Junior golf refers to the game of

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

being played by boys and girls who have not finished secondary school or reached the age of 19, whichever comes first.United States Golf Association definition
/ref> More specifically, any person falling under the above definition who has played at least one round of golf in a given year is a junior golfer. Competitive junior golfers play in high level competitions. These competitions are found on junior tours such as the

American Junior Golf Association The American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) is a "501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is conside ...

Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA)

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Tarheel Junior Golf
Texas Legends Junior Tour

Competitions are ranked by national services to identify the best players of a country. In the UK there are a number of junior golf tours with the largest being run by the

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Among the most prominent national junior tournaments are the U.S. Junior Amateur,

U.S. Girls' Junior The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 o ...

, the

Western Junior The Western Junior is the oldest national junior golf tournament in the United States. It was founded in 1914 and is organized by the Western Golf Association. It is played at a different course each year, primarily in the Midwestern United States ...

, the Northern Junior, SDJGA IMG Junior World Championships and The Press Thornton Future Masters.

The First Tee First Tee is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with the stated goal of improving children's life skills through golf lessons. Based in Ponta Vedra Beach, Florida, the organization claims to teach more than 3.6 million youth annually through progra ...

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is an international youth development organization introducing the game of golf and its inherent values to young people. Their focus is to positively impact the lives of kids and teens from all walks of life by reinforcing values like integrity, respect and perseverance through the game of golf.

References

External links

MYGolf
The official site of

Golf Australia Golf Australia is the governing body for the sport of golf in Australia, formed in 2006 after the Australian Golf Union (AGU) and Women's Golf Australia (WGA) agreed to merge.

's national junior program {{golf-stub