We believe that talent is everywhere—but opportunity is not. Through our EDI & Bursary Programme, we aim to level the playing field and open doors for dedicated young golfers to experience the SchoolsGolf Tour and compete at national level.
For more information please visit the bursaries page in the first instance.
We try to make it so that teachers can also play on the day. We are often able to negotiate a reduced fee on the normal adult green fee. If you would like to play, please advise us when booking and we will confirm the rate and availability.
Teachers often ask if they can go out ahead of the competition and while that would appear to be the most ideal situation for them, it ultimately makes the day longer for everyone.
There are two great reasons why it helps for teachers to play at the rear of the field:
Children will either receive their trophy on the day or it will be sent to their schools for later presentation. They will receive a prize code of a credit for the Schoolsgolf online shop after the event.
Also, please remember that winners are invited to the SchoolsGolf National Finals.
To compete as a school team there needs to be 3+ players from an affiliated school. Schools can enter as many players as they like in a tournament. Schools must nominate their teams of three on this link up to 48 hours before the event.
Just a reminder, players can compete as individuals in the Scratch and Stablefore competitions, e.g if they are the only golfer at their school, or if parents are taking a young player from the school team to an additional tournament.
There are Scratch prizes, Stableford prizes and Team prizes at each tournament.
Players invited to play in the Individual Finals will comprise all of the individual competition winners at our qualifying events.
Places at the SchoolsGolf Final are by invitation only and players are invited as our guests. We cover all the costs of green fees, a light meal and prizes.
Please see our Leaderboards for further details.
Please complete this form to let us know how many players you know you want to enter at upcoming events and we will save you places and organise an invoice to your finance department. There is a field in the form to give us your player names – please do not email us the names of your golfers, we really need everyone to use the same form.
By adding the names of your players into the form we can add them to the relevant tournament rosters, if they already have a Golf Genius profile. If your players do not already have a profile, please ask them to register on the master roster on our Golf Genius system. Each player only needs to register once.
SchoolsGolf is open to all schools, state and private. We believe strongly in supporting young players of all backgrounds to develop their golf, so we are currently waiving the affiliation fee for state schools.
Players must be in full time education and under 18 on the 1st September.
Yes, affiliated schools are welcome to mix and match between school-managed events and parent-managed events. Parents can pay SchoolsGolf directly for tournament entries, as appropriate. Please book onto additional tournaments using our Golf Genius tournament management system, details can be found on the Tournament Schedule.
At each tournament there are individual nett (Stableford) and gross (Scratch) prizes as well as school team winners. A school needs at least three players to compete as a team. A player may be playing in all three competitions if the school has fielded a team of three, if not the players will be in the two individual competitions.
Tee times will be emailed to players a week before the event. These are, however, subject to change, but they can be checked on the Event Portal for each event. Please follow the appropriate link to Golf Genius from the Event Schedule. Please also check out the information to help players, teachers and parents prepare for tournaments
Scoring will take place on the Golf Genius app. When the app is downloaded please enter the GGID into the first page and then following your player(s). This will be live online on any internet-enabled device.
Players and their teachers are welcome to play practice rounds in advance of our events. Please contact info@schoolsgolf.co.uk, and we will connect you with the host club to take advantage of special offers.
SchoolsGolf tournaments are open to all players with a maximum WHS handicap index of 26.
If a player does not have an active handicap, they are still welcome to participate, provided their teacher is confident that they can complete the course in a reasonable amount of time. Players without a handicap will not be eligible to win the Stableford competition.
We recommend that players without official handicaps check out England Golf’s iGolf system of handicapping.
SchoolsGolf tournament results are submitted for handicap purposes.
For more information, please contact info@schoolsgolf.co.uk.
From autumn 2023 we have responded to feedback about children having caddies and have changed our policy so that players are no longer able to have a caddy or coach with them. Once on the course players should simply be allowed to get on with their game. Parents and followers are actively encouraged, as long as they do not get involved in play and stay at a safe distance. Having followers ball spotting and checking on the pace of play is much appreciated. Followers can keep up with this scores via our live scoring on Golf Genius.
It is the responsibility of every player to accurately record their own scores. Players must mark cards for each other and sign their completed cards at the end of their round. Please collect your card on arrival and ensure that the signed card is returned to our representative. Please be aware that failure to correctly capture a score via card or app may result in a DNF, which will be recorded against your handicap.
We encourage the use of live scoring on the Golf Genius app. Players must agree on the scores before entering on them on the app. One person in the group can take care of this task for other players, or everyone can enter their own score into the app. It is vital to make sure that there is no delay to play.
SchoolsGolf representatives will cross check the cards and the app scores, so please check both and make sure they are entered correctly and the card returned/app score submitted.
Any disagreement over scores should be noted on the card.
Spectators are welcomed and encouraged at every SchoolsGolf event. As a spectator you must stay at least 50 yards away from the group you are following or stay on the cart path if the hole allows it. Walking on the tees, fairways and greens is prohibited. Neither spectators nor competitors are allowed to give advice to competitors. Information on the Rules of Golf or on matters of public information, such as positions of hazards or flag sticks is not considered advice but spectators are prohibited from making rulings during competitions. To help with the pace of play, we encourage all spectators to follow one shot ahead of the group they are following and spot wayward shots and look for lost golf balls.
Players – Please click on the link to our Golf Genius pages and you can register as a player and enter tournaments. We have more information available on preparing for our tournaments.
If your school hasn’t already affiliated to the SchoolsGolf programme, we will contact them and invite them to take part.
Please look out for our Open tournaments suitable for any player who meets the handicap and age criteria to enter, regardless of whether their school is affiliated to our programme. Information on Opens is available on our Tournament Schedule
