ISJA PREVIEW
PREVIEW
The 48th annual Illinois State Junior Amateur
Championship will be contested June 27-
29, 2017, at Makray Memorial Golf Club
in Barrington, Ill. The highest level of IJGA
competition, the ISJA Championship is intended
to highlight the best male juniors in the state
of Illinois and retains its position as a top state
junior championship in the country in terms of
the level of American Junior Golf Association
(AJGA) Performance Stars awarded.
The field is made up of boys ages 12-18 who
are residents of the of Illinois. These players
have either earned exempt status or have
qualified at one of the six (6) local qualifiers.
There are three past ISJA champions in the field
this year: Connor Prassas of Winnetka, Ill. (2016
Champion), Ethan Farnam of Crystal Lake,
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Illinois Junior Golf Association
Ill. (2015 Champion), and Brendan O’Reilly of
Hinsdale, Ill. (2013 & 2014 Champion).
The winner of the 2017 ISJA will receive an
exemption into the 2018 Illinois Open and an
exemption into the 2018 Illinois State Amateur.
This event is recognized by AJGA, Junior Golf
Scoreboard and by the World Amateur Golf
Rankings.
The host facility, Makray Memorial Golf Club,
is a premier 18-hole championship caliber
course in Illinois with four sets of tees, strategic
bunkers, bent grass tees, fairways and greens,
blue grass roughs and spectacular views.
Additionally there is a state of the art practice
facility which includes 1 1/2 acres of bent grass
teeing ground, 2 practice putting greens and a
short game area.