International Junior Golf Tour Launches New Website

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – The International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) has launched a new website that features enhanced membership interaction, a social media platform and state of the art technology, all to provide IJGT members and visitors with easier methods when signing up for tournaments and tracking of IJGT results as well as player statistics.

“We are enhancing our online presence for IJGT members, partners and the golf community, all in an effort to give visitors more reasons to explore our junior golf training capabilities,” stated Peter Orrell, CEO of Junior Golf Corporation, which operates the IJGT. “By providing easier navigation, rich content and ease of registering for events we are improving the online experience for our visitors. At the same time, we realize the importance of communicating more proficiently with our stakeholders, including current members, prospective members, and our valued partners.”

IJGT’s recently announced partnership with BlueGolf, a technology provider, has improved membership interface via the website from the moment a player registers for a tournament through the completion and analysis of their tournament performance. In addition, IJGT schedule information and results are more readily available online.  Members now have access to in-depth results for each tournament participated in and will be able to use interactive tools to analyze their performance.

The new website’s streamlined system also gives the IJGT capabilities to maintain statistics and analytics for all junior golfers throughout the season.  One of the most exciting new sections of the website is the “Point Leaders” webpage. In this section, IJGT participants will be able to more easily track their “merit points”, which determines their selection to the All-IJGT teams at the end of the season. If an IJGT member is selected to the All-IJGT team, they can earn exclusive amateur exemptions into events such as The Player Amateur, Rice Planters Amateur, Dogwood Invitational, the Verizon Junior Heritage, Callaway Junior World Championship, and the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship.

Another exciting addition to the IJGT website is the “IJGT Blog”. Content for this blog will include recent college signings, news directly from IJGT events, updates on past IJGT Alumni, and so on. The IJGT’s new website also provides regularly updated content on venues, IJGT Invitational’s, IJGT Honors and Awards, College Placement services, and Current Partners.

About the IJGT

The International Junior Golf Tour is the only junior golf tour to host events every weekend throughout the academic year, with over 60 tournaments annually. In addition, the IJGT hosts three international events. Players from over 40 states and 30 countries around the world regularly compete in events at venues such as TPC Sawgrass, Pinehurst, Bethpage State Park, and Harbour Town Golf Links.

To obtain more information about the IJGT, please visit www.IJGT.com  or call (800) 792-9143.

Media Contacts:

Glenn Gray, IJGT, 843-686-1526, glenng@ijga.com

Lynn Luczkowski, L2 Communications, 860-313-1426 or 413-478-1569, Lynn@L2comm.biz

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