The SOPGA Jr. Tour aims to develop young golfers through local competitions as an extension of the 500+ PGA of America Professionals across the
@SouthernOhioPGA
Our 2019 Players Tour Champions are Eric Cherubini (Boys 13-18) and Gabrielle Woods (Girls 13-18)!
Both will be playing for their respective high schools this upcoming year.
Congratulations and great playing!
🏆 2020 Boys Player of the Year 🏆
Bennett Zeitner held on to win the 13-18 POY, finishing the season with 925 points.
He played in 5 events this summer and was Top 10 everytime he teed it up. Including 2 victories!
Congratulations, Bennett!!!!!
Congratulations to the winners today from the first Players Tour event. It's going to be a great season! 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️
🥇Lilly Middleton - Girls 13-15
🥇Gabrielle Woods - Girls 16-18
🥇Noah Lindsey - Boys 13-15
🥇Jack Soper - Boys 16-18
2019 Junior Tour Schedule
The 2019 schedule is highlighted by the Players Tour Championship which will be played at Muirfield Village Golf Club on August 6th and 7th!
As the SOPGA Junior Golf season comes to an end, be sure to thank our outstanding team of
@SouthernOhioPGA
Tournament Operations Interns who have helped make this season great!
Learn more about them:
Congratulations Maddi Shoults - the 2022 SOPGA Player’s Tour Girls Champion!
Maddi finished Top-5 in six Player’s Tour events this season to earn a spot in the Girls Championship and defend her title for the third consecutive year.
🔗:
After 36 hard-fought holes, these players reigned supreme. Congratulations to all of the champions of the Miami Valley Jr. Championship on the SOPGA Jr. Tour!🏆
👋 Hi
@jacknicklaus
,
We will be in your backyard for a couple of days.
Our top golfers are competing in the SOPGA Junior Tour Championship today and tomorrow! It’s a great honor to have Muirfield Village as this year’s host.
#SOPGAJrTour
Brown's Run Country Club played host to the Miami Valley Jr. Open Championship on the SOPGA Jr. Tour! Congratulations to these girls on their great play!🥇
The best scores of the day belong to the girls champions of the SOPGA Jr. Open Championship! Congratulations to these girls on their great play today!🏆
Good luck to both Tyler Goecke and Ali Khan as they will be representing the
@SouthernOhioPGA
at the 44th Boys Junior PGA Championship.
Round 1 Starting Times:
Tyler: 8:10am
Ali: 12:10pm
Be sure to follow
@JuniorPGAChamp
for updates!
Big changes in 2019! The SOPGA Junior Tour is excited to announce we have a new logo for this season!
Additionally, the Junior Tour will now be the Players Tour (Boys and Girls 13-18) and the Futures Tour will remain the same with Boys and Girls 7-13.
2019 schedule posted at 1
Congratulations to our Southern Ohio Girls Junior PGA Champion Anna Ritter from New Albany & Runner-up Annika Manjunath from Dublin! They're headed to Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky for the
#JuniorPGA
. Check out the full Girls tournament results:
🚨Meet
#TeamSOPGA
🚨 Get to know the juniors who will be heading north to battle for the inaugural Junior Ohio Cup! Paige Weiss heads to Westfield Country Club with a Player of the Year trophy and five wins to her name. Welcome to the team Paige!
We've got some exciting changes coming in 2021! We hope these changes will enhance everyone's experience and provide a place for golfers of all levels to play and have fun. Click to learn more about all changes across every level of the Junior Tour:
🚨 Meet
#TeamSOPGA
🚨 One lefty isn't enough for Team SOPGA. After a red-hot end of the season, Owen White joins the team with plenty of momentum. Welcome to the team Owen!
Attention all junior golfers and parents of rising golf stars: The
@USNDPGolf
Ohio State Team Program is here!
Now is your chance to represent your state and work toward representing the USA.
Check out more here!
After the Four-Ball matches, NOPGA leads the SOPGA, 6.5 - 1.5 at the Inaugural Junior Ohio Cup. Singles matches get started tomorrow at 10:00am.
📸 from Four-Ball matches
Congratulations to our PipeStone Junior Classic winners 🥇 Thanks to
@PipestoneGolf
for hosting the Players Tour this week! Check out the full leaderboards here:
Our first event of the season is in the books! Congrats to our winners Adam Horn and Ally Madden for their strong performances this week. See the full results here:
Back to back Bennett! Bennett Zeitner pulled away late to win his second consecutive Players Tour event. He shot a 71 at
@WedgewoodGolfCC
and followed it up with a 70 at
@DarbyCreekGC
for the win. AJ Frost also won…
Gabe Scherer, Mitchell Sargent and Saylor Wharff sit atop the 2023 Jr. Tour Championship leaderboards after the first day at “Jack’s Place”
🔗:
#SOPGAJrTour
@MemorialGolf
@MSargentFORE
This week's
#MeetTheMember
needs no introduction. Mitchell Sargent found his way to the winner's circle nine times in the 13-15 age division! Take a few minutes and get to know Mitchell!
@MSargentFORE
Meet Mitchell:
Update on our 2020 junior golf season: unfortunately, we’ve decided to postpone all events through May. However, we are still optimistic that we can restart our season in June with the proper safety precautions in place. We hope to see you back on the course this summer!
After battling tough weather conditions all day, the Inaugural Junior Ohio Cup comes to a close. Team SOPGA fought hard on day two but didn't get the result we hoped for. Congrats to the
@NOhioPGA
for the 16 - 8 victory.
🚨 Meet
#TeamSOPGA
🚨 The sweet-swinging lefty Cameron Phillips claimed the 2023 Junior PGA Championship, advancing for the second consecutive year! There's no moment too big for him. Welcome to the team Cameron!
Congratulations to these players on their first win of the 2021 SOPGA Jr. Tour Season at yesterday’s Majestic Springs Junior Classic 🏆See the full leaderboard here:
The ladies of Dublin Jerome(
@JeromeLadyGolf
) and Columbus Academy took to Frisco, TX this week to compete in the 2024 National High School Golf Invitational!
Alexa Prettyman finished the event at one-under-par in a tie for 31st!
Congratulations girls!
Congratulations to our top 2 boys and girls for advancing to the Junior PGA Championship!
The Junior PGA Championship will be held July 9-12 for the girls and July 30-August 2 in for the boys at Keney Park Golf Course in Hartford, CT.
Congrats to our top performers!
A few are pictured below: Maddi Shoults (left), Mariana Vega (center), and Kary Hollenbaugh (right).
For full results from this weekend’s tournament please click here:
🏆 2020 Girls Player of the Year 🏆
Catherine Zhang held on to win the 13-18 POY, finishing the season with 890 points.
She played in 5 events this summer and was Top 5 everytime she teed it up.
Congratulations, Catherine!!!!!