Tournaments SCJGA One-Days People of the SCJGA Membership/Player Card The SCJGA conducts several tournaments throughout the year These low cost event allow players to climb the Heritage Chairman Staff All players will receive a bag tag, membership card with a variety of formats. These events are designed for the Classic Foundation rankings with 18 hole events across and the Player Card which entitles the member to advanced player and are run as major tournaments. Ben Zeigler, Florence Executive Director the state during the year. Typically, these events are held Biff Lathrop discounts at golf facilities across South Carolina. on days off from school. These events will also exempt Committee Senior Director, SCJGA Scholarships through the SCJGF are available for 2019 SCJGA Major Schedule players into several major SCJGA events—therefore taking Randy Adams. Charleston those where financial concerns preclude them from place of an additional qualifying round. Justin Fleming Sea Pines Junior Heritage (February 2-3) Bear Boyd, Spartanburg playing. Contact the SCJGA for more information Jeff Burton, Charleston Tournament Director, SCJGA Sea Pines Resort - Hilton Head; Invitational Champ Williams regarding membership fees or tournament entry fees. Nancy Daniel, Taylors To register for 2019 membership please log onto Morgan Lucas Championship (February 23-24) Asst. Tournament Director, SCJGA John Durst, Columbia www.scjga.org and click the membership tab. Greenville CC - Greenville; Ages 13-18 Josh Fickes 21st Pee Wee Championship (March 10) SCJGA One-Day Schedule Bobby Hathaway, Columbia Director Of Administration Columbia CC - Blythewood; Ages 8-12 January 21 MLK Day One-Day Crowfield GC Taylor Hough, Spartanburg Susan Avery 21st Can-Am Team Matches (March 16-17) February 2 HHI One-Day Bear Creek GC Wayne Howle, Darlington Wachesaw Plantation – Murrells Inlet; Invitational Matches February 18 President’s Day One-Day Three Pines CC Victor Huskey, Greenville Manager of Member Services, SCGA 25th Caddie Classic (March 24) May 11 Par 3 Championship Crosswinds GC Charlie Ipcock, Florence James Park Lancaster GC - Lancaster; Ages 13-18. Top finishers caddie in May 25 Greenville One-Day Pickens CC Brandi Jackson, Greenville Director of Competitions, SCGA Hootie & The Blowfish Monday After the Masters. June 20 Florence One-Day Lake City CC David Johnson, Spartanburg Kyle Maloney 25th Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters July 16 Greenville One-Day Cherokee Valley GC Larry Kellogg, Hilton Head Island Director of Operations, SCGA Pro-Am (April 15) July 27 Hilton Head One-Day TBA Ellen Miller, Pawleys Island Kirk Page Links at Stono Ferry Barefoot Resort - North Myrtle Beach August 6 Charleston One-Day Lee Palms, Greenville Sr. Director of Development, SCJGF September 21 Pee Dee Pee Wee Traces GC 61st SCGA Junior Championship (June 10-12) Charlie Rountree III, Columbia Joe Quick November 16 Florence One-Day Lake City CC CC of Lexington - Lexington; Boys Ages 13-18 Yates Reynolds, Columbia Director of Marketing Title Sponsor: Heritage Classic Foundation November 27 Thanksgiving One-Day Columbia CC Roger Smith, Cayce Ann Maloney Presented by Capital City Lake Murray Country December 30 New Years One-Day Lake Marion GC 68th Grant Bennett Florence Junior (June 20-21) Amy Spencer, Mt Pleasant Florence CC - Florence; Boys Ages 10-18 USGA Junior Qualifying (June 24) Proud Supporters of the SCJGA DeBordieu Club - Georgetown Applications available at www.usga.org 21st Blade Junior Golf Classic (July 16-17) Green Valley CC - Greenville; Ages 10-18 44th Georgia-SC Team Matches (July 19-20) Spartanburg CC - Spartanburg South Carolina Junior Golf Top 8 from SCGA Junior Championship 24th Jimmy Self Invitational (July 27-28) Foundation Palmetto Dunes Resort - Hilton Head; Ages 13-18 The mission of the South Carolina Junior Golf Presented by Greenwood Communities and Resorts Thomson Foundation is to enrich the lives of South Carolina’s youth through funding for educational and recreational Beth Daniel Junior Azalea (August 6-8) Family CC of Charleston - Charleston; Ages 13-18 opportunities, including junior golf programs. In addition Thomas D. Todd All Stars Championship (August 17-18) to supporting the SCJGA, the Foundation offers Patriot GC - Greenwood. Qualify through your local Chapter. scholarships and grants to fund various Junior Golf Programs. Since inception, the scholarship program Presented by the Thomas D Todd Family Tommy Cuthbert All Stars Championship (August 17-18) has awarded over $900,000 in scholarship awards. To Seabrook Island Club - John’s Island. Qualify through your local Player Rankings apply, please visit www.scjgf.org. Chapter. Presented by Kiawah Island Golf Resort The Heritage Classis Foundation Rankings were In 2018 alone, the SCJGF contributed over $357,000 to 23rd Tradition Four-Ball (October 5) established to motivate and recognize players’ skills and junior golf and scholarship programs in South Carolina! Pebble