World Junior Girls Golf Championship

The World Junior Girls Golf Championship (French: Championnat Mondial Junior Féminin de Golf) is an annual world amateur team golf championship for women under 18 organized in Canada.

World Junior Girls Golf Championship

Tournament information
Location	Ontario and Quebec, Canada
Established	2014
Course(s)	Rotating
Organized by	Golf Canada
Format	72-hole stroke play
Month played	October

History

The inaugural event was held in 2014. Medalists who have gone on to win on the LPGA Tour include Brooke Henderson, Angel Yin, Megan Khang, Yuka Saso, Linn Grant and Atthaya Thitikul.

Format

The competition is open to female juniors who have not reached their 19th birthday by the last scheduled day of the championship, and who are not playing university or college golf. 20 Countries with 3 girls per team compete over 72 hole stroke play in a team and individual competition.^[1]

Results

Year	Team				Individual			Venue	Ref
	Gold	Silver	Bronze		Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014	United States Mika Liu Megan Khang Angel Yin	Sweden Emma Svensson Filippa Möörk Michaela Finn	Canada Brooke Henderson Jaclyn Lee Selena Costabile		Mika Liu	Megan Khang	Emma Svensson	Angus Glen Golf Club, Markham, Ontario	[2]
2015	South Korea Hye-jin Choi Eun-soo Jang Shin Hye Kim	Denmark Line Toft Hansen Cecilie Bofill Puk Lyng Thomsen	Sweden Filippa Möörk Elin Esborn Frida Kinhult		Hye-jin Choi	Cecilie Bofill	Filippa Möörk	Marshes Golf Club, Ottawa	[3]
2016	Philippines Yuka Saso Harmie Nicole Constantino Sofia Angela Legaspi	South Korea Hee-Jung Lim Hae-Ran Ryu Min-Gyeong Youn	United States Mika Liu Jennifer Chang Elizabeth Wang		Yuka Saso	Jennifer Chang	Caterina Don	Mississaugua G&CC	[4]
2017	Spain Blanca Fernández Elena Arias Dimana Viudes	South Korea Seo-yun Kwon Yunji Jeong Hae-Ran Ryu	Sweden Linn Grant Amanda Linnér Beatrice Wallin		Seo-yun Kwon	Alessia Nobilio	Blanca Fernández	Marshes Golf Club	[5]
2018	Italy Caterina Don Alessia Nobilio Emilie Alba Paltrinieri	United States Brooke Seay Michaela Morard Zoe Campos	Thailand Kultida Pramphun Kan Bunnabodee Atthaya Thitikul		Atthaya Thitikul	Alessia Nobilio	Zoe Campos	Camelot G&CC	[6]
2019	South Korea Jung-Min Hong Ye Won Lee Yoon Ina	Thailand Kan Bunnabodee Yosita Khawnuna Atthaya Thitikul	Italy Carolina Melgrati Alessia Nobilio Benedetta Moresco		Atthaya Thitikul	Ye Won Lee	Alessia Nobilio	Angus Glen Golf Club	[7]
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada								[8]
2021									[9]
2022	Spain Cayetana Fernández Andrea Revuelta Paula Martín	Sweden Meja Örtengren Nora Sundberg Matilda Björkman	Chinese Taipei Ting-Hsuan Huang Hsin Chun Liao Yu-Chu Chen		Cayetana Fernández	María José Marín	Meja Örtengren		[10]
2023	Canada Anna Huang Vanessa Borovilos Vanessa Zhang	South Korea Oh Soo-min Park Seo-jin Yang Hyo-jin	Czech Republic Denisa Vodičková Sofie Hlinomazová Tiphani Knight		Denisa Vodičková	Anna Huang	Oh Soo-min	Brampton Golf Club	[11]
2024	South Korea Oh Soo-min Park Seo-jin Hong Su-min	Canada Aphrodite Deng Shauna Liu Clairey Lin	United States Scarlett Schremmer Nikki Oh Chloe Kovelesky		Oh Soo-min	Aphrodite Deng	Arianna Lau	Credit Valley Golf & Country Club	[12]

Source:^[1]

Results summary

Team tournament

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	3	3	0	6
2	Spain (ESP)	2	0	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1	1	2	4
4	Canada (CAN)	1	1	1	3
5	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
6	Philippines (PHI)	1	0	0	1
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	2	4
8	Thailand (THA)	0	1	1	2
9	Denmark (DNK)	0	1	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		9	9	9	27

Future sites

• 2025 St. Catharines Golf & Country Club in St. Catharines, Ontario
• 2026 Royal Ottawa Golf Club in Gatineau, Quebec

Source:^[1]

See also

• Junior Golf World Cup
• Espirito Santo Trophy

References

1. "Facts". World Junior Girls Championship. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
2. "2014 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
3. "2015 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
4. "2016 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
5. "2017 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
6. "2018 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
7. "2019 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
8. "2020 World Junior Girls Championship Cancelled". World Junior Girls Championship. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
9. "2021 World Junior Girls Championship Cancelled". World Junior Girls Championship. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
10. "2022 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
11. "2023 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
12. "2024 World Junior Girls Championship". Golf Genius. Retrieved 5 October 2024.

External links

• Pasts results on the World Junior Girls Championship's site
• Official website