Team
USA and Team Canada
New
in 2012, there will be a total of two teams from the USA and a total of
two teams from Canada. Players for these teams will be selected
by the Optimist Junior Golf Committee. Selection will be based on a junior
golfer’s past results in the Optimist International Junior Golf
Championships, Optimist International Tournament of Champions, national
ranking and other tournament experience. Optimist Junior Golf will contact
potential participants individually.
International
Teams
National
Federations/Associations will be invited to field teams for the event.
Organizations that will receive automatic invitations are the following
groups that already send designated golfers to the Optimist International
Junior Golf Championships:
Team
Argentina: Argentine Golf Association
Team Bermuda: Bermuda Junior
Golf Association
Team
Chile: Golf Juniors de Chile
Team
China: China Junior Golf Club
Team
Colombia: Colombian Golf Federation
Team Ecuador: Ecuadorian
Golf Federation
Team Hong Kong: Hong Kong
Golf Association
Team Indonesia: Indonesia
Golf Association
Team
Mexico: Mexican Golf Federation
Team Peru: Peruvian Golf
Federation
Team
Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Golf Association
Team South Africa: SA Kids
Golf
Team
Thailand: Thai Junior Golfer Guardian Association
Team
Venezuela: Venezuelan Golf Federation
Other nations with golfers who are playing in the Optimist International
Junior Golf Championships may field a team provided they have at least
two golfers representing their nation.
Entry
Fee
A
team entry fee of $220 will be charged for all teams. The entry fee will
include a pairings breakfast, 18-holes of golf with cart, recognition
items, and team awards. The entry fee will be payable to Optimist
International and the entry deadline will be July 6, 2012. National Federations/Associations
will be encouraged to pay the team entry fee for their organization’s
team.
Awards
& Exemptions
The
overall winners will be named the “2012 Optimist Golf World Cup
Champions” and will receive the Optimist Golf World Cup trophy and
individual awards. They will also be introduced and recognized at the
Optimist International Junior Golf Championships Opening Ceremony on Wednesday,
July 25.
Both
participants of the winning team will also receive an exemption into the
2012 Optimist International Tournament of Champions (November 10-11, 2012
at ChampionsGate Golf Club in ChampionsGate, Florida) and the 2013 Optimist
International Junior Golf Championships (July 24-August 4, 2013, at PGA
National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida).
Questions
If
you have any questions about the Optimist Golf World Cup Presented by
Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, please contact the Optimist Junior Golf
office at golf@optimist.org, 314-881-1309
or toll free 800-500-8130, ext. 209.
Past
Results
Click
on the links below to view past results of the Optimist Golf World Cup
Presented by Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment.
2011 Optimist Golf World Cup:
Final Results
2010 Optimist Golf World Cup:
Final
Results |
