Hello everyone, in the spirit of the “2020 Goals” thread, I thought I would create a follow-up to James’ 2019 amateur tournament thread.
What have you got on the docket for 2020? (And, if you like, why do you compete?)
https://refuge.nolayingup.com/t/playing-in-amateur-tournaments-in-2019/5083
You could have just changed two digits in the title…
Goddammit Nandy
go post that on the 2020 goals thread
“You’re breaking the rules”
“Others are doing it, too.”
Looking to play in some comps. Probably going to register for some OGA events, but I’m not sure if you have to be a member of an affiliated club to be eligible (which I am not). I’ve been reading up on GolfWeek Amateur Tour which sounds interesting. But I would like to compete in at least 1 competitive event per month starting in May.
I’ll bite. Looking at US Am Q, US Open Q, NC Am (hooray for exemptions), North South Am, NC Match Play, Carolinas Am, Some PGA and KF Tour Monday Q’s, and maybe the Players Am cause Berkeley Hall is a dope course. That’s kind of a starting point for building next years schedule, as for why i play in these I think that has been aggressively documented (see micro-refuge explosion from like 1 month ago).
Sex is cool and so are @Deven75’s goals, but have you ever Monday Qualified for the Genesis Open as a 5 handicap?
The Players Am might be tough.
How many of you have used these tournaments to push yourself, but really just used them to play a course you normally wouldn’t be able to get on?
First tourney of 2020 signed up for. The San Francisco City Am. A legendary tourney with all kinds of stories.
Few rounds of qualifying at Harding Park and Lincoln Park then cut to 32 for match play at Harding park. All on weekends over the course of five weeks. Been a few years since I’ve played but seeing as how a major will be held there in a few months I had to sign up.
First hole at Lincoln Park. It’s a dump. But it’s our dump.
I started back playing in tournaments last year because it’s fun to try to play golf when I can’t feel my face.
State Am and Mid Am, some state PGA events that allow amateurs this year.
Both for sure. Victoria National and Sand Creek this year.
For those in the Southeast, any tournaments you recommend to an utter newbie to tournaments?
Is the State Am at Victoria National this year? The first time I played there was the State Am when I was in 8th grade. Needless to say, I didn’t make the cut.
I mean, given your name, you gotta check out the Golf Channel Amateur Tour, right?
Does that still exist?
PGA southern Open. May 4 or 5. State Am is at Country Club of Indianapolis this year.
Annually, I plan to play in 5 or 6 events and it always ends up being only being 1 or 2 events with little to no practice and I embarrass myself! Looking forward to doing it again in 2020. Looking forward to the Colorado Four-Ball, Nebraska stroke play, Nebraska Mid-Am, a couple of Nebraska or Colorado point tournaments and the USGA Four-Ball qualifier.
