About the Niagara Junior Tour
The Niagara District Junior tour is open to all junior golfers that have not reached their 19th birthday by August 1st of the playing season. Presently there are 5 divisions, Under 19 (U19), Under 17 (U17), Under 15 (U15), Under 13 (U14) and Girls. Both the U19 and U17 play from the same tees while the other divisions would play shorter distances.
There are usually 10 tour stops at different courses throughout the year starting once the players are out of school and run until the third week in August. The focus is the season long points champion and culminates with the last stop and banquet that night. The season long points race uses the best 8 rounds out of 10 . That way the players are allowed to miss a couple of events. Players are also allowed to count other tournament scores played on the same day as the tour stops with prior approval from the tour.
There is a registration fee to join the tour and then there is a per event entry fee.
The tour also has it official charity which is the Kristen French Child Advocacy Centre Niagara, a local charity that helps to heal child abuse. the players are asked to raise a minimum of $100.00.