Golf Lesson Giveaway

Play a round on the Valley Course between August 14 to August 18, 2023 and be entered for your chance to win a playing lesson with PGA Pro Derek McCurdy!

The more rounds you play, the more chances to win. Enjoy the game you love and have the chance at a free opportunity to improve your golfing experience. The scenic tree-lined fairways await!
The prize includes: 2 hours with PGA Professional, Derek McCurdy for on-course instruction for up to 2 golfers over 9 holes and tee time green fees for 2 people – a total approximate value of $280.
 
During a playing lesson, you’ll focus on your mental approach to the game and each golf hole, including pre-shot routine, shot selection, club selection, reading greens, using rules to your advantage, and how to hit trouble shots. This in-depth coaching experience also includes a Video Golf Swing Analysis.
 
 
The Prize:
  • 9-hole Playing Lesson with Derek McCurdy, PGA Pro, for up to 2 players
  • Must be redeemed at Horseshoe Resort by the end of the 2023 golf season
  • Green fees for two people to play during the lesson are included

To Enter:

  • Golfers who purchase a regularly priced Tee Time through Horseshoe Resort are automatically entered into the draw. The pro shop will confirm these players have contact details in our system.
  • Entries are only accepted for tee times on weekdays between and including August 14-18, 2023.
  • Bookings through Underpar & other 3rd parties do not qualify.
  • 2023 Golf Members are not eligible (unless they purchase a full-price tee time).
  • The draw will be on Saturday, August 19th and the winner contacted by e-mail/phone.⁠

Bonus:

Each valid tee time during the giveaway period will count for another entry – the more tee times, the more chances to win!
 
The Details:⁠
Must be 18 years of age and a resident of Ontario to enter and redeem.⁠
This contest is an independent contest held and run by Horseshoe Resort.
Entries close August 18, 2023 at end of golf day. Horseshoe Resort will manage the contest and contact the winner⁠ on August 19, 2023. The winner will be contacted and asked to provide a name, email and address. Two passes will then be emailed to the winner.⁠ Further details and official rules are listed below.⁠

 

The Fine Print: Official Rules & Regulations (the “Rules”)

Horseshoe Golf Lesson Giveaway (the “Contest”) is brought to you by Horseshoe Resort (the “Contest Organizer”). The Contest starts on August 14, 2023 at 8 a.m. EST and closes on August 18, 2023 at 7 p.m. EST (the “Contest Period”). No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited.

Limit one (1) primary entry per individual and (3) bonus entries. If it is discovered that an individual has attempted to enter using falsified information, fraudulent conduct, or other means, all of the individual’s entries will be void.

Prize Draw

On August 19, 2023 between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. EST, a potential winner (the “Potential Winner”) will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries at Horseshoe Resort, 1101 Horseshoe Valley Road West (the “Prize Draw”). By 2 p.m. EST on August 19, 2023, the Contest Organizer, acting reasonably, will attempt to contact the Potential Winner to notify them that they may have won the Prize by email and/or phone call.

  1. In the event that the Potential Winner cannot be contacted within 24 hours, they may be disqualified and an alternate potential winner may be drawn at the Contest Organizer’s sole discretion. After successful connections, the winner of a Horseshoe contest must claim their prize within seven (7) days of notice. The Potential Winner may be announced on Instagram. The Potential Winner will then be required to provide a representative of the Contest Organizer with their name, address, telephone number, and such other information as may be required to administer the Contest. No credit or reimbursement will be provided if the Prize is not claimed.
  2. If there is not a clear connection between Horseshoe Resort and the Potential Winner, such that one or the other cannot contact the other, such Potential Winner will be disqualified, and the Contest Organizer will not be liable in any way for such failed connection. In conducting the Contest, the Contest Organizer and its representatives have the full and absolute discretion to disqualify any Potential Winner whose response cannot be heard/read by the Contest Organizer’s representative, and the Contest Organizer shall have no liability or responsibility to any individual so disqualified. 
  3. The provisions and procedures referred to above relating to the selection and notification of a potential winner shall be applied, with the necessary amendments, until a qualified winner has been duly selected, but in any event, by no later than August 25, 2023.
  4. There is one (1) prize available to be won, consisting of a 9-hole Playing Lesson with Derek McCurdy, PGA Pro, for up to 2 players, including the tee time (collectively, the “Prize”). The approximate retail value of the Prize is $280.
  5.  Both the Prize Winner and their guest must be eighteen (18) years of age or older. Blackout dates will apply. The Prize must be used by the end of the 2023 golf season. If the Prize, or any portion thereof, is unused, it cannot be carried forward and will be forfeit. Bookings and additional activities are subject to availability. Any lost or stolen vouchers or tickets will not be replaced.
  6. The Prize must be accepted as awarded. The Prize may not be sold or transferred and is not substitutable by the Prize winner or convertible to cash. Additional terms and conditions may be imposed by the Prize Provider(s) (defined below) or supplier, including in relation to the use of the Prize. The Contest Organizer reserves the right to substitute a Prize in whole or in part in the event that all or any component of the Prize is unavailable. The Prize will not be replaced if lost or stolen.
  7. The Prize winner is solely responsible for any and all costs not expressly described herein, including, but not limited to, items of a personal nature, souvenirs, taxes, insurance, gratuities, and all personal expenses of any kind or nature. The Contest Organizer is not responsible for any delay, postponement, suspension, rescheduling or cancellation, for any reason, of the Prize, and the Prize winner will not be compensated in the event of such delay, cancellation, or other event described herein.

