The first wave of qualifying for the 2026 Golden Tee World Championship kicked off on Monday, November 3rd. This year, qualifying begins with a new 20 week Tour Mode season for both Commercial and Home Edition players. Every round you play, every point you earn, and every great shot that drops will move you one step closer to Las Vegas.

Instead of multiple shorter seasons, this Tour Mode will run as one long event. Each week, players will take on five games on the same featured course, with course conditions changing round to round. Your total score from those five games determines your weekly placement, tour points, and payouts. The higher you finish, the more tour points you earn toward your season total.

Over the 20 week season, those tour points will add up to form your final ranking. Two elevated events during the run will offer 1.5x tour points, giving players even more reason to show up and play. End-of-season standings will decide not only the prize winners in each division, but also the group of players heading to the 2026 World Championship. If you qualify at both home and commercial, the home spot will be the spot that you take.

Tour Mode World Championship Spots

This first qualifying wave will send 50 Commercial players and 15 Home Edition players to the 2026 Golden Tee World Championship.

Here’s how the Commercial spots break down:

• 50 spots from the Gold Division
• 10 spots from the Silver Division
• 5 spots from the Bronze Division

Home Edition players will compete for 15 total spots in their own Tour Mode season.

That’s 65 total players who will punch their tickets to the biggest event in Golden Tee. More qualifying details and additional ways to earn your way to Worlds will be announced soon.