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The 2024 Players Tour lottery deadline has passed. All confirmation emails for 2024 Players Tour events have been emailed out. Thanks!

    2024 PLAYERS TOUR SCHEDULE

    *Check out the Players Tour FAQ at the bottom of the page for any questions*

    The Players Tour is an invitational program where the Minnesota PGA Junior Golf Committee and staff determines eligibility requirements. This is open to boys and girls ages 13-19. Juniors who have reached their 19th birthday prior to August 15, 2024 are eligible only if they have immediately finished their senior year of high school. The goal of the Players Tour is to have the top junior golfers in the Section compete on golf courses set up appropriately for a high level of play. The Players Tour will now offer all 36-hole individual stroke play tournaments. All Players Tour events are nationally ranked by Junior Golf Scoreboard, as well as recognized by AJGA Performance Based Entry stars in these collegiate style events. These tour events will allow all boys and girls to showcase their talent in an elite overall boy and girls contest (no age divisions). This tour is meant for highly skilled players with tournament experience. Course yardages will be approximately 6,600 – 6,900 for boys and 5,600 – 5,900 for girls. Each 36-hole Players Tour Event has an entry fee of $175.00. The annual membership fee for the Players Tour is $150.00.

    Who is invited to play on the 2024 Players Tour:

    1. Players Tour invites are being sent out based on your average score to par using your best three 18-hole scores from our program in 2023. To receive an invite in 2024, junior boys had a scoring average to par of 5.00 or less and junior girls had a scoring average to par of 14.00 or less. CLICK HERE to check out the junior boys invite list and CLICK HERE to check out the junior girls invite list based on your scoring average to par from 2023.
    2. If you did not receive an invite based on your average score to par in 2023 you might be able to play based on your handicap index under the World Handicap System. Boys must have a handicap index of 5.0 or less and girls must be 14.0 or less to qualify for the Players Tour. If you meet the above handicap requirements, contact Karla Hagen and Megan Welch at the Section office to verify your handicap and make you eligible to register for the Players Tour Membership. You can email them at khagen@pgahq.com and mwelch@pgahq.com. Please make sure in your email that you include: first and last name, city, GHIN number and handicap index to get verified.
    3. Membership registration for the 2024 Players Tour will start on Tuesday, January 30 at 9AM CST. The membership fee for the Players Tour is $150.00 (includes a Junior Tour Membership). You will click on the Become a Member link at the top of the website to get registered for a membership at that time.

    How will Players Tour Event registration work in 2024?

    The 2024 Players Tour schedule will be released on Wednesday, February 28 at 9AM (CST).

    We will be doing a random lottery process for the 2024 Players Tour events. Only 2024 Players Tour members can participate in the lottery for Players Tour events. We will open the lottery to put in your picks on Wednesday, February 28 at 9AM (CST) and we will close the lottery on Monday, March 11 at NOON (CST). You will be able to make your tournament selections for the 2024 Players Tour events during this time. You will log into your 2024 Member record in BlueGolf and select all of the tournaments that you would like to play in on the Players Tour for the summer. You will have the same chance as everyone else if you make your picks within the selection time frame. This IS NOT a first come, first served basis for registering for events. NO LATE SELECTIONS WILL BE HONORED.

    You will start to receive emails on Tuesday, March 12 with confirmations for each event that you did receive. This is done event by event, so you could receive multiple emails throughout the assigning process. This will take multiple days to get done. Your credit card on file will also be charged at this time for each event you receive. The cost for each 36-Hole Players Tour event is $175.00, and the cost for each 18-Hole Players Tour event is $85.00. We will only accept VISA, MasterCard and American Express payment for tournament fees. You will only be charged for the events that you did receive through the lottery process.

    After all confirmations are sent out after the lottery process for Players Tour events, we will re-open events that still have open spots for first come, first registration on Monday, March 18 at 9AM (CST).

    If you did not receive the event through the lottery process, you will automatically be put on the waiting list for that event. We will contact you by your primary email address if you do receive a spot into the event from the waiting list.

    PAST PLAYERS TOUR RESULTS

    PAST PLAYERS TOUR PLAYER OF THE YEAR RESULTS

2023 Players Tour Players of the Year
Jacob Wilson – Forest Lake, MN
Avery Bartels – Fargo, ND

FAQ's

The Players Tour membership fee is $150.00. The fee includes a Players Tour membership, a Junior Tour membership, access to sign up for the Players Tour 36-hole events and 18-hole events, a special Players Tour membership package and an upgraded tournament experience at each event. You will receive the membership package at one of the first events you participate in.

The 2024 Member Login is located at the top of our website in the right hand corner. You will use your ID/Password to log into your own member account here. You will log into your member account to register for events. This is the easiest way to register for multiple events at once.

