Our Drive Chip & Putt attendance average for the year of 2019 was 105 kids per event! Some sites had over 200 kids register so your numbers will vary based on location. Your facility can expect 100+ juniors with their parents, siblings and grandparents. There will be a LOT of foot traffic!

Registration closes 5 days prior to the event; tee times will be sent out once registration is closed. Participants will arrive anywhere from 30 minutes-1.5 hours before their start time. We only allow them to warm up on the range 45 minutes prior to their start time.

The participants will go off in groups of 3 in order of age/gender oldest to youngest. It takes about 10-15 minutes for a group to get through the three stations and anywhere from 30 minutes- 1.5 hours for a division to be finished. We do awards immediately after each division is completed.

Some kids stick around all day and watch others compete and some will leave once they are finished.

It takes roughly 2.5-3 hours for my team to set up, and about 1 hour to tear down. Competition will last anywhere from 3-8 hours (depending on field size) which means you will have participants on site anywhere from 4-9 hours.

Local Qualifiers: June 7-July 31
Sub Regional Qualifiers: August 7-31

We will need a minimum of 9-11 volunteers. Depending on how many participants we have at your site, you may want to schedule shifts, if you schedule shifts each shift will still need a minimum of 9 people.

We recommend reaching out to your members, public play, and even recruiting some high school golfers to volunteer. We also recommend having at least one extra staff person on your team to help refill/pick the range and help with food and beverage.

Start Time: We typically start the tee times anywhere between 8-10 am. The start time should be somewhat flexible until we know how many participants we will have.

Registration: We need one 6 ft table in a visible part of the course for registration. Kids will check in here, get their score card, rules of play, and tee gift.

Scoring: We need another 6 ft table for scoring. We will need an area where internet and power is available. We will have a minimum of 8 score boards to display, but we can tear down as we go. We will need to display at least 2-3 score boards at once. We would like an area that people can congregate around.                                                                              

Set up time: 1-1.5 hours- during this time the area MUST be free of people hitting. We will be out in the field without hard hats so it is important to keep people from firing away at us.

Volunteers: Minimum of 3-4 volunteers- they will be helping spot balls in the field, measuring the distance of the drives (via rangefinders), and recording the scores for the participants (2 in the field, 1-2 up top).

The driving range must be 40 yards wide & 300 yards long with additional space to warm up (minimum of 3 spots for participants only). If your range is large enough you may have regular play continue to warm up here. Everyone on the range should aim away from the grid while the competition is in progress.

The best way to measure if your range will fit the requirements is by getting two staff members to laser the length and width. While we need a minimum of 40 yards wide, for the grid we advise it to be at least 65 yards wide for the warm up spaces.

If the driving range is unavailable, using the #1 or #10 hole is another great option. The hole will again need to be 40 yards wide & 300 yards long with minimum obstructions. There cannot be ANY water in the grid. Please have someone measure the length and width of the area and keep in mind that we do need minimum obstructions in the grid.

If we use the hole we will need play to stop at least 1.5 hours prior to the first starting time. (Some courses turn their first hole into a par three and move the tees outside of the grid in order to accommodate play)

Chipping: We need 1 hole freshly cut in a flat area. We need at least 12 feet of green all the way around the cup and the participants will be chipping from 13-18 yards away. We prefer them to be chipping out of short rough, not the fringe. We will be drawing circles either in chalk or in turf dye around the cup. The Chipping area must be ready to mark at least 1 hour before the event starts

Set Up time: 30 minutes

Volunteers: 2 volunteers needed- they will be scoring and recording the attempts of the participants

Putting: We will need 1 cup freshly cut with a 6, 15, & 30 foot putt available. All putts should be relatively flat; we don’t want any wicked breaks or hills. The putting and chipping area must be separated enough so that stray balls aren’t going to be an issue. We will be marking the green with the same materials as the chipping station and we will need the putting area to be ready at least 1 hour prior to the start if the event.

Set Up Time: 45 minutes

Volunteers: 2 volunteers needed- they will be scoring and recording the attempts of the participants

You will have anywhere from 200-460 people at your facility! Players, parent’s siblings some whom have never seen or been to your course before! This is a HUGE opportunity to grow your reach, and get NEW customers!!!! Schedule a few more staff members on this day to increase your moments of truth encounters and create something special for the juniors, parents, siblings and families to want to come back!!! Extra Activities could include discounted golf rates, merchandise sale, BBQ Cookout lunch, GolfZilla, Junior Clinic signup sheets...etc.

While we would love to host a DCP at every site we are limited by the number of qualifiers we can run. We select sites based on the following criteria:

1. Geographic Location
2. Junior Golf Activity Levels
3. Date/Time Availability
4. Space Availability (Does your facility meet the space requirements)
5. Extra Activities

November 10th, 2019