Championship Description
The Kentucky Junior Amateur Championship is open to any junior golfer that is 18 years of age or younger as of the first day of the championship. The Championship is open to residents of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and juniors with an active Handicap Index at a KGA Member facility. The entry fee for this two-day event is $110 (18-Hole Divisions)/$75 (9-Hole Divisions) for KY PGA Junior Tour Members. Non-members of the KY PGA Junior Tour may participate with an additional cost of $40 per entry ($150 / $115).
Kentucky Boys Junior Amateur Championship
July 5-6. 2023 at University Club of Kentucky (Big Blue)
Brady Smith won the 2022 Kentucky Boys Junior Amateur champion at University of Louisville Golf Club.
Kentucky Girls Junior Amateur Championship
July 10-11, 2023 at University of Louisville Golf Club
Athena Singh won the 2022 Kentucky Girls Junior Amateur at Bardstown Country Club.
Past Champions
YEAR | BOYS CHAMPION | BOYS VENUE | GIRLS CHAMPION | GIRLS VENUE |
1979 | Nancy Bohman | |||
1980 | Kathryn Nelson | |||
1981 | Lea Alvey | |||
1982 | Dori Eastwood | |||
1983 | Emily Dorning | |||
1984 | Regina Harkins | |||
1985 | Anne Jones | |||
1986 | Ann Hill | |||
1987 | Lisa Wesissmueller | |||
1988 | Lisa Weissmueller | |||
1989 | Lisa Weissmueller | |||
1990 | Tracy Hughes | |||
1991 | Tanya Jo Cecil | |||
1992 | Heather Kraus | |||
1993 | Aleeshia Warren | |||
1994 | Sharon Park | |||
1995 | Jenny Throgmorton | |||
1996 | Jessica Kell | |||
1997 | Susan Loyd | |||
1998 | Katherine Neely | |||
1999 | Morgan Hapney | |||
2000 | Marci Turner | |||
2001 | Mandy Goins | |||
2002 | Emily Culbertson | |||
2003 | Katie Fraley | |||
2004 | Ashley Current | |||
2005 | Karisa Akin | |||
2006 | Ashlee Rose | |||
2007 | Betsie Johnson | |||
2008 | Nikki Koller | |||
2009 | Emily Haas | |||
2010 | Megan Wilshire | |||
2011 | Lydia Gumm | |||
2012 | Lydia Gumm | |||
2013 | Ellen Kehoe | |||
2014 | Mary Joiner | |||
2015 | Ke'Asha Phillips | |||
2016 | Mary Joiner | My Old Kentucky Home Golf Course | ||
2017 | Sarah Hinton | My Old Kentucky Home Golf Course | ||
2018 | Bardstown Country Club | Rylea Marcum | Cherry Blossom Golf Club | |
2019 | Jansen Preston | Bardstown Country Club | Laney Frye | Cherry Blossom Golf Club |
2020 | Hayden Adams | Boone's Trace National Golf Club | Delia Gibbs | Cherry Blossom Golf Club |
2021 | Luke Muller | Nevel Meade Golf Club | Claira Beth Ramsey | Bardstown Country Club |
2022 | Brady Smith | University of Louisville Golf Club | Athena Singh | Bardstown Country Club |