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3-Tournament Lineup Rounds Out the 2022 Golfweek Senior Amateur Schedule and a look at 2023!

Senior competitive golf continues to grow bigger and better than ever. USA Today Sports and Golfweek are excited to play a large part in that growth. During the past year, over 750 senior golfers have competed in a Golfweek Elite Senior Amateur …

Senior competitive golf continues to grow bigger and better than ever. USA Today Sports and Golfweek are excited to play a large part in that growth. During the past year, over 750 senior golfers have competed in a Golfweek Elite Senior Amateur Tournament, while also trying to qualify for the U.S. Senior Amateur through one of the twenty-five WAGR exemptions offered by the USGA.

This year, as part of our Elite Senior Amateur Tournament Series, Golfweek partnered with The Mid-West Golf Association to conduct The International, the third highest ranked senior amateur tournament in the world. With a field, drawing players and teams from: Britain, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Canada, an Mexico, we expect The International to move into the number two spot in the world. We are extremely excited to announce that Cartersville Golf & Country Club, just outside of Atlanta, has been chosen to host the 2023 International – Senior Division, to be held October 4-7, 2023

The USGA will again grant twenty-five exemptions into the U.S. Senior Amateur which will be held in 2023 at Martis Camp in Truckee, CA. Golfweek tournaments are WAGR counting events offering senior golfers the opportunity to play for national ranking (2022 National Senior Rankings) while also seeking exemption into the U.S. Senior Amateur through WAGR standing.

Here are the remaining 3-tournaments in our lineup for 2022 and a glimpse at the tournament schedule for the first seven months of 2023.

Bookmark this page and as tournaments open for registration, click on the tournament name for more information and to register.

REMAINING 2022 AND EARLY 2023 GOLFWEEK ELITE SENIOR AMATEUR TOURNAMENTS

November 2-4: The Golfweek Senior Desert Showdown, Casino Del Sol, Sewailo Golf Club, Tucson, AZ

Nov 29-Dec 1: The Golfweek TOC, PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, FL  Champion and Fazio

December 14-16: The Golfweek Senior Challenge Cup, Jacaranda Golf Club  Plantation, FL

January 16-18, 2023: The Golfweek Player of the Year Classic, Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, Tampa, FL

March 26-28, 2023: The Golfweek Senior Division National Championship, Desert Willow Golf Resort, Palm Desert, CA The Mountain Course

March 30-April 1, 2023: The Golfweek Senior Amateur, Desert Willow Golf Resort, Palm Desert, CA The Firecliff Course

June 12-14, 2023: The Golfweek Senior National, Grandover Resort, Greensboro, NC

Save the DATE for the trip of a life time. BIG INFORMATION SHORTLY!   July 3-8, 2023: The Golfweek European Challenge, Galway Bay Golf Resort, Blackrock, Salthill, County Galway Ireland.

12 best golf courses in Ireland and Northern Ireland

The best golf courses that the Éire has to offer.

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Ireland and Northern Ireland? The green waves of Emerald Isle? An ice-cold pint of Guinness? Rory McIlroy?

One thing that should not go overlooked is the beauty of both Irish and Northern Irish golf.

The Éire boasts some of the most breathtaking golf courses in the world, and Golfweek has compiled a ranking so you know exactly which courses you need to hit on your next golf vacation.

More U.K. course rankings: 10 best courses in Scotland | 10 Best courses in England

This ranking comes directly from the hundreds of Golfweek’s Best Raters for 2021 who continually evaluate courses and rate them based on our 10 criteria. They also file a single, overall rating on each course on a points basis of 1-10. Those overall ratings on each course are averaged to produce a final rating for each course. Only a handful of courses in the world achieve a rating above 9, and any course rated 7 or above presents a can’t-miss opportunity.

For more of Golfweek’s Best course lists, check out the most recent selection of course rankings:

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Fore! Bill Murray takes on Ireland in a new YouTube golf series

Bill Murray filmed a Youtube series, “The Links Life,” with author Tom Coyne, which will showcase the Hollywood star at some of Ireland’s best golf courses.

What’s better than total consciousness on your death bed? How about a golf trip to some of the great courses of Ireland.

Bill Murray of Caddyshack fame has played in countless pro-ams, written a golf book, been inducted into the Caddie Hall of Fame and is a part owner along with his brothers in a golf-themed restaurant at World Golf Village. His love of the game knows no bounds. Next up: a YouTube series, “The Links Life,” hosted by author Tom Coyne, which will showcase the Hollywood star at some of Ireland’s best golf courses.

Murray arrived with his family, including four of his six brothers, three of his sons, three nephews, one brother in law, former poet laureate Billy Collins and Coyne, whose books include “A Course Called Ireland,” last week. In other words, everyone but Dr. Beeber was there.

They started at Druids Glen in Wicklow and made their way to Kildare (Carton House), Mayo (Carne), Sligo (Enniscrone) and Donegal (St Patrick’s Links at Rosapenna, Portsalon, Narin and Portnoo) and to Galway (Galway Bay). (A visit to Kerry and Ballybunion had to be postponed).

Along the way, Murray and his family jumped on stage and performed an impromptu gig for guests at the Mount Falcon Hotel, belting out the classic “Ride, Sally Ride.”

Saxophonist Lorraine McDonald said she was stunned to see the Hollywood legend climb up on stage.

“He’s the coolest man alive and I got to sing with him. It was amazing,” she said.

Murray also posed with a large Irish flag, adopted County Mayo in the All-Ireland football final and joined several clubs. Coyne noted in an article that Murray bought a life membership to Belmullet as well as at Carne for his four brothers and three-time cancer survivor and golf journalist Nick Edmund and his son, who were guests at the post-golf dinner, where Murray was presented a bottle of Irish whiskey.

“In fact, Bill shared his bottle of Jameson with a number of the members, getting each of them to throw their heads back before pouring a drop down their gullets,” said one of the attendees. “He was just a funny man and extremely generous to the caddies and indeed the bar staff, and it was just a lovely relaxed night, and he was relaxed because there was no pressure on him. It was purely a few locals and ourselves the staff.”

Of his epic golf trip back to the country of his ancestors, Murray cracked, “So many Irish were forced to emigrate to America, we thought we should try to return the favor and get some people back.”

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