Buffalo Trace Distillery President’s Cup Sweepstakes
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING SWEEPSTAKES IS VALID ONLY IN THE FORTY-EIGHT (48) CONTIGUOUS UNITED
STATES (“U.S.”) (EXCLUDING AK AND HI) AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (“D.C.”), AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN THE
RULES BELOW). VOID ELSEWHERE AND
WHEREVER PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN
THIS SWEEPSTAKES, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE
DECISIONS OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO
NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SWEEPSTAKES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES
AND FALL WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Sweepstakes
Name: Buffalo Trace Distillery President’s Cup Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”).
Sweepstakes Dates: Registration begins at 12:00:01am Eastern
Time (“ET”) on 7/29/2026 and ends at
11:59:59pm ET on 8/31/2026 (the
“Registration Period”). This Sweepstakes consists of two (2) prize
drawings. To be eligible for the Grand
Prize and First Prize Drawings, your entry must be received by 11:59:59pm ET on
8/24/2026. To
be eligible for the Second Prize Drawing, your entry must be received by
11:59:59pm ET on 8/31/2026. The
Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations. Void outside of the (48)
U.S. and D.C., in AK and HI, and wherever restricted or prohibited by law.
Who may Enter: Sweepstakes is open only to legal residents
of the forty-eight (48) contiguous U.S. and D.C. (excluding AK and HI),
who are age 21 or older as of date of entry, and have a valid driver’s license
or government issued photo ID, except the following persons who are not
eligible to enter, participate or win:
(a)
Employees,
officers, and directors of Sazerac
Company, Inc. (“Sponsor”), PGA Tour Enterprises, LLC and PGA Tour,
Inc. (collectively, “PGA TOUR”), Million Dollar Media (the “Sweepstakes
Administrator”), each of their respective franchisees, parents, affiliated
companies, subsidiaries, contractors, distributors or wholesalers, printers,
advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated
with the design or execution of this promotion, or any employees, officers,
directors, members, shareholders or agents of any alcohol-beverage retailers,
distributors, wholesalers or manufacturers (collectively, “Released Parties”),
and the members of the immediate families or households, whether or not
related, of any of the above. “Immediate family members” includes, for purposes
of this promotion, parents (including in-laws), grandparents, siblings
(including step-siblings), children (including step-children), grandchildren (including step grandchildren)
and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside.
How to Enter –
Online Registration: To enter, visit www.BTDGolf.com during the “Registration
Period”. Each entrant must fully
complete the online registration page with all required information including
his/her name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), state of residence, date of birth, and
confirm you are willing and able to travel to Medinah, IL during the prize
award dates which are between 9/23/2026 and 9/28/2026. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, click the submit button to submit your online entry. All online entries must be fully complete for all required
information and must be received by 11:59:59pm ET on 8/31/2026 to be eligible.
Any available
opt-in opportunities are not required to enter the
Sweepstakes, and opting-in will not improve your chances of winning. By participating and submitting an entry, entrant agrees that Sponsor
and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, text,
mail, phone or any other form of media to make entrant aware of information
pertinent to the Sweepstakes, and to distribute information regarding the
Sponsor(s) featured products, special events or future sweepstakes, contests,
promotions or offers. Entrants may opt-out of any further email communication at any time by
simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Maximum of one entry per
person. Any incomplete
or illegible entries will be disqualified.
Any entry submitted with an invalid email
address or other inaccurate, incomplete, false or incorrect information will be
disqualified. Released Parties
are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete,
invalid, unintelligible, damaged entries, or for entries submitted in a manner
that is not expressly allowed under these rules, or
for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure,
unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any
required information, or the failure to capture any such information for any
reason including programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or
failure of any electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or
network connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Each
entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address, name or mobile number will
be disqualified and ineligible to claim any prize. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more
than the stated number of entries allowed by using same, multiple/different
email addresses, mobile numbers, identities, or any other methods void that
entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. No mechanically reproduced or automated
entries permitted. Use of any automated
system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all
such entries will be deemed void. All
entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
In
the event of a dispute as to any online registration, the authorized account
holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the
registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized email account holder” is the
natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online
service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email
addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address.
By
registering to enter Sweepstakes, you affirm that you have read and accepted
these Official Sweepstakes Rules. All entrants agree to be bound by and abide
by the official rules of the Sweepstakes.
Winner Selection and
Notification (1 grand prize, 3 first prizes, and 1 second prize): A maximum of one (1) potential grand
prize winner, three (3) potential first prize winners, and one (1) second prize
winner will be randomly drawn from among all eligible entries received as of
the date and time of each drawing, according to the table below.
|
Drawing Date |
Prize(s) Available |
|
On
or about 8/25/2026 |
One
(1) Grand Prize Three
(3) First Prizes |
|
On
or about 9/3/2026 |
One
(1) Second Prize |
·
NOTE:
If eligible entries are less than the scheduled number of prizes
available, then associated prize award(s) shall not be awarded. Limit one (1) prize award per person or
household.
