Participating in the event are host No. 11 Stanford, No. 8 Wake Forest, No. 18 USC, No. 14 Georgia, Georgia Tech, Alabama, UCLA and California.
Stanford head coach Conrad Ray told Golfweek that the event was inspired by Mark Frost's book, "The Match" which tells the story of the four-ball match at Cypress Point Club between professional's Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson and amateurs E. Harvie Ward and Ken Venturi.
One other interesing nugget about the Cypress Point Classic is the rumor as told by one coach to Golfweek, who said that stroke-play isn't allowed at the Alister MacKenzie designed course in an effort to preserve Ben Hogan's course record 63.
Day 1 - Round 1: Four-ball "best ball"
Day 1 - Round 2: Foursomes
Day 2 - Round 3: Singles Match Play
-Each team will compete with six players.
-Teams will play 54 holes over two days.
-The eight teams will be pre-seeded 1-8 in order by average ranking between Golfstat and Golfweek rankings seven days prior to event.
-No. 1 seed will play No. 8 seed, etc., in first round of bracket play. Winners will go forward in bracket, losers will move to consolation bracket. Each team will be guaranteed three matches under each format outlined. Lineup order will remain the same throughout the event.
Scoring
-Four points will be available per match.
-One point will be awarded for both the front- nine and back-nine matches, and two points for the overall match.
-Each match will be played over 18 holes under format during that round. The total number of "holes won" by each side over the full 18-holes will settle ties. Teams with highest point total at the end of each round will advance in the bracket.
-Golfweek and Stanford Athletics contributed to this story