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

Tournament Directors

	Murray Poje Murray Poje is the Founder and Executive Director of the MJT, and a 21-year Class "A" CPGA Professional with international tour experience (PGA Tour, Canadian, Australasian and South African Tour events). He is past BC PGA Champion and Head Golf Professional at Tsawwassen Springs Golf Course in Tsawwassen, BC.
	Garth Goodbrandson Garth Goodbrandson is a 26 year member of the CPGA, Director of Player Development for Golf Manitoba, RCGA Provincial Coach for Manitoba. Garth is also the Co-Coach and Co-Founder of the University of Manitoba Golf Teams. Industry awards include Manitoba PGA Junior Leader of the Year 1999 and 2000 and Canadian PGA Junior Leader of the Year 1999.
	Dave Smallwood Dave has been a CPGA member for over 26 years and is currently the Director of Instruction and Coach/Lead Instructor for the Whistle Bear Junior Performance Team at Whistle Bear GC in Cambridge, Ontario. A former #1 ranked junior in Ontario and U.S. scholarship recipient, Dave knows the importance of top quality, multiple round, junior competitions to help young golfers progress towards achieving their golfing goals. Dave's experience also includes Assistant Golf Coach for the University Of Waterloo Men's golf team; he is also a past member of Ontario's junior, CPGA Assistant's and CPGA Club Professional inter-provincial teams.
	Trent Matson Trent Matson is a 21 year member of the CPGA, has played professionally in Canada and the United States, has been a Head Professional in Southern Alberta and instructs in the Professional Golf Management Program at Lethbridge College. Currently he teaches at Paradise Canyon Golf Resort in Lethbridge and has been involved with the Alberta MJT for nine seasons, as Tournament Director Alberta, and lately as National Tournament Operations Manager. Trent was also recently recognized for his dedication to junior golf as recipient of the 2008 PGA of Alberta's Junior Leader of the Year Award.
	Jeff Chambers Jeff Chambers, Class "A" CPGA Professional, formerly Saskatchewan Golf Association's High Performance Coach and Future Links Instructor, joined the MJT team of Tournament Directors in 2006 to run the Saskatchewan schedule. Career highlights include being named the 2006, 2008, 2009 Junior Promotor of the Year for CPGA of Saskatchewan and 2009 Saskatchewan Head Pro Player of the Year. An honours graduate from the Professional Golf Management Business Administration Program from the Lethbridge Community College, Jeff also holds the Head Professional's post at Elmwood G&CC in Swift Current.
	Tom Bissegger Tom Bissegger is a 25 year member of the Canadian PGA, Class A and Professional/Manager of Golf Rive Sud in St-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec (near Montreal). Tom has been operating junior golf programs (summer and winter) for 200 juniors at Rive Sud for 17 years. In 1986 he founded and currently co-owns the Cegep de St-Hyacinthe Winter Golf Academy, and is also a junior program coach at Richelieu Valley Golf Club. In addition, Tom continues to enjoy actively competing on the Quebec PGA tour.
	Ed Boge Ed Boge is the 2005 and 2004 Manitoba PGA Junior Leader of the Year, a 12 year Canadian PGA member, Golf Instructor, Coach to individual junior players across North America and Graduate of the Professional Golf Management Program at Camosun College in Victoria, BC. Ed assists Garth Goodbrandson in Golf Manitoba’s developmental programs, and is the Assistant Coach of the University of Manitoba Golf Team.
	Mike Skimson Mike Skimson has been a CPGA Professional for 14 years and is currently an Instructor at the Golf Performance Center @ Whistle Bear Golf Course in Cambridge, Ontario. As the Assistant Tournament Director in Ontario, Mike works alongside Director Dave Smallwood to provide the Ontario Participants with a first class tournament experience. Mike is also Assistant Coach of the Junior Performance Team at Whistle Bear GC. Prior to this, Mike was an Assistant Professional at Galt CC for 8 years.
	Pat DeCoste Pat DeCoste is a 12 year member of the CPGA and Class “A” Director of Golf at The Links at Penn Hills. Pat was also named the 2004 CPGA Nova Scotia Player of the Year, 2007 Club Professional of the Year award for CPGA Atlantic and is a member of the CPGA Atlantic Board of Directors.
	Neil Bidewell Neil Bidewell is a 14 year member of the CPGA. After winning the BC High School Golf Championships in 1993 Neil went on to study at Purdue University as well as the Universite Science Humaine in Strasbourg, France. Neil is currently Golf Operations Manager and Junior Golf Development coordinator at King's Links by the Sea Golf Club. Neil is also proudly the Event Coordiantor for the MJT Ford Go Golf! Junior Clinics across B.C., a free program for kids of all ages to be a part of the game of golf!
	Robert Ratcliffe Robert Ratcliffe has Canadian & British PGA Class ‘A’ Memberships, is the Assistant National Coach - Team Canada Women’s Team, 2009 BCPGA Teacher of the Year, Provincial Coach - Alberta Golf Association 2004-2006, past Director of Instruction Crown Isle Resort and RedTail Landing Golf Academy, RCGA Regional Coach for Alberta 2005-2006, Head Coach - University of Alberta Men’s Team 2003-2006, and Touring Professional (PGA MasterCard Tour) 1997-2000.
	Vince Liu Vince Liu is a CPGA Professional with an MBA from Missouri State University. He graduated from San Diego Golf Academy with Honours, and is RCGA Level 3 Rules certified, as well as Titleist TPI Level 2 certified. Vince, who was a founding member of McDonald’s Restaurants in Taiwan and Human Resources Director of Johnson & Johnson, Taiwan, has been in the golf business for more than 10 years.

Past Directors

Derek Ingram

MJT Founding Director, Manitoba
Derek Ingram was the founding director of the MJT in Manitoba and headed up the program there for several years before being named Head Coach of the Women’s National Amateur Golf Team as a full-time posting. Derek is a 17-year veteran of the Canadian PGA. He was named Canadian PGA Teacher of the Year in both 2003 and 2007, in addition to being named Manitoba PGA Player of the Year in 2002. Derek is also a record five time winner of the Manitoba PGA Teacher of the Year, two time winner of the Manitoba PGA Junior Teacher of the Year and has been rated by the National Post as one of the Top 10 Teachers in Canada.

Dean Spriddle

MJT Founding Director, Alberta/Saskatchewan
Dean Spriddle was the founding director of the MJT in Alberta/Saskatchewan and headed up the program there for several years before becoming a full time RCGA National Women's Team and Junior Girls Team Coach in 2006. Dean was also the 2002 Canadian Professional Golfers' Association Teacher of the Year and past President of the Alberta PGA.