PRIZE SUPPLIER. The prize supplier is Horseshoe Resort (the “Prize Supplier(s)”).

ODDS OF WINNING. The odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Contest Period.

AWARDING OF PRIZES. Proof of identification must be provided upon request. In order to be declared a winner, each Potential Winner must first correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question administered by the Contest Organizer. Before being awarded the Prize, each Potential Winner will be required to sign and return within the time stipulated by the Contest Organizer a full release and indemnity form stating, among other things, that: they have read, understood and complied with the Rules; they accept the Prize as awarded; they are responsible for any additional fees or charges associated with the Prize; they grant permission for the Contest Organizer to use any or all of their name, photograph, and likeness for publicity purposes; and they release the Contest Organizer from any and all liability of any kind arising out of the Potential Winner’s participation in this Contest and receipt and use of the Prize. In the event that a Potential Winner does not comply with all the provisions as contemplated in these Rules, the Contest Organizer shall have the right to disqualify the Potential Winner, and the Contest Organizer shall be fully and completely released and discharged from any liability or responsibility in this regard.

The Potential Winner 

  1. By entering this Contest, the entrants and participants automatically agree to accept and abide by these Rules. All decisions of the Contest Organizer with respect to any aspect of this Contest, including, without limitation, the eligibility of entries, are final and binding on all entrants in all matters as they relate to this Contest.
  2. This Contest is open to individuals who are a legal resident of Ontario, Canada and are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the start of the Contest Period. Employees and their parents, siblings and children, and individuals domiciled with an employee of the Contest Organizer, its agents, parent, affiliated or related companies, subsidiaries, divisions, prize sponsors, and promotional and advertising agencies and administrators, are ineligible to enter.
  3. Unless otherwise specified, entrants must have an Instagram account and valid e-mail address in order to participate in the Contest. Entrants must provide an entry that fulfills the Contest requirement, as specified above, to be eligible to win. Entries that do not include all of the required information and adhere to the Contest rules will be considered void. The Contest Organizer has sole discretion to determine if an entry meets the Contest requirements and otherwise complies with the Contest rules.
  4. The Contest Organizer reserves the right to withdraw, cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend this Contest at any time without prior notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if, in the opinion of the Contest Organizer, in its sole discretion, the Contest is not capable of running as originally planned for any reason, or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity or the proper conduct of the Contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond its control, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to withdraw, cancel, terminate, modify, amend, extend or suspend the Contest without prior notice, including by selecting a Potential Winner from previously received eligible entries. The Contest Organizer reserves the right to modify the Rules without materially affecting the terms and conditions hereof.
  5. The Contest Organizer reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of the Rules or otherwise in a disruptive manner, including any automated, macro, script, robotic or other system(s) or program(s) to enter. Any attempts to deliberately damage the Contest website or to undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and, should such an attempt be made, the Contest Organizer reserves the right to seek remedies and damages to the fullest extent of the law. The Contest Organizer shall not be held responsible for any errors or negligence that may arise or occur in connection with the Contest, including any damage to an entrant’s computer equipment, system, software or any combination thereof, as a result of their participation in this Contest or from downloading any material from the Contest website.
  6. The Contest Organizer is not responsible for any typographical or other error in the printing of the offer, the administration of the Contest, or any announcements related to the Contest or the Prize.
  7. In no event shall the Contest Organizer be obligated to award more prizes than is set out in these Rules or to award prizes otherwise than in compliance with these Rules.
  8. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations. These Rules will be interpreted according to the laws of Ontario, Canada.

 

Privacy

  1. By entering this Contest, each entrant consents to the collection, use and distribution of their personal information (information that identifies an entrant as an individual, such as their name, telephone number, age, address and e-mail address) by the Contest Organizer for the purposes of implementing, administering and fulfilling this Contest. The Contest Organizer will not sell or transmit this information to third parties except for the purposes of administering this Contest. Any inquiry concerning the personal information held by the Contest Organizer should be addressed to: Marketing, 1101 Horseshoe Valley Road, Barrie, ON, L4M 4Y8.
  2. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, including but not limited to the Contest entry form, or point of sale, radio, television, print or online advertising, the terms and conditions of the Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
  3. All intellectual property, including but not limited to trade-marks, trade-names, logos, designs, promotional materials, web pages, source codes, drawings, illustrations, slogans and representations are owned by the Contest Organizer, the Prize Supplier(s), and/or their affiliates. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized copying or use of any copyrighted material or intellectual property without the express written consent of its owner is strictly prohibited.