Junior Open Series

2026

The Suffolk Golf Union alongside the Suffolk Ladies County Golf Association, started the Junior Open Series a few years ago and 2026 will be the fourth year. All fixture dates are detailed below. 

Designed to help promote the growth of junior golf within the county for both boys and girls.

Not only does it encourage golfers to engage with other like minded youngsters, it will help their development on and off the golf course by offering a platform to enjoy, compete, improve and develop their personal attributes within a safe and friendly environment.

2025 Series

The 2025 season is over and the last Junior Open was played at Bury St Edmunds Golf Club on Sunday 7th September with an excellent field of 47 players taking part!

The weather was kind again and Bury St Edmunds, always a good test of golf continued the year with some more very good scores being posted.

In the scratch competition, local player Johnathan Points meant business – He won the scratch competition with an excellent gross 75 and so took the maximum points in The Open Series. He therefore wins the Boys scratch category in the 2025 Junior Open Series, with his sister winning the Girls scratch category. Very well done to Johnathan.

Whilst Dexter Vass (Stowmarket) and Caleb Whitear (Bungay & Waveney Valley) won the Stableford tournaments at Bury St Edmunds, they couldn`t catch the leader in the Junior Open Series net competition and that goes to Herbie Shaw-Clutten (Gorleston) who has been consistent throughout the year.

No change at the top of the Girls competitions with Jasmine Points (Bury St Edmunds) having taken the scratch prize this year – It`s been a good year for the family. Imogen Potter takes the net prize, which as mentioned, is the second time in recent years.

Our huge thanks go to all competitiors and the clubs for the support in 2025, and our congratulations to the winners.

Click on the links below for each category results;

 

Boys gross post Bury St Edmunds                    Girls gross post Bury St Edmunds

Boys net post Bury St Edmunds                      Girls net post Bury St Edmunds 

                                                                           

 

JUNIOR SERIES EVENTS FOR 2026

Ipswich Golf Club                                 2nd April 2026           https://www.ipswichgolfclub.com/open-competitions                
Thorpeness Golf Club                           4th May 2026           https://www.thorpeness.co.uk/             

Woodbridge Golf Club                                  17th May 2026            https://woodbridge.intelligentgolf.co.uk/

Newton Green Golf Club                               7th June 2026            https://www.newtongreengolfclub.co.uk/

Southwold Golf Club                                   27th June 2026            https://www.southwoldgolfclub.co.uk/

Halesworth Golf Club                                    4th July 2026            https://www.halesworthgolf.co.uk/

Stowmarket Golf Club                                  27th July 2026            https://www.stowmarketgolfclub.co.uk/           

Aldeburgh Golf Club                                     31st July 2026            https://www.aldeburghgolfclub.co.uk/

Gorleston Golf Club                                   4th August 2026           https://www.gorlestongolfclub.co.uk/

Rookery Park Golf Club                             8th August 2026           https://www.rookeryparkgolfclub.co.uk/

Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club                       10th August 2026          https://www.felixstowegolf.co.uk/

Diss Golf Club                                          24th August 2026          https://www.dissgolf.co.uk/

Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club      30th August 2026          https://www.bungaygc.co.uk/

Bury St Edmunds Golf Club                 6th September 2026         https://www.burystedmundsgolfclub.co.uk/

 

JUNIOR OPEN SERIES OVERVIEW

Competitors qualifying for The Junior Open Series must be a member of a club affiliated to the Suffolk Golf Union and this club must be their “home” club for handicapping purposes.

The Series will run over the course of the qualifying competitions, with the “best 6” scores taken from the total number of participating events, in all four categories. Points awarded will accumulate to the individual performance during the season, there is no upper limit on the number of entries to the Junior Open`s that an individual may enter.

The following categories apply; Boys a) gross b) net, and Girls a) gross b) net.

Points will be allocated to performance in the following manner; 1st = 8 points, 2nd = 5 points, 3rd = 4 points, 4th = 3 points, 5th = 2 points, 6th = 1 point.

Winners of each category will be those individuals achieving the highest accumulated points over the season, taken from the “best 6” results as above.

In the event of a tie and for all Rules, Click here; Junior Open Series rules 2026

Winners will receive their prizes at The Race to Aldeburgh at the end of the season.