Registration is now open for Drive, Chip and Putt qualifiers

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The U.S. Golf Association, Masters Tournament and PGA of America announced Tuesday that registration for 2025-2026 Drive, Chip and Putt qualifying is now open on DriveChipandPutt.com.

This year will mark Drive, Chip and Putt’s 12th season of qualifying events for boys and girls ages 7-15. The free program, which can be accessed in all 50 states, aims to provide a welcoming environment for youth to participate in golf and focus on the game’s three fundamental skills.

Local qualifying begins May 2 at 357 sites nationwide and will continue throughout the summer. Participants are grouped in separate girls’ and boys’ divisions in four age categories, with scoring centered around skill performance in driving, chipping and putting.

Top performers at the local level will advance through subregional and regional qualifiers in July/August and September/October, respectively. This season’s 10 regional hosts feature several USGA and PGA Championship sites, including TPC Sawgrass, Whistling Straits, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club , Laurel Valley Golf Club, Valhalla Golf Club, The Ridgewood Country Club, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Hazeltine National Golf Club, Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco and Four Seasons Hualalai Resort.

From these qualifiers, 80 finalists – 40 boys and 40 girls – will earn an invitation to compete in the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club on April 5, 2026, the eve of the Masters Tournament. Qualifiers are facilitated by all 41 Sections of the PGA of America across the country.

Online registration makes it easy for parents to sign up their junior golfer and find a local qualifier near them. Registration is open to age-eligible juniors of all skill levels with no prior experience in golf required to participate.

The first event slated for the local qualifying kickoff will take place at Champion Lakes Golf Club in McAllen, Texas, on May 2. The full breakdown and schedule of 2025 Drive, Chip and Putt qualifying is as follows:

• Local (May 2 to August) – 357 host sites throughout all 50 states – up to three juniors advance in each age/gender category from every venue
• Subregional (July and August) – 64 host sites – two juniors advance in each age/gender category from every venue
• Regional (September and October) – 10 host sites in 10 regions – one junior advances in each age/gender category from every venue
• National finals (April 5, 2026) – 80 total participants at Augusta National Golf Club

The regional qualifying events in September and October of this year are set to take place at 10 host sites on the following dates:

• Sept. 6 | TPC Sawgrass | Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Annual host: The Players Championship
• Sept. 7 | Whistling Straits | Sheboygan, Wisc. Previously hosted: PGA Championship – 2004, 2010 and 2015; U.S. Senior Open – 2007; Ryder Cup – 2021Future host: U.S. Amateur – 2028
• Sept. 7 | Pinehurst Resort & Country Club | Pinehurst, N.C. Previously hosted: PGA Championship – 1936; Ryder Cup – 1951; U.S. Amateur – 1962, 2008, and 2019; U.S. Women’s Amateur – 1989; U.S. Open – 1999, 2005, 2014, and 2024; U.S. Women’s Open – 2014Future host: U.S. Women’s Amateur – 2027; U.S. Open – 2029; U.S. Women’s Open – 2029
• Sept. 13 | Laurel Valley Golf Club | Ligonier, Pa. Previously hosted: PGA Championship – 1965; Ryder Cup –1975; U.S. Senior Open – 1989; Senior PGA Championship – 2005
• Sept. 14 | Valhalla Golf Club | Louisville, Ky. Previously hosted: PGA Championship – 1996, 2000, 2014 and 2024; Senior PGA Championship – 2004 and 2011; Ryder Cup – 2008Future host: Solheim Cup – 2028
• Sept. 20 | The Ridgewood Country Club | Paramus, N.J. Previously hosted: Ryder Cup – 1935; U.S. Amateur – 1974 and 2022; U.S. Senior Open – 1990; Senior PGA Championship – 2001; U.S. Girls’ Junior – 2016
• Sept. 21 | Pebble Beach Golf Links | Pebble Beach, Calif. Previously hosted: U.S. Amateur -- 1929, 1947, 1961, 1999 and 2018; U.S. Women’s Amateur – 1940 and 1948; U.S. Open – 1972, 1982, 1992, 2000, 2010, and 2019; PGA Championship – 1977; U.S. Women’s Open – 2023Annual host: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmFuture host: U.S. Open – 2027 and 2032; U.S. Women’s Open – 2035
• Oct. 5 | Hazeltine National Golf Club | Chaska, Minn. Previously hosted: U.S. Women’s Open – 1966 and 1977; U.S. Open – 1970 and 1991; PGA Championship – 2002 and 2009; U.S. Amateur -- 2006 and 2024; Ryder Cup – 2016; KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – 2019Future host: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – 2026; Ryder Cup – 2029
• Oct. 5 | Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco | Frisco, Texas. Previously hosted: Senior PGA Championship – 2023Future host: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship – 2025 and 2031; PGA Championship -- 2027 and 2034; Senior PGA Championship – 2029
• Oct. 5 | Four Seasons Hualalai Resort | Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Annual host: Mitsubishi Electric Championship on the PGA Tour Champions

A t initiative founded in 2013 by the Masters Tournament, USGA and the PGA of America, Drive, Chip and Putt is a free, nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the three fundamental skills employed in golf.

Drive, Chip and Putt provides aspiring junior golfers an opportunity to play with their peers in qualifiers across the country.

Participants who advance through local, subregional and regional qualifying in each age/gender category earn a place in the National Finals, which is conducted at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday before the Masters Tournament and broadcast live by Golf Channel.

For more information, visit DriveChipandPutt.com and follow Drive, Chip and Putt on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

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