Released by Global Junior Golf
IJGA to Host Prestigious Global Junior Golf event
International Junior Golf Academy( IJGA) will host a prestigious Global Junior Golf( GJG) event in December 2018, which opens the gates for international players to experience WAGR ranked tournaments in the U. S. The American GJG‘ tournament swing’, also includes a tournament near Bishops Gate Golf Academy( BGGA), and will give juniors more possibilities to play on the home soil of college coaches, which ultimately helps their college placement process. IJGA will showcase the event not far away from its Bluffton Campus. GJG members will have the chance to visit and explore IJGA. Additionally, special packages will be available for GJG members to train at IJGA, introducing them to the full expertise of IJGA’ s coaching team led by Jonathan Yarwood. GJG is very proud to offer their members extra value over the off-season with this future premier junior tournament.
IJGA will be listed from 2018 onwards as a Global Junior Golf Performance Center. GJG accepts only premium academies from around the world as GJG Performance Centers, which deliver top professional training facilities and a family atmosphere for juniors, so juniors can ultimately chase their golf and collegiate dreams. IJGA has a long history of building top juniors and has helped players from around the world to achieve successful college careers. It is a great honor that IJGA is now connected and will be able to share training and education resources and expertise to all GJG members around the world!
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IJGA alumni include Morgan Hoffmann, Shanshan Feng, Song-Hee Kim, Pablo Larrazabal, In-Kyung Kim, Stephanie Meadow to name a few.
Left to right: Morgan Hoffmann, Shanshan Feng, Maria Jose Uribe, Pablo Larrazabal, Stephanie Meadow, In-Kyung Kim.
A big thank you to Ms. Lee-Anne Misseldine, CEO of International Junior Sports & Education Advisors( IJSA) and her staff for promoting junior golf. GJG took the opportunity to have a quick interview with Lee-Anne about the upcoming exciting endeavors:
GJG: Lee-Anne, once again a big thank you from the GJG family for promoting junior golf and for the exiting extended partnership. How do you feel about the new endeavors?
Lee-Anne: It has been a pleasure working with Global Junior Golf for the last couple of years. We have been so impressed by the passion and professionalism of the team and feel very aligned in our values and mission for growing junior golf. This new partnership, expanding into IJGA and bringing GJG events to the USA, was a natural progression for our already successful partnership and we are very excited for the new opportunities this will bring to our students and GJG members.
GJG: Please introduce International Junior Golf Academy to the GJG family.
Lee-Anne: IJGA is a very well established brand in junior golf, with a rich history over 20 years. At IJGA we believe in developing the whole person— the athlete, the student and the young adult. Emphasizing both intensive training and scholastic achievement through the nationally accredited Heritage Academy, IJGA has produced some of the best junior golfers playing within the