PGA Jr. League

About PGA Jr. League

PGA Jr. League is a fun, social, game-changing opportuity for boys and girls ages 17 & under to learn and play the game of golf. This program brings families and friends together around a team format with expert coaching from PGA and LPGA Professionals.

To learn more and find a Team near you click here!

Looking for ways to get your children excited about PGA Jr. League? Watch PGA Jr. Leagues first ever animated video explaining the format to kids!

Watch Carlos Finds His Game from PGA of America on Vimeo.

“I think it’s great to see the player’s and parent’s enthusiasm and support for the entire team and not just for their own individual success. You definitely get a family feel when parents are encouraging and cheering for all of the players.”
– Bill Mory, PGA

PGA Family Cup is designed to bring families together in a way that strengthens relationships, creates lifelong golfers and builds vibrant communities at the golf course.

This event is open to PGA Members and their families and any Family in our Michigan Community!

A “Family” is defined however YOU see fit, meaning your team can have parents, aunts, uncles, grandparent, family friends, pick the people you would want to enjoy a round of golf with!

2020 PGA Family Cup

Register Your Family

Where: Spring Meadows Country Club

When: September 12, 2020 1:30pm Shotgun

Cost: $140 per team. (Includes 1 cart, 2 meal tickets and the entire team’s greens fees, additional carts and meal tickets can be purchased on site)

Entry Deadline: September 1, 2020

Teams: Your family will need to have one junior 17 or under and one adult 18 or older playing at all times. You can have 2-6 players per team. Every three holes your family will have the opportunity to switch out players, you can switch one, two or no players, just remember one junior and one adult must be playing at all times!

Format: We will not have age divisions, but we do have two separate contests

• Scramble: Both team members play a ball and select the best shot, each plays from the selected location and continue this way until a ball is holed
• Pinehurst: Both team members hit drives and select the best shot, they then play alternate shot from the selected location until the ball is holed

Course Set-Up:

Scramble Course Set up Par 3’s & 4’s only:

• Par 3 yardages (75-150 yds per hole)
• Par 4 yardages (160-300 yds per hole)
• All team members play from one tee
• Standard stroke play scoring

Pinehurst Course Set Up:

• Recommended junior 18-hole yardage
• Girls 10-14 and Boys 10-13 (max yardage of 2900)
• Girls 15-17 and Boys 14-17 (max yardage of 3100)
• Recommended adult 18-hole yardages
• Adult will play the same teeing area as the oldest junior on their team
• Standard stroke play scoring

Can’t Make September 12th? Click here to find all of the Family Cup Sites

Download the PGA Family Cup Flyer

Contact Chelsea Guoynes at the Section office with any questions!

West Side Pairings

East Side Pairings

West Side Qualifier – August 5 at Sunnybrook Country Club

West Side Results

East Side Qualifier – August 10 at The Orchards Golf Club

East Side Results 

Captain Rules Meeting!

Watch The Captain Meeting! – It is mandatory that you sit through this meeting prior to the qualifier.

Submitting your Roster & Lineup

East & West Side Qualifier Schedule – Includes general start times – find out what qualifier you’re playing in and if you have a morning or afternoon tee time. Official start times will be released the day after your roster & lineup deadline once the field is confirmed.

Submitting Rosters &  Lineup Deadlines – Rosters & lineups must be submitted one week prior to your section qualifier You do need to complete both the Roster and the team Lineup before the deadline. 

• West Side Qualifier – July 29 deadline
• East Side Qualifier – August 3 deadline

Submit Your All Star Roster

After you submit your Roster, submit Your All Star Lineup

• West Side Lineup
• East Side Lineup

Watch the new 2021 Stroke Play- East/West Side Qualifier Rules Video! 

Stroke Play Rules Video

Please make sure your players, coaches and parents watch the rules video BEFORE your qualifier. The video highlights the stroke play rules and other important information. It is your players responsibility to know these rules! We recommend watching it as a team.

West Side – Parent & Player Email Template – Share all of the event details in one simple email to your parents and players, here is a guide of what we think they should know, be sure to review it before you send it and add in any team specific information!

EAST Side – Parent & Player Email Template – Share all of the event details in one simple email to your parents and players, here is a guide of what we think they should know, be sure to review it before you send it and add in any team specific information!

COVID-19

• Face coverings must be worn when social distancing cannot be maintained. We are asking all parents, players, spectators to wear a mask at the 1st tee and scoring regardless of your vaccination status.
• If a player, parent, or spectator is exhibiting signs of COVID-19 they MUST stay home.
• Social distancing will be in place, please remind your child to keep a safe distance. Please avoid handshakes and high fives
• Please try to reduce the number of spectators in your party.

