Paul, good luck on the tour! I was watching here for responses as I will be joining the Golf Channel Am Tour this spring. The courses are great, and I look forward to a different kind of competition from my usual Sunday group. Here's to finding no sandbaggers, enjoy!

Use to play on one in Myrtle Beach years ago.  It was fun for awhile, the travel and small fields did me in.  The slow play issue can also be annoying.  But overall I thought it was a very positive experience.  If your handicap will support it I would suggest a number of CGA events a year will give you top notch competition and play some great courses.

Hey! I played on the Golf channel AmTour for 5 years. Once you join you can play any city in the US. It opens up your options to play different courses and play with the competition who have to follow the rules of golf. If you can travel, I recommend the bigger cities who have more people to sign up but sometimes the course will dictate how many players will sign up. I played in events in the Jacksonville area, Pensacola, FL, Birmingham and Atlanta area. I like playing different courses though but had a great time every year. The tour directors in these areas are awesome. A lot of friends to make out there too!  I'd do it again so I'd recommend it and have fun.

I'm not a senior but thanks for that info.  I play a few of the SCGA tournaments a year and really enjoy them.  I've gotten my schedule worked out with tourneys for the am tour on Saturdays and one day SCGA tourneys on Sunday.  Alot of traveling but really looking forward to starting my path where i want to go.  Thanks for all the good lucks.  Will keep everyone posted.  Hoping for good things at kiawah Saturday

Haven't played on any Am tours, but I've certainly been thinking about the GolfWeek tour for the last year or two. Seems like it would at least be fun to get out and play different courses and meet some new people, but it just hasn't been in my budget. I'm glad you posted the question though because it's nice to read what others have experienced. Anyone do the GolfWeek Am Tour in the Ozark Region?

Finished 2nd in the Championship flight.  Shot 79 on Osprey Point.  Course was playing hard and tight but was in great shape.  Tour was serious enough for great competition but laid back enough to have a blast.  We tee it up again the 21st at Wild Dunes Harbor Course.  Should be a fun one.  Thanks for the support guys

I belong to Summerville Country Club.  Play a lot there and pine forest with a good friend.  just wanted to be able to play tournament golf on courses i normally don't get a chance to play.  The one thing I loved about the golfweek tour is the pace of play.  We finished in 4:10.  During tournament golf, you can't expect anything better.  Can't wait to get out on the Harbor Course next week.  Looks like the weather will be great. 

I just joined the golf channel AM Tour and I am looking forward to the season… I have played a few local NY/NJ tourneys the past 2 years as well as the Grey Goose world par 3 championships in Bermuda.  I really love Tournament play.

Good luck to you!

I've been seriously thinking about playing the Golf Channel Am Tour the last couple of years.  I just have had the time to do it lately.  Looking at the website, it looks like a lot of fun.  I like that I could play a variety of courses I might not ordinarily play.  This might not be the case for all of them, but at least a few tournaments I looked at had a lower entry fee than the greens fee would be.  I'm not sure how well it works, but I like how they have a slow pace policy.  That should all but eliminate 5 1/2 or 6 hour rounds.

For those that have played, is it any different than any other smaller/local tournaments?  Do they do anything special to make it feel like a bigger deal?  Or is it just a show up and play type of thing?

I played on the PGA New England Series last year for the first time. I joined it mostly to play on courses that I'd otherwise never get to play on (like TPC Boston) but it turned out that I also really enjoyed tournament golf and the cocompetitive environment.  Provides motivation for more practice.

I also joined the Golfweek Tour in Orlando and it seems to be really well run.   The cost is way cheaper than the GolfChannel Amateur Tour which I used to play on years ago.

The same courses this year are almost 60% less on the Golfweek Tour.

Got a win using new Titleist woods (Driver / Fairway / Hybrid), wedges and V1x's.    Got a Visa gift card and a nice trophy.  More importantly the people I played with were fun and the age groups were all over the map.

Looking forward they have a "major" at Kiawah island with gets two round one of which is the Ocean course for $375.   The others tours are charging almost $700!!!!

I'll kept posting as this is my first year on this tour and we'll see how it goes.

I'll be in Kiawah for the "major".  Should be a great tourney and a huge turnout.  1 round and turtle point and 1 on the ocean course is well worth the $375.  What flight are you in?

B Flight, but I'm trying to fight my way into A.  Couple of more good tournaments should do the trick.

Good luck to you.  See you in Kiawah this summer

I have played in the Golf Channel AmTour for last 4 years.  There are some really good guys on the Tour.  The Tour Director for the Carolinas is a great guy.  Events are all over both states.  The Majors are also a lot of fun.