Father & Son Tournament

One of the WPGA’s oldest team events, the Father & Son and Parent & Child Tournaments began in 1921.

The competition, an 18-hole Chapman format, is broken into two divisions – a Gross contest for fathers and sons and a Net division (Parent & Child) open to a parent and their child – and is open to both amateur and professional players. 

Over the years, the tournament has seen a number of sons win and then return, years later, and win again with their own sons. Jack C. Benson won with his father, H.C., in 1938 and return to win with his son Jack in 1958 and his son George in 1963. J.W. Oliver won three times with his father, A.K., and then won five times with his son O.M. R.A. Graciano won with his father D.F. in 1974 & 75 and then with his son Perry in 1978. John Jones won with his father Gary in 1992 and then with his son Derek in 2009.

H.C. Fownes, the founder of Oakmont Country Club, won three of the first four Father & Son Tournaments with his son, W.C., an accomplished amateur golfer.

In 2004, the WPGA expanded the competition to include a net division open to parents and their children, allowing mothers and daughters to compete, as well.

The winner of the Father & Son Tournament receives the F.A Keating Memorial Trophy, named in honor of Francis Anthony Keating.

Indiana Country Club, host of the 2026 WPGA Father & Son Tournament.