Written by: Manvi Singh

The US Kids India Golf Tour returns to action after a long and enduring gap of 20 months. An opportunity for young golfers to step into American and European kids tours. 

The tournament schedule kickstarts from 21 October with the final Tour Championship on 28 January 2022 consolidating the event. 

The US Kids Golf North Tour will feature eight events which have been broken into four segments of two events each to be held back-to-back. With the new Tournament Director, Amit Dube, the tournament will be a stepping stone to promote the young talent in the country. 

“This season, the North Tour will be held on the Championship Course at the ITC Classic Golf and Country Club,” said Dube, a former Indian pro on the Indian and Asian Tour who is now also a highly respected coach.

Rajesh Srivastava, President of the US Kids Golf India, further added, “The tournaments in India offer Indian children a chance to play at home and qualify for the world-class events in the US and Europe. Previously, kids had to travel abroad to gain this priority status.”

Earlier the kids had to travel to Malaysia and other countries to qualify for the US Kids World Championship which hosted the US Open in the recent past, and also the US Kids Europe. Entries and spots to US Kids World Championships in Pinehurst and to events in Europe are decided on the basis of priority status earned on the basis of positions and scores on the US Kids Golf Tour India and outside.

Considering it to be an opportunity for growth and improvement, Srivastava talked about how the idea is to bring the most promising for the kids, “The idea is to give the kids the very best at a very early age so that they do not get overawed when they get to the courses in Europe and the US.”

Dube added, “Our aim is to provide the children top-class courses, just like what they will experience as they grow in the sport. The yardages, as in the two earlier seasons, will be age-specific and we are always at hand to advise and help the young golfers bloom into world champions.”

The US Kids Golf Tour which made its entry into India in 2018-19 and helped a number of youth play the US Kids events in Europe and the United States, had to halt its events following the outbreak of the pandemic.