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The Amateur Players Tour returned to The Homestead on Monday, October 19, 2026, taking on the Old Course in Hot Springs, Virginia for a premier amateur golf tournament. Players who go looking for competitive golf tournaments near me rarely find one with this kind of pedigree, and a field of 54 competed across five divisions, with two net games running alongside them. Players are flighted into divisions based on their APT Tournament Index. This was a National Major, with over $5,500 in prize money on the line across two rounds.
The golf itself is the reason the tour brings a National Major here. The Homestead Resort & Spa was completed in 1892 and holds the distinction of the nation’s oldest first tee still in continuous use, and the Old Course carries the names of William S. Flynn and Rees Jones on its design. Flynn is the architect behind Shinnecock Hills Country Club and Cherry Hills Country Club, both United States Open venues, and his work showed its teeth here: the course played difficult from the opening tee shot, with green complexes that were extremely challenging all week. The field also saw the Cascades Course, long considered the standard for mountain golf and a host of numerous USGA Championships in its own right. The par-4 14th on the Old Course was the sternest test of the lot, surrendering a single birdie and playing nearly a shot and a half over par, while the par-5 17th was the most generous, giving up nine birdies.
The weather offered no excuses in either direction. Perfect fall conditions greeted the field — afternoon highs in the low 70s, light winds and not a cloud in the sky — which left the golf course as the only thing defending par, and it did the job on its own.
In Division 1, Adam Yarbrough of Kingston, Georgia and the Atlanta chapter was in front from the opening stretch and never gave the lead back, closing out a nine-shot win. Yarbrough opened with a 72 on the Old Course, the lowest round anyone posted in the event, and backed it with a 75 at the Cascades for a 147 total. He led Nicholas Heller by one after six holes, by three after twelve and by four after fifteen, and the gap only grew from there. Heller, of Lexington, Illinois and the Central Illinois chapter, took runner-up honors and put up a 79 on the Old Course, one of just three rounds in the field inside the top three on the board. Matt Minder of Mechanicsburg, Illinois finished third, two strokes behind Heller.
Division 2 produced the tightest early scrap of the day. William Marlowe of Rockville, Maryland was two clear of eventual winner John Wayne Parrish after six holes, but Parrish answered where it mattered most, holding a two-shot edge by the twelfth and stretching it to five by the fifteenth. Parrish, of Reidsville, North Carolina and the Carolina Triad chapter, posted 150 for a four-stroke win over Christopher Denz of Alexandria, Virginia, who was never further than six back but could not close the gap on the inward holes. Paul Hess of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania and Marlowe tied for third at 158 to round out the money positions, Hess having been within two of the lead after six before the middle holes got away from him.
Division 3 went to Tommy Lee of Maryville, Tennessee and the East Tennessee chapter, who signed for 168 across the two rounds. Joe Renteria of Lottsburg, Virginia finished second, three strokes back at 171, after trading the early advantage with Lee over the opening holes — Renteria was four ahead of the pace after six and five ahead through fifteen before Lee turned it around. Donald Dawson of Reynoldsburg, Ohio and the Columbus chapter also featured at the top of the Division 3 board, carding a 94.
Division 4 belonged to Dane Kearns of Chesterfield, Missouri, who broke through for his first career victory — and did it in his new division, having earned promotion to Division 4 at the conclusion of the 2026 season. It did not look like a runaway for most of the way. Bob Lawless and Scott Lutton were each two ahead of Kearns after six holes, Lutton was still three up at the twelfth and four up through fifteen, and the St. Louis chapter player had to grind his way into the lead before pulling clear for a six-shot win at 175. Lawless, of Pickerington, Ohio and the Columbus chapter, took runner-up honors at 181, one stroke clear of Lutton of Cumberland, Maryland, who closed at 182. Three players finished within seven of the lead.
Division 5 came down to the final holes. Tim Butts of Gerrardstown, West Virginia and the Maryland chapter won by a pair of strokes with a 192, but he was chasing for much of the way: Adam Hodge of Bentonville, Arkansas was two ahead of Butts at the twelve-hole mark and still two ahead through fifteen, and Edward Harlow of Earlysville, Virginia had also turned a three-shot deficit into a two-shot advantage by the twelfth. Butts flipped the switch late. Harlow took runner-up honors at 194 and Hodge finished third at 195, with all three inside five shots of one another.
Kearns was not done after Division 4. He completed the double-dip in the Mid-Am Net, posting a net 144 to win by three. Nick Kelso of Indianapolis was the closest pursuer at net 147 after holding a healthy early advantage — Kelso was eight better than the winner’s pace through fifteen holes before Kearns ran him down. Minder took third at net 156, adding a Mid-Am Net result to his Division 1 finish.
Parrish matched him with a double of his own, winning the Senior Net by three strokes with a net 145 to go with his Division 2 title. It was the deepest contest on the property, 33 players strong, and five of them finished within five shots of the lead. Hess and Sean Newsom of Fredericksburg, Virginia tied for second at net 148, sharing the points and splitting the purse between them. Denz and Lee tied for fourth at net 149 to round out the money positions, each adding a second result to a strong day in the gross divisions.
The scoring color of the day came from the par-5 12th, which gave up seven birdies and an eagle from Josh Johnston, and from the par-5 3rd, where 40 players managed par and seven did better. The par-5 1st, by contrast, offered only three birdies all day and played better than a stroke over par — a difficult opening to a difficult golf course.
That closes the books on the Amateur Players Tour’s trip to Hot Springs. The tour’s National Major schedule and the events on the boards across the country roll on from here, and players chasing points, promotions and a first trip to victory lane of their own will find the next opportunity on the APT schedule.
