2012 BGA JUNIOR TOUR SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED!

I'm very excited to let you know that our 2012 Junior Tour schedule is now listed right here on our website. We are thrilled to have 19 one-day events (one more than last year) and our two-day Junior Championship.

New one-day venues this year include Hoover CC, Bent Brook GC (Windmill & Brook nines), Inverness CC and Vestavia CC. And we are delighted that Old Overton Club will host our two-day Junior Championship, July 23-24.

Go to the top left of this homepage under the Schedule tab, click the Tournaments tab and you will see it.

The format will be the same as last year in that your entry fee gets your child in six regular events. Sign up for the events will begin on April 16 at 6:00 p.m. and it is always eagerly anticipated and popular, so make a point to sign up right at the time for the events to have the best chance to get your child in the events they desire.

However, to make the process more streamlined, you may join the tour right now, and then register for the specific events you desire on April 16. If you do join between now and April 16, it will be one less process to go through on the night of event sign up. Therefore, if you were a member last year, simply log in to your account using your Player's Club ID and password (if you have forgotten these there is a button you can press beneath this box to be sent it again) and go through the steps to rejoin.

If you are a NEW member, you will have to create an account first. Do this in the box marked Member Registration.

As a reminder, there are four age groups. Eligibility for boys and girls is as follows: 10-11 must have reached 10th birthday but not 12th birthday by July 23, 2012. 12-13 must have reached 12th birthday but not 14th birthday by July 23, 2012. 14-15 must have reached 14th birthday but not 16th birthday by July 23, 2012. 16-17 must have reached 16th birthday but not 18th birthday by July 23, 2012. Any child is eligible to play “up” to the next age group. However, if the decision is made to play “up”, that child must stay in the new age group for the rest of the season.

10-11 age group play nine hole events and will pay $210. All other age groups will play 18 hole events and pay $225. Even though we have had to go up slightly in price, I believe this still represents an outstanding value given the quality of the venues. Should your child qualify for the Junior Championship, the entry fee remains the same ($75), which includes the awards banquet on the Monday night and lunch after play on Tuesday.

The Tournaments Sign Up box is where you will sign up for the actual events starting on April 16.

I think that's enough info for now. I know the season is still a long way off, but getting the schedule out this early hopefully helps you plan summer activities with the BGA Junior Tour in mind.

Thanks for your support of the BGA's Junior Tour.

Ian Thompson

Click Here for a link to photos from the 2011 BGA Junior Championship

Click Here for a link to photos from the 2011 BGA Hall of Fame Banquet

Feel free to contact BGA Executive Director Ian Thompson with any questions via email:

ithompson@bgagolf.org

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 Metro Amateur Championship new date, venue and FORMAT announced for 2012!

Thank you for sticking with us. The Metro Amateur Championship was not played in 2011, but will be played in 2012. Here are the particulars:

March 31 - April 1, 2012

Hoover Country Club

Two-man, best ball tournament with a mid-amateur (25-49) and a senior (50+) division.

Click here for more information: and .pdf application

Or go to the top left of this page and open the Schedule tab, then the Tournaments tab. Then follow the steps to sign up online for the Metro Amateur.

We hope you like the changes we have made and that you will choose to play in this, the city championship.

Ian Thompson

Executive Director