FRISCO, Texas — The PGA High School Golf National Invitational presented by Titleist and FootJoy will be contested at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina, for three consecutive years beginning in 2025.
Now entering its seventh year, the PGA High School Golf National Invitational takes place each July and was previously held at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club from 2020-22.
The invitation-only field consists of the top high school golfers from small, large, public or private schools in nearly all 50 states who won their respective state high school championships as a team or as an individual.
Individual and team winners will be crowned following the three-day, 54-hole stroke-play event. Girls and boys medalists will receive exemptions into the same year’s Junior PGA Championships and North & South Junior Championship.
“Following back-to-back highly-successful editions of the PGA High School Golf National Invitational at PGA Frisco, we are ecstatic to take this great event back to another elite destination in Pinehurst,” said PGA of America President John Lindert, PGA Director of Golf at The Country Club of Lansing. “This Invitational continues to grow and showcase the talented young stars of our game. We look forward to seeing the action unfold in North Carolina over the next three years.”
Pinehurst Resort & Country Club first opened 130 years ago and now boasts 10 18-hole courses and regularly hosts numerous Championships, including the 2024 U.S. Open.
“As the home of American golf, we are steeped in history of hosting the best amateurs in the game,” said Matt Barksdale, Director of Golf at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club. “We look forward to welcoming back the PGA High School National Invitational to Pinehurst Resort and Country Club to continue on with that legacy.”
At the 2024 PGA High School Golf National Invitational, held in Northern Texas, Georgia (RVA) captured its third-consecutive boys team title with a three-day team score of 12-under-par 852, a new tournament record. Josiah Hakala from New Hampshire (MSC) won medalist honors after finishing 14-under par 202.
California (SMC) cruised to victory in the Girls Invitational with a three-day team total score of 55-under-par 809. Leigh Chien from California (SMC) claimed individual medalist honors following a 4-hole playoff against Olivia Hung from Taiwan (IND) at Fields Ranch West at PGA Frisco. Chien and Hung finished the final round tied at 17-under 199.