Louisiana Golf Association & Gulf
States Section PGA Introduce the
Louisiana Junior Golf Tour
The Louisiana Golf Association (LGA) and
Gulf States Section PGA (GSPGA) announced
the introduction of a new junior golf initiative,
the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour (LJGT). The
LJGT will provide a first-class experience
for competitors, and it will foster the valued
traditions of the game through character
development, self-reliance, and sportsmanship.
“We are looking forward to promoting and
elevating junior golf in Louisiana,” said LGA
Executive Director Logan Ray. “The LJGT
will create affordable playing opportunities for
junior golfers at premier LGA member club
facilities, and we are pleased to partner with
the Gulf States PGA on this initiative that will
benefit the game in Louisiana.” The LJGT
will help junior golfers build a foundation of
skills and knowledge that they will be able to
use for the rest of their lives. “The Gulf States
PGA cherishes its 50-year relationship with the
Louisiana Golf Association. We are excited to
have the opportunity to join with the LGA in the
buildout of the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour. The
focus of the LJGT on youth player development,
organized competition and teaching the core
values of golf, will positively impact our game
for generations,” said Gulf States Section PGA
Executive Director Robert Brown. Louisiana
Junior Golf Tour membership is open to juniors
of all skill levels, ages 11-18.
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The LJGT will feature six new competitive
opportunities for junior boys and girls in
its inaugural year, in addition to the LGA
Junior Amateur, Gulf States PGA Junior
Championship, and the Junior River Cup.
Each event will provide an opportunity for
competitors to garner Player of the Year points,
which will earn the top players invitations to
participate as a member of Team Louisiana
in the Junior River Cup and the season finale
Tour Championship in October. The LGA and
the Gulf States PGA are tremendously excited
about this program and are optimistic that this
will create more opportunities to help teach and
grow the game of golf in Louisiana. The LJGT
will serve as a one-stop-shop for competitive
junior golf in Louisiana. For more info, visit:
http://www.lgagolf.org/LJGT.
The inaugural season will kick off in
spectacular fashion with the Sam Burns Junior
Four-Ball Championship at Squire Creek
Country Club in Choudrant the weekend of
February 23-24, 2019. Burns, a Louisiana
native, needs no introduction to golf fans in the
Bayou State. He has graciously offered to serve
as host for the first ever Junior Four-Ball event in
the state at his home club Squire Creek. Burns
is beginning his rookie season on the PGA Tour
and has a promising career ahead of him. Most
recently, he finished tied for third place in the
Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson,
Mississippi. Burns started exactly where many
of the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour competitors
are now, rising through the junior ranks at the
local level before dominating the national junior
golf scene. Burns won the LGA Junior Amateur
Championship in 2012 at the age of 15, and he
played college golf at LSU. He exemplifies golf
in Louisiana and is a role model for today’s LJGT
competitors. As he starts on his professional
journey, Burns has made it one of his missions to
give back to the game, and to have his support of
the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour is tremendous.
This Sam Burns Junior Four-Ball
Championship will combine the fun, competitive
atmosphere that a Four-Ball event can create
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