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The Philly Junior Tour is committed to helping our members improve their

competitive golf game, and reach their personal goals. This is why you see

tournaments on our schedule listed as JGS #1, JGS #2, ect. The letters “JGS” stand

for Junior Golf Scoreboard, which is a national rankings system for junior golfers in

the United States.

To meet requirements for Junior Golf Scoreboard,

our ranked tournaments must be:

1) At least 36 holes

2) Division must have 5 players

3) Minimum of 4,500 yards and not shorter than

the forward most USGA-rated tees

4) No stroke limit rule in place

All of our events labeled “JGS” meet these requirements, as long as at least 5

players sign up in your division. For a junior golfer to be part of the JGS-ranked

event, they must compete in all the tournaments that are associated with that

number. For instance, if two events are listed as JGS #1, juniors must compete in

both of those tournaments. If 3 events are listed as JGS #2, juniors must compete

in all three of those tournaments to be nationally-ranked. A junior golfer is not

required to play in all the events associated with that JGS number—they may

register and play in any 18-hole tournament individually, but will not be included in

the national rankings. If you have any questions about JGS events, let us know!

Brian Schulte, PGA Elise Kain

Junior Tour Director Operations Coordinator

bschulte@pgahq.com ekain@pgahq.com

The Junior Golf Scoreboard ranking system is based on a formula that reviews a

player’s record in 36-hole or longer tournaments over the last 365 days.

Tournaments drop out of the calculation after one year. A player must have four

events posted within the year to be ranked. Players are ranked overall, and also

against all players within their graduation class. Below is a simplified explanation of

the individual rankings breakdown. For a more detailed explanation, please visit the

Junior Golf Scoreboard website: www.juniorgolfscoreboard.com

From Junior Golf Scoreboard’s About Us:

The Junior Golf Scoreboard was created by a group of parents whose children have

been involved in all levels of junior golf, from local competitions to the U. S. Junior

Amateur and AJGA events, and most of whom have gone on to play golf at the

college level. The founders of the Junior Golf Scoreboard saw a real opportunity to

help junior golfers market themselves, find tournaments more easily and assess their

playing skills against other junior golfers without necessarily having to travel all over

the country.

Individual Scoring (65%): How well the player scores when playing in

tournaments.

Strength of Field (25%):

The number displayed here is the result of our

proprietary ranking formula that determines a score for

all the tournaments played by this individual.

Strength of Finish (10%):

Finishes are weighted in accordance with the number

of players competed against (size of the field).

As of 6/29/12

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