Amateur Golf
About
Each year, the Houston Golf Association conducts two Amateur Championships at Memorial Park Golf Course, the Greater Houston Men’s City Amateur and the Greater Houston Men’s Senior City Amateur. Prior to the championships, qualifiers are held to determine which amateurs will move on and play in each event. For the Greater Houston Men’s City Amateur, 144 players move on and will play 36 holes before a cut is made. The top 40 plus ties will move on to the third and fourth round (played on the same day). Click here for full the Greater Houston Men’s City Amateur information.
In the Senior division (ages 55+), 96 players move on to the tournament, including some in the Super Senior Division (ages 65+). Super Seniors will play a total of two rounds (36 holes), while the Senior division will be cut to the top 40 plus ties for the third and final round. Click here for the Greater Houston Men’s Senior City Amateur.
2018 Championships
Memorial Park Golf Course
Greater Houston City Amateur Championship
September 28 – 30, 2018
Greater Houston Senior City Amateur Championship
October 5 – 7, 2018
Register
Registration will open May 18, 2018.
2018 Qualifier Dates
Greater Houston City Amateur Championship Qualifiers
Riverbend Country Club – July 30, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Cypresswood Golf Club – Traditions – August 23, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Sugar Creek Country Club – August 27, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Eagle Pointe Golf Club – September 7, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Hearthstone Country Club – September 10, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Pine Forest Country Club – September 17, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Last Chance: Cypress Lakes Golf Club – September 20, 2018
Greater Houston Senior City Amateur Championship Qualifiers
Deerwood Country Club – August 20, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Pine Forest Country Club – September 17, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Bay Oaks Country Club – September 18, 2018 Tee Times & Results
Last Chance: Cypress Lakes Golf Club – September 20, 2018
*Players may only play in one qualifier excluding the Last Chance qualifier.
News
Secret Golf, Houston Golf Association Partner On Strategic Youth Initiative
Will Promote Digital Golf Instruction To Kids, Amateurs JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (January 23, 2017) – Secret Golf Inc., one of golf’s fastest-growing digital media instruction companies, today announced a partnership with the Houston Golf Association (HGA) on a significant youth initiative in the nation’s fourth-largest city. Secret Golf will provide an annual membership to its leading […]
Buzz Baker wins the 2017 Greater Houston Senior City Am Championship
By Richard Dean Buzz Baker vividly remembers the 3 ½-foot putt he missed in a 2007 playoff on the 18th green at Memorial Park Golf Course that denied him an opportunity to win the men’s city amateur championship. On Sunday, on the same green and facing a putt of similar distance on the same side of […]
Chuck Reeve Wins Super Senior, Three Tied for Final Round Greater Houston Senior City Amateur
Three players are tied for the lead at two-under par going into the final round of the the 2017 Greater Houston Senior City Amateur Championship. There is sure to be a shoot out on Sunday when 2012 champion Gary Durbin (70-72), Marshall Piper (69-73) and Hunter Nelson (69-73) tee it off at Memorial Park Golf Course. […]