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Getting Started in Junior Tournaments (Low-Cost Paths)

You don’t need a national tour and a five-figure budget to start competing. The on-ramps that cost the least are also the ones built for beginners. Here’s how to get a first season going.

Your First Golf Tournament: The Complete Checklist

Most first-timer mistakes have nothing to do with the swing. They are a forgotten glove, a late arrival, or a rules slip on the first tee. This checklist covers all of it so you can just play.

Building a Junior Tournament Schedule

A good schedule is not the most events you can afford. It is a short, deliberate season built around readiness, recovery, travel realities and organizer-confirmed event facts.

When Should a Junior Start Competitive Golf?

There is no magic age. Readiness matters more than the number on a birth certificate, and a golfer who starts at thirteen can still reach college golf. Here is how to read readiness, for boys and girls, and how to take the first step.

Drive, Chip and Putt Qualifying: 2026-27 Rules and Status

Registration for Drive, Chip and Putt was closed when we checked the organizer's site on October 11, 2026, and no registration date, age date or qualifier dates had been published for the next cycle. The rules below belong to the cycle that ends at the National Finals on April 4, 2027, whose qualifiers were played in 2026. Under them a guardian enters one Local Qualifier online at no charge, and the deadline, the age-six exception, variable Local advancement and a different National Finals scoring format all matter before a family registers.