The 2026 GAP/AGA tournament schedule features a brand-new event, the Northeast Match Play Invitational.
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This season-long competition includes will include 16 male amateurs, eight senior (ages 55-64) amateurs and eight super-senior (ages 65 or older) amateurs. It is an invitation-only event based on the 2025 GAP/AGA Player of the Year standings.
The Northeast Match Play Invitational will take place in schedule windows. The Amateur Division is as follows: Round of 16 (June 1-30), Quarterfinals (July 1-31) and Semifinals (Aug. 1-31). The schedule window for the Senior and Super-Senior divisions is as follows: Quarterfinals (July 1-31) and Semifinals (Aug. 1-31).
The Final is set for Sept. 24 at Country Club of Scranton. The Amateur Division tees off at 8 a.m. followed by the Senior (8:10 a.m.) and Super-Senior (8:20 a.m.) divisions.
Registration for all remaining GAP/AGA events, save for the Coal Scuttle Championships, opens March 2. The Women’s Four-Ball returns for a second year in a new time window (June) and at a new venue (Valley Country Club).
| Event | Date | Venue |
| 17th Modified Stableford Tournament | April 15 | Huntsville Golf Club |
| BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship Qualifying | May 7 | Berwick Golf Club |
| U.S. Open Local Qualifying | May 11 | Elmhurst Country Club |
| 25th Ben Marshall Spring Four-Ball | May 19 | Fox Hill Country Club |
| 18th Spring Stroke Play | May 27 | Elmhurst Country Club |
| 2nd Women’s Four-Ball | June 8 | Valley Country Club |
| Open Championship Qualifying | June 23 | StoneHedge Golf Course |
| 27th Over/Under 50 Tournament | June 29 | Elmhurst Country Club |
| 26th Sam Spencer Four-Ball | July 8 | Glen Oak Country Club |
| 24th Stroke Play Championship | July 16 | Huntsville Golf Club |
| 19th Founders Four-Ball | Aug. 12 | Elkview Country Club |
| 12th Super-Senior Coal Scuttle Championship | Aug. 19 | Elkview Country Club |
| 34th Women’s Coal Scuttle Championship | Aug. 20 | Wyoming Valley Country Club |
| 44th Senior Coal Scuttle Championship | Sept. 9 | Elkview Country Club |
| 76th Men’s Coal Scuttle Championship | Sept. 26-27 | Huntsville Golf Club/Fox Hill Country Club |
| 13th Carlyle Robinson Fall Four-Ball | Oct. 12 | Wyoming Valley Country Club |
| Volunteers Day (Northeast) | Oct. 15 | Valley Country Club |
| Player’s Dinner | Nov. 13 | Glenmaura National Golf Club |
The Coal Scuttle championships perpetually highlight the GAP/AGA calendar. Elkview Country Club shoulders half the host load: Super-Senior (Aug. 19) and Senior (Sept. 9). Wyoming Valley Country Club welcomes the Women’s Coal Scuttle Championship on Aug. 20. The 76th Men’s Coal Scuttle Championship will take place at Huntsville Golf Club on Sept. 26 and Fox Hill Country Club on Sept. 27.
Gross division winners of any GAP/AGA event will earn an invitation to the Anthracite Player’s Dinner, set for Nov. 13at Glenmaura National Golf Club. Now in its third year, the Anthracite Player’s Dinner celebrates the season’s tournament winners with food and fellowship.
For more information regarding the GAP/AGA schedule, contact Patrick Lloyd, GAP Director of Northeast Operations, at 610-687-2340 ext. 0017 or via email at plloyd@gapgolf.org.
GAP
Celebrating Amateur Golf since 1897, GAP, also known as the Golf Association of Philadelphia, is the oldest regional or state golf association in the United States. It serves as the principal ruling body of amateur golf in its region. The organization’s 345 Member Clubs and 130,000 individual members are spread across Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland. The GAP’s mission is to promote, preserve and protect the game of golf.
