• SPEEDGOLF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    IT'S ABOUT TIME

    Welcome to the home of speedgolf in Southern California

     

    Our 2024 season has started and our players will be now playing at 5 courses around

    SoCal every week through September

     

    We have clubs in Los Angeles, Orange County, Temecula and now San Diego.

    Each Speedgolf SoCal club is open to new members for the season. All are invited to play, but you do need

    a basic ability to play golf and ability to jog between shots.

     

    Please email us with questions, comments or interest in playing or bringing speedgolf to your facility

  • 2024 Speedgolf SoCal Festival

    October 5-6, 2024

    Temecula CA

    Players package includes:

    - 2 rounds of speedgolf:

    Saturday: Speedgolf Ryder Cup + Intro to Speedgolf play

    Sunday: Asics Speedgolf Challenge

    - Breakfast each day following speedgolf event

    - Players gift bag

    - Fun events planned throughout weekend for players and their guests

    -Sunday golf bags will be onsite for loan and purchase

    - Cost $150/player

     

    - Lodging and additional meals at players own expense. We are working on a preferred rate for the Temecula Creek Inn

     

    Once you register below, we will be in touch for your registration entry

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  • Registration

    Come join us for some golf, some fitness and some fun!

    Once you submit registration, we'll contact you to arrange payment (Venmo, PP, Zelle)

  • WHAT IS SPEEDGOLF?

    Speedgolf is a fun, fitness-oriented, fast-growing sport, which combines two popular but unrelated activities, golf & running. Golf no longer has to take 5+ hours or replace a fitness workout.
     
    We're growing speedgolf in Southern California and always welcome new players to join us for our unique speedgolf 'training rounds' at local courses. All abilities welcome to play. Only requirements are you play golf (ideally <25 hdcp), are able to run/jog/walk briskly, and like to have fun with like-minded others
     
    We also are actively looking for golf course partners to host speedgolf clubs at their facility. It requires zero investment or resources from your staff, attracts professional fitness-mined players, and proven track record for 7 years of driving incremental revenue without disputing regular play or course maintenance operations.

    HOW IS SPEEDGOLF DIFFERENT FROM TRADITIONAL GOLF?

    • Same rules, same courses, but a new approach to golf since speedgolf adds the element of time as an additional performance factor. In a speedgolf tournament, your speedgolf score is your golf score added to the time it takes to complete your round. In tournament play, golfers play and are timed individually
    • Speedgolf SoCal 'training rounds' are played in groups of 2-4 players of similar speed and abilities, keeping their own score and staying pace with their group
    • Players move as quickly as they are comfortable with between shots, use a limited set of clubs (4-6), and carry their own bag, which is a smaller, lightweight stand or carry bag. Bags are carried, not dragged, and never placed on the green surface
    • Etiquette and general golf rules are the same as golf, players are expected to care for the course (rake bunkers, fix ball marks), and be aware of other players in their group
    • Players are approved to wear athletic attire, comfortable running shoes. Rain gloves are recommended if you tend to sweat when working out/running
    • Speedgolf will improve your fitness, improve your golf game and allow you to play more golf (9 hole rounds average 30-45 minutes, and 18 hole rounds average 1-1.5 hours for speedgolfers)
  • 2024 Speedgolf SoCal Membership

    Speedgolf SoCal is a fun, membership-based club, open to all skill and fitness levels.

    We are a collection of like-minded golfers, runners and fitness-enthusiasts who share the love of playing more golf, increasing fitness, and doing it all by 7am and getting on with the day.

    Your golf game will improve and you will become more fit playing speedgolf

     

    For the 2024 season (April-September), membership

    is $75 per player, (additional $40 to join SCGA to keep your handicap), and includes the following:

    • 1st priority to reserve your spot each round (limited to 12 players/round)
    • Players jersey & hat
    • Discounted green fees ($20 for 18 holes)
    • Access to speedgolf loaner bags (as available)
    • New friends, part of a global fitness/golf community
    • Ability to brag to co-workers that you already finished 18 holes and 4+ miles before they got out of bed
    • We also are an official SCGA club so you can join SCGA though our club, and post your scores as part of our club
    • Anyone can come play one round before joining to see if it's right for you (provided there are available spots)

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  • SPEEDGOLF IN THE NEWS

    Read about the fast-growing new version of golf

    (Click on images to read article)

    Buy Ricks book here

    Speedgolf SoCal featured in bestselling sportswriter Rick Reilly book

    Buy Ricks book here

    Member of the Sportswriters Hall of Fame. He’s been voted National Sportswriter of the Year 11 times over a career that began in 1979. USA Today called Reilly “the closest thing sportswriting ever had to a rock star.” The Sherman Report called Reilly “easily the most read sportswriter of his generation.”

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    A Brief History of Time + Score

    Rob Hogan, a struggling golf player in the West of Ireland, discovers that he has a bizarre talent for combining running and golf. This book traces the history of speedgolf, from 1931 right up until a 2012 tipping point at Bandon Dunes and then Hogan’s decade long journey in the sport.

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    Welcome to Speed Golf, A Sport for Maniacs Who Also Golf!

    I spent a round with these guys who formed the LA chapter of this growing sport. They play 18 holes in about an hour!

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    A Unique Combatant To Slow Play

    Combining golf with fitness is building momentum across Southern California

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    Pace of Change Podcast series

    Broadcasting The Evolution Of Golf In The 21st Century

    In the next 5 to 10 years the game of golf is going to undergo some major transformations. This purpose of this podcast is to broadcast the evolutionary journey the game of golf is on as we head into the chaotic and mind-numbing pace of life in 21st Century. That’s right, we are inviting you, the listener, with us on this incredible adventure this game is embarking on.

