2010 / 2011 Membership Information and Requirements

MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE AFTER PAYMENT HAS BEEN PROCESSED.

2010 -2011 Membership Year: September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2011
Membership enrollment for the 2010-2011 season closes on April 30, 2011.
Membership Registration: 24/7 Online Registration only available
on our secure web site at: www.jagstour.com
Visa and MasterCard Accepted

Once a junior golfer’s membership fee is processed by credit card, check, or cash, the membership fee will not be refunded for any reason. Players who have been approved for membership but do not have their current required paperwork on file and approved WILL NOT be approved for tournament play until all required paperwork is submitted. Once a player receives their online id number and password they may register for tournaments but their tournament registration will be left in the pending mode for processing until all required paperwork is submitted and approved. Once paperwork has been received, reviewed and approved all pending tournament registration entry fees will be processed providing there is space available in the tournament they are registering to play in.

Non-Members: Non-Members are welcomed to register and play in open tournaments providing their Proof-of-Age document is submitted and approved prior to the entry deadline of the first tournament they play in. Members have priority tournament entry over a non-member’s tournament entry and members pay reduced entry fees into all JAGS Junior Tour open and invitational tournaments.

All NEW members on the JAGS Junior Tour, regardless of membership level, must submit a clean and readable copy of their certified state or county birth certificate or a copy of their valid passport to JAGS Junior Tour by either fax or mail before they any tournament registrations are approved for processing.

To service the needs of junior golfers, JAGS has provided two (2) membership levels: 

Gold (New or Renewal) – 3.0 Grade Point Average Required*
Bronze – No Grade Point Average Requirement  

* Renewal Gold Memberships are restricted for players who were Gold members during the 2009/2010 membership year.

2011 Gold (New or Renewal) Membership: Boys and girls age 12-18** who maintain a 3.0 or higher grade point average (gpa) while in school. Gold members have an opportunity to earn bonus tournament points for post season honors at the annual awards banquet providing they meet the following criteria’s:

1. Proof of Age documentation is on file and approved by JAGS Jr. Tour.
2. Participate & complete a minimum of 5 tournaments including 1 major during the current season.
3. Maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the current season.
4. Submit an official report card or complete school transcript not later than 10 days after the completion of each official semester, quarter or trimester reporting period.

**Players who turn 19 during their senior year in high school may continue to play in tournaments on the JAGS Junior Tour through the end of the 2011 tournament season (August 31st) providing they do not report to college before August 1, 2011.

Gold (New or Renewal) Membership Package Includes but not limited to the following:
First priority tournament entry up until 5pm on the tournament cancellation date, Bag Tag, Golf Specialty Items, Golf Hat/Visor, Golf Apparel, On-line Ping American College Golf Guide, current USGA Rules of Golf Book, 1yr. subscription to a golf magazine, JGS rankings, JAGS Newsletter, Member’s attendance at the Players Award Dinner Banquet for Free, and the lowest entry fees to all JAGS Junior Tour tournaments. Results will be sent to college golf programs and press releases to designated area media as requested by the Gold member.

Gold Members (New or Renewal) who are 2011 graduating seniors may apply for a 2011 JAGS Junior Tour Academic Scholarship providing they meet or exceed the GPA requirements and grades are submitted as required and play in and complete a minimum of 5 tournaments including one major during the current tournament season.

Should a Gold (New or Renewal) member’s single semester or quarter grades fall below the required 3.0 gpa, a copy of the member’s complete school transcript will be accepted for overall gpa calculation purposes.

Should a Gold (New or Renewal) member’s single semester or quarter grades fall below the required 3.0 gpa and their complete school transcript reports their over-all gpa is also below a 3.0 gpa, the player will be placed on Academic Probation.

Gold (New or Renewal) members placed on Academic Probation may submit additional grades during the current grading period (progress grades) within 5 days after receipt for consideration to be temporarily removed from academic probation until final grades are received at the end of the next official grading period.

Important: Gold (New or Renewal) members placed on academic probation may sign up for tournaments anytime while on academic probation at the Bronze tournament entry fee level (no gpa required) until their gpa is back to required status of 3.0 or higher and approved by JAGS Junior Tour. Bronze level entry fees received for upcoming tournaments for players on academic probation will not be credited back to the Gold tournament fee level if the entry fee is received and processed before updated grades are remitted and the player removed from academic probation. JAGS Junior Tour does closely monitor and verifies entry fees prior to approval to confirm the proper entry fee level was selected according to the player’s membership level and gpa status. JAGS Junior Tour reserves the right to change an entry fee to the proper fee level if deemed necessary for proper membership level or academic reasons.

2011 Bronze Membership: Boys and girls 12-18 years old. Grade point average (GPA) requirement is not required (waived) for this membership level. Bronze members have the opportunity to receive limited post season honors* providing they meet the following criteria(s):

1. Proof of Age documentation is on file and approved by JAGS Junior Tour.
2. Participate and complete a minimum of 5 tournaments including 2 major during the current season.

*Post season Honors at the annual awards banquet not available to Bronze members: Academic Honors, Player or Rookie of the Year Honors, Selection to the Western All-Star Team, or Spirit of Golf Award.

Bronze Membership includes –
Second priority tournament entry up until 5pm on the tournament cancellation date, Bag Tag, Hat / Visor, Golf Specialty Item, current USGA Rules of Golf Book, JGS Rankings, JAGS Newsletter, Member’s attendance at the Players Award Dinner Banquet Free, and reduced tournament entry fee.