I went to a Golf School in Mount Snow, VT earlier this month and the last time I went was June 2001.  Both time i went with one of my best childhood friend.  We grew up together and played golf a lot.  We have families now so it's always tough to get together.  So we made a pact that every June, we would do a weekend getaway to the same golf school.  We had a blast this year and just golf all day and just talked about the old days.  Doesn't get any better than that.  So i'm really looking forward to this again next year.   

And Mount Snow, VT is a great course to play.  Truly a great challenge. 

For the remainder of the season I have two.  I've got my 3 day member guest in two weeks and then the club championship at the end of the summer.

My partner and I are defending at the member guest so that will be fun.

If I could only pick one, it would have to be the club championship.  It's bragging rights for the whole year, and you get a parking space.  You gotta love the big ones!

I guess mine is the Alabama State Am.  I have tried to qualify 5 or 6 times, and can never put an entire round together.  The first time I tried I chipped in for birdie on #10 to get back to +1 on my round then proceeded to take a 9 on a par four and everything fell apart after that.  To this day I let that round cause unnecessary nerves during that qualifier.  A couple years later, I was paired with two guys who were each only +2 on a difficult course in Birmingham and I was sitting on +9 teeing off on 18, a reachable par 5.  79 (+7) was the number in my head that I needed to have a chance.  So I try an all world drive that I barely made contact with and topped it to about the ladies tee.  From there I hit 3 wood-5 iron chip up and putt in for a par 5, and an 81.  80 qualified, oh well!

Until this year, I would have said that my major was my local club's Match Play Championship, beginning in May and continuing through the summer until all matches have been completed.  This year, however, I decided to take a giant step and registered to play in the South Super Senior Amateur run by the Texas Golf Association (TGA).  This is a 36 hole event played at a different club each year.  I worked out a program with my golf coach and worked on specifics in the months leading up to the tournament.  I gave it my best, but had one hole in particular that defeated me in both rounds (plus 9 on that hole total).  While I did not finish where I had hoped to, I truly enjoyed the experience and hope to do it again next year.  Until then, I will focus on the Match Play (I did win the Senior Division this year) and my golf league's Season Championship, held over two different courses in late September.

My favorite is a 27-hole 1-day event at the club.  It is played as three 9-hole 4-ball matches.  Each hole counts as a point (if no winner, each team gets 1/2 point).  There are 4 teams per division.  You play a match against the other three teams.  

Typically this event is held early in the season to help meet any new members.  It is a fun and competitive event.  Each hole has the same importance, so #1 counts the same as #27.  

My Majors are my Club Championship and the Navy Golf Team tryouts. I play and practice all year for those. I play in GSTour am events all year. And local and cityams when I have a chance also. 

My Major takes place each June in the Sandhills of Nebraska.  Ten great guys just returned from our four day golf trip known as the ExSkersion!! We played 108 holes in four days at Bayside Golf Club and Dismal River Golf Club.  We used a Stableford scoring format to determine a "Champion Golfer" and also had a fun putting competition one evening.  Great times with family and friends!!

Club Championships at the two courses I play in are a couple that I ready for during the summer.  But I play an annual team event in Las Vegas that I consider my major for the year.  It's a great time on some awesome courses at the Paiute Resort.  We stay an entire week and play 1 practice and three tourney rounds.   I have a bunch of great friends that attend as well and we have a really good time the whole trip.  

My partner and I are on the right.  All of us in thepicture were taught by the gentleman third from the left.

TT

My Major always comes in two forms each year.  I'm most fortunate to be able to still play in the Men's Club Championship at 58 and still enjoy battling the kids.  Most years I still hang on and make the cut into the final round and then place pretty good.  My Major is held two weeks later when we tee it up for the Senior Mens Club Championship.  We have a very good Senior organization and its members far outway the Mens Association, so therefore we have more prize money and more Seniors competing.  I've played since I was 50, always using the Mens Club Championship as a springboard to tune up the game.  Last year was my first "Major" win in the Senior Mens Club Championship and also in the Senior State Am.  It has been a long raod and at times very humbling, but it was also a very great moment for me.

Congrats on all your accomplishments Steve H and love your setup in the picture!  Best of luck!

Our club championship is what I would consider my major tournament at my local club.  This is a match play tournament held in August each year.  I really enjoy match play as it ads a completely different dynamic to the game.

