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with the opportunity to meet and learn from a PGA Tour Pro. Registration for this event opens November 1, 2018 and is limited to the first 48 teams that apply to play. As is the case for all other LJGT events, the Sam Burns Junior Four-Ball will be conducted over 36-holes. The timing of this event is ideal. From the players’ standpoint, it will be a great start to the year coming off “winter rest” and being able to play in a team event. It also provides an opportunity for Louisiana junior golfers to sharpen their game before the high school golf season begins. Squire Creek is regarded as one of the top facilities in Louisiana, and rightly so. The Tom Fazio designed track hosted the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship in 2015, and it has hosted numerous LGA Championships over the years including the LGA Mid-Amateur in 2007, 2012, and 2014. Squire Creek boasts some of the best greens in the state, known for their speed and undulation, and the golf course is in excellent condition year-round. The Louisiana Junior Golf Tour season heats up in the summer with 6 events, starting in June at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette. This event will be the first of the 36-hole summer series of stroke-play events for players 11-18. These events will feature three divisions; one Overall Girls division (13-18), one Overall Boys division (13-18) and one Boys (11-13) division. Overall Boys will play from approximately 6,600 yards and the Girls and younger Boys will play from approximately 5,700 yards. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers in each division, and player of the year points will be applied to the season points race. The LJGT will also make stops at Squire Creek CC, East Ridge CC in Shreveport, and OakWing GC in Alexandria. For the full 2019 LJGT schedule of events see the calendar below or online here. The unification of the LGA and the Louisiana Women’s Golf Association has added exciting changes to the LGA Junior Amateur Championship. The 62nd edition of the LGA Junior Amateur Championship will now feature an Overall Girls division. This is the pinnacle championship for juniors in the state of Louisiana and the champions will receive automatic invitations to compete in the Junior River Cup Matches as well as the LJGT Tour Championship. There are 200 AJGA stars up for grabs to the top finishers in the LGA Junior Amateur and “fully exempt status” to the Overall Boys Champion. The 62nd LGA Junior Amateur will be conducted at Bayou Oaks at City Park on the Rees Jones designed South Course July 10-12, 2019. Joining the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour is simple and easy. LJGT members will receive, in addition to access to LJGT events, a membership package including a LJGT hat, tee shirt, sleeve of golf balls, 2019 Rules of Golf book, and LJGT Hard Card. Furthermore, LJGT members will receive all of the benefits that LGA members receive, which includes access to LGA Championships (if eligible), GHIN Handicapping services, free subscription to Golf Digest, Audubon Golf Trail discount card (fee cart fee at 10 Louisiana facilities) and a variety of other member benefits. To register for the Louisiana Junior Golf Tour membership please click here. 2019 Louisiana Junior Golf Tour Sam Burns Junior Four-Ball Championship Squire Creek Country Club; Choudrant, LA February 23-24, 2019 Oakbourne Country Club Lafayette, LA June 5-6, 2019 Squire Creek Country Club Choudrant, LA June 13-14, 2019 Gulf States PGA Junior Championship TBD TBD 62nd LGA Junior Amateur Bayou Oaks at City Park (South Course) New Orleans, LA July 10-12, 2019 East Ridge Country Club Shreveport, LA July 23-24, 2019 OakWing Golf Club Alexandria, LA August 1-2, 2019 Junior River Cup (Invitation Only) Links on the Bayou; Alexandria, LA September 14-15, 2019 2019 Tour Championship TBD October 5-6, 2019 31