Potential
winners will be notified initially by phone and/or email following their
selection. If the Administrator is
unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a selected
potential prize winner by phone within 24-hours of the initial
notification attempt to the phone number and/or email address associated with
that entrant’s entry, then that entrant may be disqualified and an alternate
potential winner may be randomly selected from among the remaining eligible
entries and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting).
During
winner notification, each selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to
accept the prize. To accept the grand
prize, the selected potential grand prize winner must confirm their willingness
and ability to travel on the Sponsor designated travel dates. Each potential prize winner will then receive
official notification via email delivery, including prize acceptance documents
which must be completed and returned per the provided
instructions and as outlined below.
If any selected winner does not meet the eligibility requirements, or is
unable or unwilling to accept the prize, elects to decline the prize or fails
to return the required prize acceptance documents within the required time
frame, s/he will be disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time
permitting, an alternate winner will be randomly selected from among all
remaining eligible entries and notified as per the procedures outlined
above. Any
disqualified entrant will not receive any alternate
prize substitution or compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in the
selection and determination of the winner and all matters relating to this
Sweepstakes are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to each potential winner: 1) winner will be
required to complete and return, within 24-hours
of date of receipt, a prize acceptance form, including an affidavit of
eligibility and a liability/publicity release (where permitted) and a W-9 form
in order to be eligible to claim the prize (if prize value is $2,000 or
greater); 2) winner may be required to present a copy of a valid driver’s
license or government issued photo ID with valid residential address and a copy
of a valid social security card as a condition of receiving the prize, and (3)
winner shall be solely responsible for paying all applicable taxes (including,
but not limited to, all local, state and federal taxes) that may be or become
due in connection with their respective prize award, and winner shall be issued
a 1099 form reflecting the value of the prize award.
Prize Awards:
Grand Prize Award (maximum
1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the grand
prize winner shall be awarded a 3-day, 2-night trip for the winner and one (1)
guest (age 21 or older) to the 2026 President’s Cup in Medinah, IL with
travel scheduled for 9/26/2026 – 9/28/2026. Travel dates are as
solely determined and designated by Sponsor (subject to change based on availability). The grand prize trip has a maximum approximate
retail value (“ARV”) not to exceed $3,500, and includes:
· Roundtrip coach-class
airfare for the winner and one (1) guest (21 years of age or older) from
the nearest major metro airport to the winner’s home (as designated by
Sponsor) to the Sponsor designated major metro airport in Chicago, IL
departing on 9/26/2026 and returning on 9/28/2026;
o
If
winner resides within 250-miles of the greater
Chicago, IL metropolitan area, Sponsor will award a $500 gift card toward
ground transportation in lieu of airfare.
· Two (2) nights in a standard
double-occupancy Sponsor designated hotel (one room) in the greater metropolitan
Chicago, IL area, based upon availability;
·
Two
(2) VIP passes to the President’s Cup match day scheduled for 9/27/2026 in Medinah,
IL;
o
Ticket
type, date, and time of event as solely determined and designated by Sponsor, based
upon availability.
·
One
(1) $200 Sponsor designated gift card toward ground transportation and
incidentals.
Gift
card subject to the terms and conditions, including any expiration, of the
issuing gift card provider policy. Airline,
class of service, and departure/arrival airports as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor and subject to availability.
Actual
ARV of the grand prize award based upon final travel accommodations,
dependent on dates of travel and winner’s home location.
All ground transportation, airport/hotel
transfers, parking, meals, gratuities, checked baggage fees, airline seat
assignment fees, hotel resort fees, travel or departure taxes, incidental
expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and
federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in
the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner.
Grand prize winner
and guest shall be subject to any qualifying conditions prior to and during
travel including any local government regulations in the departure or
destination location, airline and/or hotel requirements, or any regulation
related to COVID-19 testing requirements, vaccination status or policy. Any testing requirements, vaccination and/or
any related quarantine requirements and expenses are the sole responsibility
of, and at the sole expense of winner and guest.
Travel
dates are based upon availability, and as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. If winner cannot travel on the
Sponsor designated dates of travel, prize award may be forfeit. Sponsor is not responsible for any travel
delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel difficulty related to prize
award, redemption or use. If travel
delays or difficulty prevent arrival in time for any and all
elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not responsible for awarding any
compensation in lieu thereof. Sponsor is
not responsible for late, lost, damaged or stolen luggage.
The
winner and his/her guest must travel together on the same itinerary. Any changes to completed
travel arrangements, once booked, are the sole responsibility of the winner,
and are solely at the winner’s expense.
