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These are the clubs and organizations that your donations will support. Please indicate on the donation form which club you would like to support.
State Team Tournaments
Through AWGA membership fees and generous donations by member clubs, the AWGA fully funds the following state teams. In addition to funding the teams each year, the AWGA has taken on the responsibility to present the 2006 Girls Junior Americas Cup Matches here in Arizona. This will be a major undertaking and will require significant funding. Your donations identified to be applied to the Girls Junior Americas Cup will assist not only in sending our team for the next three years, but will also help to fund the 2006 Matches.
The Girls Junior Americas Cup Matches is one of the finest junior golf team tournaments offered to girls 17 years and younger. 18 teams from western United States including Hawaii and the countries of Canada and Mexico are invited to participate. The tournament is hosted by each state on a rotating basis. Arizona is scheduled to host in 2006. Participating in this event is an exciting and wonderful experience for junior golfers and a great reward for the girls who have worked so hard to qualify for the Arizona Team. Being a part of the four-girl Arizona team is a distinctive honor.
The Mary Cave Cup is an Inaugural tournament providing the opportunity for two additional girls to travel to the San Diego area to represent the State of Arizona in girls’ junior golf tournament. This event is comparable to the Boys’ Hogan Cup Matches.
Junior Golf Association of Arizona–Open to Girls
and Boys
The Junior Golf Association of Arizona is a 501c(3) corporation, a charity, and relies on fund-raising activities and donations received from clubs, corporations, and individuals. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
The JGAA governs and promotes junior golf in the state of Arizona. It introduces non-golfing juniors to the game, establishes golf programs as schools, assists golf courses with their junior programs, conducts major junior golf tournaments in the state and administers the Tres Arnold Scholarship Fund.
State Tournaments – These highly competitive events are open to all qualified members of the JGAA. Many serve as qualifiers to national events as well as to JGAA invitational tournaments. Members of Arizona’s four state teams, the Junior Girls and Junior Boys Americas Cup teams, the Mary Cave Cup team, and the Hogan Cup team, are also selected based on stipulated criteria in designated state tournaments. These two-day and three-day events are held at courses through out Arizona.
Developmental Programs – These non-competitive programs are designed to introduce non-golfing juniors to the game, establish friendships with other golfers, gain an understanding of the Rules of Golf, and develop skills to prepare them for on-course play and tournament competition. These programs provide beginning and intermediate golf instruction during the school year.
The LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Club, Phoenix
is a developmental junior golf program designed for
girls ages 6-18. It was formed specifically to create
a network for girls to learn to play golf in a non-threatening
environment. Girls must be members of the LPGA Girls
Golf Club and the Junior Golf Association of Arizona
to participate.
The LPGA GGC conducts events on a monthly basis September through May with weekly events taking place during the summer months. The girls club offers a variety of golf formats to encourage fun and friendships while eliminating the stress associated with athletic competitions. The GGC provides opportunities allowing girls to play with parents or guardians to encourage healthy relationships between juniors and adults in a social setting.
The summer events allow the girls the opportunity to earn points and qualify for the annual High Points Tournament held at the completion of the season. Girls in skill levels Floral 2 to Solid are selected based on points earned. Winners in each division are announced at parent/daughter tournament, the final event of the summer.
GGC members learn more than just the game of golf. They build friendships and a sense of pride while learning honor, etiquette and a lifetime sport.
Southern Arizona Junior Golf Association – Open to Girls & Boys is a 501(c) (3) corporation, a charity, and relies on fundraising activities and donations given to the Association by corporations, golf clubs and individuals. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Green Valley Junior Golf Club
The Green Valley Junior Golf Club is addressing a definite need for the young girls and boys of the Green Valley area and the surrounding communities by providing a wholesome program that builds self-esteem and confidence. The game of golf teaches and requires discipline, honesty, etiquette and mental toughness. These principles apply to everyday life and provide lifetime guidelines for our members.
The Tucson Roadrunners Girls Golf Club – Similar to the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Club in Phoenix, the Tucson Roadrunners offers a developmental junior golf program for girls in the Tucson area. The Tucson Roadrunners Girls Golf Club is addressing a definite need for the young girls of our community by providing a wholesome program that builds self-esteem and confidence. The game of golf teaches and requires discipline, honesty, etiquette and mental toughness. These principles easily apply to everyday life and can provide lifetime guidelines for our members.
Quarterly SAJGA Clinics - Before playing in tournaments, each player must attend one of the quarterly SAJGA clinics. These clinics are not the same as the city-sponsored clinics but once members attend, they do qualify for the City of Tucson, Parks and Recreation golf card which allows them to play city golf courses at discounted greens fees
Southwest Section PGA Junior Golf
Youth Golf Club – Open to Girls and Boys
The Southwest Section PGA Youth Golf Club is an entry level; developmental program designed for juniors ages 6 to 18 who are not ready to compete at the tournament level. Our goal is to provide opportunities for the juniors to become educated in the game of golf. As the juniors progress through the program they will learn about the Rules of Golf, etiquette, and playing strategies. Upon progression past the highest level the player will have access to the Southwest Section PGA Junior Tour and JGAA tournament events.
Junior Tour - Open to Girls and Boys
The SWSPGA Junior Tour is a series of six one-day tournaments, held weekly throughout the months of June and July. Thirteen districts, geographically divided, plus an additional district in Southern Nevada, administered with help from the Southern Nevada Junior Golf Association, accommodate many of the top juniors in the Southwest Section PGA. The Section works hand in hand with the Junior Golf Association of Arizona to promote junior golf in this area.
Other Junior Golf Opportunities
The Southwest Section also conducts the Westfield PGA Junior Championship and the SWSPGA State Junior Championship, which is the culmination of the Junior Tour.
The Tucson Ricki Rarick Junior Golf –
Open to Girls & Boys program offers introduction
and experience in playing stroke play competition. One
and two day tournaments are offered for a six-week period
during the summer and a series of six tournaments during
the winter. These tournaments afford the opportunity
for juniors to incorporate rules, etiquette and management
with course play.
