Canada's only national junior golf tour run exclusively by Canadian PGA Professionals.

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ABOUT THE TOUR: The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour (MJT) is Canada's only national junior golf tour run exclusively by Golf Professionals. The MJT is proud to play a role in developing young players, including several Canadian National Champions and many Future Links and Provincial Champions. The MJT is also focused on providing opportunities for young Canadians to learn how to golf and introduces players as young as four years old to the game via free instructional clinics. In addition, the MJT encourages young players to further their education with scholarship awards. For more information, please explore this website or call 1-877-859-GOLF.

Program Description:
The non-profit Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour is the only national junior golf tour in Canada run exclusively by Golf Professionals and is endorsed by PGA Tour veteran Ray Stewart. The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour, formerly the Western Canada Junior Golf Tour, expanded from an original base in British Columbia in 1999 to include the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. The MJT is proud to play a role in developing young players, including several Canadian National Junior Champions such as Kevin Klebe, Mike Mezei, Darren Wallace (Cdn Men’s Amateur), Mitchell Fox, Eom-Ji Park, Inah Park, Nick Taylor, Soo Bin Kim, Eugene Wong and many, many Future Links and Provincial Junior Champions. The MJT also provides opportunities for young Canadians to learn how to golf and introduces players as young as four years old to the game via free instructional clinics. In addition, the MJT encourages young players to further their education with scholarship monies, as well as providing letters of recommendation and other support services for the procurement of college scholarships. All MJT Tournament Directors are qualified CPGA Professionals who instruct golf and run tournaments, building golf skills and teaching sportsmanship and etiquette, fostering the meeting of new people and having fun. The MJT is proud to offer the best value to parents and junior golfers with the least expensive entry fees for a major junior tour across Canada, as well as being the only one with favourable refund and payment policies, free clinics and significant subsidy of international competition, reducing the cost burden for juniors where possible.

Administered By:
Canadian PGA Professionals: Murray Poje, Dave Smallwood, Mike Skimson, Robert Ratcliffe, Garth Goodbrandson, Ed Boge, Trent Matson, Jeff Chambers, Neil Bidewell, Tom Bisseger, Pat DeCoste. Founding Directors included past and current RCGA National Coaches Dean Spriddle and Derek Ingram.

Program Objectives:
The program offers a schedule of professionally run tournaments, free instructional clinics and affiliation with instructional academies with the objective to improve golf skills, help build golfing resumes, learn sportsmanship and etiquette, and develop - from an early age - a lifelong enjoyment of the game.

Program Elements:
Free instructional clinics; one, two and three day events; affiliated instructional academies. Tournaments are ranked by the Junior Golf Scoreboard (U.S.A.) as well as on the MJT Order of Merit and, at various levels, by the BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Golf Associations.

Target Market(s):
Young people who enjoy golf; specifically those who would like to improve their game by receiving good instruction and playing in competitive events.

Current Members & Alumni
Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour members have a good track record in both national and international competition. Members/alumni include Soo Bin Kim (2008 Canadian Junior Girls Champion), Eugene Wong (Junior Worlds Champion, BC Amateur and Junior Boys Champion), Sue Kim (#1 ranked junior girl in Canada), Nick Taylor (2006 Canadian Amateur and Junior Boys Champion), Mitchell Fox (2005 Canadian Junior Boys Champion), In-ah Park (2004 Canadian Junior Girls Champion), Darren Wallace (2004 Canadian Amateur Champion) along with past Canadian Junior Boys Champions Kevin Klebe and Mike Mezei, 2002 Canadian Junior Girls Champion and 2003 number 1 ranked Junior Girl in Canada Eom Ji Park; number 1 ranked Junior Boy in Canada in 2001 Ryan Vallely; Alberta Junior Boys past Champions Dale Valley and David McGlone; Alberta Juvenile Champion Jesse Galvon; Alberta Bantam Champion and Future Links Bantam Champion Dustin Zhang; BC Junior Boys Champion Eugene Wong; Manitoba Junior Boys Champion Jesse Skelton; US Kids Golf World Champion Jonnie Motomochi, US Kids Golf World runner-up Richard Lee, Future Links Order of Merit top finishers Eugene Wong, Nick Taylor, Caroline Kim, Sue Kim, Susan Nam, Melissa Mabanta, Julie Kim and Bari-Lynn Erais. Alumni also include Chris Baryla on the PGA Tour as well as players on the Nationwide and Canadian Tours.

Inception Date:
1999

Program Partners:
Many great companies, including Boston Pizza, Cleveland Golf, Mr. Lube, Ford of Canada, Srixon, PricewaterhouseCoopers, OGIO, Gatorade, Callaway, Odyssey, Travel Underwriters, Richport Ford, Sundog Eyewear, Canterbury Golf, Golf Town, Odlum Brown, 1st Choice Savings, Finora, National Bank Financial, Cattermole Group, HSBC, Firstar and more. Please reference the partner section on website for the full list of MJT Tournament and Product Partners.

Contact:
Murray Poje, CPGA
Executive Director
1-877-859-GOLF
jrtour@maplejt.com

Website:
www.maplejt.com

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