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Inverness Club Hosts
Drive, Chip & Putt Qualifier
By
Fred Altvater
AlthoughDrive, Chip&Putt is
just entering its fourth year of
existence, it has been a huge
success. It was founded as a
joint initiative of the PGA of
America (PGA), The Masters
Tournament and the United
States Golf Association
(USGA) to stimulate interest
in the game via a junior golf
competition. Qualifying is
broken into to four age group
classifications and is open to
boys and girls ages 7-15.
Participants are tested in
three areas of golf, using a
driver off the tee, chipping
fromoff the green and putting
from three different locations
on the green. Scores are
accumulated for each shot
and the winner is determined
from the highest scores.
Entrants must first make it
through local qualifying,
which is held at over 250
sites across the United
States. Qualifiers then move
on to the sub-regional and
regional
competitions.
Winners in each age group
from the regional qualifiers
earn a trip to the Drive,
Chip & Putt Championship
held at Augusta National on
Sunday prior to the start of
the Masters each year.
Over
50,000
aspiring
golfers enter local qualifying
and under 100 make it to
Augusta for the finals.
Local qualifying is currently
underway for the 2017 Drive,
Chip & Putt. Inverness club
hosted 147 boys and girls on
Tuesday, June 28 to identify
the winners that would
advance to the Westfield
Golf Club sub-regional.
More information about
Drive, Chip & Putt can be
NWO Golf Links