By Susan Jenior

Staff Writer

If you are awake early this morning, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., it is worth turning on the Golf Channel to watch the National Drive, Chip and Putt Championship.

Watching the talented junior golfers — 40 girls and 40 boys between the ages of 7 and 15 who qualified through the 41 sections of the PGA — is both fun and inspiring.

Watch this competition and you realize that golf is alive and well in the United States with junior golfers inspired to great play.

Ohio golfers include: Kosei Imai (Powell), age 7-9 and Caz Zitzner (Springfield), age 10-11.

Information to register youth golfers in local qualifying events for the Drive, Chip and Putt is included in this column.

PAR 3 TOURNAMENT

As The Masters gets underway this week, one of the celebrated events is the Par-3 Tournament.

It is a family friendly event on a nine-hole course registering a par of 27.

You can participate in a version of the Masters Par 3 this week at Olde Dutch Mill Golf Course in Lake Milton.

The Masters Par 3 is held Thursday beginning a 5:15 p.m. and is a two-person scramble event. Olde Dutch Mill customizes their course to nine Par 3 holes.

Registration is $25 per person or $50 for the two-person scramble team.

Call 330-654-4100 to register.

MOTHER-DAUGHTER NIGHT

The Ohio Girls Golf Foundation and the NOPGA Section Foundation are partnering with the Aurora Group of Morgan Stanley for the second annual Bring Your Mom to Golf Night.

The event is May 9 beginning at 5:30 at Fox Den Golf Course. Girls ages 8 to 18 are invited to bring their mom or another female mentor to play in some friendly competitions while learning from PGA and LPGA professionals.

The event is free for all participants and includes dinner after the clinic.

Register by May 2. Go to oggf.org for registration information and additional details.

SHARE YOUR SUCCESS

Information for the column including tournaments, leagues and adult and junior golfers successes may be shared at golffam2@gmail.com or text 330-206-9083. We look forward to sharing the accomplishments of all golfers throughout the Spring and Summer.

GOLF CALENDAR

Note: To be added to this calendar, email golffam2@gmail.com or text 330-206-9083.

GOLF SCRAMBLES

May 24: Twin Lakes Spring Two-Player Scramble, Fairways at Twin Lakes, Kent. Registration $110 per player. Call 330-573-7888 or email Brian Harvey at twinlakesbharvey@gmail.com.

June 7: 8^th Annual Rootstown Endzone Club Golf Outing, Sunny Hill Golf Course, Brimfield. Registration $400 per team by May 30. Email rootstownendzoneclub@gmail.com or call 330-221-4293 for information.

June 29: Portage Sports Four-Person Scramble, Sunny Hill Golf Course, Brimfield. Registration $300 per team by June 20. Email tomnader@portagesports.com for information.

PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEURS

July 26-27: 95^th PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEURS: Windmill Lakes Golf Club July 26, Raccoon Hill July 27. County, Open and Women Divisions.

Aug. 30-31: 55^th SENIOR AMATEUR: Raccoon Hill Aug. 30, Windmill Lakes Aug. 31. Age divisions: 50-59, 60-69, 70-plus men and women.

July 22-23: 19^th MATT MISHLER JUNIOR PORTAGE COUNTY AMATEUR: Sunny Hill Golf Course July 22, Windmill Lakes Golf Course July 23. Age divisions 16-19, 13-15, 12 and under.

July 20: 11^TH PORTAGE COUNTY KIDS AM: July 20 at Sunny Hill Golf Course in Brimfield. Golfers entering ninth grade and younger.

For additional information on the Amateurs please feel free to email golffam2@gmail.com or text 330-206-9083. Registration is available at pcagolf.net, at all host golf courses or via mail.

NORTHERN OHIO PGA

May 28-29: 40^th Ohio Senior Open at Firestone Country Club’s Fazio Course.

June 2: Kenny Novak Pro-Junior-3 Am at Club Walden in Aurora.

June 30-July 2: 104^th Ohio Open at Firestone Country Club.

July 14-15: 36-hole Junior Series Championship at Windmill Lakes.

July 21: Ohio Girls Golf Foundation Showcase at Avon Oaks.

July 28-29: 42^nd NOPGA Junior Tour Championship at Barrington Golf Club.

Log onto www.thenorthernohiopga.com for registration and additional information

DRIVE, CHIP AND PUTT LOCAL REGISTRATION

July 1: Windmill Golf Center, 1511 E. Aurora Road, Macedonia; July 12: Mill Creek Golf Club, W. Golf Drive, Boardman.

July 27: Medina Country Club, 5588 Wedgewood Road, Medina. Log on to thenorthernohiopga.com for registration and additional information.