The 2025 U.S. Challenge

Individual and Team Championship

Presented By

USA Today Sports/Golfweek & The Sun Country Amateur Golf Association

Hosted By

Hobe Sound Golf Club

Hobe Sound, FL 

April 27-30, 2025 

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Welcome to the 2025 U.S. Senior Challenge at Hobe Sound Golf Club. Now in its 40th year, the U.S. Senior Challenge was the nation's first senior amateur golf tournament, allowing individuals or 4-man state teams to compete. The U.S. Senior Challenge is a tournament within a tournament where individual and team champions will be crowned.

 

FORMAT: A player may register as an individual or part of a four-man team. Individuals will play a standard 54-hole tournament format. Those registering as a state team will play a 54-hole format where the best three of four scores will determine the team total. Each team player will also be competing as an individual. (Individual players may be combined from contiguous states to form a team if desired.) Teams may be made up of individuals from any age division. There will be a team champion crowned, as well as an individual winner in each division. 

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: The U.S. Senior Challenge is certified by The USGA and R&A as a World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) counting tournament leading to 25+ exemptions into the 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur to be held at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tenn.   

  

Tournament Facts:

 - Eligibility:   

- Senior Golfers must be 55 years old by April 27, 2025

 

Tees:

-The Senior Division (age 55-64) will play 6400 - 6700 yards

-The Super Senior Division (age 65-69) will play 6100 - 6300 yards

-The Legends Division (age 70-74) will play 5900 - 6100 yards

-The Super Legend Division (age 75+) will play 5400 - 5800 yards 

Course conditions will determine the yardage and will vary from day to day. 

 

Conditions of Play:

USGA Rules of Golf shall be in effect

 

Daily tournament coverage can be found at www.golfweekseniornation.com

 

Tournament registration is $795.00 and includes the fantastic opportunity to play four rounds of tournament golf at the private Hobe Sound Golf Club and includes:

- One (1) Practice round with a cart

- Optional skins game.

- Three (3) tournament rounds with a cart at Hobe Sound Golf Club

- Use of the complete practice facilities during the tournament

- On Sunday night, April 27, The Challenge Man of the Year dinner is included in the price. Dinner guests are welcome for        $100.00, payable at registration. Attendance is STRONGLY encouraged

- An awards luncheon following the final round of play for players and spouses.

 

Optional practice rounds: Other than the April 27 shotgun, additional practice rounds are available at the prevailing club rate by calling the Hobe Sound Golf Club pro shop and identifying yourself as a Senior Challenge participant. 

 

Schedule of Events:  

 

Sunday, April 27

Breakfast is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

Practice Round: 1:30 PM Shotgun 

6:00 PM Challenge Man of the Year Dinner with spouse included (You are strongly encouraged to attend)

 

Monday, April 28

Breakfast is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

Round 1 - 8:00 AM Tee times off of #1 & #10

Lunch is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

 

Tuesday, April 29

Breakfast is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

Round 2 - 8:00 AM Tee times off of #1 & #10

Lunch is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

 

Wednesday, April 30

Breakfast is available for purchase at Hobe Sound Golf Club

Round 3 - 8:00 AM Tee times off of #1 & #10

Awards luncheon post round included for player and spouse 

Departures

 

Contact Us:  

Ron Gaines, Golfweek Senior Tournament Director & Senior Rankings: rgaines@golfweek.com

Mike Quinlan, President / Executive Director of the U.S. Senior Challenge: mjquinl@yahoo.com

 

VISIT US AT: www.golfweekseniornation.com