Winning Score by Year
Lower is better. The 2018 shortened format is marked separately.
Shenanigans
Fourteen championships contested beneath the live oaks of Audubon Park Golf Course. A history of dramatic finishes, record-breaking rounds, and the occasional spectacular display of golfing ineptitude.
A tradition nonpareil.
What began in 2012 as a six-man affair among friends has grown into a veritable institution (of sorts).
14
Championships
2012 – 2025
8
Different Champions
in 14 editions
~336
Cup-Eligible Rounds
18-hole, full field
77.6
All-Time Avg. Round
15.6 over par
51
Rounds Under 70
15.2% of all rounds
9
Eagles All-Time
including 1 Hole-in-One
4.5
Avg. Margin of Victory
strokes
8
Wire-to-Wire Wins
57% of all champions
The format has remained beautifully simple: two rounds of stroke play, the first from the Gold tees (4,220 yards) and the second from the Blues (3,776 yards). The gross champion claims the coveted Julep Cup, while a parallel Net Competition gives handicapped players their own piece of the prize pool. The tournament also observes the Slake Rule, a traditional refreshment requirement befitting the name.
The Shenanigans was conceived and organized by Chairman J. Moss, who brought the idea to life alongside C. Doyle and B. Hoyt. Doyle and Hoyt now serve as co-chairmen of the Hi-Jinks, the circuit's other major championship.
The modern era (2019–present) has been defined by dominant champions: Moss's three titles, Bauer's two wins, and Matthews's 2021 victory. Yet 2025 proved the Cup can still produce a surprise — Kingsmill's 143 was the highest winning score since 2012, a reminder that Audubon bites back.
Keepers of the Julep Cup.
Click any year to open the full field results, narrative, and award winners in the Year Explorer below.
Complete results from every championship.
Browse the full field, narratives, and award winners from 2012 forward.
Marks on the page.
Highs and lows from fourteen editions of the championship.
The numbers behind the folklore.
Interactive charts for winning scores, field size, margins, scoring distribution, and hole-by-hole scoring average relative to par.
Field Size
Entrants by championship year.
Margin of Victory
Includes 2016 playoff as a zero-stroke margin.
Round Score Distribution
Cup-eligible 18-hole rounds by score band.
Average Score by Hole
Historical scoring average relative to par for each hole.
The field, all-time.
Cup-eligible players with two or more appearances. Click any name for the full appearance log. Averages exclude the 2018 shortened championship; sortable on every column.
| Player ▲▼ | Apps ▲▼ | Wins ▲▼ | Top 3 ▲▼ | Top 5 ▲▼ | Best ▲▼ | Avg Rd ▲▼ | Best Rd ▲▼ | Best Tot ▲▼ |
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Audubon Park Golf Course.
Par 62 • Designed by Denis Griffiths • Redesigned 2002 • Uptown New Orleans
Designed by Denis Griffiths and redesigned in 2002, Audubon Park Golf Course is a deceptive test set on land with over a century of sporting history. At just 4,220 yards from the Gold tees, it tempts players into thinking it should be easy. It is not.
The compact layout features 12 par 3s, 4 par 4s, and 2 reachable par 5s, threaded through century-old live oaks, four lagoons, and greens that roll pure on Tif-Eagle bermuda.
The course demands precision over power. The two par 5s — the 462-yard 9th and 471-yard 18th — provide birdie chances but produce the field's most dramatic disasters. Hole 17, a 212-yard par 3, plays as the toughest on the course year after year.
Par62
Gold Tees4,220 yds
Blue Tees3,776 yds
Par 3s12
Par 4s4
Par 5s2
GreensTif-Eagle
DesignerD. Griffiths
More than just the Cup.
Mr. Mediocre, Mr. Penultimate, and the Jeff Knox Award — every winner since the tournament began.
Mr. Mediocre
A celebration of the middle: awarded to the player, or players, finishing nearest the center of the Cup-eligible field.
Mr. Penultimate
The tournament’s lovingly ignominious prize for the player finishing next-to-last among Cup-eligible finishers.
Jeff Knox Award
Given to the player who, though not eligible for the Julep Cup, posts the lowest gross total.
Most Mr. Mediocres
3
B. Vidrine (2017, 2019, 2022)
Most Mr. Penultimates
3
J. Trahan (2019, 2022, 2023)
Jeff Knox Awards
2
J. Guessfeld (2018), P. Falter (2025)
| Year | Julep Cup | Mr. Mediocre | Mr. Penultimate | Jeff Knox |
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Mr. Mediocre awarded since 2017. Mr. Penultimate awarded since 2012. Jeff Knox awarded in 2018 and 2025.