Mon-Dak Junior Golf Tour
The Mon-Dak Junior Golf Tour is in its tenth year in 2010! We are looking forward to an exciting year of competitive junior golf! The tour has been designed to give aspiring junior golfers additional opportunities to develop their tournament skills and enjoy a quality competitive atmosphere. After a couple of years absence the tour is back and ready for junior golfers who wish to play competitive golf.
A primary goal of the MDJGT is to help each player enhance his/her skills in tournament golf and learn the fine points of The Rules of Golf under competitive conditions. Our Tour is designed to appeal to those young people desiring to take their respective game to a higher level and enhance their golf resume. Nationwide junior golf is growing at such a rapid rate that opportunities to participate in quality tournaments have been limited by the relatively few events currently available in our local areas. Only a small percentage of Junior Golfers have been able to qualify for these tournaments.
An additional purpose of the Tour will be to gain exposure for aspiring young golfers. Our tournament result will not only be conveyed to local as well as home town media, but will be transmitted to regional college and university golf coaches on an ongoing basis. Participants making specific requests for distribution of event results to a college or university of his/her choice will be accommodated.
The MDJT recognizes that golf is another "game of life." It is our overall goal that this Tour will provide one more opportunity for young people to grow in physical, mental, and moral stature and be another positive building block for a useful and pleasing life in the years that are ahead.
Membership Information
ELIGIBILITY
(1) The MDJT tour is open to all males and females between the ages of l2 and 18. (Juniors under the age of 12 may petition to play in the 12-13 age groups and the professional staff of the MDJGT will make a decision based on materials submitted to staff with petition). Please contact the MDJGT office for more information.
(2) A male or female may compete the summer after their senior year of high school if under the age of 19. If a young person becomes 19 during the summer of 2010, he or she may participate in any tournament held before his or her actual birth date.
Tour Membership
(1) All Junior Golfers in the age eligibility group defined above are welcome. Junior Golfers with any age level or prior tournament experience will benefit from Tour participation.
(2) Entry forms must reach the MDJGT director by Friday at 5:00 p.m. for a Monday tournament. Any late applications and players that sign up at the site without pre-registration will be placed on a waiting list. Entry fee for each site is $15 per player which will include a small lunch or snack for each player.
(3) Fields will be divided as follows:
12-13 Females 12-13 Males
14-15 Females 14-15 Males
16-18 Females 16-18 Males
(4) All tournaments are scheduled to be played as follows:
12-13 year old males and females will play 9 holes from the shortest tees.
14-15 year old males and females will play 18 holes from the shortest respective tees.
16-18 year old males and females will play 18 holes from the designated men's and ladies tees for that respective golf course.
Inclement weather may compress schedules or require on site modifications.
Note: Juniors must play within his/her respective age group. Juniors may request, in writing, to move up an age group in the following cases, provided they have demonstrated the skills, maturity, and knowledge to move up a division: (1) Boys and Girls age 12-13 may move to 18 hole competition, (2) Boys and Girls age 14-15 may move to 18 hole competition from respective men's and ladies tees. Juniors must make the declaration to move up when completing membership and tournament applications. Once the declaration has been approved, the junior must remain in that division for the year.
Each tournament will be limited to the first 50 entrants.
(5) All withdrawals will be reimbursed in full if the member notifies the MDJGT director by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, three (3) days prior to the event. This will provide sufficient time for staff to notify those members on a waiting list for the event
Tournament Administration
The MDJGT was designed by PGA Professional, Jay M. Frank from the Sidney Country Club in Sidney, MT with the assistance of Alecia MacMaster, LPGA Professional. These two individuals have successfully integrated junior golf programs throughout their sections. SCC Professional Jay Frank and Staff will be overseeing this summer's junior golf tour.
The tour is managed by Jay Frank, GM at the Sidney Country Club. Jay and staff will actively manage all phases of the tour. Jay has been involved in Junior Golf for over 22 years and is the current head professional and general manager of the Sidney Country Club. Jay or his staff will travel to all tournament sites and coordinate, start, and marshal all events and then post and distribute all results for each tournament.
Mon-Dak Junior Golf Tour
Sidney Country Club
P.O. Box 548
Sidney, MT 59270
Phone: (406) 433-1894
Tournament Conduct
Event starting times will be 10:00 a.m. Central Time at the tournaments in North Dakota and 9:00 a.m. Mountain Time at tournaments in Montana. All players must check into to MDJGT staff at least 15 minutes in advance of their starting time. All players are asked to be at their assigned beginning tee, ready to play, ten (10) minutes prior to their tee time. Appropriate "late penalties" will be assessed for those arriving after their announced time. If a player arrives at his/her starting point, ready to play, within five minutes after his/her starting time, in the absence of circumstances which warrant the penalty of disqualification as provided in Rule 33-7 (USGA Rules Book) , the penalty for failure to start on time is two (2) strokes at the first hole in stroke play.
