Forest Highlands Golf Club to host 2010 Boys and Girls State Junior Golf Championships

Forest Highlands LogoThe 2010 Boys and Girls State Junior Golf Championship will return to the prestigious Forest Highlands Golf Club in Flagstaff, Arizona, on July 6 & 7, 2010. Forest Highlands Golf Club has previously hosted the event in 2007 and 2008.

For the second year in a row, the 2010 Arizona Boys & Girls State Junior Championships will be administered by the four state golf associations, the Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA), Southwest Section PGA, Arizona Golf Association and the Arizona Women’s Golf Association.

The State Junior Golf Championships is open to players up to age 18 as of July 7 and open qualifying will be conducted by the Southwest Section PGA on June 25 and 28 in Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff. For more information on the qualifying sites, dates and other important information, please see the Southwest Section PGA web site www.southwest.pga.com. and click on junior golf.

The field is limited to 60 boys and 30 girls, and final pre-qualifying will be finalized by June 18. The balance of the field available for open qualifying and the minimum scoring requirement will be set by June 24.  Each open qualifying location will be allocated a number of qualifying spots determined by the size of the field.

To successfully qualify for the State Junior Championships at the open qualifying locations, players must compete from the same distance as the players in the oldest age group and meet the minimum scoring requirement. The number of qualifying spots and minimum scoring requirement will be made available before play begins.

Once players have qualified to participate in the State Junior Championship, they must register online at  www.jgaa.org. If they do not already have a JGAA login and password, they’ll need to register with the JGAA to complete online registration prior to the entry deadline of June 30 at 12 PM.