CJGA Hosting World Junior Qualifying At Swan-e-set

The winning qualifiers will be invited to join junior golfers from over 73 countries who will be divided into six different age divisions ranging from 6 and Under to 15-17 at the Junior World Golf Championship to be held from July 13th to 17th in San Diego, California.

The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is hosting this weekend's double qualifier and among the notable players competing from British Columbia will be Curtis Chan, 12, of Richmond; Chris Crisologo, 13, Richmond; Cameron Davison, 14, Duncan; James Fahy, 16, Vancouver; Brian Jung, 15, Coquitlam; Kevin Kwon, 14, Pitt Meadows; Bryan Lichimo, 17, North Vancouver; Donald Qiu, 12, Richmond; Adam Svensson, 15, Surrey; Lauren Ashley Taylor, 17, Nelson and Andy Yang, 16, of Coquitlam.

The CJGA will be sending both boy and girl junior golfers from Canada in each age category to this event. The selection process will be done by merging all results from the designated qualifier events into one national list for each age category. Scores will then be adjusted based on the difficulty of weather conditions, course conditions, course slope, and course rating and will then be sorted by the CJGA committee. The juniors with the lowest adjusted scores in each age category will then be selected to represent CJGA Team Canada.

Commonly referred to as The Optimist, the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships is one of the largest and most prestigious junior golf events in the world. In addition to top-level tournament golf, participants have the opportunity to meet new friends and have a great deal of fun.

Each year, more than 650 junior golfers from 25 countries participate in the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships. Each year over 5,000 young people from the United States and Canada compete in qualifying tournaments.

Some former participants in Optimist-sponsored events include Bubba Dickerson, Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, Michelle McGann, Ernie Els, Justin Leonard, Nancy Lopez, Phil Mickelson, Nick Price, Corey Pavin, and Craig Stadler.
For more information on The Optimist please visit the CJGA website.

Tee Time Schedule
Saturday May 23rd: Tee times begin at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday May 24th: Tee times begin at 1:00 p.m.

About the CJGA
The Canadian Junior Golf Association is a 'registered Canadian amateur athletic association' (RCAAA) not-for-profit registered federally with Revenue Canada.. The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is dedicated to providing Canada's junior golfers with the necessary skills and knowledge required to lay a foundation for a future in competitive golf. Through its six-stage competitive development program that focuses on tournaments, clinics, international competitions, and mentoring programs with PGA Tour professionals, the CJGA introduces the game to juniors as young as five and offers competitive multi-day events for the more advanced golfer. The CJGA acts as a feeder system to provincial and national competitions, collegiate and university golf, as well as professional and recreational golf.
For more information please visit www.cjga.com.

The Canadian Junior Golf Association is generously supported by its National Founding Partner, LEXUS.