Junior Masters

The 2024 PGA of Alberta Junior Masters is an invitational event open to Alberta residents 18 years of age and under as of August 1^st, 2024.

 In alignment with Golf Canada’s National Championship Eligibility Guidelines, a player’s age as of August 1^st, 2024 is used to determine eligibility.

There will be thirty-nine spots for boys and twenty-one spots for girls in total to form the field of sixty players.  Invitations for the 2024 PGA of Alberta Junior Masters will be sent in March 2024 to all eligible players.

Players qualify in the U19, U17, and U15 Divisions based on results from the 2023 Alberta Golf Provincial Championships and 2023 Maple Leaf Junior Tour Order of Merit Standings (highest ranked results by age division).  

Player Exemptions...
Two discretionary exemptions are also available per gender events.  Applications for these exemptions must be submitted to the Junior Masters Committee no later than March 31^st, 2024.  Please submit the online exemption form prior to this date.  (Submissions are now closed)

  If there are no accepted Exemptions from the four reserved invitations they will be distributed as follows:

• 1 - U17 Flight - Boys
• 1 - U15 Flight - Boys
• 1 - U19 Flight - Girls
• 1 - U15 Flight - Girls

If a player is unable to accept the invitation, the next highest-ranked player based on the set criteria below will be invited to take this spot.

• U19 Boys Division - (12)
  • 4 Eligible players from the U19 Provincial Championship results
  • 2 Eligible players from the U17 Provincial Championship results
  • 3 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Junior Boys)
  • 3 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Juvenile Boys)
• U17 Boys Division - (15)
  • 4 Eligible players from the U17 Provincial Championship results
  • 3 Eligible players from the U15 Provincial Championship results
  • 4 eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Juvenile Boys)
  • 4 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Bantam Boys)
• U15 Boys Division - (10)
  • 3 Eligible players from the U15 Provincial Championship results
  • 2 Eligible players from the U13 Provincial Championship results
  • 3 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Bantam Boys)
  • 2 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, Peewee Boys)
• U19 Girls Division - (13)
  • 4 Eligible players from the U19 Provincial Championship results
  • 3 Eligible players from the U17 Provincial Champion results
  • 6 Eligible from the MJT OOM (Alberta, 15-19 Girls)
• U15 Girls Division - (6)
  • 2 Eligible players from the U15 Provincial Championship results
  • 1 Eligible player from the U13 Provincial Championship results
  • 3 Eligible players from the MJT OOM (Alberta, U15 Girls)

 U15 Divisions Yardage:  To ensure the competition is set up using fair standards for all players, competitors in the U15 Divisions will play from reduced yardage, however, they will forfeit the opportunity to compete for the overall title.  Players in these divisions who wish to compete for the overall title must indicate their intention to waive this opportunity at the time of registration.

Continuing from 2023 - The overall winner will automatically receive an invitation to participate in the next year’s Junior Masters as long as they meet the age eligibility.

 Added/Event Performance Criteria...
Golf Canada National Championships:  Men’s, Women’s, Junior Boys & Junior Girls
                1^st source of field selection
                                Top Alberta player results from National Championships

 Golf Canada NextGen: Pacific, Western, Ontario & Prairies
                2^nd source of field selection
                                Top Alberta player results from NextGen events

 Provincial Championships: Alberta, BC
                3^rd source of field selection

 Ranking Systems...
Junior Golf Scoreboard
4^th source of field selection
                      Top 3000 ranking
                                    Ranked Alberta players within the top 3000 who did not qualify via above options