers. A hurricane killed that plan, and they sat San Diego instead, Will’s city. Austin, coming off a winning captaincy, had already trusted Ship Sticks with his clubs. They were lost for good.
Commissioner Campbell and VP Brownlow assumed their captaincies. Brownlow appeared to draft the much stronger team, then parlayed the draft into a lucrative night at the poker table. KJ made his debut and played his best golf in years, though a scramble pairing with Pav did not survive it.
Captain Brownlow nearly melted down in the scramble, then canned a 15-footer on 18 to preserve a 1-up victory. Ward conceded a putt to Campbell while beating the brakes off of him in singles, then missed two-footers on 7 and 8 and halved the match. KJ then beat the brakes off of Ward.
The Cup finished with its tightest margin ever. Lems two-putted from eighty feet on 18 to give Team Brownlow the victory. If that is the last of him, he capped a Hall of Fame career in style. Commissioner Campbell finally lost the Cup, during his own captaincy, and placed original Cup member Pav on a PIP after an 0-4 showing.
Sports Moment in Time. Jalen Carter sacked Matthew Stafford, with the Birds set to choke and Pav and Austin set to destroy Ward. The Birds went on to win the Super Bowl. Sports Moment in Time II. The Commies shocked the Lions on the way to the NFC title game, while the field was at the bar.
Looking forward to another great year. Andrew Ward, 6x player, 3-3 record. The archive is incomplete. Further papers will follow.
Members only
The Shop
A small locker of the house
The visors
A pair for the field
Two white visors of the old kind. One with a rose you can see, and the letters sitting under it. One with the house joke, a small can beside RC.
Held for the seventh playing
The rose
Rose visor
A white visor. A white rose, centered, that you can see. The letters RC in black, sitting under the bloom.
The house joke
Can visor
The same visor. The letters RC in gold. A small can stitched beside them on the front band. The brim is left empty.
The cap
Caddie hat
A navy cap for the bag. Soft brim. Nothing on it but the work.
The bag
Bag tag · VII
Green leather, brass plate, stamped VII. For the bag that makes the trip.
The layer
Club quarter zip
Masters green. A quiet layer for the house and the first tee.
The towel
Linen caddie towel
Cream linen, a green stripe. For the bag and the brow.
Further in the locker
The Deep Cut
Obscure kit of the house. None of it is for sale. A request is a mark in the locker only.
The green
Brass divot tool
Two prongs, aged brass, a slip of pearl in the handle. For the mark you leave, and the one you repair.
The disc
Pearl ball marker
Mother-of-pearl, a rose cut into it. For the green, not the pocket.
The practice
Shag bag
Olive canvas, a leather strap. For the balls you find and the ones you lose.
The tee
Wooden tee caddy
A small box of the old kind. Tees stood in rows. Nothing plastic, nothing printed.
The card
Scorecard pencil sleeve
Leather, for the stub that marks the card. A gentleman does not lose his pencil in the cart.
The weather
Rain hood
For the bag, not the man. When January remembers it is January.
A relic
Stymie measure
The stymie is dead. The measure is not. Six inches of brass, for an argument no longer in the book.
The face
Groove cleaner
A pick for the grooves. Quiet work between holes. No one should notice you using it.
The door
Shoe bag
For the spikes that do not enter the house. Canvas, a drawstring, a name tape if you must.
The break
Green-reading notebook
A small book. The break is written, then forgotten. Sunday does not consult Friday’s notes.
The shop is not yet taking orders for VII. A request is kept in the locker until the Committee opens the book.
Notes of the house
For Guests
A gentleman of the Cup is known by how he treats the house and the field. These notes are for guests, and for members who bring them.
Attire
A collared shirt. Trousers, or shorts that would pass at a proper club. Soft spikes. Gym kit stays in the bag. Hats come off indoors at dinner.
Phones
Silent. No phones on the tee or the green. No photographs of the field without leave.
Pace
Keep up. Ready golf. Eighteen is not a meeting.
The house
One house, not a hotel. Shoes off if the house asks. The kitchen is shared. Last man up does not leave it a wreck.
The course
Repair your marks. Rake the bunkers. No music from a speaker.
The Cup
Friday eighteen. Saturday thirty-six. Sunday eighteen. The ballot is in the members’ rooms.
