ABOUT DRIVE CHIP & PUTT
A joint initiative founded in 2013 by the Masters Tournament, United States Golf Association and The PGA of America, Drive, Chip and Putt is a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the three fundamental skills employed in golf.
By tapping the creative and competitive spirit of girls and boys ages 7-15, Drive, Chip and Putt provides aspiring junior golfers an opportunity to play with their peers in qualifiers around the country. Participants who advance through local, sub-regional and regional qualifying in each age/gender category earn a place in the National Finals, which is conducted at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday before the Masters Tournament and is broadcast live by Golf Channel.
GET INVOLVED! LOCAL QUALIFYING:
https://www.drivechipandputt.com/qualifying-locations
SUCCESS AT NATIONAL FINALS
Two Central Ohioans have won their division at the Drive Chip & Putt National Finals. In 2021, Dublin’s Brady Barnum won the boys 10-11 division. A year later in 2022, New Albany’s Mia Hammond won the Girls 14-15 division, sinking BOTH competition putts on the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club.
PAST CENTRAL OHIO COMPETITORS
2025
Ko Imai (Powell)
2024
Nikitha Suresh (Plain City)
Calista Han (Lewis Center)
2023
Harrison Young (Dublin)
2022
Mia Hammond (New Albany) WINNER
Calista Han (Lewis Center)
2021
Brady Barnum (Dublin) WINNER
Kristina Ma (Columbus)
2018
Jackson Harris (Powell)
Brady Barnum (Dublin)
2017
Leila Raines (Galena)
Julia Rabadam (Upper Arlington)
Ethan Ritter (New Albany)
2016
Mia Raines (Galena)
Natalia Somplovorachai (Lewis Center)