Sunday July 9, 2023

Junior Skills Challenge
"Drive Chip & Putt"
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Junior Skills Challenge is an online and interactive program that focuses on developing the key golf skills of putting, chipping and driving. An online leaderboard allows site coordinators to upload players’ scores. Using the data, players are ranked nationally by age group, and by scores on the National Leaderboard. Top competitors nationally are invited to compete in the annual Junior Skills Challenge National Event.

​AGE CLASSIFICATIONS
The top ranked players will be determined in each of the identified age classifications below:
*Dependent on registration*
  • Girls 8 and under 
  • Boys 8 and under 
  • Girls 9 to 11 
  • Boys 9 to 11 
  • Girls 12 to 14 
  • Boys 12 to 14 
  • Girls 15 to 18
  • Boys 15 to 18 

​SET UP & SCORING
Each player receives three shots in each golf skill. Points are awarded and dependent on distance and aim of each shot (driving) and proximity to the hole (chipping & putting). The points system for each skill is listed below.

Putting
Distance: 5 - 10 - 20 feet
Shots per distance: 1
Accuracy and Scoring:
Holed40 pts
Within 1 ft circle of hole30 pts
Within 3 ft circle of hole20 pts
Within 5 ft circle of hole10 pts
Missed attempt5 pts 
Chipping
Distance: 5 yards off green
Shots per participant: 3
Accuracy and Scoring:
Holed40 pts
Within 3 ft circle of the pin30 pts
Within 6 ft circle of the pin20 pts
Within 10 ft circle of the pin10 pts
Missed attempt5 pts

Driving
Note: The drive must reach required distance and land within the 30-yard width in order to qualify for points.
Shots per participant: 3
Required Distances:
Distance Points
Missed attempt5 pts
60 yds10 pts
90 yds15 pts
120 yds20 pts
150 yds25 pts
180 yds30 pts
210 yds35 pts
240 yds40 pts