Junior Open Series
2025
The Suffolk Golf Union alongside the Suffolk Ladies County Golf Association, have commenced the Junior Open Series for 2025, with all fixture dates 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
We start the new season in 2025 with an additional Junior Open this year, with Bury St Edmunds joining The Series in September 2025.
All dates are now fixed and are shown below in an updated schedule for 2025.
The Junior Open Series has proved to be an exciting tournament for which we are very pleased to see it develop. More young players were seen in 2024 and we do hope that this trend will continue into 2025.
Indeed, the participating Suffolk Golf Clubs have all been extremely helpful with this order of merit competition and we know from feedback that the players, it is very well supported and received.
The winners in 2024 were George Swallow, Alex Turner, Josie Knights and Shannon Noble in their particular categories and presentations were made at The Race to Aldeburgh day, on Sunday 20th October 2024.
Click on the links below for the 2024 category results (these will change to 2025 once the first Junior Open is played);
Junior Open Series, Boys gross post Bungay. Junior Open Series, Girls gross post Bungay.
Junior Open Series, Boys net post Bungay. Junior Open Series, Girls net post Bungay.
JUNIOR SERIES EVENTS FOR 2025
Ipswich Golf Club 9th April 2025 https://www.ipswichgolfclub.com/open-competitions
Thorpeness Golf Club 5th May 2025 https://www.thorpeness.co.uk/
Newton Green Golf Club 8th June 2025 https://www.newtongreengolfclub.co.uk/
Southwold Golf Club 14th June 2025 https://www.southwoldgolfclub.co.uk/
Halesworth Golf Club 5th July 2025 https://www.halesworthgolf.co.uk/
Aldeburgh Golf Club 25th July 2025 https://www.aldeburghgolfclub.co.uk/
Stowmarket Golf Club 28th July 2025 https://www.stowmarketgolfclub.co.uk/
Gorleston Golf Club 5th August 2025 Home – GORLESTON GOLF CLUB LTD.
Rookery Park Golf Club 9th August 2025 https://www.rookeryparkgolfclub.co.uk/
Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club 11th August 2025 https://www.felixstowegolf.co.uk/
Diss Golf Club 25th August 2025 https://www.dissgolf.co.uk/
Bungay & Waveney Valley Golf Club 31st August 2025 https://www.bungaygc.co.uk/
Bury St Edmunds Golf Club 7th September 2025 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 5” 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 5” results as above.
In the event of a tie and for all Rules, Click here; 2025 Junior Open Rules.
Winners will receive their prizes at The Race to Aldeburgh at the end of the season.
