The Sunday prior to the Masters Tournament is national finals of the Drive, Chip & Put competition, and in its short history it has become a must-watch tradition for golf fans. The 80 competitors range in age from 7 to 15, and all qualified by winning sub-regional and regional competitions.

Each competitor hits two drives (with the best one counting towards their ranking), two chips (with the cumulative distance from the hole counting towards their ranking), and two putts (on the 18th green of Augusta National Golf Club with the cumulative distance from the hole counting towards their ranking).  Each competitor is awarded points based on their rank in each discipline, 10 points for first, down to 1 point for 10th, and the one with the most points over the 3 events is the winner.

Division	Winner	Points (D-C-P)
Boys 7-9	Hudson Knapp	22 (7-6-9)
Girls 7-9	Autumn Solesbee	26 (7-10-9)
Boys 10-11	Bentley Coon	24.5 (10-9-5.5)
Girls 10-11	Kylie Chung	18 (5-3-10)
Boys 12-13	Michael Jorski	21 (3-8-10)*
Girls 12-13	Jenna Kim	26 (9-9-8)
Boys 14-15	Jaden Dumdumaya	29 (10-9-10)
Girls 14-15	Mia Hammond	28 (9-9-10)

* indicates playoff

Here is Jaden Dumdumaya clinching the win for the 14-15 year old boys:

The fist pump. The winning embrace.

THIS is what it's all about. #DriveChipandPutt pic.twitter.com/GqlogXKGNi

— Drive, Chip & Putt (@DriveChipPutt) April 3, 2022

There are lots of great stories among the competitors, girls 7-9 year old winner Autumn Solesbee being one of the best

I’m not crying, you’re crying! LOVE the father-daughter moment between Autumn Solesbee & her dad after she won the Girls 7-9 @DriveChipPutt at Augusta National. She was adopted 2 years ago, her dad introduced her to golf & it was a way she bonded w/ her family. #DriveChipandPutt pic.twitter.com/DK5XWY0zqW

— Amanda Blumenherst (@blumenherstFry) April 3, 2022

Huntersville representing in the #DriveChipandPutt https://t.co/euWwIRGvND

— Jordan (@filosophizer_) April 3, 2022

https://twitter.com/DriveChipPutt/status/1510629178445602819

Michael Jorski came from way back, with some great putts, to win the boys 12-13 in a playoff.

https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1510629540606918660

And girls 10-11 winner Kylie Chung, when asked how it feels to win “I feel like I’m (long pause) amazing!”

https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1510635190196092930

https://twitter.com/DriveChipPutt/status/1510637981085978628

Ohio’s Emerson Roychoudhury had a great segment on her which featured her connection to a golfing legend.

For 2022 @DriveChipPutt National Finalist, Emerson Roychoudhury, learning the game began with the words of @JackNicklaus. #DriveChipandPutt pic.twitter.com/A1YvI3gnz2

— Drive, Chip & Putt (@DriveChipPutt) April 3, 2022

 

https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/1510661151042027525

Ella Walsh and Mia Hammond both made both of their putts in the girls 14-15 division. Hammond won a putt-off.

https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/1510663483263696904

https://twitter.com/DriveChipPutt/status/1510684764994482176

And here are the champions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the more interesting things about the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am played at the Monterey Penninsula is the celebrities who put their golf games on display.  Seeing them out of their element and instead playing golf and interacting with the golf fans is something that makes this tournament on of the better ones to watch.

If you’re wondering who is there this year, here is a list of the “celebrities”, from ATTPBGolf.com:

Ladies and gentlemen, Bill Murray. 🙈 pic.twitter.com/o5CVvxJRJp

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 5, 2022

 

 

Notoriously slow player, Kevin Na, and Grayson Murray, typically a field-filler on the PGA Tour, are trading insults on Twitter like a couple of juveniles.

If they penalized you like they should for slow play you’d never make another cut either. https://t.co/6oY80JrEDy

— Grayson Murray (@GraysonMurray) January 15, 2022

These two are supposed to be professionals, I am embarrassed for both of them.

You can read more about it on GolfChannel.com

Joaquin Niemann literally raced around the course for the final round at the Tour Championship.  Playing as a single, Niemann and his caddie, as well as the standard bearers, ran from shot to shot, green to tee, and everywhere in between to play the final round in under two hours.  In case you are wondering, he shot a 72.

Why is 4.5 hours considered a quick round?

Get the full story at GolfDigest.com

The final round is off and running.@JoacoNiemann 😂 pic.twitter.com/P8betY2YTR

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 5, 2021

Catch your breath, @JoacoNiemann. 😅

He sets the record for the fastest round played at East Lake. pic.twitter.com/T5fmmf2KB9

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 5, 2021

 

🥵 The look on Gary’s face says it all in this picture. 😂 Good thing I had my @avocados today 🥑🥑 Fun to finish in record time and appreciate the walking scorer and standard bearers keeping up! Thanks for all the cheers out there! pic.twitter.com/GbYKiTbtm1

— joaconiemann (@joaconiemann) September 5, 2021

This was of the more exciting finishes that I have seen recently as Patrick Cantlay and Bryson DeChambeau battled all day, and then into a 6-hole playoff at the BMW Championship.  As they say, drive for show and putt for dough, and that was proven again as Cantlay won despite being regularly outdriven by 40 yards by Bryson.

Here are the highlights from the PGA Tour’s Youtube Channel.