Junior Open Series

2024

The Suffolk Golf Union alongside the Suffolk Ladies County Golf Association, have commenced the Junior Open Series for 2024, with all fixture dates detailed below. 

Designed to help promote the growth of junior golf within the county for both boys and girls.

Not only does it encourage golfers to engage with other like minded youngsters, it will help their development on and off the golf course by offering a platform to enjoy, compete, improve and develop their personal attributes within a safe and friendly environment.

2024 RESULTS;

Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club held the last Junior Open on Sunday 1st September and The 2024 Series was all up for grabs!

Played on a warm dry day, the event was a great success again and with conditions good, excellent scores were seen, both in the gross and net categories.

With James Sadler (Ipswich) and Henry Ridgeon (Stowmarket) taking 1st and 2nd on the day, it was George Swallow (Halesworth GC) who came in 3rd and secured The Open Series gross category with sufficient points to pip Patrick Coffey (Woodbridge) in this final Junior Open. 

In the net competition, low scores were evident with local Alex Turner (Bungay & Waveny Valley) winning with a low net 63, closely followed by Henry Ridgeon (Stowmarket) and Alfie Rackham (Halesworth) on net 64, Henry on countback. This win also meant that Alex also went on to win the Junior Open Series net prize for 2024.

For the Girls, Abigail Hope (Bungay & Waveney Valley) won the gross on the day with an 88, just beating Shannon Noble (Ipswich) on countback. The net prize of the day went to Jessica Rogers (Bungay & Waveny Valley) with an excellent net 75.

Josie Knights (Ipswich) remained at the top of both 2024 categories and has sucessfully defended her gross category win with very consistent golf throughout the season. Shannon Noble (Ipswich) therefore takes the net category win for 2024.

Many congratulations to George Swallow, Alex Turner, Josie Knights and Shannon Noble for winning their particular categories and presentations will be made at The Race to Aldeburgh day, on Sunday 20th October - venue to be decided due to course reconstruction at Aldeburgh. The winners will be advised shortly.

Click on the links below for the updated category results;

Boys Gross results post Bungay & Waveney Valley;                      Girls Gross results post Bungay & Waveney Valley;

Boys Net results post Bungay & Waveney Valley;                         Girls Net results post Bungay & Waveney Valley;

JUNIOR SERIES EVENTS FOR 2024

JUNIOR OPEN SERIES OVERVIEW;

Competitors qualifying for The Junior Open Series must be a member of a club affiliated to the Suffolk Golf Union and this club must be their "home" club for handicapping purposes.

The Series will run over the course of the qualifying competitions, with the "best 5" scores taken from the total number of participating events, in all four categories. Points awarded will accumulate to the individual performance during the season, there is no upper limit on the number of entries to the Junior Open`s that an individual may enter.

The following categories apply; Boys a) gross b) net, and Girls a) gross b) net.

Points will be allocated to performance in the following manner; 1st = 8 points, 2nd = 5 points, 3rd = 4 points, 4th = 3 points, 5th = 2 points, 6th = 1 point.

Winners of each category will be those individuals achieving the highest accumulated points over the season, taken from the "best 5" results as above.

In the event of a tie and for all Rules, please refer to the SGU Manual located within the "Resources" tab.

Winners will receive their prizes at The Race to Aldeburgh at the end of the season.