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The Junior Foundation has a few updates for the 2020 season.
- The Junior Tour event at Whistling Straits on July 12th will continue to be a lottery drawing for players to get into this event. Juniors will have 24 hours from when registration starts (April 7th at 6 p.m.) to register. Everyone that registers during this time will be put into a pending status and your credit card will not be charged. The lottery drawing will be random and will take place on April 9th. Once the lottery takes place the selected entries will be charged on credit card you registered with. Second, the tournament will Only be open to boys & girls ages 14-18. This golf course is very difficult and we have had issues with pace of play in the 13 & under division in years past.
- We are happy to announce that Balance & Believe is back as the presenting sponsor for the Junior Tour. We will look to partner with B&B for the Bucket of Hope events and pick out other charities that an event will specifically help. Look for more information this spring before events start in June.
- We continue to bring new sites to the tours. The following sites were added to the Junior Tour for 2020 - The Legend at Bristlecone, Mascoutin GC, Saddle Ridge GC, Brown County GC, Wander Springs GC, Door Creek GC, Oneida G&CC, SentryWorld, Pheasant Hills GC, Evansville CC, Kestrel Ridge GC and Monroe CC.
- *New in 2020* We are excited to now offer a College Student Membership. This membership gets them discounts on Players Tour events and also our new High School Senior/College Student events. We have two new events on the schedule this year for High School Seniors and College Students. Events will be at The Legend at Bristlecone will host the first event on June 9 and Blackwolf Run - Meadow Valleys will host second event on July 12.
- *New in 2020* We will now offer a South Central Tour Par 3 tour to expand our Par 3 events. This 9-Hole junior tour is a great way for youth (boys and girls) ages 7 -12 to practice their golfing skills while making new friends along the way. These 9 hole events will be played at shorter yardages than adult at 5 area golf courses. This is a developmental tour for youth golfers that follows the Adult Developmental Model for youth. 9 holes: Boys and Girls Division Course set up- Age groups 7-9 (1300 yards) & 10-12 (2000 yards).
- The SentryWorld Girls Only event is back in 2020 and will be sponsored by Tour Edge. Event is July 22.
- Our Lake Arrowhead Invitational will be moved back to August because of the WIAA Boys State moving back a week in June.
The purpose of the WPGA Junior Foundation scholarship program is to assist graduating high school and college students in financing their college education. There are 2 separate scholarship forms. One is for graduating high school seniors and the other is for current college students. Please choose the appropriate one. In 2024, the WPGA Junior Foundation awarded 33 scholarships totaling $85,000. We anticipate awarding even more in 2025. All applications will be taken online. Please make sure you have your transcripts and letters of recommendations forms available to attach to your application online. High School Applicants - Click Here to apply online College Applicants - Click Here to apply online Deadline for both scholarship applications is April 23, 2025. #LendAHand Scholarship #LendAHand was created with the goal of helping those in need to get back on the golf course and playing in events throughout the state. We recognize the many financial hardships families continue to endure and we want to give back! Thanks to the help of our donors, we are able to offer accepted applicants up to $200 towards tournament registration fees. Apply here
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