A brief history of Junior Golf Scoreboard:

Founder and Executive Director, Mac Thayer, started Junior Golf Scoreboard in 1998 because his son was an accomplished junior golfer. Like most families at that time, there weren’t that many resources or a comprehensive list of tournaments anywhere. In order to register for events, parents had to send a check in the mail and then see if their child got into the tournament based on the snail mail response weeks later.

Technology and “the internet” has helped the world evolve since then. Fast forward to 24 years later. JGS lists about 3000 tournaments per year and has about 13,000 junior players (boys and girls combined). As someone once put it, they are the “Switzerland of Junior Golf”.

In the early days of creating his company, he asked college coaches to assist him in creating a system that would evaluate how players get the ball in the hole.

What does it take to establish a ranking?

For a junior golfer to be ranked on Junior Golf Scoreboard, they must play in four 2-day stroke play events within the last 365 days.

How do I improve my ranking?

Play better. The mathematics of JGS is built around scoring based on the difficulty of the golf course. There is a factor based on the quality of competition and your finishes, but there is no other factor that will help you more than just playing better. That’s the way it works.

What is the “scoring differential”?

It is the score you shoot relative to the USGA course rating. Take your score minus the course rating.

Do all scores count to calculate the “differential”?

JGS only counts 75% of your best scoring differentials.

More to come from last week’s webinar from Mac Thayer! Stay tuned.