Actual value of the trip will depend on point of departure, and any
airfare fluctuations. If actual value of
prize is lower than the stated ARV of the prize award when it is procured and
fulfilled, then the difference will NOT be awarded to the winner. The winner and travel companion are solely
responsible for all costs incurred to and from the nearest major airport to the
winner’s home as designated by Sponsor as the prize originates and terminates
at such departure point unless otherwise agreed to by Sponsor in writing.
Grand
prize winner and guest must be of legal age of majority in his/her state of
residence (and at least 21) and will be required to execute and return a
liability/publicity release prior to prize award. It is recommended that winner
and travel companions obtain sufficient personal insurance prior to
departure. Grand prize winner and travel
companion hereby release Sponsor from any duty to provide, check, or verify any and all necessary ID’s, passports, visas and tourist
cards, birth certificates, vaccination certificates, and any other travel
requirements (“Personal Documents”).
Sponsor shall not have any responsibility for the replacement of lost or
stolen Personal Documents or tickets, coupons, vouchers, receipts or other
documents pertaining to the prize (“Travel Documents”) once the Travel
Documents have been provided to winner and travel companions.
Sponsor
will not be responsible for any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement or
cancellation for any reason including but not limited to weather, pandemic, an
Act of God, Force Majeure, government regulation or restriction, an act of
terrorism, civil disturbance, work stoppage, or any other reason. No
substitute prize award or compensation shall be provided by Sponsor in the
event of any travel delay, rescheduling, postponement, or cancellation for any
reason, and winner shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the airline
ticket and hotel policy, and shall solely look to the airline ticket and hotel provider.
Grand
prize winner and guest agree to comply with all applicable airline and hotel
provider rules, requirements and regulations in connection with the prize
award, redemption and use. Sponsor and travel provider reserve the right
to remove or deny entry to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply
with any rule, requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive
manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other
person. Winner and guest shall be solely
responsible for their behavior while traveling, must follow the instructions
and direction from any travel provider or associated
staff or security. If winner or any guest violates the standards of the
travel provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive
manner, or is deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation
or policy of the travel provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the
winner and guest shall be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall
immediately forfeit the remaining prize award.
First
Prize Awards (maximum 3 prize awards): Each eligible entrant designated as a first
prize award winner shall receive two (2) general admission grounds tickets for
the winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older) to a Sponsor designated
match day of the 2026 President’s Cup in Medinah, IL. NOTE: No travel is provided or included in
the first prize award. Match date of
tickets awarded as a prize are solely designated and determined by Sponsor, and will be for a single-day entry between 9/23/2026
and 9/27/2026. The ARV of each first
prize award is $100.
Grand
Prize and First Prize award event tickets delivery method is at sole discretion
of Sponsor and shall be either transferred via mobile delivery, emailed, and/or
shipped only to the designated winner email, mobile number or residential
address as submitted during initial online registration and/or as provided
during winner notification, via the method as designated by Sponsor, or placed
at venue Will Call the day of event under winner’s name. Winner must be present to pick up tickets and a valid photo ID will be required if tickets are
placed at Will Call.
Once emailed, delivered/transferred via mobile delivery, placed at Will Call,
and/or shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor
shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Each winner is solely responsible for any
required software application for access to mobile or digital ticket delivery
which may require agreement to additional terms. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery, any incorrect
shipping address provided, any incorrect email address or failure of any email
delivery including blocked emails or any email received in junk or spam folders
(winner is solely responsible for checking junk and spam email folders for
delivery). In the event of any delivery
issues, prize award shall not be replaced or substituted with any alternate
prize award or compensation. Winner shall
look only to designated shipper/carrier and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
Event tickets are subject to age
restrictions. Resale of event tickets is
prohibited. Event venue management (“Event Entities”) reserve the right to
revoke full or partial prize from winner or winner’s guest who Event Entities
personnel deem may, in its sole discretion, be intoxicated, be a safety risk,
have violated any ticket or venue policy or law, or may bring Event Entities into
disrepute. By claiming event tickets, you agree to the Event Entities’ policies,
and to abide by the health and safety measures in effect at the time of the event,
which may include, without limitation, wearing masks, providing proof of
vaccination status and/or providing proof of negative COVID-19 test
administered by an approved facility. Should any event be cancelled or access
to the venue be restricted, you will be notified as soon as reasonably
possible. Please allow 1-4 weeks for grand prize and
first prize award delivery.
Second
Prize (maximum 1 prize award): The eligible entrant designated as the
second prize winner shall receive one (1) Buffalo Trace Distillery Golf Kit
containing Sponsor designated merchandise items such as a hat, t-shirt, golf
balls, etc. Items included in the prize,
including make, model, style, and sizing, are as solely designated and determined by Sponsor, subject
to availability. The second prize award
has an ARV of $50.
