The Path
Don’t put them on the wrong calendar.
One kid wants 9s and a snack. One has practice tonight and a Sunday if you’re lucky. One started in the yard at four and already has a local tee time. Those are not the same year. Switch when the year changes.
9s and a snack
Play along
League. Cheap holes. High school if they want teammates. Nobody is keeping a ranking. That’s the point.
Practice tonight
Two sports
Basketball, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, tennis — whatever they actually play — owns the week. Golf gets the Sunday you can keep. Skip the local. That’s what regionals are for.
Bag since they could stand
Already scoring
Locals at 5 or 6. States and Under Armour by 7–10. You’re already in it. Don’t pretend this is still just Saturday with dad.
Two sports
01
Season split
About 4–8
Basketball, baseball, lacrosse, hockey, tennis — whatever they actually play — own the week and the dark months. Golf owns the Sundays you can keep. They still get a bag that fits.
See Season split →
02
Home Sundays
About 7–12
Locals you can actually keep. Regionals and states for the status you can’t earn skipping weeks. The other sports stay on the calendar.
See Home Sundays →
03
Pick the weekends
About 10–15
Travel is a choice. Worlds if they already have it. A trip the whole family wants. High school and the other varsity both get a vote.
See Pick the weekends →
04
Still a golfer
About 15–18, then forever
Two varsities is allowed. College golf is optional. The game is still theirs at 40 even if they never posted an AJGA number.
See Still a golfer →
14 rungs on the site. You only walk the ones on this map. The other kid in the group might be on the other one. That’s fine.