Last updated: November 2026
These guidelines keep AQPA fair, honest, and respectful. Breaking them can lead to content removal, loss of jackpot eligibility, account suspension, or permanent removal from AQPA.
Golf relies on the honesty of every player, and so does AQPA. As Rule 1.2a of the Rules of Golf sets out, every golfer is expected to play in the spirit of the game: act with integrity, show consideration for others, and take good care of the course. Staging, faking, or misrepresenting a shot, a golfer, a yardage, a hole, or a course is a serious violation and may result in permanent removal from AQPA. Every golfer in a quest is responsible for honest play.
a. Broadcast the whole quest: A quest must be broadcast from the App from GO LIVE until END QUEST. GO LIVE is the button that starts the live broadcast. END QUEST is the button on the broadcasting phone that finishes the quest: it stops the live broadcast and the recording, and closes the quest for every golfer in it.
b. Leaving the App ends the quest: Leaving the App ends the quest immediately, and it cannot be resumed. This includes swiping to the Home Screen, switching apps, or locking the phone. The live broadcast and the phone's recording stop at that moment.
c. Brief system screens are fine: Control Center, Notification Center, an incoming-call screen, or Siri do not end the quest, because they don't leave the App.
d. No screen recording or mirroring: Screen recording and screen mirroring are not allowed during a quest.
e. Beat the shot clock: Each golfer must take their shot before the shot clock runs out. A golfer who has not taken their shot when the quest ends cannot win a jackpot from that quest.
f. Confirm an ace: An ACE press must be confirmed in the App within 5 minutes, or it no longer counts.
a. Jackpots: From time to time AQPA offers a jackpot. Each jackpot is announced in the App with its prize or prizes (cash or items) and the window of time it is available. Only aces made during an active jackpot's window can win it. Jackpots do not grow or carry over. When no jackpot is active, no prize is available.
b. Free to play: Playing for a jackpot is free. No purchase or payment is required.
c. Who can win? Approved AQPA members who are 18 or older and in good standing.
d. What counts: An ace can win only if all of the following are true:
It happened during a quest that stayed live in the App from GO LIVE to END QUEST and followed the Tour Rules above.
The hole is 150 yards or longer, based on the yardage entered at GO LIVE. AQPA checks the yardage. Aces on holes shorter than 150 yards do not win.
It was made on a regulation golf course, not a short, executive, par-3, or 9-hole course.
A clip of the ace is posted in the App within 24 hours of the quest. The clip must show the full swing and the ball's flight until it comes to rest or drops into the hole, as far as the camera can see. A clip posted later may be disqualified at AQPA's discretion.
AQPA verifies it.
e. Verification: AQPA reviews the live broadcast, the posted clip, and the automatic 4K backup of the ace. AQPA may contact the golf course to confirm the round, and may ask the golfers for more information. An ace clip and its recordings cannot be deleted until the claim is settled.
f. Prizes: A prize is awarded only after AQPA verifies the ace. Winners must provide the information needed to deliver the prize and meet tax reporting requirements. Winners are responsible for any taxes on their prize.
g. Each jackpot's own rules: A jackpot announcement may add rules, for example which courses count or what happens if more than one ace qualifies. If an announcement conflicts with these rules, the announcement controls for that jackpot.
h. AQPA's decisions: AQPA decides eligibility and verification at its sole discretion, and its decisions are final. AQPA may disqualify any claim that breaks these rules or that it cannot verify to its satisfaction.
i. Where prohibited: Jackpots are void where prohibited by law.
j. Apple: Apple is not a sponsor of, and is not involved in, AQPA jackpots in any way.
No harassment, hate speech, threats, or discriminatory behavior, on camera, in chat, in captions, or anywhere else in the App. Links and contact details are not allowed in chat. Treat fellow members the way you would want to be treated on the course.
Do not post sexually explicit content, illegal content, spam, or content that promotes violence or illegal activity.
Use the report option on any post or chat message to flag content that breaks these guidelines. You can block any member to stop seeing their content. Golfers in a quest can delete chat messages and mute viewers in that quest's chat. AQPA reviews reports and acts at its discretion, which may include content removal or account suspension.
Questions about these guidelines, or appeals of an enforcement decision, can be sent to lordacequest@gmail.com.