Welcome to the Junior Golf
Scoreboard Junior Golf Rankings
Latest News! We've added
"cut" tournaments to the Rankings.
The Rankings now include the full
field results for all 2007 and
future tournaments that have a cut.
The scores of the players that
failed to make the cut are now
included in their ranking
calculation.
By becoming a Rankings
Subscriber for $16.95 you
can search and sort the rankings in
many different ways. Our newest
search function lets our members
search for up to three names at a
time and display their tournament
results in different windows for
side by side comparison. Of course,
our popular features of sorting by
grad year and state are still
available as are the state
competitive rankings.
There is still no charge to become a
Ranked Player and every visitor
still has free access to the overall
rankings and search by last name
feature.
So
sign up today! Or skip and go to
the rankings.
Simply
Click here to get started or
call us 888-549-4653
UNDERSTANDING THE RANKINGS
Eligibility
To be eligible to be ranked in The
Junior Golf Scoreboard rankings a player
must meet the following criteria.
Have competed in three multi-day
stroke play tournaments within the
last 52 weeks for which we have
received the results and they are
listed by the same name and hometown.
Have their high school graduation
year in their tournament record.
Missing yours? Read next paragraph.
Still be in high school or
prior to August 1st after graduation.
Have competed in an age
group that:
completes at least 36 holes,
has a minimum of 5
competitors that complete all
scheduled rounds, and
has played from a minimum of
4,500 yards and not shorter than the
forward most USGA rated tees.
The rankings are a work in progress
and some names might be missing because
we do not have a player's graduation
date and/or we do not have results for
them for the required minimum of three
tournaments. Click on the letter below
that matches the first letter of the
last name to see the players that are
missing their graduation dates. Please
email us that information.
We use three criteria to compute a
player's overall and against all players
within their graduation class.
Individual scoring… For
the 85% of the player's rounds that
are his/her lowest scores, this is
simply the average difference of their
score compared to the USGA rating of
the courses they played in their
tournaments. In other words how well
does this player score when playing in
tournaments. This criteria counts
for 65% of a player's ranking
calculation.
Strength of field… The
number displayed here is the result of
our proprietary ranking formula that
determines a score for all the
tournaments played by this individual.
Again, simply put, a lower number
means they played against stronger
players and the closer two players'
strength numbers are, the more similar
the competitiveness of their
tournaments. This criteria counts
for 25% of a player's ranking
calculation.
Strength of finish… This
table displays the finishes for the
player. Finishes count 10% in the
ranking computation and are weighted
in accordance with the number of
players competed against or, in other
words, the size of the field.
Special note : We have made a
conscious effort to rely more on scoring
than on how big the tournaments were
that a competitor played in. Selected
national tournaments still play an
important role in determining our
rankings, but our system also lets any
multi-day stroke play tournament count.
We believe this will make for a more
inclusive approach and will bring
recognition to more players.
Have questions??? Comments???
Suggestions??? . E-mail or call
888-549-4653. We welcome your input.
