June 2012 In Review

In Review

The Philly Junior Tour is committed to helping our members improve their competitive golf game, and reach their personal goals. This is why you see tournaments on our schedule listed as JGS #1, JGS #2, ect. The letters “JGS” stand for Junior Golf Scoreboard, which is a national rankings system for junior golfers in the United States.

To meet requirements for Junior Golf Scoreboard, our ranked tournaments must be: 1) At least 36 holes 2) Division must have 5 players 3) Minimum of 4,500 yards and not shorter than the forward most USGA-rated tees 4) No stroke limit rule in place All of our events labeled “JGS” meet these requirements, as long as at least 5 players sign up in your division. For a junior golfer to be part of the JGS-ranked event, they must compete in all the tournaments that are associated with that number. For instance, if two events are listed as JGS #1, juniors must compete in both of those tournaments. If 3 events are listed as JGS #2, juniors must compete in all three of those tournaments to be nationally-ranked. A junior golfer is not required to play in all the events associated with that JGS number—they may register and play in any 18-hole tournament individually, but will not be included in the national rankings. If you have any questions about JGS events, let us know!

Brian Schulte, PGA

Elise Kain

Junior Tour Director

Operations Coordinator

bschulte@pgahq.com

ekain@pgahq.com

The Junior Golf Scoreboard ranking system is based on a formula that reviews a player’s record in 36-hole or longer tournaments over the last 365 days.

Tournaments drop out of the calculation after one year. A player must have four events posted within the year to be ranked. Players are ranked overall, and also against all players within their graduation class. Below is a simplified explanation of the individual rankings breakdown. For a more detailed explanation, please visit the Junior Golf Scoreboard website: www.juniorgolfscoreboard.com Individual Scoring (65%):

How well the player scores when playing in tournaments.

The number displayed here is the result of our

Strength of Field (25%): proprietary ranking formula that determines a score for all the tournaments played by this individual.

Finishes are weighted in accordance with the number

Strength of Finish (10%): of players competed against (size of the field).

From Junior Golf Scoreboard’s About Us: The Junior Golf Scoreboard was created by a group of parents whose children have been involved in all levels of junior golf, from local competitions to the U. S. Junior Amateur and AJGA events, and most of whom have gone on to play golf at the college level. The founders of the Junior Golf Scoreboard saw a real opportunity to help junior golfers market themselves, find tournaments more easily and assess their playing skills against other junior golfers without necessarily having to travel all over the country.

As of 6/29/12

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