| Type | Points |
| Alias | Ringers Tournament |
| Format | Tournament |
| Number of players | 2,3,4+ |
| Team or Individual play | Both |
- An eclectic tournament is a two-day tournament in which each player plays the designated number of rounds and tries to get the best score on each of the 18 holes.
- The players play the same holes both days, trying to improve their score. The lowest score on each hole is counted as the eclectic or “ringer” score.
- For example, suppose the tournament consists of three rounds and Player A scores a 5 on Hole 1 in the first round, a 7 on Hole 1 in the second round, and a 4 on the same hole in the third round. The lowest score on Hole 1 in all three rounds is 4, and so 4 counts as Player A’s eclectic or ringer score.
- Although the terms eclectics and ringers are used interchangeably, they mean different things when handicaps are involved. Then, ‘ringers’ refers to gross scores while ‘eclectics’ refers to net scores.
- Strokes are subtracted from a player’s score for each hole, depending on their handicap. For example, a player with a handicap of 8 would subtract one stroke from their score on the eight most difficult holes in the round, and their gross score would be used for the other 10 holes.