2020 United States Speedgolf Championships

Top professional and amateur Speedgolfers from across the nation will make a run for Speedgolf history at Spring Valley Country Club in Salem, WI - site of the 4th annual US Speedgolf Championships.

Speedgolf USA announces Spring Valley Country Club in Salem, WI as the host venue for the 2020 US Speedgolf Championships to be held October 10-11. Spring Valley will offer Speedgolfers an old-school classic design with generous fairways, perched greens, and a course layout devoid of sand traps.

Every second counts in Speedgolf – a lightning fast version of the traditional game that challenges competitors to play their best round of golf as quickly and efficiently as possible. Speedgolf is played by the 2020 Rules Of Golf, however participants are required to carry all their equipment from start to finish – usually between four and six clubs in a lightweight bag.

Speedgolf cores are calculated by adding together a player’s golf strokes and elapsed time. In 2015 Australian Mitch Williamson recorded the lowest Speedgolf round in official competition, shooting 77 in 31 minutes 54 seconds, producing a Speedgolf Score of 108:54.

Spring Valley’s par-70 layout measures 4.3 miles in distance from the first tee to the 18th green, and will play at 6,124 yards for the championship. Any player who can maintain a 7-minute mile pace, set up and hit each shot in 7 seconds or less, and shoot under par for the round has a chance to break Williamson’s world record.

This year's tournament will include a 36-hole Championship division as well as 18 and 36 hole Amateur Divisions. 2016 Speedgolf World Champion and Kenosha local Jamie Young, 2018 US National Champion Wes Cupp, and both reigning US National Champions Jason Hawkins and Courtney White will headline the star studded field. The youngest competitor in the field of 30 players is local high school golfer Thomas Dipple, while the oldest is Jules De Coster from Missouri at 72 years of age.

After a successful 2018 championship in upstate New York - followed immediately by the Speedgolf World Championships and ISGA Team World Cup, Speedgolf USA brought the national championship back to its inaugural host city of Houston, Texas for the 3rd annual competition.

Inclement weather always seems to play a significant role in the national championship. In 2017 competitors dealt with a 2-hour frost delay at the Golf Club of Houston, followed by a heat advisory just a few hours later. In 2018, participants trudged through the rain drenched fairways of Rome Country Club as the windchill dropped well below 40 degrees. 2019 may have been the most extreme. as Speedgolfers at Blackhorse Golf Club were met with historic highs during the afternoon Round 1 tee times. The heat index broke 100 degrees during play, forcing several players to withdraw.

This was also the first year the national championship moved to a 36 hole, 2-day format. After round 1, two players at the top of the men's leaderboard were separated by a mere 31 seconds. Overnight leader Jason Hawkins turned in his second round score and waited for Scott Dawley to complete his round. As they congratulated each other off the side of 18 green, scores were tallied. Dawley had made up 16 seconds on Hawk, not quite enough to overtake the overnight leader, and the tournament was decided. Hawkins had capture his first national championship title by 15 seconds over two rounds and 10+ miles of play.
 

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Speedgolf USA proudly joined the ranks of other prominent National SpeedGolf Organizations (NSGO's) around the world hosting a Speedgolf national championship in 2017: including Speedgolf Australia, New Zealand Speedgolf, British Speedgolf, Japan Speedgolf, Speedgolf Sweden, and Speedgolf Finland.

The inaugural 2017 United States Speedgolf Championships was held on Monday December 11th, with official practice rounds taking place Sunday, December 10th. A weather front passing through caused a 2-hour frost delay, yielding to record high temperatures in the afternoon.

New to competitive Speedgolf was the Men's Finals, where the top 4 qualifiers played 9 holes of Sprintgolf (hole-by-hole Speedgolf). The action was captured by Jomez Productions, and groundbreaking highlight coverage of the national championship was released in February 2018.
 

The inaugural national championship was contested at the prestigious Golf Club Of Houston - Member Course. A former host course for the PGA Tour's Shell Houston Open ('03-'05), this Jacobson-Hardy design required an equal amount of endurance and golf skill from the competitors. The rough was penal, the greens demanding, and the course length was fitting for a national championship track - nearly 6 miles from 1st tee to 18 green. 

Players from the Amateur and Women's Championship divisions averaged 92 strokes in 72 minutes. The men's championship division averaged 82 strokes in 58 minutes.  

Mack McLain and Lauren Cupp set the pace in 2017 and became the first to etch their names on the national championship trophy. Larry Levinson and Brian Noble captured the Amateur and 50+ division awards.

Come be a part of Speedgolf history at the 2018 United States SpeedGolf Championships.

SpeedGolf USA attracted the strongest field in professional Speedgolf in 2017, 6 of the top 10, 11 of the top 20 in the men's Speedgolf Power Rankings, and 2 of the top 5 in the women's rankings were on hand to chase down the inaugural US national championship trophy. Players traveled from 4 countries and 17 US States to participate in this history-making Speedgolf event.

In addition to the championship divisions, this marquee event offered non-elites, novices and amateurs new to the sport of Speedgolf an 18 hole division including amateurs and masters (50+) flights, as well as a shorter 9-hole option.