TOURNAMENT DETAILS

This tournament will launch the premier Pickleball Money Tour in Albuquerque bringing amateurs the professional experience!

It is the second in a series of non-sanctioned one-day money tournaments to be held across multiple cities every month. The tour is also running in Tucson with tournaments held on the 1st Saturday of the month with Albuquerque on the 2nd Saturday of the month. The plan is to expand to two more cities in 2025 with additional cities added in future years.

This specific tournament will feature 8 round robin doubles events with 16 teams per event (minimum of 8 teams). If there is significant overflow, we will open it up to additional teams, which will increase the prize money.

PLAY TIME

Match play will begin at 7:00 am. Warm up will open at 6:00 am.

Pool play to 15, win by 2 or first team to 18. Medal rounds will play best 2/3 scoring to 11, winning by 2. Players are guaranteed 3 matches per event. All events will start and finish in a single day.

VENUE and FACILITIES

This tournament will be hosted at the Manzano Mesa Pickleball Courts at 501 Elizabeth St SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123. Free parking is available on site.

Surface Type: Pickleball Hardcourt Surface

Play Area Type: Outdoor Non-Covered

Net Type: Permanent

Ball Used: Diadem Official Pickleball

Number of Courts: 16 for this tournament

FEES and REGISTRATION

$135 per event

Important: After registering, teams have 5 days to register their partner. Teams that miss this deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

Registration will close on October 5, 2024

SPECIAL NOTE: Players winning cash prizes of $600 or more will need to complete required paperwork for tax purposes, which will include provision of their Social Security number. Please make sure to have this information available at the tournament.

JOIN PICKLEBALL MONEY ASSOCIATION!! PMA offers member players on the tour a boutique experience with a host of benefits at every PMT tournament including The Kitchen, providing food and beverage, door prizes and many other member player perks; point accumulation qualifying players for the end-of year Masters Tournament with double the prize money; registration preference over non-members, and member support services helping with partner match-up, travel, accommodation and more!

Annual PMA Membership Fee - Regular - $250/year

Annual PMA Membership Fee - Family - $200/person (maximum of 4)

First-In PMA Membership Fee - $350 lifetime (only for 1st 500 signing up by 12/31/24)

ELIGIBILITY

Players are eligible for events based on a player's DUPR rating. The Tournament Director reserves the right to make the ultimate rating decision, which could lead to match forfeiture as well as registration fees, so choose on the side of up versus down!

Players may play at a level that is .50 higher than their official rating.

OTHER AMENITIES

Manzano Mesa is a public park facility. Bathrooms available on site. Bring food. PMA members will have access to the Kitchen club.

CONDUCT POLICY

By participating in the tournament, players agree to the PMT Conduct Policy. Players will be expected to exhibit good sportsmanship at all times, which includes refraining from vulgar or aggressive language and/or behavior on or off the court, adhering to the rules of pickleball as outlined by USA Pickleball including ensuring fair line calls to the best of their ability. Referees will be available during regular match play to monitor the game should disputes arise that cannot be managed by the players. All medal matches will have a referee. The Tournament Director reserves the right to remove any player from the tournament who violates this conduct policy.

REFUND POLICY

This is an outdoor tournament. IN CASE OF WEATHER DELAYS, WE WILL ATTEMPT TO PLAY ALL MATCHES SCHEDULED FOR THAT DAY. Should an event be cancelled due to weather or player cancellation, we will credit the player's account for use at a future tournament in any tour city. No cash refunds will be made.

We are offering large cash prizes for 1st-4th place.

Prize money will be based on the number of entrants. With full events of 16 teams, we will offer the following cash prizes:

$1500 - Gold

$850 - Silver

$400 - Bronze

$200 - 4th

Money rounds will be officiated.

Future monthly money tournaments starting in January 2025 will feature 7 events and offer more than $20,000 IN PRIZE MONEY EVERY SATURDAY!