National Pro-Am Pickleball Circuit

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The ultimate national proving ground — regional elites face hungry challengers, every game scores, every Takedown matters — and your DUPR only moves if you say so.

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Gauntlet Series · 2026

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REGIONAL MAJOR

Front Range Major

October 2026 · Host bid open — apply to hostAll Levels · 1.5× points
Capacity 96$85 entry
Qualification via city boards
CITY GAUNTLETBIRMINGHAM

The Birmingham Gauntlet

Targeting Oct 24–25, 2026 · Venue announcement comingFirst Gauntlet in the Southeast
Capacity 72TBA entry
Date locks with the venue — the Birmingham list registers first
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COMPLETECOLORADO SPRINGS

Springs Gauntlet 2

Sep 26–27, 2026 · Springs Pickleball - EastElite/Contender · Challenger
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Gauntlet Board

Event points from Pro-Am Gauntlet events only — your best 8 finishes on each Level this season. The full board adds ladder and Rec points from everywhere you play.

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Why the Gauntlet exists

Tournaments weren't built for you.

You pay $120, burn a whole Saturday, and play four matches — two of them blowouts. You get a medal, maybe, and a DUPR bump if you're lucky — or a DUPR hit if you're not. Meanwhile the players you actually want to test yourself against are three courts away, in a bracket you'll never touch.

The Gauntlet flips it. Short, dense, guaranteed-match events where amateurs share courts with the best players in their city. Every rally is recorded, every win moves your rank, and every city gets an answer to the only question that matters: who's actually the best around here?

24.3MAmericans played pickleball last year — the fastest-growing sport in the country.
7.5Mplay 8+ times a year. Almost none of them have a competitive home.
3.5–5.5The rating band the Gauntlet is built for — the vast majority of committed players.
3–4×more matches per hour than a standard bracket tournament.