The Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) is a national junior golf association. The CJGA is a not-for-profit "registered Canadian amateur athletic association" (RCAAA) with Revenue Canada.

Established in 1993, the CJGA was founded to give junior golfers in Canada an opportunity to develop their competitive skills. Its Junior Program offers over 90 tour stops across Canada and includes regional, provincial, and national championships. The elite junior is also able to represent the CJGA and Canada at a number of international events.

Competitive Development Program

Through its six-stage competitive development program that focuses on tournaments, clinics, international competitions, and mentoring programs with PGA Tour

PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

 professionals, the CJGA introduces the game to juniors as young as five and offers competitive multi-day events for the more advanced golfer. The CJGA acts as a feeder system to provincial and national competitions, collegiate and university golf, as well as professional and recreational golf.

Level 1

The developmental stage of the CJGA program. Juniors between the ages of 5-13 are introduced to the basics of the game of golf through the Junior Linkster program, which include learning proper etiquette and competing in a friendly environment. The clinics serve as tools for juniors hoping to build a foundation for their future golfing endeavors.

Level 2

After spending time in the Junior Linkster Program, juniors are presented with the opportunity to participate in multi-day events. The tournaments are more competitive and structured than those on the Junior Linkster series and attempt to instill a higher level of professionalism.

Level 3

Juniors who have proven their talents through CJGA Junior Tour events are provided with the opportunity to test their skills in Regional and Provincial events, which take on an added degree of intensity and structure. There is an application policy as well as certain procedures that must be followed for those who wish to participate in these tournaments.

Level 4

These events are high profile, with media and sponsor representatives on hand. Applicants for these events are selected based on their performances in other CJGA Junior Tour events held earlier in the season. There is an added amount of pressure on juniors participating in national tournaments because of the status of the events. Both stroke and match play formats are offered in national tournaments conducted by the CJGA.

Level 5

CJGA Juniors are given the opportunity to qualify for prestigious international events through various qualifying tourneys that are conducted during the earlier months of the golfing season. Aspiring juniors who earn the chance to represent the CJGA in an international tournament will be able to test their skills against some of the premier junior golfing talent that the rest of the world has to offer and, in many cases, will receive mentoring support from Canada’s top touring professional golfers. The CJGA’s international selection committee selects teams for various international tournaments based on cumulative results. CJGA Team Canada members will learn the necessary attributes and gain the experiences needed to possibly move on to Canada’s national teams.

Level 6

The objective of the CJGA Competitive Development Program is to assist junior golfers in their efforts to earn a spot on a golf team at the university level either in Canada or the United States.

International Success

In 2003, CJGA Team Canada captured its first World Junior Golf Cup in Scotland, defeating a tough American contingent. The team was also victorious in 2005, 2006 and 2007, over IJGT Team USA and the Fife Golfing Union. The 2003 victory was followed up with CJGA Team Canada's first North America Cup victory in 2004 at Berkeley Hall Golf Club in Hilton Head, SC and in 2007 at Weston Golf & Country Club in Toronto, Ont.

PGA Tour Influence

PGA Professionals such as Stephen Ames

Stephen Ames

Stephen Michael Ames is a professional golfer on the PGA Tour holding dual citizenship of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada....

 and Ian Leggatt

Ian Leggatt

Ian Donald Leggatt is a Canadian professional golfer.Leggatt was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He has won one PGA Tour event and one Nationwide Tour event....

 assist in junior golf development in Canada with the CJGA. In March 2009 Stephen Ames was named as the CJGA’s national spokesperson.

Stephen Ames Cup

In 2005, Stephen Ames worked with the CJGA to create the Stephen Ames Cup, an annual Ryder Cup style tournament that brings together junior golfers from Trinidad & Tobago and Canada. The teams travel to each other’s country as they alternate playing host to the tournament. This August (2009) the tournament will be played in Calgary, Alberta.

Results

Year	Venue	Winning Team	| Score		Losing Team
2009	TBD (Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... )
2008	St.Andrew's Golf Club (St.Andrew, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Andrew, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Andrew is a county in Trinidad and Tobago which occupies . It is located in northeastern Trinidad, east of Saint George County, south of Saint David County and north of Nariva County. To the east it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The major town in the county is Sangre Grande... )	Trinidad & Tobago	12½	7½	Canada
2007	Granite Golf Club (Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville is the primary urban area within the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Main Street, Mill Street and Market Street.-History:... )	Canada	13	7	Trinidad & Tobago
2006	St.Andrew's Golf Club (St.Andrew, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Andrew, Trinidad and Tobago Saint Andrew is a county in Trinidad and Tobago which occupies . It is located in northeastern Trinidad, east of Saint George County, south of Saint David County and north of Nariva County. To the east it is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The major town in the county is Sangre Grande... )	Trinidad & Tobago	15	5	Canada
2005	Granite Golf Club (Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville, Ontario Stouffville is the primary urban area within the Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersection of Main Street, Mill Street and Market Street.-History:... )	Canada	10	6	Trinidad & Tobago

Partner Organizations

The CJGA has partnered with other associations to help assist juniors golfers gain access to the CJGA and help CJGA members who wish to play on other tours.

1. American Junior Golf Association

American Junior Golf Association

The American Junior Golf Association is a "501 nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is considered by many leaders in the golf industry to be the premier...

 (AJGA)

2. International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT)

3. Washington Jr. Golf Association

4. Junior Linskter Tour Canada (BC) - Harry White

5. Brent Morrison Academy (BC)

Alumni

Alena Sharp

Alena Sharp

Alena Sharp is a professional golfer from Canada, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour...

, James Lepp

James Lepp

James Lepp is a Canadian professional golfer.Lepp was born in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He began his collegiate golf career at the University of Illinois. In 2005, he won the NCAA Division I Championship while playing for the University of Washington, the first Canadian male to do so...

, Jessica Shepley, Derek Gillespie, Seema Sadekar, Will Mitchell, and Chris Baryla

Chris Baryla

Christopher Baryla is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour.Baryla was born in Calgary. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso, and turned pro in 2004....

 are a couple of the hundreds of CJGA alumni who have participated in CJGA programs and are currently playing on professional tours such as the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, the Canadian Tour and the Futures Tour

FUTURES Tour

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. Nearly fifty 2008 CJGA graduates are participating as freshman in NCAA competition in 2008-2009.