The 2025 Future Golf Tour builds upon its recent updates, continuing to provide all players with a fair and competitive opportunity to win the major prize. Members can qualify for the Tour playoff by finishing in the Top 24 of the Tour leaderboard.
| Playoff Champion | Minor Champion | |
| 2025 Tour | Trip to Barnbougle + FG/TM Pack $500 + Cheque | $250 TM Pack + FG Golfer Membership |
| Series Winner | $250+ Prize from Commercial partner | N/A |
Barnbougle 2026
- Arrival: 27 March 2026
- Depart: 29 March 2026
Tour Structure
2025 Overall Tour (1 January - 31 December 2025)
- The Top 24 qualify to compete in the playoff (Mid January 2026) to crown the champion.
Future Golf Tour Playoffs
The 2025 Future Golf Tour Champion will be crowned at a playoff event, held at the start of 2026 year.
National Dates:
- VIC - TBC
- NSW - TBC
- WA - TBC
- SA - TBC
- QLD - TBC
How to qualify for the Future Golf Playoffs?
Similar to past years, your best 6 Tour point scores in 2025 will count towards the yearly leaderboard. The Top 24 members with the highest points will qualify for The Playoff.
Playoff Rules and Adjustments:
Some additional rules and advantages will reward higher-placed players and protect the integrity of the playoff:
- Softcap: Future Golf reserves the right to softcap a player if there has been a large variance in the past 12 months.
- Stableford Points Advantages:
- 1st place: 6 points
- 2nd-6th place: 3 points
- 7th-12th place: 2 points
- 13th-18th place: 1 points
- 19th-24th place: 0 points
- Winner Determination: Best Stableford score from The Playoff will be crowned Future Golf (state) Champion.
- Playoff hole(s) - if applicable. Members will be notified before the playoff if playoff is possible with partner course
- If not possible - Event Countback: (Golf Australia countback - Last 9, 6, 3, 1 holes).
- State Tour Champion: Playoff Winner.
- Prize: $500 TaylorMade Gift Pack & FG Trip to Barnbougle 2026 (27th-29th March 2026).
- Minor Tour Champion: End of Tour leaderboard leader.
- Prize: $250 Taylormade Gift Pack & FG "Golfer" Membership.
Future Golf Quarterly Series (QS)
Over the year, there will be 4 separate quarterly series:
- Q1 (January - March)
- Q2 (April - June)
- Q3 (July - September)
- Q4 (October - December)
Each quarter will include your best 3 scores over that period. The winner will have the highest points.
Quarterly Winners:
- Prize: $250+ prize pack from Future Golf Partner
Future Golf Tour & Quarterly Series Rules
- All official individual events will have Tour points attached.
- No Tour points will be allocated for team (Ambrose) events or formats not synced to GOLF Link.
- Golfers at each event will receive Future Golf Tour points. Countback will decide places if on equal points (30 points for 1st place, 28 points for 2nd place, 27, 26, 25, and so on, down to 1 point).
- Every golfer that plays gets 1 point.
- Players' best 6 results (Tour) & 3 results (QS) count towards the leaderboards.
- Maximum points possible in a Tour: 180 (6 wins).
- Maximum points possible in a Quarterly Series: 90 (3 wins).
- All paid Future Golf members automatically receive entry into the Tour & QS.
- Future Golf Team members working on events are eligible for points and prizes only when they’ve contributed to their event entry.
- Event Countback: (Golf Australia countback rules apply):
- Best total score for the last 9 holes (10-18 on the card), then
- Best total score for the last 6 holes (13-18 on the card), then
- Best total score for the last 3 holes (16-18 on the card), then
- Best total score for the last hole (18 on the card), then
- Hole-by-hole going backward from the 18th.
- Eligibility: Only players with current and valid official handicaps at the time of an event are eligible to receive Future Golf Tour points.
Tour & Quarterly Series Countback:
- Most Wins.
- Most Runners-Up.
- Total of Best 7 - Tour, Best 4 QS rounds in points, then Best 8/5, etc., until a winner is determined.
Regular Events
- Every event will have prizes thanks to Drummond Golf,TaylorMade & CBCo
- Grade winner $75 & runner up $50
- Under 30 players = No grades - Drummond Golf Voucher 1st & 2nd ($125)
- Over 30 players = 2 Grades with - Drummond Golf Voucher 1st & 2nd in each grade ($250)
- Over 60 players = 3 Grades with 1st & 2nd in each grade ($375)
- Novelty prizes provided by TaylorMade Golf- Sleeve of Balls
- Novelty prizes provided by CBCo - 6 pack of Beer or $20 Voucher
- Pro Pin winner takes all ($5 entry).
Grades:
- 3 Grades:
- A Grade: Up to 11-14.
- B Grade: 11-23.
- C Grade: 20 & above.
- 2 Grades:
- A Grade: Up to 11-15.
- B Grade: 11 and above.