SEASONS CHAMPIONS CROWNED

The 2026 Season closes with another great year of events. We played 17 local Charlotte events and hosted our Regional event at Sequoyah National GC. We had 213 Tour Players registered this year for the Charlotte Tour. We can't thank our Tour Players enough for the support and choosing to play in 2026. We are already working on some great stops for 2027 and looking towards Nationals in October 2026.  Tour Directors - Richard Boone and Scott Ide

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NEXT LEVEL GREENS PROVIDED TEST FOR SEASON FINALE  

CLT Tour returns to @Statesville Country Club to host its Season Finale and Statesville crew provide a stout test for players over 2 days! Course conditions were as perfect as the weather and the greens were rolling 11 on the stimpmeter.

 

	Matt Rickle collected his 2nd A Flight trophy on the season, capping a great season with 2 wins and a number of top 3 finishes. Matt drained two birdies on the day and moved himself into the 6th position overall.
Steve French finished Day 1 in a pack of players trailing the clubhouse leader by 4 strokes. Steve was able to stay in touch with the lead with 2 birdies which earned a couple of Flight and Super Skins. On day two, Steve was able to prevail over the field by 6 strokes and carding a solid 78 to take the Season Finale trophy.
	Trey Bridges carded one birdie on day one and found himself 3 back of the overnight lead. On Day Two, the B Flight field surged along with Trey and his one birdie on the day was the difference maker allowing him to edge out the win by 1 stroke. Trey celebrated his second win of the season, both coming from 2-Day events (Sequoyah National - Smoky Mountain Regional).
C Flight points leader, Brandon Miller took command of the Season Finale on day one and didn't look back. Firing rounds of 89-86, Brandon cruised to the 2-day win and secured his 2026 C Flight Season Flight Championship. This was his third win of the season and first Season Championship.
	Tour Rookie, Mason Young breaks through for his first D Flight win in big way! After turning in a solid 93 on day one, he found himself a couple shots off the overnight lead. Mason had the best round of his 7 starts of 2026, firing a 90 to take control of the tournament and earn his first trophy.

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2026 Charlotte Golfweek Tour Information:

• Complete Schedule is listed in the Navigation "Schedule"
• Enhanced Tournament payouts FOR ALL FLIGHTS: 
  • 60-80 players $300 Guarantee 1st place prize money for every flight
  • 81-100 players $400 1st place prize money for every flight
  • 101+ players $500 guaranteed 1st place prize money for every flight
• Flight skins ($20 buy-in for each tournament);
• Each Flight will have a 2026 Champion and payouts to 4th place.
  • 1st place: Trophy, paid 2027 membership and $300 credit towards any 2027 Charlotte tournaments;
  • 2nd place: $300 credit towards any 2027 Charlotte tournaments;
  • 3rd place: $200 credit towards any 2027 Charlotte tournaments;
  • 4th place: $100 credit towards any 2027 Charlotte tournaments.
• CTP will now be "polies". Polies are if you hit within a flagstick on any par 3 (appx 7'), you will split the prize money. (Example: A total of 5 people hit within the flagstick on any the par 3's, $500 in the pot, each player wins $100)
• Several tournaments will host a breakfast or lunch prior to, or after the tournament ends.
• Facebook info page "Charlotte GolfWeek Amateur Tour" will have updates/info on all upcoming tournaments.  Please like and follow!
• We will still have many ways to pay on the website...Cashapp, Venmo and Zelle along with PayPal and Stripe (a small fee will apply);
• Skins and polies will be paid at the course or by Venmo within 48 hours.  If you do not have the app set up, I can send you a link to install the app. Prize money Gift Cards not picked up day of tournament will automatically be credited to your account to use on any future Charlotte Tour Event.
• In order to speed up play, groups will be warned and penalized if they fall further than 1 hole behind. To help speed up play, please play ready golf and limit your ball searches to 3 minutes (Per USGA Rule)
• Please make special requests such as playing partners BEFORE tee times are posted. REQUESTS WILL ONLY BE HONORED IF YOU ARE IN THE SAME FLIGHT AS THE OTHER PLAYER(S). Please send all requests by email to: charlotte@amateurgolftour.net

2025 SEASON CHAMPIONS

Tour Rookie, Preston Andrews took on the stable of Champ Flight competitors and collect 4 trophies including the Season Finale at Monroe Country Club. Preston's tour index is an impressive -1.3 and a total birdie count of 56 in just 18 starts (3.1 birdie AVG per round)!! Preston broke par 5 times including a 68 at The Cleghorn Golf & Sports Club at Tryon Resort. He pocketed $1655 in prize money and totaled 4705 in points for the season.

David Stringer broke through at the end of the season after several close calls including carding a 73 (+1) Third Place at Red Bridge Golf Club! David traveled to the The Columbia Golfweek Amateur Tour and won the season finale to leap frog the field. He held the points lead with a second place finish at the Monroe Country Club Finale for CLT. David led the A Flight with 27 birdies in 20 starts.

For Steve Zannos, the road to the Championship started with his win early in the season at the St. Patrick's Day Regional in Myrtle Beach. He capped off a solid season winning the Monroe Country Club Finale and amassed 3896 points to leap frog a competitive field. Steve's average score was 85.4 and he lead the B Flight with 22 birdies over 22 events.

Frank Brammer rode an early season win at the St. Patrick's Day Regional at True Blue Golf Club all the way to the C FLIGHT Championship. Frank maintained a solid 93 scoring average to collect 3521 points over 20 starts.

Rookie @Brandon Wynn racked up 4185 points over 16 rounds and took the D Flight Season Championship. He won 4 times with an average score of 89.1 and collected $1875 in prize money. With a great result at the season finale at Monroe Country Club, Brandon punched his ticket to the C Flight for 2026 - much to the delight of the rest of the D Flight field!