To enter an NCGA Junior Tour event, all you need is an NCGA membership and a valid handicap index.
Not an NCGA member?  Join the Youth on Course club for just $12.

IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR 2010

• The Junior Tour event schedule has expanded to 16 events
• All junior players are required to be NCGA members with valid handicap indexes.
• The Junior Tour eClub is no longer active, instead, players may join a Youth on Course club for $12
• The NCGA is not offering free high school memberships for players and coaches through the CIF Golf Club

HANDICAPS

In order to assure that players play with others of equal skill level, all players are encouraged to post ALL their scores so that their handicaps will reflect their abilities.  Before a player can register to play in an NCGA Junior Tour tournament, he or she must have an established USGA Handicap Index.  If you are not a member of a club, you can join a public facility, private club, eClub or sign up for the NCGA Foundation’s Youth on Course program.  Once you have joined a club, you must post at least five scores and wait until the start of the next month to have a valid Handicap Index.  Not an NCGA member?  Join a Youth on Course club here.

ENTRY FEES

The NCGA Junior Tour entry fees are $75 per tournament.  This fee includes two rounds of golf, and range balls when the course has a driving range.

TOURNAMENT ENTRY PROCEDURES

Each tournament opens on a different day and has a twelve day window during which entries are accepted.

Pre-Registration
For all events other than the Tour Championship, players who have won an NCGA Junior Tour tournament, the NCGA Junior (including flight winners) or the Junior Players Championship (overall winners only) during the 365 days prior to the first tournament date will be allowed to pre-register starting the Friday before the general opening date of registration.  Pre-registration will open at 8:00 AM on Friday and close at 8:00 PM on the Sunday prior to general registration.  2009 NCGA Players of the Year may also pre-register for the entire 2010 season during these periods.  Players who win events during 2010 will be added to the pre-registration lists for any events that have not yet opened for registration.  There will be no pre-registration for the Tour Championship since it is based strictly on the player’s standing on the points list rather than on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Registration
Entries are on a first-come, first-in basis for all events other than the Tour Championship.   General registration will open at 8:00 AM on the tournament open dates.   Registration closes at 11:59 PM for each event.  Entries for the Tour Championship are held until the closing date, when the top players from the points lists who have entered are put into the field.

Once a tournament is full, a waiting list is created.  Players are taken from the waiting list in order of entry, based on maintaining appropriate flight sizes.  For example, if a boy withdraws and there are 23 girls, a girl would be added to even the numbers for groups.  Similarly, if a girl with an index of 9.5 withdraws, we first attempt to replace her with a girl whose index would put her in the same flight.

WITHDRAWLS

There is a $10 fee for withdrawals prior to the closing date.  After the closing date, the fee is 50% of the entry fee until 48 hours before the start of the tournament.  Within 48 hours of the tournament there are no refunds.

TOURNAMENT POLICIES

The following policies apply to NCGA Junior tournaments and we recommend that all players familiarize themselves:  NCGA Tournament Rules, Regulations and Policies.