Adapting to a new generation of golfers

We are excited to begin the 2017 City Tour season in just a couple weeks! This summer the City Tour is hosting over 60 tournaments in 20 cities across the country. Whether you've played before or not, we wanted to share some new and exciting changes that have been made this season.

Each season, we use feedback and poll results from Nextgengolf City Tour players across the country to determine the ideal tournament courses. In 2017, we received great responses and suggestions to our survey indicating the best courses, and wanted to take a look at the best of the best.

City Tour golfers are employed by many of the top national employers including Deloitte, IMG, JP Morgan and many more.  Since all players live in major cities across the country, and are either starting off in their careers or are already established in their professions, it’s great to celebrate the diversity in backgrounds and experiences.

City Tour golfers represent all types of different backgrounds and professions.  Since all members are between ages 18 and 40, we find diverse tournament fields ranging from college players to golfers in their 30’s with busy jobs and kids.

Seaview Golf Resort in Atlantic City made for a great setting for the 2016 City Tour Championship, and the golfers more than kept up their end of the bargain with some fantastic play over 36-holes.

One of the main inspirations behind starting the City Tour in 2014 was a question we kept getting asked frequently by graduating club golfers.

The top-ranked team at this year's City Tour Championship will be Team FOD from Pittsburgh.

One of the most overlooked parts of planning an event is emergency preparation. How would you react if (blank) happened? Luckily it hasn't happened before, but if there's a medical emergency at this year's City Tour Championship you can count on Team Balls Deep to snap into action.

The words to describe Team Big Booty, which qualified for the 2016 City Tour Championship out of New York, can best be summed up in their expectations for the weekend.

One question overheard at the Boston City Tour tournaments this summer: "Who are those guys wearing the Hawaiian shirts?"

The 2016 City Tour season has officially wrapped up all qualifying tournaments! The season began a little less than three months ago on May 15th, and now teams are punching their ticket for the 2016 City Tour Championship taking place in Atlantic City at Seaview Golf Resort in September. The final weekend marked the last opportunity for teams to climb the rankings and earn a spot in the championship.

Here's all the action that went down in each city across the country.

Atlanta

The team of "Gerr Naked Lades" rolled to an 11-stroke victory in the best-ball format of the Atlanta City Tour at Bear's Best Golf Club, with "Dude Where's My Par" taking home the scramble victory. The pair of Tyler Hogan and Johnny Garstka tied at the top of the leaderboard with Connor Cousens and Brent Battson at 71 (-1).

The 2016 City Tour Championship at Seaview Golf Resort in Atlantic City is quickly approaching. Through three tournaments, some teams have already started punching their tickets for the event. The championship will give players from across the country the opportunity to compete in the Best Ball or Scramble formats to take home the respective titles.  

One question we here at Nextgengolf receive frequently is: "What type of golfers play on the City Tour?". While everyone is different, and has their own background in the game of golf, we've discovered a few traits that consistently are heard time and time again from golfers.