About
our Event
Current

The ESPN National Golf Challenge presented by Callaway Golf is
an amateur two-person better ball tournament designed to find "America's
Best 2 Some" in both Gross and Net divisions.
Two-person teams from all over the US will register at our Local
Qualifying Host Sites and attempt to play their way to
our National Finals. In 2006, our desire to recognize and reward
our Club Professionals for their tremendous support allowed us
to create the ESPN National Golf Challenge Club Pro Tournament.
Club Pro's from all over the country are invited to attend
based on the results of their Local Qualifying events with the
ESPN National Golf Challenge. The Club Pro Tournament was also
a tremendous success and is now held in conjunction with our National
Finals.
For the 2008 event, Local and Regional qualifying sites are being
registered to accommodate our anticipated participation of over
30,000 golfers. Host Courses are initially allocated 1 Gross and
1 Net team slots in our Regional Finals. Additional regional team
entries
are available to Local Qualifying Sites as participation warrants.
Teams may consist of any combination of male and/or female participants
with a maximum allowable handicap of 24 strokes (in the Net Division).
Suggested entry
fees
for the event are $60 per player. Local Host Sites may add an additional
charge for greens, cart fees, and special services, if applicable.
Players may attempt to qualify for the Regional Finals at as many
Local
Host
Sites
as they wish. Gross and Net winners from each Regional Finals location
will advance to the 36 hole National Finals, to be
held in Las Vegas, Oct 24, 25 and 26, 2008.
Please review our Rules
and Regs page for more detailed information.
National Finalists will agree to participate in the filming and
broadcast of our event in a one hour special broadcast of the ESPN
National Golf Challenge Finals on ESPN2.
History
The event
began in 2002
as a dedicated effort by ESPN to enhance contributions to
one of
their major charities, the V
Foundation. During the preliminary development of the tournament
PGA Tour Professional Fred Couples graciously accepted the position
as our National Spokesperson.

Fred Couples
Tournament Spokesperson
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Initially, over 120 public golf facilities were registered as
inaugural Host Sites and winning teams representing each site were
invited to the first National Finals at Lost
Canyons GC in Simi
Valley,
CA. This initial effort proved to be a resounding success and
the event has been restructured to include approximately 500
golf courses in the United States.
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