Neither caddies nor golf cars may be used by players. Each player must carry his/her own golf bag. Push carts/ pull carts will be allowed in all events but must be handled by player only.
The Rules of Golf will be strictly enforced. The MDJGT believes that members desiring to play in competitive golf must be fully acquainted with the rules of the game and realize that strict application of these rules is a cornerstone of this great game. Distance measuring devices will not be allowed during tour competitions.
Undue Delay (Slow Play) will not be permitted. Players must be ready to play when it is their turn. Course marshals will closely monitor this aspect of play and will penalize players as needed.
Signed scorecards must be turned into the scorer's table at the completion of each round of play. The scorecard must be accurate, legible and signed by each of the players in the group. Players submitting incorrect scorecards will be penalized and/ or disqualified.
If a player intends to withdraw from a tournament between rounds, he/she must inform the tournament officials immediately after completion of round one. Failure to notify an official in the above manner may cause entry into future events to be denied.
Exemplary behavior on and off the golf course characterizes participants in the game of golf. The MDJGT will not allow club throwing, abusive language, disrespect to staff, volunteers, or courses, use of tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs or any conduct unbecoming a lady or gentleman before, during and after and event. Violation of any of these standards of conduct may result in disqualification during an event, or in the extreme cases, suspension from Tour Membership.
The Mon-Dak Tour will adopt the following dress codes for all tour events:
Players, parents and volunteers must abide by the MDJGT dress code. Proper attire for all events includes:
Neat & Clean Clothing
Shoes must be worn at all times
Sleeves & Collars on boys' shirts
Sleeves or sleeveless collared shirts for girls
Hats worn properly (bills forward)
NO Denim (jeans or shorts)
Length of shorts must be no shorter than a dollar bill length from the top of the knee
Spikeless golf shoes or tennis shoes only
Improper attire includes:
Tennis shorts or short shorts
Sweat pants or spandex
Excessively baggy shorts or pants
Denim (Jeans or shorts) or cut-offs
Tee shirts
Tank tops or halter tops
Bathing suits
Hats worn backwards
The tournament director has the right to deem other attire improper, which does not specifically appear on the list. Please be aware that the dress code will be enforced and that failure to comply with it will result in appropriate action by the Tournament director and that the player may not be allowed to participate for that day's event.
Parents, friends, and other guests are welcome to all events. During actual tournament play all visitors must remain on golf cart paths, or in their absence, behind the rough line of the hole. Rules will prohibit players from communicating with, or gaining advice from visitors or parents.
Practice rounds on the week prior to the event may be arranged with the host facility. Participants should contact the facility directly to make these arrangements.
The points for each age group in each division will be awarded as follows:
| 1-3 Players |
5 |
3 |
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4-7 Players
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10 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
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| 8-12 Players |
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15 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
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| 13-20 Players |
20 |
15 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
3 |
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| 21-26 Players |
25 |
20 |
17 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
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| 26+ Players |
30 |
25 |
22 |
19 |
16 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
(Anyone participating and not placing
will be awarded 2 points per tournament)
The top finishers in each age group in each division will be recognized for their achievement. Ties for the overall winner of each event will be decided by sudden death play-off, but ties in age divisions, will be decided by matching scorecards and regressing from the 18th or 9th hole of play.
(Points will accumulate and will be the basis for earning an invitation to the year-end Mon-Dak Junior Golf Tour Championship!)
(12) The MDJGT Championship will be hosted by the Sidney Country Club in Sidney, MT on 8/9/2010, at 9:30 a.m. The field will be limited to forty-four (44) players and they will be invited based on their final standings in the MDJGT Point List. Should we have less than 44 players competing in this year's event we will invite all players to participate.
Female 12-13 (6 Players)
Female 14-15 (6 Players)
Female 16-18 (6 Players)
Male 12-13 (8 Players)
Male 14-15 (8 Players)
Male 16-18 (12 Players)
The field will be selected following the last tournament of the season, which is at the Williston Municipal golf course in Williston, N.D. In order to be selected for the tournament field all participants must have competed in at LEAST (2) two Mon-Dak tour events during the season.
(13) The safety of players and guests is of primary importance to the Mon-Dak junior Golf Tour. Playing conditions that are determined to be hazardous will result in immediate suspension of play and all participants will be removed from the course to safe surroundings as rapidly as possible. Play will not resume until safe conditions can be restored.
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