The Junior Open Championship is a biennial event, to which all golfing nations affiliated to The R&A are invited to enter their best under-16 boy and girl golfers. In 2016, 80 countries were represented in the starting field of 143 competitors contrasting with 2002 when a total of 86 boys and girls from 58 countries took part. Boys and girls compete in the same event but play off different tees.
The Junior Open is closely linked to The Open Championship and is always played on a nearby course in the same week in July. All competitors are invited to attend The Open after the conclusion of their own event.
The competition came under the R&A's administrative umbrella in 2000, having been founded in 1994.
Notable players Future 2018 Masters Tournament winner Patrick Reed won this championship in 2006, Jordan Spieth was runner-up in 2008.
Results YearVenueChampionCountryScoreRef2024 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club Seonghyeon An 210 2022 Monifieth Connor Graham 203 2020 Littlestone-on-Sea Cancelled 2018 Eden Course, St Andrews Martin Vorster 205 2016 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Pedro Lencart Silva 214 2014 West Lancashire Kevin LeBlanc 221 2012 Fairhaven Asuka Kashiwabara 206 2010 Lundin Kenta Konishi 211 2008 Hesketh Moriya Jutanugarn 225 2006 Heswall Patrick Reed 217 2004 Kilmarnock (Barassie) Jordan Cox 215 2002 Royal Musselburgh Cian McNamara 207 2000 Crail (Balcomie & Craighead) Steven Jeppesen 223 1998 Formby Golf Club David Inglis 148
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References
External links The Junior Open - Official R&A website