- Provide the Most Positive Environment for Development and Create More Opportunities for All Players to Succeed
- Staff to Help Educate Players and Families on Playing Competitive Golf
- Our staff is made up of PGA Members, USGA Certified Rules Officials, College Golfers, Former College Golfers, and almost all are former FCG Tour players and know exactly how we want the events to run. – No Interns
- We Outwork our Competition because we care the most
- Teach the Work Ethic that Helps Players Succeed in Golf and in Life
- Membership is NOT required to Play
- We are a small business and we all wear a lot of hats to make the FCG Tour work. We started the program simply to make junior golf better, more affordable, more fun, and with the desire to keep kids interested in the game longer and avoid burnout.
Future Champions Golf was developed to better help our kids succeed in golf. Started in 2004 by PGA Teaching Professional Chris Smeal as an instruction only program at Stadium Golf Center in San Diego, CA. After a few years of success developing young players and high school kids the program really took shape in 2007 as more and more good players started training with Chris at the Academy. After hearing from players and parents and seeing a need for a new tournament platform Chris launched the FCG Tour and hired Antrone Williams to be the Tournament Director.
The first year FCG Tour hosted 12 two-day events and one Kids Tour event a month on local par 3 and executive courses. FCG has always tried to develop what was needed in junior golf, strives to make each program better all the time. In 2008 FCG launched the San Diego Junior Amateur which today is called the FCG National Championship. This event has grown to host as many as 550 players from all over the world and is annually held in San Diego during Winter Break. Last event featured 37 College Coaches on site recruiting at the event. The Tour is highlighted by the FCG World Series Events that makes up 12 amazing tournament opportunities that attract players from around the world.
The biggest events include the FCG National Championship (550 Players), the FCG International Junior Golf Championship (632 Players from 32 Countries) the FCG Callaway World Championship at Mission Hills (2022 680 Players from 40 Countries). We now have qualifying events for our top world series events all around the world and across the USA in most States. The FCG Academy is still located at Stadium Golf Center and has seen tremendous success across the board from helping players to play college golf and just loving the game and playing for the right reasons. We pride ourselves on creating the most positive environment for our kids and hope they learn to just love the game, time with their friends and family, and if they choose they have the right opportunity to play at the highest level. To date 167 students have earned College Golf Scholarships.
We have a huge vision for the Future Champions Golf Tour and we hope you join in the fun.
WHERE THE FUTURE OF GOLF COMPETES
Future Champions Golf didn’t start as a big tour, a global company, or a business plan. It started in San Diego in 2004 with a simple idea — help junior golfers get better, learn how to compete, and create opportunities for them to play at the
next level.
What began as a local teaching program quickly grew into tournaments. Those tournaments grew into a tour. That tour grew into national championships. Those championships grew into world championships. And today, Future Champions Golf has become one of the largest and most influential junior golf platforms in the world.
But what we have built is not just a tournament tour. We have built a pathway.
MORE THAN TOURNAMENTS — A PATHWAY
Future Champions Golf now hosts over 150 tournaments annually in the United States along with international qualifying events across Asia, Europe, Mexico, Canada, South America and more. Each year, thousands of junior golfers compete on the FCG platform with one goal — to improve, compete, and open doors for their future.
Our platform is designed to help players move through every stage of competitive golf:
• Local and regional tournaments
• National championships
• International competition
• College golf exposure
• Major amateur championships
• Professional golf opportunities
• We believe junior golf should lead somewhere. • Every tournament should matter.
• Every round should be part of a bigger journey.
That is what Future Champions Golf is built around — opportunity and progression.
A GLOBAL TOUR, BASED IN SAN DIEGO
Future Champions Golf is proudly headquartered in San Diego, California, but our reach is global. Players from more than 40 countries compete in FCG events each year, and our international qualifying system continues to expand around the world.
Our major championships — including the FCG Callaway World Championship, FCG International Junior Golf Championship, and FCG National Championship — bring together some of the strongest junior golf fields anywhere in the world.
At our World Championship alone, over 700 players from 40+ countries compete across 11 championship golf courses in one of the largest multi-course junior tournaments in the world. 30 College Golf Coaches on site recruit at this event. We are not just running tournaments. We are building a global competitive platform for junior golf.
COLLEGE GOLF EXPOSURE & RECRUITING
One of the biggest goals for many junior golfers is to play college golf. Future Champions Golf has built one of the strongest college coach networks in junior golf, with hundreds of college coaches following FCG events, rankings, and player results each year.
We are continuing to innovate in recruiting with the launch of Campus, our college recruiting platform that connects junior golfers and college coaches in a more modern, streamlined way. Player profiles, tournament results, video, academics, and communication tools will all be part of one ecosystem designed to make recruiting easier for players and coaches.
We believe the future of recruiting will be more transparent, more digital, and more connected — and we plan to be at the center of that future.
WHY FCG IS DIFFERENT
FCG has always been built around a few core beliefs:
• Competitive environments help players grow
• Playing multi-day tournaments prepares players for college golf
• International competition makes players better
• Opportunities and exemptions motivate players
• Families and players should feel welcomed and supported • Golf should be challenging, but also fun and inspiring
• The experience matters just as much as the results
We are large enough to provide incredible opportunities and global events, but still small enough to know our players, families, and coaches personally. That balance has always been a big part of what makes FCG special.
LOOKING FORWARD
Future Champions Golf has grown every year since 2004, but we believe we are just getting started.
The future includes:
• More international qualifiers
• More college recruiting technology through Campus • Expanded world championships
• Media coverage and live scoring at events
• More exemptions into major amateur and professional tournaments
• Continued growth of the FCG global tournament platform
Our goal is simple, but big:
To build the best junior golf tour and development platform in the world.
We are building something much bigger than tournaments. We are building a global platform for the next generation of golfers.
FCG — Where the Future of Golf Competes.
What College Coaches Say About FCG
What Parents and Players Say About FCG
A few other programs and initiatives we host or support:
- FCG Top 50 Elite Junior Golf Coach Award
- FCG World Putting Championship
- Friends of Jaclyn Charity
- San Diego Junior Golf Association
- Pro Kids Golf Academy
Recent Post from our FCG Founder – Chris Smeal
Woke up wide awake at 3am today and sat and thought about what it is I do, what I like to do, and what makes me tick. Everyday I do a ton of different things but it all revolves around CREATING. I love making something come to life or happen that wasn’t there before. On the lesson tee I realy feel like I am CREATING PEOPLE (might not be the right term but I am going with it). I say CREATING PEOPLE because although I am not the only influence on these kids lives I recognize I am a significant importance especially to those who have Fully Committed to what I coach (You know who you are and I thank you and your parents for the Opportunity). I get to CREATE and shape their personalities, CREATE their GOLF SWINGS. help them see perspective, help them understand life through golf. I think I have cried with more students this year than any other year… kids have it tough these days with pressures to succeed, school, life, etc… It is NOT EASY! and it is DEFINITELY not all about GOLF so that’s why I say CREATING PEOPLE (and I love helping people, especially kids). With Future Champions Golf I am constantly CREATING new experiences, new ideas, new ways to make FCG better. With my daughter I am CREATING a lifestyle and environment for her to succeed, to let her decide what she really likes to do (She loves Shark Tank, how cool is that! ), and with myself I am simply trying to CREATE a better version of me. I have a long way to go on my CREATIVE JOURNEY but I am enjoying the Journey more than ever and that’s why I choose to share. Feel free to unfollow, I am paving my own way and so should you. ***the CREATIVITY runs deep in my family thanks to these people – with BriGeeski Chris Smeal Cheri Smeal