TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The Junior Masters is an official R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking tournament, used for Great Britain & Ireland Team selection as well as being a qualifier for the EGU Boys Order of Merit. Only the best under-18 golfers are accepted for the tournament, with the handicap ballot for entries usually falling at around scratch.
From 2011 the tournament is preceded on the Thursday by the Junior-’Pro’/Am, where the juniors are the ‘Pros’ for the day, leading a team comprising of 3 amateurs.
The 72 hole main tournament is played off scratch over three days, 18 holes on both the Friday and Saturday with the competitors playing in 3 balls. With the cut after the first 36 holes, the remaining field (top 36 plus ties) play a further 36 holes on Sunday with the winner receiving the Junior Masters Trophy and Jacket from Sir Henry Cooper himself.
The Junior Masters aims to replicate every aspect of a Professional European Tour event with corporate hospitality, electronic leaderboards, TV coverage, full stewarding and much more.
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The Nations Trophy is played for over the first two rounds of the tournament. Three players are nominated from each participating country with the best two scores counting.
In 2010 teams from Denmark, England, Finland, Holland, Ireland, Scotland and Wales took part. England retained the trophy.