MUSCLE SHOALS, AL (Aug. 1, 2024) –
Final results of the 12th Southern Junior Cup Sponsored by Edwin Watts and hosted by RTJ The Shoals (Fighting Joe) in Muscle Shoals, AL on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
Championship Links:
Final Scores & Results | 12th Southern Junior Cup Homepage | Photo Gallery
The 2024 Southern Junior Cup team, representing Alabama, won nine of 24 points in today’s singles matches to blaze their way to an eighth consecutive Southern Junior Cup title this year at RTJ The Shoals (Fighting Joe).
Team Alabama finished the two-day, three match event with 16.5 points.
Team Arkansas and Team Missouri each finished with 12 total points to tie for second place and Team Oklahoma finished fourth with 7.5 total points.
Teams
Total Points
Alabama
16.5
Arkansas
12
Missouri
12
Oklahoma
7.5
Total Points
48
Event History
Past Winners:
Oklahoma (2012, 2013, 2014 , 2015), Alabama (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023). Alabama replaced Oklahoma in 2016. Oklahoma replaced Mississippi in 2024.
Future Host Sites:
Arkansas (2025), Missouri (2026), Oklahoma (2027), Alabama (2028)
Format
The Southern Junior Cup is an invite-only, Ryder Cup format co-ed team competition with four states competing this year: Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The format consists of 18 holes of match play with Four-Ball, Foursomes, and Singles Match Play sessions. The result of any match tied after 18 holes is final. Each match is worth 1 point. Half point to each side for a tie. Each state competes against the other three states in an equal number of matches. Four-Ball and Foursomes sides consist of one male and one female, while Singles Matches are male vs. male and female vs. female.
For more information about the 2024 Southern Junior Cup, please visit the
Championship website.
For more information about the 2024 Southern Junior Cup selection process, please visit the
Championship website.
About the Alabama Golf Association (AGA)
The Alabama Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational organization founded in 1915 whose mission is to serve and promote amateur golf in Alabama. AGA membership consists of 120 member clubs represented by over 28,000 individuals. The activities and services of the Alabama Golf Association are governed by a Board of Directors consisting of Alabama golfers who wish to serve the game and the association through service. A full-time professional staff of seven individuals handles day-to-day activities.
Based in Hoover, the AGA is the USGA's Allied Golf Association in Alabama conducting national championship qualifying, administering the World Handicap System including the GHIN Handicap service, course & slope rating, and Rules of Golf & Handicapping education. The AGA annually conducts 24 championships; team match competitions for men, women, junior and seniors; AHSAA high school golf championship and the SEC Men's Golf Championship. The AGA manages the Junior Golf Alabama program that is a joint venture between the AGA and Alabama-NW Florida PGA Section.
In addition to competitions, the AGA administers the AGA Scholarship Fund through the Alabama Golf Foundation that is dedicated to assisting young golfers in higher education. Additionally, the Alabama Golf Foundation supports the Youth on Course Alabama program providing facility access to junior golfers and provides funding for the Alabama Turfgrass Research Foundation. In 2016, the AGA earned the Gold Tee Award for “Outstanding Tournament Operations – Small Association” by the International Association of Golf Administrators (IAGA).
Since 1980, the AGA has managed the affairs of the Southern Golf Association which includes conducting the historic Southern Amateur Championship and Southern Junior Championship, in conjunction with the SGA Board of Directors. AGA staff also administers day-to-day operations of the Elite Amateur Golf Series.
For more information about the Alabama Golf Association, visit
www.alabamagolf.org.
Media Contact:
Mikayla King
Director of Media, Marketing & Communications
Alabama Golf Association
205-803-6524
mikayla@alabamagolf.org