{"id":388037,"date":"2026-01-03T01:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388037\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T01:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T01:57:08","slug":"california-kicks-off-2026-with-a-packed-amateur-and-pro-qualifying-golf-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/388037\/","title":{"rendered":"California Kicks Off 2026 With a Packed Amateur and Pro Qualifying Golf Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pre Qualifier #7 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 19, 2026<br \/>Location: Twin Oaks Golf Course, San Marcos, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/12221\/Pre-Qualifier-7-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #1 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 20, 2026<br \/>Location: Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/11237\/Pre-Qualifier-1-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #2 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 20, 2026<br \/>Location: Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake, Chula Vista, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/11238\/Pre-Qualifier-2-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #3 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 21, 2026<br \/>Location: Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake, Chula Vista, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/12217\/Pre-Qualifier-3-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #5 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 21, 2026<br \/>Location: Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/12219\/Pre-Qualifier-5-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #4 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 22, 2026<br \/>Location: Enagic Golf Club at Eastlake, Chula Vista, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/12218\/Pre-Qualifier-4-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Pre Qualifier #6 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 22, 2026<br \/>Location: Industry Hills Golf Club (Eisenhower Course), City of Industry, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/12220\/Pre-Qualifier-6-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Southwestern Invitational Collegiate<\/p>\n<p>Dates: Jan 26\u201328, 2026<br \/>Location: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/7398\/Southwestern-Invitational-Collegiate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Monday Qualifier &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Classic<\/p>\n<p>Date: Jan 26, 2026<br \/>Location: Mission Viejo Country Club, Mission Viejo, CA <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amateurgolf.com\/amateur-golf-tournaments\/9576\/Monday-Qualifier-PGA-Tour-Farmers-Insurance-Classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:7px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:800;font-size:13px;background:#111827;color:#ffffff;\">View page \u2192 <\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;font-size:16px;\">From college season openers and elite amateur championships to direct PGA Tour pathways, January in California offers more competitive opportunities than nearly any other region. For players willing to travel, compete, and embrace variety\u2014from coastal wind to inland firmness\u2014this is where seasons begin, r\u00e9sum\u00e9s are built, and careers can change. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pre Qualifier #7 &#8211; PGA Tour Farmers Insurance Open Date: Jan 19, 2026Location: Twin Oaks Golf Course, San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[16669,16668,198507,64,63,198510,755,198511,198509,85,198508],"class_list":["post-388037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-amateur-golf-news","tag-amateurgolf-com","tag-amateurgolf-com-2026-silicon-valley-amateur-presented-by-callaway-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-california-golf-tournaments","tag-golf","tag-palo-alto-california-golf","tag-palo-alto-golf-tournaments","tag-sports","tag-stanford-university-golf-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}