Registration –

Pre-tournament registration will be held at The Home Course at the following time:

Monday, August 5th: 11am – 4:30pm
Tuesday, August 6th: 6am – 8:30am at your 1st round host facility

ALTERNATES:
Boys – alternates from each district will be used through Sunday August 4th.
Girls – alternates for the girls will be assigned by Executive Director, Tyler Johnsen, from a statewide pool through Sunday, August 4th. BEGINNING Aug 5th – alternates for both boys and girls will be used from the Host District (6).

The Long Drive will take place on hole #1 beginning at 4:45pm on Monday, August 5^th. The age division time slots will be as follows:

8-11 year olds             4:45pm-5:20pm
12-13 year olds           5:30pm-6:10pm
14-15 year olds           6:20pm-7:05pm
16-18 year olds           7:15pm-8:00pm

A no-host long drive BBQ buffet will be held on Monday, August 5^th with the buffet open from approximately 5:00pm – 7:30pm.

Contestants and guests may purchase directly from The Home Course at a price TBD.

18-holes of stroke play for all players on Tuesday, Aug 6th and Wednesday, Aug. 7th and then Thursday, Aug. 8th for all players that make the cut.

The 16-18 Boys and the 14-15 Girls will play Eagles Pride on Tuesday and The Home Course on Wednesday.

The 14-15 Boys and the 16-18 Girls will play The Home Course on Tuesday and Eagles Pride on Wednesday.

Boys and Girls 8-11 and 12-13 divisions will play both Tuesday and Wednesday at Meadow Park GC. On Thursday, the 8-11 and 12-13 division players that make the cut will play the final round at The Home Course.

The field will be cut for Thursday play on the following basis:

Hotels:

Trophies will be awarded as follows:

Ties for first place in all divisions decided by sudden death playoff; all other ties will be honored (e.g. a two-way tie for 2nd: payoff would be two second place trophies and no third) In the combined 14-15 and 16-18 divisions individual trophies will be awarded to the low four boys from one district and to the low three girls from one district.  The overall State Champions may come from either the 14-15 or the 16-18 divisions.

Proper golf etiquette is expected.
Please be a role model for our juniors

1. Galleries will be permitted.  Players are held responsible for the action of their families, relatives or friends.
2. Galleries must keep their distance from players on the course and until players leave the attesting area. (25 yards-walk in rough)  No Coaching Allowed.
3. Abuse (including abuse of cell phone restrictions), harassment or interference with volunteers or officials will not be tolerated.
4. Talking on cell phones or other similar devices or use of noise making electronic devices is prohibited.

5. Power carts will not be available for spectators without a Washington Sate Handicap ID, handicap placard from automobile mirror or a doctors note.  Power carts are for committee use only. 

6. No alcoholic beverages allowed at WJGA events.
7. We are a non-smoking event, please do not smoke.

Dress Code for Gallery

All spectators, family members and others, must observe the dress code of the course being played.  Traditional golf attire is required. All players must wear shirts with collars. Men’s shirts must have sleeves. Shorts must have pockets and zippers and be of moderate length. Halter tops, tank tops, and denim jeans of any style and color are not allowed. If shoes have spikes, they must be soft spikes.  Thank you!

PENALTIES

2023 State Championship

2023 State Champions, Angela Zhang and Ben Wilson

2022 WJGA State Championship:

Nathan Yocam and Angela Zhang crowned 46^th WJGA Boys’ and Girls’ State Champions.

Nathan Yocam of Sammamish shot a final round 1-under par 71 at Semiahmoo G&CC to win the Boys’ overall WJGA State Championship. Yocam eagled his final hole of the day, the par 5 9^th hole, by holing out a bunker shot to get to 4-under par total for 54-holes. He then survived a 4-player playoff, capturing the title with a 12-foot par putt on the 4^th playoff hole over Alexander Cooke of Spokane. Benjamin Mulder of Spokane and Josh Waldo of Snohomish had been eliminated earlier in the playoff. Yocam is a 17-year-old entering his senior year at Eastlake High School.

Angela Zhang of Bellevue continued her sensational summer coming from behind to win the Girls’ overall title. Starting the day two shots back, Zhang fired a final round 2-under par 70 to hold off Brooke Gelinas of Bonney Lake, and Triana Fernando of Bellevue by two shots, finishing at 3-over par 219 total. At only 13 years old Zhang becomes the youngest overall state champion in WJGA history, and her summer also includes a victory in the Washington State Women’s Amateur.

In all 258 boys and girls competed over three days to determine boys and girls state champions in age divisions of 8-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18. The field is cut to roughly 85 total players after two rounds.

Matt Kuchar came to watch his son Cameron at the Long Drive competition

State Championship – Final Results

2020 final results

Akshay Anand and Lily McCauley. 2019 State Champions

2019 final results

Clayton Thatcher and Adithi Anand winners in 2018!

Round 3 Final Results 2018

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Round 3 Final Results 2017

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Kato and Nguyen, overall State Champions

Sean Kato of Redmond fired a final round of 4-under par 68 to win the overall boys title at the 41^st Annual WJGA State Championship held at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland, Wash. His three day total of 11-under par 205 gave him a two-shot victory over Alvin Kwak of Mukilteo.

On the girls side, Lauryn Nguyen of Seattle defeated Therese Warner of Kennewick with a birdie on the 1^st playoff hole to capture the overall girls title at 3-under par 213. Nguyen overcame at 7-shot deficit coming into the final round and used a steady even par 72 to mount her comeback.

In all 258 boys and girls competed over three days to determine boys and girls state champions in age divisions of 8-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18. The field is cut to roughly 85 total players after two rounds.