The Northern
Junior Championship Committee is proud to announce an expansion of the Boys and
Girls entry criteria to include champions of select events from both the IMG
Junior Golf Tour and the College Prep Golf Tour.

Boys and Girls
Champions in the 15-18 divisions at the following events will earn an automatic
invitation to the 2016 Northern Junior Championship:

IMG Junior
Golf Tour – Charleston Springs Golf Club – April 9th – 10th

College Prep
Golf Tour – Penn State Championship – April 9th – 10th

IMG Junior
Golf Tour – Crystal Springs Golf Club – April 23rd – 24th

IMG Junior
Golf Tour – Northeast Tour Championship – May 14th – 15th

College Prep
Golf Tour – University of Maryland Championship – May 28th – 29th

 

“The goal of
the Northern Junior remains a simple one – to provide players with an
opportunity to compete in one of the best junior tournaments they’ve ever played
in,” said Brent Paladino, Co-Tournament Director of the Northern Junior. “Our
hope is to continue to expand our reach and give players across the country an
opportunity to play in a tournament they’ll never forget on one of the best golf
courses in the northeast.”

The 2015 Northern Junior Championship featured its strongest field to
date, as 117 players from eighteen different states and provinces gathered at
New Haven Country Club for the 36-hole stroke play competition. Connor Daly of Bronxville,
New York captured the Boys Championship with rounds of 70-70—142 for a one
stroke victory, and Alissa Yang of Norcross, Georgia captured the Girls
Championship with rounds of 74-71—147 for a two stroke victory. The Tournament
Committee also awarded the annual Ryan Lee Memorial Scholarship to Nabila
Inak of Forest Hills, New York, who entered her freshman year at Newberry
College this past fall to compete on their Division II collegiate golf team.

The 2016 Northern Junior kicks off Monday, August 1st,
with practice rounds followed by the Players Welcome Reception and Ryan Lee
Scholarship presentation. The championship will be contested Tuesday &
Wednesday, August 2nd and 3rd, with the low 36-hole score
in the Boys and Girls Championship being crowned the champion. Spectators are
welcome and encouraged to attend, and complete information including starting
times can be found on the official tournament website at NorthernJunior.com.

About the IMG Junior Tour

Developed to
fill a key niche in junior golf, the IMG Junior Golf Tour provides an elite
setting for junior golfers to compete and gain exposure to college golf,
professional golf, national junior rankings and athletic excellence. Established
in 2010 to serve competitive junior golfers and their families, the IMG Junior
Golf Tour offers professionally-conducted competitions and educational programs
to help develop players on and off the golf course and prepare them for
collegiate golf and life beyond athletics. For more information, visit IMGjuniorgolftour.com.

About the College Prep Golf Tour

The College
Prep Golf Tour is about creating affordable golf tournaments for Junior Golfers
that will develop them into College and Lifetime tournament golfers. Their
series of junior golf tournaments began in 2003 and currently consists of
fifteen multi-day tournaments throughout Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and
more. In addition, CPGT has partnered with ShotStat to give all of it’s members
incredible benefits which include leaderboards, first half and second half
rankings, hole by statistics for their score, putts, fairways, greens and
custom statistics for the number of feet of putts missed, birdie opportunities
and course management errors. For more information, visit collegeprepgolftour.com.

About the Northern Junior Championship

The Northern Junior
Championship is a nationally ranked junior golf tournament that is contested
over two days at New Haven Country Club in Hamden, Connecticut and is open to
amateur boys and girls under the age of 19 who have not entered their first
year of college. The tournament attracts a field of competitors from across the
country and is conducted with the goal of providing the same first-class
championship experience offered at the best national amateur and professional
events. Now in its 15th year, the
Northern Junior Championship is conducted each year in memory of Stan
Trojanowski, father of Cindy and Gary Trojanowski, who passed away in 2002 due
to Mesothelioma.