The tournament I feel is my real "major" is held each year the week after 4th of July out in Los Angeles.  I am taking off Sunday night to head out to California and hopefully put up a good show this year.  This is a four ball match play event that I play with one of my dear friends.  We have a practice round on Monday, qualify on Tuesday and then go into single-elimination match play beginning Wednesday through the weekend.  hopefully, if all goes well, you will still be playing on the weekend!  Of all the tournaments I play in, this is certainly my favorite each year. 

I would have to say  I have two which I consider majors The first would be our Men's club championship played every August and the second would be is a tournament we play every July which is a modified Stableford scoring event. I love that event as the scoring is designed to award aggressive play.

Hopefully I will be able to get myself into the mix again this year in both those events.

While it may sound strange, my major is the parent-child championship with my son at our club.  he is 13 and coming into his own golf game now as he grows older...it is amazing to see him compete and enjoy the game of golf together with me.  I guess it is the simple moments that sometimes mean the most to me. 

Have a happy 4th!

End of July means club championship time, 54 holes of stroke play.  I participate in a small men's club.  Each year, I feel there are 3 or 4 guys who have a legitimate shot at winning, and then there's the rest of us, although I've been fortunate to have had three third place finishes.  But low and behold, this year will be a little different, as I'll be playing the role of the defending champion.  I had two very good rounds and managed not to totally implode on the final round (though I tried).

I'm going to try and prepare the same way as last year, increasing my play per week and trying to focus on different shots each time out.  While my 4th of July outing didn't go as well as it did in 2013, I feel my game is heading in the right direction.  One big plus this year versus last, my Scotty Cameron Dual Balanced Futura X has boosted my confidence on the greens.  We'll see how it all shakes out!

Good luck to everyone else in their Major's!

hey, Mike!

my major right now is to get back on the golf course.  After logging in over 1,000 rounds in the last three years, I've been sidelined with injuries since Jan. 1st of this year.  The old golfer's elbow has caught up to me.  Or should I say, the golfer's elbow has caught up with my old body!  It would be a Major Victory if I could play 18 holes without pain or discomfort.  It may seem like a minor thing, but with the passion I have of golf, just getting out and play pain and injury free is the top of my list!  Thanks for the post!  Vern

Wow a 1000 rounds Vern that is amazing!!!

My Major occurs the last week in June in Sebring, Fl. It's an annual outing whereby my two brothers join as few as 5 others and as many as 21 fellow Golfers. The food, fellowship and needling is enjoyed as much as the golf. The locals are great and quite hospitable. 2014 was our 6th year. :-)

I just checked my calendar and it looks like I have a wedding on the same weekend as the club championship, so this year's major lineup has been changed for me. Time to focus on the the club four-ball!

Anybody have any updates on how their major season is going so far?

Second year in a row for the Senior State Am (Net).  Played in the Men's Club Championship at my home course and shot 70-73 for a 143.  Good enough for second place.  Senior Club Championship is in 2 weeks.  The cute little bracelet in the pic was made by my grandson for good luck.  It now sits with my trophy.....Cute kid!!!

My majors are Club Championship at two clubs where I play, the Golf Channel AmTour Local Championship, and, if I qualify, the National Golf Channel AmTour Championship.

I leave on Aug 23rd for Vegas and my first major of the year.  Then have the Club Championships starting in September.  Exciting time of the year for my golf world.

TT

My Majors would be as follow:

1. Member-Guest
2. Club Championship
3. Tournament of Chapions

These are all events at my club. The Tournament of Champions is a FedEx Cup style event that you qualify for in the previous year. The format is 32 players played in a matchplay format over the course of the golfing year.

TH

Our rep just forwarded us this story and we wanted to share it with you and send a big congratulations to Max!

On Saturday, Aug 2,16 year old Max Finkel, of Rockville, MD, won the 2014 png Elite Players Tour Championship, Boys 16-19 division.  The tournament was held at one of Maryland's most difficult public courses, Bulle Rock GC.  Max is new to competitive golf and took up the sport seriously about two years ago.  He posted a 75 to match the low tournament score and won by sinking a sliding 4 footer on the second hole of a sudden death playoff to win the cup!

Max's bag:

913 D2, 9.75°, 913 F, 15° and 913 H, 21° all with Diamana Blue Board shafts. 

AP1 irons, 4-W with XP 95 shafts and SM5 Vokey wedges 56 and 60 and a Scotty Cameron Newport select putter.  His ball was a Pro V1x.

Great playing and congratulations Max!

here i play 3 courses 2 are private owned but open to public 1 is public owned which is point mallard they have dog fight every thursday but i only play that 4 times a year around the majors of course there is a 4th between the 2 the set a pga so to speak club