East & West Side Section Qualifier Format (13U)

East & West Side Michigan Section 13U Qualifiers will utilize the “Stroke Play” scramble format of PGA Jr. League.

• Typically referred to as “Stroke Play Aggregate Score”
• Two-player pairs will play a 9-hole scramble in order to contribute to a team aggregate total
• All teams at the qualifiers will play the same 9-holes
• Team aggregate totals are used to determine the teams that will qualify for the championship
• The best three out of four pair scores will be counted toward the team total

The low 2 teams from each qualifier will advance from the qualifiers to the Section Championship.

Eligibility – 13U All-Star Teams consist of 8 players who must be no younger than 10 years of age and no older than 13 years of age as of July 31, 2021.

Player & Course Information

Stroke Play Rules Video

West Side QUALIFIER Notice To Players – Stroke Play – 2021

East Side QUALIFIER Notice To Players – Stroke Play – 2021

Walking Scorer & Spectator Guidelines

Food & Beverage: Players and Captains/Coaches will be provided lunch at no charge. All spectators may purchase the player buffet lunch for the fee of $12 per person at the facility or order off the gill menu. Cash and credit cards are both accepted.

Spectator Golf Carts: Spectator Golf Carts NOT be available for the East or West Side Qualifier. There will be a small amount of carts for anyone with a handicap placard or a doctors note. You MUST bring, and show your documentation to receive a cart, these carts will still be limited based on facility availability.

Spectator and Player Dress Code: Golf Clothes preferred, (No denim, no tank tops, collared shirts preferred)

Range Ball Fees: There is no charge for range balls for the participants.

Tees & Yardages: We will publish the tees and yardages for each course in August of 2021.
Boys 11-under and Girls 13-under must play from the FORWARD tees. The maximum yardage for the FORWARD tees is 2,300 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 115 yards.
•  Par four’s should not exceed 275 yards.
•  Par five’s should not exceed 375 yards.

Boys 12-over and Girls 14-over must play from the BACK. The maximum yardage for the BACK tees is 2,600 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 130 yards.
•  Par four’s should not exceed 300 yards.
•  Par five’s should not exceed 415 yards.

Boys 16-older will play from the BACK  tees Recommended maximum yardage for the BACK tees is approximately 2,900 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 145 yards.
• Par four’s should not exceed  325 yards.
• Par five’s should not exceed 450 yards.

Throughout the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship Season, the player’s league age (their age on July 31, 2021) is the age that will be used to determine the appropriate tees.

Practice rounds for Sunnybrook CC

Call the golf shop for a tee time – (616) 457-1100

• $30 per person
• Pending space availability

Practice Rounds for The Orchards Golf Clubs

Call golf shop for tee time – (586) 786-7200

• weekends after 4:30 o’clock
• weekdays before noon

Rates

•  9 holes is $25 for adults & $15 for Juniors
• 18 holes – $50 for adults $30 for juniors
• Regular rates apply outside of those stipulated days and times (listed above)
• Juniors must be accompanied by an adult

Family Fun Zone

Captains & Coaches, we will be setting up a Family Fun Zone for your juniors and families to participate in after their round. We encourage all of you to stay and enjoy a fun team bonding experience. We want to make this day about more than just golf and help kids create memories that will last a lifetime. Below is the list of Family Fun Zone activities we will have onsite:

• Pie your coach/teammate in the face stations (willing participants only)
• Remote control car races
• Make your own golf club with pool noodles, and play golf on a pool noodle course
• Putt, putt tic-tac-toe station
• 3-legged race
• Water Hazard Challenge (picture below)
• Other fun activities!!

17U Division

Any 17U Division team within the state is invited to your State Championship Qualifier! Celebrate an awesome season by joining us at the State Championship!

State Championship – August 19 at Forest Akers East
State Championship Roster Deadline: August 9

View your Pairings & Start Times

Submitting Rosters &  Lineup Deadlines – Rosters & Lineups must be submitted one week prior to your section qualifier
You do need to complete both the Roster and the team Lineup before the deadline on August 9. 

Submit Your All Star Roster

After you submit your Roster, submit Your All Star Lineup

• 17 U Lineup 

Watch the new 2021 Stroke Play- 17U Rules Video! 

Stroke Play Rules Video

Please make sure your players, coaches and parents watch the rules video BEFORE your qualifier. The video highlights the stroke play rules and other important information. It is your players responsibility to know these rules! We recommend watching it as a team.