All
merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without
warranty, express or implied. Prize
winners must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and
designated by Sponsor. Prize shall be
shipped only to the designated winner residential address as submitted during
initial online registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via
the carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified
by Sponsor. Allow 8 – 12 weeks for prize delivery.
Once
shipped, prize shall be considered as awarded and delivered, and Sponsor shall
not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address provided by winner during registration or prize
claim. In the event of any delivery
issues, including undelivered, misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor
shall have no responsibility to replace the prize award, and prize award shall
not be substituted by Sponsor with any alternate prize award or
compensation. Winner shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier for any lost, damaged, stolen
or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any delivery issues.
General
Prize Conditions: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award.
All other costs
and expenses related to prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not
specified herein as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner. All income, federal, state and local taxes are
the winner’s sole responsibility. All
prize awards are non-transferable and no cash redemption or prize substitution
allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion or as provided herein. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a
prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its sole discretion. All prizes are awarded as is, without
any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor.
Failure to collect or properly claim prize in accordance with these
rules will result in forfeiture of the prize.
If forfeited for any reason, entrant will not receive any other prize
substitution or compensation, and the
prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as
provided herein. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Any unclaimed prizes will not be
awarded. TOTAL ARV OF ALL AVAILABLE
PRIZE AWARDS: $3,850.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by
the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which
shall be final in all matters relating to this Sweepstakes. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of these rules
he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the
stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used
the prize. Participation in Sweepstakes constitutes permission for the Sponsor
and its designees to use entrants’ names, cities and
states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising and trade in any and all media now or hereafter known worldwide on
perpetuity without limitation or further compensation, notification or
permission, unless prohibited by law.
False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this
Sweepstakes, or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or
participation in prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel
or activity related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Released
Parties shall not be liable to winner or any other person for failure to supply
the prize or any part thereof by reason of any acts of God, pandemics, any
actions, regulations, orders, or requests by any governmental entity, equipment
failure, terrorist acts, war, fire, unusually severe weather, embargo, labor
dispute or strike, labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of
any kind, or any other cause beyond Released Parties’ sole control.
Entrants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer
equipment, mobile phone equipment, Internet access and cellular networks.
Sponsor disclaims all liability for the inability of a
entrant to complete or continue an entry due to equipment malfunction, busy
lines, inadvertent disconnections, acts beyond the Sponsor’s control, or
otherwise. The Sponsor disclaims any liability for entries not received due to
technical difficulties or transmission errors. The Sponsor disclaims all
liability for any delays, mis-delivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any
item sent by mail, courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery
method. Released Parties are not
responsible for mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone,
computer, hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind,
including: failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online
entries, traffic congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website
or lost or unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's
ability to participate in the Sweepstakes, and any injury or damage to
entrant’s or any other person’s computer or mobile phone related to or
resulting from participating in or downloading any information necessary to
participate in the Sweepstakes. Released
Parties are not responsible for any other errors of any kind, whether computer,
technical, typographical, printing, human or otherwise, relating to or in
connection with the Sweepstakes, including, without limitations, errors which
may occur in connection with the printing or advertising of this Sweepstakes,
administration or execution of the Sweepstakes, the cancellation of the Sweepstakes,
the processing of entries or in the announcement of the prizes or prize winners. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the
right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the
operation of the Sweepstakes website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Sweepstakes
for any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force
majeure, government regulatory action or ruling, fraud, misconduct, or if any technical
failures destroy or threaten the integrity of the Sweepstakes, in the opinion
of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a computer virus, bug, or other technical
problem corrupts the administration, security, or proper conduct of the Sweepstakes
as determined by Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event
of early termination of the Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right to
determine a prize winner in a random drawing from among all eligible,
non-suspect entries received as of the time/date of such termination.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstakes, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, and in no event will entrant
be entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Sweepstakes, shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
Jersey.
Odds: Odds of being selected as a winner are
dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received as of the date and
time of each prize drawing.
Official Rules &
Winners List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of prize winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received by 10/15/2026
to: Buffalo Trace Distillery President’s Cup Sweepstakes, c/o Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ
07095. PLEASE SPECIFY which you are
requesting, official rules or winner list.
Sponsor: This Sweepstakes is sponsored by Sazerac
Company, Inc., 10401 Linn Station Rd, Louisville, KY, 40223.
Sweepstakes Administrator:
The
Sweepstakes is administered by Million Dollar Media,
P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
The
President’s Cup is a trademark of PGA Tour Enterprises, LLC. PGA Tour Enterprises, LLC and PGA TOUR, Inc.
(collectively, “PGA TOUR”) are not a party to, or a sponsor of, this
Sweepstakes. All inquiries regarding
this Sweepstakes should be directed to Sponsor or Administrator.