2026 State Golf Tournament

Monday, August17^th, 2026

Owl’s Nest Resort and Golf Club
56 Clubhouse Lane
Thornton NH

The 2026 State Golf Competition will offer competition in:

• Unified Alternate Shot Team Play in 5, 9, and 18 holes
• Unified Aggregate Shot Team Play in 18 holes
• Individual Stroke Play in 9 and 18 holes
• Individual Skills competition

Rules for golf can be found here. Please note: changes to individual skills.

You will register for the State Golf Tournament in Agon using the registration timeline below.

IF YOU NEED HELP OR HAVE QUESTIONS

About registration, which includes compliance, the registration process through Agon including intent to participate, registration and scratch, please contact Bridget at BridgetC@sonh.org or by phone at (603) 969-9572.

About the season or event, which includes preseason and coaches calls, final information, and day-of questions, please contact Mary at MaryC@sonh.org or by phone at (603) 770-4055.

EVENT INFORMATION

TENTATIVE ORDER OF EVENTS

• 7:15AM                Local Program Check-in
• 8:00AM                Competition Begins
• 11:00AM              Lunch
• 3:00PM                Competition Ends
• 4:00PM                Event Ends

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Lunch will be provided.
• Unified teams must golf together during practice rounds.
• Training is an important part of athlete growth in both skill development and overall physical fitness.  Special Olympics New Hampshire encourages teams to train twice a week for 10 weeks prior to the State Tournament, with one practice focusing on sport specific training and one practice focusing on fitness (cross training etc.) to allow for optimal performance and readiness at the State Tournament.
• If the event is cancelled, it will not be rescheduled.  LPC, Secondary LPC, and Head Coach for each team will be notified via phone by 6:00am on the day of the event.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

During the registration process, we will communicate with the primary LP contact, head coaches, Local Program Coordinator, Secondary Local Program Coordinator, Communications, and Compliance contacts.

FIRST PRACTICE SHOULD BE HELD BY

June 8^th, 2026

• Training is an important part of athlete growth in both skill development and overall physical fitness. Special Olympics New Hampshire expects teams to train twice a week for 10 weeks prior to the State Tournament.

INTENT TO PARTICIPATE (TELL US YOU’RE COMING)

By June 17^th 2026

• Please enter the primary Local Program contact for the tournament as well as the Head Coach (these may be the same or different people). 
• Give us an estimate of the number of athletes/pairs participating.  We are looking for a rough estimate for planning purposes only, this number can change as you move through registration.

PRESEASON VIDEO CALL

June 23^rd, 2026

• Invitations for this virtual meeting will be sent to all primary games contacts and head coaches in Agon.
• We will discuss:
  • The season
  • Events that will take place
  • Rules
  • High-level overview of the events.

COMPLIANCE (TELL US WHO IS COMING AND DEAL WITH PAPERWORK)

Now until July 15^th, 2026

• No athletes, unified partners, head coaches, coaches or LPVs may be added to your roster after the compliance period ends.
• If you would like your registration from a prior year flipped into this year, please email Bridget.
• By the end of the compliance period, all athletes, unified partners, head coaches, coaches and LPVs must be compliant (showing as green in Agon).
• Requirements to be compliant can be found here:
  • Athlete
  • LPV / Unified Partner
  • Coach

REGISTRATION (ENTER EVENTS, QUALIFYING SCORES, LEVELS, TEAMS & MEALS)

July 16^th to July 29^th, 2026

• All athletes and unified partners must be registered for event, level, qualifying score and team, if applicable.
  • Team Name should be names of the golfers (ie: “Langille & Conroy” or “P Langille & M Conroy)
• Enter the qualifying score as the average score the athlete/team typically plays in the field in Agon.
  • Please email the course name, slope and index to Bridget for use in equalizing scores to determine divisions.
• Number of meals must be entered.

SCRATCH (UPDATE QUALIFYING SCORES, REMOVE PEOPLE)

July 30^th to August 5^th, 2026

COACHES VIDEO CALL

August 11^th, 2026

• Invitations for this virtual meeting will be sent to all primary games contacts and head coaches in Agon.
• We will discuss
  • Set-up for the day
  • Draft final schedule
  • Menu
  • Process for the day
  • Weather

FINAL INFORMATION

August 12^th, 2026

• Final order of events and any follow up information required after the coaches video call will be distributed.