Stroke Play Informational Video

Approximate Yardages

17U Notice to Players – Match Play – 2021

17U Parent Email Template

Regional Championship: September 3, 4, 5 @ Purdue Birck Boilermaker Golf Course in West Lafayette, IN

Weather Policy for the State Championship on August 19 at Forest Akers East

Pairings Page – We will post all weather updates on the top of the Pairings page as they become available. All email communications will go directly to the PGA Jr. League All-Star Captain.

• We will ONLY send communications to the PGA jr. League Captains.
• Captains will need to communicate any delays to your players. We will make all communications about weather delays or resuming play via email.
• The earliest we would send any weather communications is 6:45am

We will play through rain and stop play if there is lightning within a 15 mile radius of the course. We will wait until 30 minutes after the last lightning strike before returning to the golf course to resume play.

We will ask players to wait in their vehicles during a lightning delay. If they cannot wait in their vehicle they MUST wear a mask the entire time they’re inside the golf shop, or under the scoring gazebo.

In the event we stop play in the middle of your round, you are highly encouraged to help give rides to your players into shelter. This is the ONLY time players may be in a golf cart is if we are bringing them off or onto the course while play is suspended.

State Championship (Final 4) – August 19 at Forest Akers East

Section Championship Format (13U)

• The top 4 teams by aggregate score from the East and West side qualifiers will compete in single elimination match play
• A 9-hole semi-final will be played in the morning, and a 9-hole final will be played in the afternoon
• The winning team will advance to the Regional Championship

Submit your Lineup 

• You will not be able to view the player names via the pairings link until AFTER the lineup deadline. We will publish the player names/pairings on 8/17
• Once the player names/pairings are posted on 8/17, you may NOT edit your lineup.
• If you have a permanent roster replacement after you submit your lineup the permanent roster replacement may ONLY take the spot of the player they are replacing

Player & Course Information

View your Pairings & Start Times

Approximate Yardages

Match Play Informational Video

13U Match Play NTP- for Captains – -2021

13U – Final 4 – Parent Email Template

Walking Scorer Guidelines

Spectator Guidelines

Lanyard Template

Food & Beverage: Players and Captains/Coaches will be provided lunch at no charge. All spectators may purchase lunch for the fee of $10-15 per person at the facility.

Spectator Golf Carts: Spectator Golf Carts will be available on a first come, first serve basis and may be purchased in the golf shop for a rental fee at the facility.

Range Ball Fees: There is no charge for range balls for the participants.

Tees & Yardages: We will publish the tees and yardages for each course in August of 2021.
Boys 11-under and Girls 13-under must play from the FORWARD tees. The maximum yardage for the FORWARD tees is 2,300 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 115 yards.
•  Par four’s should not exceed 275 yards.
•  Par five’s should not exceed 375 yards.

Boys 12-over and Girls 14-over as of the date of the last day of competition must play from the MIDDLE tee. The maximum yardage for the MIDDLE tees is 2,600 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 130 yards.
•  Par four’s should not exceed 300 yards.
•  Par five’s should not exceed 415 yards.

Boys 16-older will play from the BACK tees Recommended maximum yardage for the BACK tees is approximately 2,900 yards:

• Par three’s should not exceed 145 yards.
• Par four’s should not exceed  325 yards.
• Par five’s should not exceed 450 yards.

Family Fun Zone

Captains & Coaches, we will be setting up a Family Fun Zone for your juniors and families to participate in after their round. We encourage all of you to stay and enjoy a fun team bonding experience. We want to make this day about more than just golf and help kids create memories that will last a lifetime. Below is the list of Family Fun Zone activities we will have onsite:

• Pie your coach/teammate in the face stations (willing participants only)
• Remote control car races
• Make your own golf club with pool noodles, and play golf on a pool noodle course
• Putt, putt tic-tac-toe station
• 3-legged race
• Water Hazard Challenge (picture below)
• Other fun activities!!

Regional Championship September 4-5 Purdue Golf Course in West Lafayette, Indiana
National Championship October 7-10 Greyhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ

Regional Championship Cost – qualifying teams will be required to pay a $200 entry fee per player
National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship Cost– qualifying teams will be required to pay a $500 entry fee per player

2020 Fall Webinar Series

17U Information

In-House Leagues

Competitive vs. Recreational Leagues

How Leagues Are Formed

Practice Matches Before Game Day

Using the SportsEngine App

Communicating With Parents as a Captain

Parent Guidelines For PGA Jr. League

Preparing For the League Conference Call

Fall League Information

Getting Your Team Ready For Post Season

SportsEngine Tutorials