A Father’s Day worth the drive
This Sunday, June 21, every dad who walks through our doors gets a shot at our putting competition. Sink the putt, win the putter. No green fees, no foursome required, no cooking afterward. Charlie saved you a lane.
Sunday, June 21
Dads Putt Free, All Day
The Quick Answer
What — A free, all-day Father’s Day putting competition for dads, with a Scotty Cameron putter for the winner
When — Sunday, June 21, 2026, all day long
Where — Simple EJ’s Kitchen & Tap, 300 N Kirk Rd, Ste 300A, St. Charles, IL 60174
Cost to enter — Free. Walk-ins welcome, no reservation or purchase required to take your putt
The prize — A Scotty Cameron putter, the kind of club that quietly makes you the envy of your foursome
Good to know — Family friendly all day. Bring the kids, bring Grandpa, bring the whole lineup. Reservations recommended if you want a table
Some dads want a tie. Most dads want to be left alone with the grill and the game on. This year, give him something better than both: a Sunday at Simple EJ’s, a putter in his hands, and a real shot at walking out with a Scotty Cameron.
Here is the thing about Father’s Day. The card is nice. The grill tools are fine. But nobody has ever teared up over another pack of athletic socks. What dad actually wants is a few unhurried hours, good food he did not have to cook, and a little friendly competition where he gets to show the family he has still got it.
So we built exactly that. On Sunday, June 21, every dad who comes through our doors gets a free crack at our Father’s Day putting competition. Line it up, read the break, and sink it. Do it better than the other dads in the Fox Valley and you take home a Scotty Cameron putter. No green fees. No tee time. No four hours in a cart. Just one putt, one prize, and bragging rights that last until next June.
1 putt
stands between your dad and a Scotty Cameron. It is free to enter, it takes about thirty seconds, and the story he gets to tell is included at no extra charge.
How the Putting Competition Actually Works
We kept the rules as simple as our name. No handicap math, no sign-up fee, no scorecard you need a calculator for. If you are a dad and you are here on Sunday, you are in.
1
Walk In
Come by any time on Sunday, June 21. Tell the host you are a dad here to putt. That is the whole entry form.
2
Take Your Putt
Step up to our indoor putting setup, line it up, and roll it. One putt, all the pressure, none of the green fees.
3
Top the Board
Closest to the cup all day takes home the Scotty Cameron. We post the leader so you know exactly what you have to beat.
Free means free. You do not have to buy a thing to take your putt. That said, the smell coming out of the kitchen has ended stronger willpower than yours. Consider yourself warned.
Grand Prize
One Scotty Cameron Putter. One Lucky Dad.
The prize on the line: a Scotty Cameron putter. The dad who reads the green best takes it home.
A tie gets returned by Tuesday. A Scotty Cameron gets bragged about for a decade.
While the Dads Putt, Everybody Eats
A sports restaurant lives or dies on the food, and ours is made from scratch by Chef Hef, who has spent more than twenty-five years building kitchens worth driving for. Father’s Day is exactly the kind of long, easy afternoon our menu was built for. A few things you will want on the table:
The smashburgers. A special blend made exclusively for Simple EJ’s, smashed thin and crispy on the edges. This is the burger dad orders, then immediately wishes he had ordered two of.
The wings. Brined, then double-fried, so they hit that crackle you can hear from the next table. Perfect for picking at between putts.
The Tomahawk Pork Chop. A 24-ounce showpiece for the dad who came hungry and wants the whole table to know it. Drag anything and everything through our house Simple Sauce, because we are not going to stop you.
It is Bib-worthy cooking in a room with a 22-foot LED wall, so whatever game dad wants on is already up and loud. He gets the food, the competition, and the game, all without lifting a spatula.
22 ft
of LED wall above the table. Whatever’s on this Sunday, it’s already on the wall with the sound up. Dad picks the game. We handle the rest.
A Day Built for the Whole Lineup
Father’s Day is a family day, and Simple EJ’s is family friendly by default, so this one is wide open. Bring the kids to cheer dad on at the putting setup. Bring Grandpa and make it three generations on the leaderboard. Let the little ones take a practice roll while you wait. The whole idea is a few unhurried hours where everybody is together and nobody is doing dishes.
Charlie’s a dad’s best wingman. Our fox-in-chief, Stephen Charles Foxxe, will be roaming the room all afternoon. He is great with kids, surprisingly opinionated about putting form, and has never once helped anyone read a green correctly. Say hi, grab a photo, let dad take his putt in peace.
Winner, Winner
Pork Chop Dinner. And a Putter.
Read it right and this is you by Sunday afternoon. Charlie will pretend he taught you everything.
Make It Easy on Yourself: Grab a Table
The putting competition is walk-in and free, so you never need a reservation to play. But Father’s Day fills up fast, and the dads who lock in a table get the easy afternoon: a spot by the wall, the food coming out hot, and zero standing around. If you are bringing the whole family, do future-you a favor and reserve ahead on Resy. If you would rather just show up and wing it, the door is open and the putter is waiting.
One More Reason to Make Us Your Sunday Spot
If your family ends up here more weekends than not, our memberships were built for you. Charlie’s Crew is our family membership at $23.99 a month. Founders Club is our 21-and-up membership at $14.99 a month. Both are the easiest way to make Simple EJ’s the table your crew defaults to, Father’s Day and every Sunday after it.
Father’s Day at Simple EJ’s: Quick Questions
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, Simple EJ’s Kitchen & Tap in St. Charles, IL is hosting a free, all-day putting competition for dads. The dad who putts closest to the cup wins a Scotty Cameron putter. The restaurant is family friendly all day and serves its full scratch-made menu.
It is free. Any dad can walk in on Sunday, June 21 and take a putt at no cost, with no reservation or purchase required. Just tell the host you are a dad here to play.
The dad who putts closest to the cup over the course of the day wins a Scotty Cameron putter, one of the most respected putters in golf.
You do not need a reservation to enter the putting competition, since it is walk-in and free. A reservation is recommended if you want a table for the family, because Father’s Day fills up fast. You can reserve in seconds on Simple EJ’s Resy page.
Yes. Simple EJ’s is family friendly by default, so Father’s Day is built for the whole family. Bring the kids and grandparents, cheer dad on at the putting setup, and make a day of it.
Simple EJ’s is a scratch-made sports restaurant serving smashburgers from a special blend made exclusively for Simple EJ’s, brined double-fried wings, a 24-ounce Tomahawk Pork Chop, and the house Simple Sauce, all made from scratch by Chef Hef.
Simple EJ’s Kitchen & Tap is at Fox Haven Square, 300 N Kirk Rd, Ste 300A, St. Charles, IL 60174, serving St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and the wider Fox Valley.
Give Dad a Putt at a Scotty Cameron
Sunday, June 21. Free to enter, family friendly all day, and a putter on the line. Reserve a table for the crew, or just walk in and roll one.
This Father’s Day, skip the socks. We are right down the road at Fox Haven Square in St. Charles, and we saved dad a lane.