53rd Junior Girls Four State Championship
Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri
June 29-July 1, 2021
Location TBA
Lodging:
Parents and Guests, we will make reservations for Team members – you will have to make your own reservations.
By Invitation based on the following criteria:The Team will be composed of 6 (new in 2019) junior members of the Missouri Golf Association (MGA).
1) The top four (4) players on the MGA junior points ranking at the end of the qualifying period, based on MGA points accumulated from all ranking events during the qualifying period. In the event of a tie (equal points), the player with the higher ranking from the prior year- Women’s Junior Amateur will be selected.
2) Two (2) player will be selected by the MGA Executive Director.
Qualifying Period: The current year starting March 1 and ending June 17 except where listed below.
Points shall be awarded in each of the following events based on Point Allocation Table and used to pick Team Missouri:
Click here to view PAT
Current Year Junior Match Play Results
Current Year Missouri Junior Tour Event Results
October, of prior year, Girls State High School Tournament Results
50% of the players total points, from the prior year, Player of the Year points list.
Format: NEW in 2019
Since 1969, the Junior Girls Four State Championship has been an annual competition between Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa in a two day team event. Match Play format with a Solheim Cup like tournament where each team would earn points for matches won.
Missouri Team Captain Katrina Clark, Ballwin
2021 SCHEDULE (subject to change)
Tuesday, June 29
Registration 11:30 -2 PM
Practice round –
1:00 Team Missouri
1:20 Team Kansas
1:40 Team Iowa
2:00 Team Nebraska
7:00 PM Player’s Welcome Dinner at Clubhouse (casual attire)
Coaches meeting following Dinner (for team members and coaches only)
Wednesday, June 30
7 AM Practice areas open
- Team photos will be taken either prior to play
- A buffet lunch will be provided between rounds
36 Holes Match Play
FOURSOMES
8-8:50 a.m. Foursomes
o 7:30 a.m. – Iowa 1,2 vs Kansas 1,2
o 7:42 a.m. – Missouri 1,2 vs Nebraska 1,2
o 7:54 a.m. – Iowa 3,4 vs Missouri 3,4
o 8:06 a.m. -Kansas 3,4 vs Nebraska 3,4
o 8:18 a.m. – Iowa 5,6 vs Nebraska 5,6
o 8:30 a.m. – Kansas 5,6 vs Missouri 5,6
FOURBALL
1:30-2:30 p.m. Fourball Matches
o p.m. – Iowa 2,3 vs Nebraska 2,3
o p.m. – Kansas 2,3 vs Missouri 2,3
o p.m. – Iowa 4,5 vs Kansas 4,5
o p.m. -Missouri 4,5 vs Nebraska 4,5
o p.m. – Iowa 1,6 vs Missouri 1,6
o p.m. – Kansas 1,6 vs Nebraska 1,6
Players and coaches on their own for dinner
Thursday, July 1
7 AM Practice areas open
8-9:50 a.m. Singles Matches
o a.m. – Iowa 3 vs Kansas 3
o a.m. – Iowa 6 vs Kansas 6
o a.m. – Missouri 3 vs Nebraska 3
o a.m. -Missouri 6 vs Nebraska 6
o a.m. – Iowa 2 vs Missouri 2
o a.m. – Iowa 5 vs Missouri 5
o a.m. – Kansas 2 vs Nebraska 2
o a.m. – Kansas 5 vs Nebraska 5
o a.m. – Iowa 1 vs Nebraska 1
o a.m. – Iowa 4 vs Nebraska 4
o a.m. – Kansas 1 vs Missouri 1
o a.m. – Kansas 4 vs Missouri 4
- Awards Presentation (there is not a luncheon) –final results are calculated and awards handed out
Lunch will be provided immediately following play. Parents, and spectators will pay at own expense. If possible, please let us know how many additional guests you will have by Monday, June 25th.
Teams depart for home
History: The Four-State Junior Girls Championship began in 1969, as a one-day stroke play tournament. The team entry fee at that time was $10.00. In 1980 the tournament changed to a two-day stroke play tournament with the medalist being determined on the first day’s score. The entry fee was raised to $15.00. The date of the tournament had been just prior to or immediately following the 4th of July. Each team consisted of four girls, one alternate and coach or coaches. The four low scores of each team were added each day and totaled after the second day to determine the winner. In 1989 at the coaches’ meeting at Leawood South Country Club, it was voted to raise the entry fee to $30.00. The entry fee buys the awards for the five girls on the winning team and the award for the medalist. These are engraved by the host state. At the 1991 Four-State coaches meeting, it was voted to change the format for the medalist; instead of the medalist being the first day’s low score, the medalist now will be the two days’ total low score. It was, also, agreed that tournament sites should be as close to the intersecting corners of the four states as possible.
Today: The Four State Junior Girls Championship is composed of a golf team from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri. The method of choosing teams is strictly up to the individual states as tournaments vary. The six best girls should represent their state. Each team consists of six girls, and coach or coaches from each state.
Past Results: Here
Future rotations of the Junior Girls Four State host sites:
| Nebraska | 2019 |
| Missouri | 2020 |
| Kansas | 2021 |
| Iowa | 2022 |