special programs
The NFJGF shares many fun and competitive golfing events in efforts to raise needed funds for our junior program. Below are events which benefit from the fundraising efforts. Events highlighted are fun filled fundraising events.
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This program is designed to certify your junior player for the NFJG Junior TOUR and for higher level golf opportunities through the professional teaching and mentoring of the NFJG TOUR and other associated teaching staff.
All juniors 13 years of age and younger must be certified for the NFJGTOUR status.
Prior to a player registering to become a member of the NFJGTOUR the player will be required to be certified. The staff will verify the “tournament ready” status of the applicant and approve or request the applicant attend a PREP TOUR certification session. Certifications may be completed at all schedule tournaments or on other scheduled days. Your junior player will be evaluated based on their skill level, rules, etiquette and knowledge of the game. Once certified the player may then be approved for membership.
The Executive Officer or Tournament Operations Manager may waive this requirement on a case-by-case basis.
If a player does not become certified, then they will be invited to attend a PREP TOUR instruction class.
Students will develop their skill level, learn important golf course management, etiquette and USGA Rules. The juniors will be given group and one-on-one instructions, learn the rules of golf and develop on-course golf management as they prepare for the NFJG Junior Tour.
“Summer Camps” will be offered between the months of June and August each season. These camps will be six to eight hours a day, four days a week, Tuesday-Friday and have a maximum limit of 15 juniors.
Juniors will learn all aspects of the game including the most important “Short Game” including chip shots, pitch shots, bunker play and putting. They will learn the Rules of Golf and ready themselves for tournament competition.
Caddie classes for parents will also be available as per schedule.
PREP TOUR SCHEDULE
COMING SOON
NFJG Prep Clinics Agenda (may be modified)
- Sign in facility
- Clinic Preview
- Warm up Driving Range/swing instruction
- Warm up Short Game/techniques
- Course Management – Play 2-3 Holes
Topics of discussion:
• Order of Play
• Speed of Play
• Etiquette
Rules:
• Out of Bounds
• Lost Ball
• Provisional Ball
• Penalty Areas
• Unplayable Lie
• Wrong Ball
• Embedded Ball
• Ball moves after Address
• Identifying your Ball.
- Summary with questions and answers
Evaluation of the Player
- Contact Jack Aschenbach at jackaschenbach@pga.com for further information.
The North Florida Junior Golf Foundation is proud to develop and coordinate the North Florida Middle School Golf Program. Annually (March-May) and (camps June-August) middle schools throughout the Jacksonville area (without a funded golf program) are invited to participate in this great program. We are able to provide this outstanding GROWTH OF THE GAME initiative with funds raised through the sale of PGATOUR sponsor tickets to THE PLAYERS and through grants provided by the Florida Junior Golf Council via the sale of license plates. You can help this effort by purchasing a golfing license plate (anytime) or PLAYERS ticket (December-May).
Annually as many as 18 middle schools from area counties (Clay, Duval and Nassau) have come together to help grow the game of golf for our youngsters (boys and girls). The schools are coordinated into groups and meet weekly at various local clubs for instruction and on-course play. These clubs have included: Blue Sky Golf Club, Blue Cypress Golf Club, Brentwood Golf Club, Deercreek Country Club, Hidden Hills Golf Club, Jax Beach Golf Club, Queen’s Harbour Yacht and Country Club, Windsor Parke Golf Club and the University of North Florida’s John Hayt Golf Learning Center and will include other outstanding venues like TPC Sawgrass, Deercreek Country Club, Magnolia Point Country Club, and Marsh Landing Country Club. Our teaching staff includes Coaches from each of the participating schools and PGA and LPGA Professionals.
If interested please contact Jack Aschenbach, PGA at jackaschenbach@pga.com or call (904) 868-9535. Schools will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Teaching Staff:
Jack Aschenbach, PGA – Executive Director
Phil Argianas PGA
Jake Bedford PGA
Tyler Montgomery PGA
Boots Farley PGA
Charles Freeman PGA
Matthew Hawk PGA
Casey Holman PGA
Griffin Kelly PGA
Lynne Kirkpatrick LPGA
Rob Lee PGA
Alex Long PGA
Dan Olsen PGA
Greg Spees
Christina Steffen
Hannah Stevens
Tony Street PGA
Pete Stutz
Osborne Theam
Susan Waite PGA
John Weldon PGA
Robert Young
Contact us in Jacksonville, Florida, to learn more about your options for membership in our junior golf foundation.
Annually four teams, 2-girls and 2 boys teams are selected by the NFJGTOUR Staff to represent the North Florida Junior Golf Foundation in the State Championship hosted by the Florida State Golf Championship.
The Florida Coast Junior Ryder Cup was established in 2020 by two outstanding Florida junior golf organizations, the North Florida Junior Golf Foundation and the Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation of South Florida. The teams meet at the World Golf Village – Slammer and Squire Course for the inaugural event in April of 2020 and again in March of 2021 where North Florida traveled south to defend the championship. Since the inaugural the teams have met four additional times and the series is led by the North Florida Junior Golf Foundation 3-2. Twenty-four players on each side earn their way on to the team of selected and invited players.
Courses played: World Golf Village Slammer & Squire, King & Bear, Ponte Vedra Inn and Club-Lagoon Course, Don Shula Resort and Miami Resort
This program is a follow up to the annual Middle School Golf Program – ‘Teaching the Basic Fundamentals”. During this phase of training students will take what they have learned during the eight week winter program and become more familiar with on course play. The on course play prepares the junior player for higher level golf competition. During the annual “GOLF FREE” program juniors will be invited to come to the course FREE of Charge at various courses throughout North Florida. CHECK OUT THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE under PLAY NFJG!
Join the North Florida Junior Golf Foundation’s Hole-N-One Champion’s Club and become a PROUD supporter of junior golf and the NFJGF. Join today and put your name on record in our history books for all to see. Your support will help fund area junior golf programs such as our four-county middle school program, scholarships, and higher-level golf opportunities for our kids. Additionally, your donation will help grow the game. Thank You for doing your part!
For only a $50.00 donation you will become a member of the NFJG Foundation Hole-In-One Champion’s Club. This is a one-time membership fee. For this donation your name and HIO information will be recorded on the NFJG Foundation website and linked to NFJG Foundation promotion materials and forever shared. With your membership you will become eligible for all HIO special programs. New HIO Champion members will be highlighted upon joining via our monthly newsletter and on the foundation website.
With a generous donation of $150.00 you will receive a unique “Hole-N-One ring with details of your historic shot, a HIOC Shirt and HIOC hat are also available upon request for an additional fee.
The ring is “SUPER BOWL” size measuring 1″x1″x1 1/4″. The “RING” will bear the one of a kind HIO Logo and your name and details of your historic shot on the inside cover of black display case. Your name will also be displayed on the NFJG Foundation/Tours website for all to see identifying you as a member of the club and supporter of the Foundation and Tour.