Welcome to the official web site of the 78^th Dixie Amateur Championship.

The 2008 Dixie Amateur Championships will see exciting changes. The first and most notable change is the tournament’s new location, The Heron Bay Golf Club. Heron Bay was built in 1996 to host the PGA TOUR’S Honda Classic. Between 1997 and 2002 V.J. Singh, Jesper Parnevic, Dudley Hart, Stuart Appleby, Matt Kuchar and Mark Calcavecchia won at Heron Bay. The Dixie Amateur’s new home will provide a stern test of golf  with pristine conditioning.

The 2008 Amateur will be separated into three separate tournaments during three different weeks. The Senior and Super Senior tournament will be held December 12-14, the Men’s tournament will be held December 20-23 and the Women’s tournament will be held January 1-4. All three tournaments will have fields off 168 players. Invitations will be mailed out to the Worlds Top Amateurs and leading Amateur Associations on June 15^th. The Final Tournament Fields will be set November 15th.

“Moving the Dixie Amateur to Heron Bay is a great enhancement to what is already one of the international golf community’s finest amateur events,” states Jeff Hunt, the Dixie Amateur’s new Tournament Director. “We expect the field to be it’s strongest ever, and when you consider how many Dixie winners have gone on to win on the PGA and LPGA TOURS, that says something,” Hunt adds.

The Dixie Amateur is one of the oldest amateur golf championships in the United States having started at the old Miami Country Club in 1924. Rich in history and tradition the Dixie Amateur attracts the best amateurs from around the world with players invited from over 30 golf federations worldwide.

TITLEIST/GOLFWEEK awards points towards National Rankings in all divisions. The Dixie Amatuer is a “stepping stone” to the PGA, LPGA and Nationwide tours, just check out our past champions page and see who has won.