Creek CC - Taylors; Ages 13-18; Two player teams. abilities while helping colleges in the recruiting process. Presented by McGriff Insurance Services Points are awarded to South Carolina players based on The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization, 25th Bobby Chapman Invitational (October 19-20) overall finish in the oldest boys and girls age divisions. and all contributions are considered tax deductible, CC of Spartanburg - Spartanburg; Invitational Results are compiled from over 200 regional and national which makes giving to such a worthwhile cause even 25th Fall Challenge (November 2-3) tournaments. Competitors playing from the back set of Cheraw State Park - Cheraw; Ages 13-18 sweeter. tournament tees are considered to be competing for points. 23rd Annual Players Championship (November 16-17) Please support the SCJGF with contributions or even Hartsville CC - Hartsville; Ages 10-18 the “First in Golf,” license plate. These plates are 26th Ford Picard Christmas Classic (December 14-15) Players-of-the-Year available at any DMV office across the state. Wild Dunes Club - Isle of Palms; First day parent-junior and The Jay Haas and Beth Daniel Player of the Year Awards second day juniors. honor the SCJGA’s best male and female player. This THANK YOU for supporting South Carolina Junior Golf! prestigious award is given to the top boy and girl based on Thomas D Todd the December Heritage Classic Foundation Rankings. The 2018 recipients were Jonathan Griz and Abigail Schimpf. Family Code of Conduct & What is the South Carolina The First Tee Facilities Junior golfers are taught golf skills as well as life skills, which Dress Code Junior Golf Association? is the primary goal of all of these facilities. Please call your Established in 1990 by community leaders with a love for the closest The First Tee facility for their schedule of free junior All players are expected to conduct themselves as respectful game and a commitment to passing on golf's heritage to the golf instruction. guests of the golf course and as such any conduct unbecoming youth of South Carolina, the SCJGA is committed to meeting to the game or the SCJGA will be subject to penalty as follows: the needs of all young people in the state and providing playing • Aiken - 803-226-0053 opportunities to boys and girls that might not otherwise have st • Grand Strand - 843-315—0301 1 offense 1 stroke penalty the chance to experience golf and its many benefits. 2nd offense 2 stroke penalty • Columbia - 803-255-8920 rd 3 offense DISQUALIFICATION AND SUSPENSION FOR 1 YEAR! Golf can and does shape the lives of kids throughout South • Greater Charleston - 843-352-4513 Carolina. It promotes healthy competition, fosters a drive to Proper golf attire is required at all SCJGA events! succeed, and teaches many lessons of life. Through the • Lowcountry - 843-686-2680 2019 contributions of golfers, courses and businesses across the • Upstate - 864-268-3309 • Hats/visors must be worn with brim forward, males must state, the SCJGA provides opportunities, builds character, and remove hat/visor while indoors. shapes lives. • Collared shirts or mock turtlenecks (host golf course 2018 HONORS Listed below are all of the different opportunities for junior Youth on Course \ permitting) must be worn and tucked in at all times. \ golfers of different ages and skill level, starting with Clubs for The core purpose of Youth on Course is to provide youth Kids, Golf in Schools, Hootie & The Blowfish Junior Golf ages 6-18 with access to life-changing opportunities through Beth Daniel Player of the Year: Series, graduating up to our major tournament series. golf. Members play hundreds of courses for $5 or less. Abigail Schimpf - Daniel Island Headquartered in Pebble Beach, Youth on Course is a 501(c) 3 organization that began as the charitable arm of the Jay Haas Player of the Year: Northern California Golf Association. Since 2006, nearly Hootie and the Blowfish 650,000 rounds have been played by Youth on Course Jonathan Griz - Hilton Head Island members and more than $1.25 million has been raised for Chapter Program college scholarships. This is a “summer only” program available in 14 different regions across the state. Members compete in age groups and An important mission of golf associations in the Carolinas is accumulate points for All-Stars. The All-Stars Championship is to grow the game! The CGA, CPGA, SCGA, and WSCGA are a North/South event held at the end of the season and brings committed to get juniors golfing at an affordable rate, across together youth from across the state. North Carolina and South Carolina. For the "Participating Courses," the associations recognize that the $5 fee from the *When minimum participation numbers are achieved, the boys junior golfer may not adequately cover the expense of the round so the associations subsidize participating courses for and girls 13-18 age groups will earn Heritage Classic Foundation Rankings Points.* the remainder of the greens fee.