Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) - CJGA Junior Linkster Tour

CJGA International Events

JUNIOR WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
San Diego, California, USA
July 13-17, 2009

The Junior World Golf Championships is truly unique with a total field size exceeding 1000 golfers from an impressive number of countries and states. Since 1968, junior golfers have represented over 73 countries. Many Junior World champions have gone on to enjoy successful careers on the PGA and LPGA Tours including, Notah Begay, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Corey Pavin, Pat Perez, Nick Price, David Toms and Tiger Woods. The CJGA will send a team of 40 junior golfers to the tournament in 2009.

Format

Individual Stroke-play. The number of holes will vary depending on the age division. Please visit the Junior Worlds website at www.juniorworldgolf.com for more details

Team
6 - Boys 15-17
8 - Girls 15-17
6 - Boys 13-14
2 - Girls 13-14
4 - Boys 11-12
2 - Girls 11-12
4 - Boys 9-10
2 - Girls 9-10
3 - Boys 7-8
2- Girls 7-8
3 - Boys 6 & Under
2 - Girls 6 & Under

Requirements
Juniors who wish to represent CJGA Team Canada must meet the following requirements:

Juniors must play in the designated qualifier for the international competition.
Please click here to visit the Tournament Schedule to view the list of qualifiers for each province.)
- Juniors must meet the age requirement for the international event when participating in the qualifier.
- Juniors must be a member of the Canadian Junior Golf Association
- Juniors who are selected for CJGA Team Canada must reside in Canada.

- Juniors must be in good standing with the Canadian Junior Golf Association.

- Juniors must meet the requirement score for his/her age category:

Score Requirements:
Girls – 160
Boys 14 & Under – 158
Boys 15 to 19 – 148

*PLEASE NOTE THAT JUNIOR WORLDS QUALIFYING FOR GOLFERS AGED 11-13 AS OF JULY 13TH MUST BE DONE THROUGH THE CJGA JUNIOR TOUR. GOLFERS AGED 10 & UNDER MAY ATTEMPT TO QUALIFY THROUGH THE CJGA JUNIOR LINKSTER TOUR

Selection Process:
The CJGA Team Canada Selection Committee will determine the juniors who represent CJGA Team Canada by the following process:

All results from the designated qualifiers are merged into one national field in each age category

Scores will then be adjusted based on the difficulty of weather conditions, course conditions, course slope, and course rating

The adjusted scores will be sorted by the committee.

Juniors with serious code of conduct violations will be removed from the list

The juniors with the lowest adjusted scores in each age category will then be selected to represent CJGA Team Canada

* Note: The CJGA reserves the right to select team members outside of qualifying requirements including the right to offer the Optimist Group in British Columbia spots for the Junior World Golf Championships.