    Each week we’re going to keep you up to speed on the latest game changing news and developments, we’re going to bring you interviews with the pioneers, thought leaders, and change agents in the industry, and highlight innovative breakthroughs in technology and alternative formats like speedgolf, footgolf, disc golf, and fling golf. All this will shed light on the ways in which golf is changing to keep pace with the demands of the modern world.

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    SoCal Golf Insider Summer Edition

    15 Things you must do this summer in SoCal

    Southern California

     

    Speedgolf mixes the precision of golf with the athleticism of running for an exciting, fast-paced sport. 18 holes, about 4 miles, and in under 75 minutes.

     

     

    After all, isn't summer about getting your workout in early so you can chill the rest of the day?

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    Speedgolf Arrives in Los Angeles

    South Bay local Garlin Smith bringing athleticism & fitness to golf

    Los Angeles, CA

     

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    Pace of play not an issue in speed golf

    "I play at 6 a.m., run five miles, get in 18 holes, get home by 8 a.m. and my wife and kid are just getting out of bed.'"- Tim Scott, Speedgolf Professional

    NBC-The Golf Channel

     

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    Speed golf continues to grow around the world

    A ton of great articles on the growth of Speedgolf around the USA and the world

    http://www.playspeedgolf.com/

     

  • SPEEDGOLF VIDEOS

    Cross train? Triathlon? Check out the most unique hybrid sport in the world!

    Fun overview on Speedgolf SoCal from Spectrum TV Los Angeles,

    hosted by Nikki Kay

     

     

    This is an oldie but such a goodie!

    Professional Speedgolfer Rob Hogan provides a great video tutorial into the new sport of speedgolf

    18 holes of Speedgolf in under a minute!

    Very cool video of Christopher Smith, founder of Speedgolf International playing a flawless round at Bandon Dunes Oregon

    Considered the fastest woman speedgolfer, Lauren Cupp introduces The Today Show audience to our emerging sports of speedgolf!

    Rancho Carlsbad gets on the Speedgolf SoCal train!

    Speedgolf SoCal and Lululemon team up to participate in the largest Movember fundraiser in US

    (over $50,000 raised)

    Start of the 2018 Speedgolf SoCal season

    SCGA Featured Club: Speedgolf SoCal

    Great overview of Speedgolf SoCal by the team at Southern California Golf Asoc

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    Fun video series: Speedgolf With Hawk

    Check out my buddy Jason Hawkins, one of speedgolf's elite players, who is on a mission to coach individuals from all different backgrounds and from all walks of life through rounds of Speedgolf to showcase how truly anyone and everyone can enjoy the sport

  • Where To Play Speedgolf in SoCal

    Our 2024 season has started, please message us to learn more or come try speedgolf!

    Do not contact the course, all speedgolf rounds are managed through Speedgolf SoCal

     

     

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    Come join one of our weekly groups and experience speedgolf in a fun, friendly and non-competitive group format. We always have the first tee times of the morning, you play in a group with similar speed and ability and you are helping build a great new sport. We start at sunrise and you can expect to finish between 1-1.5 hours

     

    Speedgolfers start at first light, which is about 15 minutes before official sunrise

    Check the sunrise times here

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    Chester Washington Golf Course

    1818 Charlie Sifford Dr

    Los Angeles, CA 90047

    Chester Washington is an iconic public course with a rich golf history and has been a great supporter of Speedgolf SoCal.

     

    A great test of all golf abilities, with wide fairways with some slight hills, our groups play between 75-90 minutes for 18 holes.

     

    We playon Tuesday and Thursday mornings, from April -September

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    Costa Mesa Country Club

    1701 Golf Course Dr

    Costa Mesa, CA 92626

    Our OC Club plays on Monday and Wednesday mornings on the Lagos course, a perfect out and back flat and fast 18 hole loop

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    Temecula Creek Inn

    44501 Rainbow Canyon Rd

    Temecula, CA 92592

    TCI offers 27 holes and the speedgolfers play on Sunday and Wednesday mornings. An awesome course with a new fast-growing Speedgolf club

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    Tecolote Canyon

    2755 Snead Avenue
    San Diego, CA 92111

     

    We are so happy to welcomg this new course to Speedgolf SoCal, our speedgolfers play each Tuesday morning this season

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    Mission Trails Golf

    2755 Snead Avenue
    San Diego, CA 92111

    We are so happy to welcomg this new course to Speedgolf SoCal, and our speedgolfers are out there early Monday mornings this season

  • Speedgolf SoCal Team Jerseys

    Prior years jerseys available in limited size

    $25/ each + shipping

    Message me if interested!

    Short sleeve training jersey: Grey with black logo

    Short sleeve training jersey: Grey with black logo

    $25.00
    Quantity
    Coming soon
     Short sleeve training jersey: Dark graphite grey with color logo

    Short sleeve training jersey: Dark graphite grey with color logo

    $25.00
    Quantity
    Coming soon
     Tech training top: Long sleeve olive green

    Tech training top: Long sleeve olive green

    $25.00
    Quantity
    Coming soon
     1/4 zip warmup top: Light grey with black logo

    1/4 zip warmup top: Light grey with black logo

    $25.00
    Quantity
    Coming soon
  • QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & INTEREST IN PLAYING

    Please let us know if you have questions or are interested in playing speedgolf at an upcoming events

  • SPEEDGOLF SOCAL IS SOCIAL

    Connect with us and let's play some speedgolf!

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    Email

     

    garlinsmith@gmail.com

     

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    Instagram

     

    @SoCalSpeedgolfer