View Final Results \u2013 100th New Year\u2019s Invitational <\/a> <\/p>\n2026 Tournament Overview<\/p>\n
The 100th New Year\u2019s Invitational was contested January 2\u20134, 2026 at St. Petersburg Country Club, hosting its centennial championship on a newly rebuilt championship course stretching beyond 7,000 yards. <\/p>\n
ScheduleThursday, Jan. 1: Registration & Practice RoundFriday, Jan. 2: Round 1Saturday, Jan. 3: Round 2Sunday, Jan. 4: Final Round & Awards PresentationFormat54 holes, stroke playChampionship tees92-player invitational fieldNo cutWhat the Champion Earns<\/p>\n
The tournament champion earns an exemption into the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Lecom Suncoast Classic, providing a direct pathway from amateur competition into the professional ranks. The prize continues to elevate the New Year\u2019s Invitational as one of the most consequential early-season events on the amateur calendar.<\/p>\n
A Century of Significance<\/p>\n
First played in 1927, the New Year\u2019s Invitational has been contested every year at St. Petersburg Country Club without interruption. Originally a match play championship, the event transitioned to stroke play in 1956 and later adopted the modern 54-hole format.<\/p>\n
Its champions list underscores its role as a proving ground for elite talent, featuring Masters champion Bob Goalby, FedExCup winner Brandt Snedeker, PGA Tour winners J.B. Holmes and Gary Koch, European Tour winner Sam Horsfield, and U.S. Amateur champions Buddy Alexander and Peter Uihlein. More than 30 New Year\u2019s Invitational competitors have advanced to PGA Tour careers.<\/p>\n
The Venue: St. Petersburg Country Club<\/p>\n
Designed by Herbert Strong and opened in 1924, St. Petersburg Country Club is defined by small, elevated greens, strategic bunkering, and a routing that shifts wind direction on nearly every hole.<\/p>\n
A full renovation completed in 2024 introduced new tees, Bimini Bermuda fairways and rough, USGA-spec TifEagle greens, and a complete bunker rebuild with modern liners. The course now stretches beyond 7,000 yards, offering a firm, fast, and strategically demanding test for the Invitational\u2019s centennial playing.<\/p>\n
Recent Champions<\/p>\n
Recent editions illustrate the scoring standard required to win at St. Petersburg:<\/p>\n
2025: Cayden Pope (13-under 203)2024: Cooper Smith (13-under 203)<\/p>\n
The 100th edition reaffirmed the New Year\u2019s Invitational\u2019s place as one of amateur golf\u2019s most meaningful stages \u2014 a championship where history, opportunity, and pressure intersect to begin a new season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 2\u20134, 2026 \u00a0|\u00a0 St. Petersburg Country Club \u00a0|\u00a0 Saint Petersburg, Florida The New Year\u2019s Invitational returned to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[19545,19544,40960,40957,40961,40959,202,204,203,199,40958,201,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-105801","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-petersburg","8":"tag-amateur-golf-news","9":"tag-amateurgolf-com","10":"tag-florida-golf-tournaments","11":"tag-new-years-invitational","12":"tag-saint-petersburg-florida-golf","13":"tag-saint-petersburg-golf-tournaments","14":"tag-st-pete","15":"tag-st-pete-headlines","16":"tag-st-pete-news","17":"tag-st-petersburg","18":"tag-st-petersburg-country-club","19":"tag-st-petersburg-headlines","20":"tag-st-petersburg-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}