The National Golf Scholarship Association has combined efforts with the Top50 Junior Tour and Student Golfer Magazine to provide students (ages 9 to 19) with one of the most comprehensive student development programs in the country.  In addition to hundreds of professionally managed competitive tournaments each season, the NGSA provides students with opportunities to earn scholarship awards, find employment at local golf courses, assist in the community, develop their playing ability with PGA Golf Professionals at official competitive training facilities, and college enrollment preparation assistance.  

The primary goal of the NGSA and Top50 Junior Tour is to encourage students to participate in the game of golf, enhance the playing ability of student golfers, and build character in the participants.  The unique format of the Top50 Junior Tour provides students with numerous goal oriented competitive playing opportunities, student recognition, and scholarship awards for deserving Student Golfers who have the desire to attend college.  There are numerous opportunities to be awarded scholarship points including, tournament participation, skills challenges, community service, rules of golf exams, essays, and academics.    

Membership & Costs:

• Top50 Junior Tour offers students one of the most cost effective student golf programs in the country.   Our membership fee is lower than most junior golf programs in your state (between $75 & $85), and our qualifying entry fee is also lower (18 hole & 36 hole events are between $55 & $75).  In addition to the lower than average cost, the unique Top50 Junior Tour format provides hundreds of students (nearly 50% of the qualifying field) free competitive tournament rounds each week which makes the overall cost to participate considerably lower for each student.
   
• It costs less to play the Top50 Junior Tour and students are provided with so many more opportunities to play free tournament golf, earn scholarships, be recognized, and learn to prepare for college.  If you take a few minutes to review the Top50 Junior Tour website, and understand the Top50 Junior Program, you will recognize a significant difference in student opportunities.  

Age Divisions:

Boys have 3 divisions and Girls have 3 divisions... 
Yardages may vary depending upon the difficulty of the golf course and weather conditions.

• Students age 9 to 11 will play 9 hole events with the following yardages
  Boys (2200 to 2500) Girls (1900 to 2500)

• Students age 12 to 15 will play 18 or 36 hole events with the following yardage
  Boys (6000 to 6500) Girls (4900 to 5800)

• Students age 16 to 18 will play 18 or 36 holes events with the following yardage
  Boys (6300 to 6800) Girls (5300 to 6200)

Top50 Format:

• Each event consists of a qualifying round and a tournament round. Students participate in an 18-hole open Qualifying Round to determine the Top50 students to play in the 18-hole Tournament Round.  Each week 50 students in each TourZone qualify to play FREE competitive tournament golf, (36-hole events info below).

Qualifying Rounds:

• A player may play in as many qualifying rounds as they wish. Qualifying rounds are limited to 150 players, first come first serve basis. (You may register online, pay online, or mail in your entry) at "Member Registration" on the home page.

• The entry fee for each qualifying round is provided on the registration page, (18 hole QR's & 36 hole tournaments cost as low as $55) (9 hole events cost as low as $35).  The Top50 Junior Tour is a national program and some QR's may cost more due to the time of season, and/or the cost to play the host facility.   Entry fees include the cost of golf, lunch and a competitive tournament experience for each player.

• Fifty (50) qualifying positions are available at the season's first qualifier. Forty (40) qualifying positions are available at each qualifier thereafter. (10 players are exempt each week)

Tournament Rounds:

• If you qualified at the weekly Qualifying Round there is no cost to play in the Tournament Round. The Tournament Round Is Free!  

• Any player finishing in the top (10) of the Tournament Round is exempt from qualifying and earns a position in the next Tournament Round. Failure to finish in the top ten would mean a player would have to attempt to re-qualify at the next qualifier. Refer to the Top50jrTour rules regarding the exemption of the top ten.

• Scholarship points are awarded to several players of each Tournament Round.

• Bonus Scholarship points are awarded to several deserving players at the end of the season. To determine the player of the year, points are awarded to each player based upon how they finished in the Tournament Round (chart below). Player of the year awards: Boys 15 & under / Boys 16 & over / Girls 15 and under / Girls 16 & over

Player of the year points are awarded to every student completing the tournament round with 50 points awarded to the leading player in each division, 49 points awarded to the second player in each division, 48 points awarded to the third player in each division, and so on.

36-Hole Tournaments:

• 36-Hole Tournaments are highlighted on the tournament schedule and registration page. The format for 36-Hole Tournaments is the same as the Top50 format. The first round is the QR from which (50) students qualify to play the second round. The (50) qualifying students will count both rounds (the QR & TR) in determining each students' 36-hole score.  Because the format is the same as normal 18 hole QR, the price remains the same for a 36-Hole nationally ranked tournament.  NOW THAT'S COOL!