Juniors who wish to cancel out of the Players Tour program must do so seven (7) days prior to the start of season. The first ‘Sota Series event starts on Monday, June 10 so a junior will need to cancel their Players Tour Membership by Monday, June 3 to receive a partial refund.  A $25.00 processing fee will be deducted from ALL membership refunds.

For our events to provide better value to you, we offer 36-hole events. To supply your score to the AJGA Performance Stars and the Junior Golf Scoreboard, our events must be 36-holes and played to a certain yardage. These scores are looked at by collegiate coaches for recruiting purposes as well as elite playing programs. We will be offering some 18-hole Players Tour events but those will not be ranked by the Junior Golf Scoreboard or earn AJGA Performance Stars since they are only 18-hole events.

The 2024 Players Tour schedule will be released on Wednesday, February 28 at 9AM (CST).

We will be doing a random lottery process for the 2024 Players Tour events. Only 2024 Players Tour members can participate in the lottery for Players Tour events. We will open the lottery to put in your picks on Wednesday, February 28 at 9AM (CST) and we will close the lottery on Monday, March 11 at NOON (CST). You will be able to make your tournament selections for the 2024 Players Tour events during this time. You will log into your 2024 Member record in BlueGolf and select all of the tournaments that you would like to play in on the Players Tour for the summer. You will have the same chance as everyone else if you make your picks within the selection time frame. This IS NOT a first come, first served basis for registering for events. NO LATE SELECTIONS WILL BE HONORED.

You will start to receive emails on Tuesday, March 12 with confirmations for each event that you did receive. This is done event by event, so you could receive multiple emails throughout the assigning process. This will take multiple days to get done. Your credit card on file will also be charged at this time for each event you receive. The cost for each 36-Hole Players Tour event is $175.00, and the cost for each 18-Hole Players Tour event is $85.00. We will only accept VISA, MasterCard and American Express payment for tournament fees. You will only be charged for the events that you did receive through the lottery process.

After all confirmations are sent out after the lottery process for Players Tour events, we will re-open events that still have open spots for first come, first registration on Monday, March 18 at 9AM (CST).

If you did not receive the event through the lottery process, you will automatically be put on the waiting list for that event. We will contact you by your primary email address if you do receive a spot into the event from the waiting list.

The cost per each 36-hole event will be $175.00. The cost per each 18-hole event will be $85.00

We DO NOT allow walk-ons at any events. Juniors have to be listed in the pairings in order to play in the event.

Your membership for the Players Tour does include a Junior Tour membership. You CAN fill out selections for the tournament selection process. The Junior Tour schedule will be released on Wednesday, March 20 at 9AM and you will have until the lottery deadline of Friday, May 3 at 4:30 p.m. to make your selections for the Junior Tour events.

Memberships to the Players Tour are invite-only. Invites are sent out based on the juniors average score to par using the juniors top three scores from our program the previous year or a certain handicap requirement. To receive an invite in 2024, junior boys had a scoring average to par of 5.00 or less and junior girls had a scoring average to par of 14.00 or less. Boys must have a handicap index of 5.0 or less and girls must be 14.0 or less qualify for the Players Tour.

All cancellations from Players Tour events must be submitted online through your BlueGolf account or by calling the office at 763-754-6641. A refund will be made ONLY if the MN PGA Junior Golf ‘Sota Series is notified at least five (5) days in advance of the date of the event by 11:59 p.m. CST

You will receive a full refund minus a $20.00 processing fee for the cancel of a 36-hole event. If it is less than five days before the date of the event NO refunds will be given. If it is an 18-hole Players Tour event you will receive a full refund a $10.00 processing fee.

If you did not receive the event through the lottery process, you will automatically be put on the waiting list for that event. We will contact you by your primary email address if you do receive a spot into the event from the waiting list.

You will sign up for the waiting list through BlueGolf in the event. If a spot does open up for you off the waiting list we will contact you by email. This is a great way to get into events if you do not get a spot initially! We always have juniors cancelling out ahead of time and we go right off the waiting list for any open spots.

We will contact you by your primary email address if you do receive a spot in the event. The only way spots will open up in events is by other juniors cancelling. DO NOT CALL OR EMAIL the office to ask where you are on the waiting list.  Spots might open up weeks in advance or we might be contacting you right up to the day before the event.

This is an Invite-only event for the top boys/girls in Players Tour Players of the Year points and any junior that wins a 2024 Players Tour Event. Top 40 Boys on the Players Tour Player of the Year points list will receive an invite and Top 20 Girls on the Player of the Year points list will receive an invite. These will be emailed out after the last 36-hole Players Tour event.