Junior Masters

The 2023 PGA of Alberta Junior Masters is an invitational event open to Alberta residents 18 years of age and under as of August 1^st, 2023.

In alignment with Golf Canada’s National Championship Eligibility Guidelines, a player’s age as of August 1^st, 2023, 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 2023 PGA of Alberta Junior Masters will be sent in March 2023 to all eligible players.

Players qualify in the U19, U17, and U15 Divisions based on results from the 2022 Alberta Golf Provincial Championships and 2022 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, 2023. Please submit the online exemption form prior to this date. Click here for form.

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.

*New for 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.