I hope this newsletter finds you well and safe.

As we set sail to launch the 2022-2023 NFJGTOUR tournament season we can reflect on the past nine years and review how far we have come to be one of the best junior tours in the nation. There are not many local junior tours who can match that of the NFJGTOUR. This is all due to the outstanding support of our Foundation Partners, tournament sponsors and the quality performance of our juniors on tour and the support of our local PGA Professionals. I would also be remiss if I did not credit the fantastic support and understanding of our support cast, the parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends. It has all been a TEAM effort. Making our tour even more special is the professional performance of the NFJGTOUR staff who have been with us for the past nine years. Thank you to all and let us make this season the best it can be.

With golf at its highest demand ever, it has been a challenge to schedule this season’s events as clubs try to grab the top dollar, but slowing we convince club owners and local PGA Professionals that it is our duty to continue to grow junior tournament golf in North Florida. Our juniors are the future.

To date, twenty-eight junior tour events have been scheduled at 21 different golf venues, with hopes of adding a few more along the way. That pales in comparison of past years where we had 30-34 clubs on the schedule.

This season we welcome back Timuquana Country Club, Laurel Island Golf Club and Palm Harbor Golf Club to join our outstanding cast of supporting clubs. We will once again partner with the North Florida PGA, Florida Junior Tour, the American Junior Golf Foundation and Notah Begay Junior Golf National Championship. Our juniors will compete for higher level golf opportunities as we have in the past and compete to earn their way on the “Florida Coast Ryder Cup” team and represent NFJGF in the FJT Team Championships. The final event will be the “TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS” – present and past.

We will continue to have six age and skill division, three “Tournament Series” (fall, spring, and summer) and host 12 two-day major events called the “North Florida Junior Players Tour”. During the season, our boys 13-18 divisions will compete in the “AJGA Junior Players Cup” to identify the player who will represent the NFJGF in the “Junior PLAYERS Championship” and our girls will compete for rights to the “First Coast Women’s Amateur” and the “St. Augustine Junior”.

NFJGF provides local junior golfers, ages 7-19, an opportunity to be a member of the organization which will allow them to play in competitive tournaments that are affordable, professional and are consistent with the USGA Rules of Golf and the Conditions of Competition. The tournaments and events provide an opportunity for junior golfers to build a solid foundation, gain tournament experience and compete among their peers for the love of the game. The experience will help prepare junior golfers, if they so desire, to compete in any State or National event. NFJGF will also promote, fund and manage a scholarship fund. NFJGF will strive to provide scholarships to junior golfers that have participated as a member, uphold the values of the organization and pursue a degree at an accredited college or university.

The values governing NFJGF will be to operate the organization and impact young people with integrity, honesty and fairness. We will promote the values of self esteem and pride in our events, with our members, among each other and the community. Our decisions will be made with an objective, fact-based thought process. We will work together to nurture independent thinking which fosters taking responsibility for your actions.

To motivate our younger generation into loving the sport of golf by providing and financially supporting the NFJGTOUR, the North Florida Middle School Golf Program for all schools including Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns and other counties. In doing so we will prepare our junior golfers for competition in high school golf, college golf, higher level golf opportunities (state and national) and perhaps achieve the biggest dreams of all, the LPGA or PGA TOUR's.