Texas Junior Golf Tour

If players wish to purchase a yardage book for this tournament, they may do so for $50 through their TJGT account dashboard under the "Add-Ons" section. Unless otherwise specified, all yardage books will include Course Yardages and Green Maps for every hole. 

Yardage books ordered through the TJGT website will be handed out at check-in before Round 1. Any player wishing to have a yardage book before hand (for practice rounds) may order the yardage book from the Puttview website - https://puttviewbooks.com/

This TJGT event will be scored using the ShotStat Live scoring app, and all hole-by-hole scores will be updated in real time to the tournament leaderboard at TJGT.com.

All players MUST download and activate the ShotStat Live scoring app on their phone before the tournament and be prepared to use the app for scoring during each round. Paper scorecards will not be given out to any player unless in an emergency. 

The ShotStat Live App can be downloaded for FREE for Apple and Android devices via the device's App Store. 

Click here for more info on the app and activation instructions. 

The TJGT tournament staff reserves the right to alter the yardage posted come tournament time for any reason - weather, course conditions, pace of play, etc - but will strive to have the competition tees set as close to, if not exactly on, the yardages posted for each division.

It is the responsibility of the player when playing a practice round to practice from the yardage posted on the TJGT website; tournament tees are set the day of the first round, not before. The TJGT is not responsible for where the tees are set at a golf course on non-tournament days; we recommend playing a practice round from the yardage specified on the tournament information page, regardless of where course tees are set on a given day, as those tees may not accurately reflect the yardage played during the tournament.

This event will serve as qualifier for the Notah Begay III Houston Regional tournament, played at The Clubs of Kingwood on June 14-15, 2023. All players registered for this event are eligible to have their scores count toward the qualifier -  there is no additional fee to have your score count toward qualifying for the Houston Regional.

Any player that qualifies will be contacted by the NB3 staff to register for the Regional Tournament, and may chose to do so (or not) at that time. See the information tabs below for number of spots available and special age divisions and policies for the NB3 Qualifier. 

For more info on the NB3 qualifiers and championship, visit https://www.jgnc.org/

The age divisions for all NB3 Local and Regional Qualifiers and the 2022 National Championship, are as follows:

Boys & Girls 16-18

Boys & Girls 14-15

Boys & Girls 12-13

Boys & Girls 10-11

A player’s age division is determined by their age on May 1st. For Example, if a player turns 14 in July of 2023, they will compete in the 12-13 Division throughout the entirety of the Series even though they may be 14 during a Local or Regional Final.  

Caddy Policy
For all TJGT events that also serve as NB3 Qualifiers, caddies will not be permitted in any age division. This caddy policy is only specific to the 4 TJGT events that also serve as NB3 Qualifiers. Any Local or Regional Qualifiers operated by the NB3 Organization are subject to the caddy rules set out by NB3. 

For this tournament, the following qualifying spots will be up for grabs (for each gender):

Boys & Girls 16-18 Age Division - 2 Spots

Boys & Girls 14-15 Age Division - 2 Spots

Boys & Girls 12-13 Age Division - 2 Spots

Boys & Girls 10-11 Age Division - 2 Spots

36 holes stroke play. Tournament may be shortened due to inclement weather. 1^st place tie will be decided by a playoff following the final round of competition. The tournament committee will decide holes of play with advice by course staff.  All other ties will be decided by the TJGT method of scorecard playoff. The RULES of GOLF will govern play, unless otherwise stated here. All TJGT Hard Card Policies are in effect for this tournament.

TEES

Boys 15-18 ­– GOLD Tee Markers

Boys 11-14 – GOLD Tee Markers

Girls 15-18 & Girls 11-14 – SILVER Tee Markers

LOCAL RULES:

-- ALL DENSE VEGETATION, UNMAINTAINED AREAS, NATIVE AREAS, LAKES, PONDS and LARGE BODIES OF WATER are deemed RED penalty areas. Individual trees or bushes are not penalty areas. Proceed to take relief with your options using the mow line and or edge of water as the defined boundary.

— No drop circles on par 3s

-- Out of bounds is defined by white states, perimeter fences, and inside edge of street curbs

-- Players will receive free relief from any golf ball located on the seam of any new pieces of grass/sod, but not the sod itself (unless specifically marked as GUR). From the seam, players may take nearest point of relief and one club length

-- In case of doubt as to procedure, please refer to rule 20-1 until a rules official can be located.  The competitor should announce to his fellow competitors his decision to invoke Rule 20-1 and the ball in which he will score if the rules permit. 

USE OF MOBILE DEVICES
Players will be permitted/expected to utilize the ShotStat Live App on their mobile device to keep score and may also reference the Hole Location Sheet loaded into the app. Players are not permitted to use their mobile device for any other reason during the round. Violation of this may result in the general penalty or disqualification.

SPECTATOR/PLAYER INTERACTION
Players and spectators are not to have interaction during play. Patrons may assist in looking for a lost ball, but otherwise must stay on the cart path and/or far off the green during tournament play. Players are not to walk with spectators. If a spectator is observed walking with, talking to or giving advice (or appear to be) to a player, a verbal warning will be given. Upon second observance, a 2-shot penalty will be issued to the player. Upon third observance, the player will be disqualified.

DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICES
In accordance with USGA Rules of Golf, the Note under Rule 14-3 for all TJGT Events: Therefore, a player may obtain distance information by using a device that measures distance only. If a player uses a device that measures more than distance, the player is in breach of Rule 14-3, for which the penalty is disqualification, regardless of whether any such additional information function is actually used.

The TJGT has published a comprehensive document outlining our tournament procedures, policies and plans for competition for tournaments during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Please CLICK HERE to read the TJGT 2021 COVID-19 policies/procedures. 

All players and spectators are responsible for reading, understanding and abiding by these procedures.