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Junior Golf World Cup

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Toyota Junior Golf World Cup
Tournament information
LocationToyota City, Aichi, Japan
Established1992
Course(s)Chukyo Golf Club – Ishino Course
Organized byChukyo TV Broadcasting
Junior Orange Bowl (Co-organizer)
Japan Golf Association (Tournament Operation Committee)
Format72-hole stroke play
Month playedJune

The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (Japanese: 世界ジュニアゴルフ推進会) is a junior golf championship held each summer in Japan for national teams of golfers 18 and under from around the globe.

Qualifying events are held on six continents to determine the 12 boys’ teams and nine girls’ teams who compete for the annual championship. Chukyo Golf Club, outside Nagoya, has served as the host course for 16 of the past 17 editions.

Toyota Motor Corporation has been the Junior Golf World Cup's title sponsor since 2002.

History & Format

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The Junior Golf World Cup, founded by Yasumasa Tagashira, Eiji Tagashira and William Kerdyk, was first contested in 1992.[1] A total of 98 golfers from 14 nations competed at Taisha Country Club in Izumo.

The United States won the inaugural title, with Justin Roof the first medalist. Both would retain their crowns a year later. Host Japan claimed its first title in 1994, with a team that included future PGA Tour professional Ryuji Imada.

In 1997, the tournament expanded from a three-day event to four days. A girls’ division was added in 2014.[2]

The tournament format is 72 holes of stroke play over four days, with two scores from each nation’s three-player roster counting toward the team total. Before 2024, boys’ rosters were made up of four players, with three scores counting.

Continental/regional qualifiers are held each winter and spring to determine the 21 teams that go to Japan. In all, more than 70 countries participate in the qualifying process.

Future stars

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The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup has featured such future major champions as Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Trevor Immelman and Danny Willett. In 2001, South Africa won with a roster that included future major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.[3]

Viktor Hovland, who won the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup in 2023, played the Toyota Junior World Cup three times from 2014-16. Other participants that have won PGA Tour, European Tour or LIV Golf events include Joaquín Niemann, Camilo Villegas, Russell Henley, Hunter Mahan, Satoshi Kodaira, Branden Grace, Im Sung-jae, Brendon de Jonge, Alex Norén, Ludvig Åberg and David Puig.[4]

The girls’ division saw its first major champion when Japan's Ayaka Furue won the 2024 Evian Championship. In addition, three alumnae won the Augusta National Women's Amateur in consecutive years — Tsubasa Kajitani, Anna Davis and Rose Zhang.

Zhang, Linnea Ström and Mone Inami are LPGA tour winners, while Saki Baba captured the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur.

Of the 60 men's golfers entered at the 2024 Paris Olympics, 40 had played in the Junior Golf World Cup.

Results

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Boys' tournament

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Year Team Individual Ref
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
2024  South Korea  United States  Japan Japan Mao Matsuyama United States Billy Davis United States William Jennings
South Korea Minsu Kim
South Korea Gunwoong Park
2023  Japan  Canada  United States

 Germany

Japan Kaito Sato South Korea Jaewon Lee United States Billy Davis
Japan Taishi Moto
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2022  Canada  Japan  Sweden Sweden Albert Hansson Japan Riura Matsui
Japan Minato Oshima
Italy Filippo Ponzano
2021 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2020 [7]
2019  South Africa  Japan  Spain South Africa Samuel Simpson South Africa Martin Vorster Canada Christopher Vandette
2018  Denmark  Spain  Thailand Denmark Rasmus Højgaard Denmark Nicolai Højgaard Sweden Ludvig Åberg
2017  United States  Japan  Thailand United States Frankie Capan III Thailand Kosuke Hamamoto Denmark Gustav Frimodt
2016  United States  Germany  Thailand Chile Joaquín Niemann South Africa Dylan Naidoo Germany Max Schmitt
United States Norman Xiong
Japan Takumi Kanaya
Germany Marc Hammer
Thailand Sadom Kaewkajana
2015  Japan  Sweden  South Korea Japan Ren Okazaki Chile Joaquín Niemann Japan Takumi Kanaya
United States Chandler Phillips
Sweden Marcus Svensson
2014  Norway  United States  Venezuela Venezuela Jorge Garcia Australia Brett Coletta Chile Joaquín Niemann
2013  Venezuela  Australia  Mexico Venezuela Jorge Garcia Australia Lucas Herbert South Africa Thriston Lawrence
2012  Australia  Japan  Canada Australia Viraat Badhwar Japan Jinichiro Kozuma Canada Adam Svensson
2011 Canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2010  Japan  United States  Canada Canada Corey Connors
Japan Yosuke Asaji
Denmark Lucas Bjerregaard
2009  Argentina  United States  England South Korea Lee Kyoung-hoon Argentina Tommy Cocha
Japan Tomohiro Umeyama
Mexico Santiago Gavino
2008  Norway  Sweden  Australia United States Bud Cauley

Norway Anders Kristiansen

Sweden Pontus Gad
2007  Sweden  Norway  Australia Norway Anders Kristiansen Chinese Taipei Pan Cheng-tsung Sweden Björn Åkesson
Sweden Jesper Kennegård
2006  Norway  Sweden  Japan Norway Marius Thorp Japan Naoto Nakanishi
Sweden Björn Åkesson
2005  United States  Colombia  England United States Erik Flores Japan Yuki Usami Colombia Andres Echavarria
2004  United States  South Africa  Spain South Africa Matthew Kent Argentina Estanislao Goya
Spain Pablo Martín
United States Garrett Sapp
2003  South Korea  Japan  Spain Japan Yuta Ikeda Japan Daisuke Yasumoto Spain Pablo Martín
2002  England  Sweden  New Zealand England Matthew Richardson United States Henry Liaw New Zealand Sung Yong Lee
2001  South Africa  New Zealand  United States New Zealand Sung Yong Lee Japan Takamasa Yamamoto

Thailand Prom Meesawat

2000  United States  South Africa  England United States Hunter Mahan

Japan Kodai Ichihara

Canada Matt McQuillan

New Zealand Sung Yong Lee

1999  England  United States  Canada England Nick Dougherty South Korea Dae-Sub Kim United States Jason Hartwick
1998  England  Japan  United States Argentina Rafael Echenique England Adam Frayne Zimbabwe Travis Fraser
1997  United States  Japan  England United States David Gossett South Korea Sung-soo Park England Phillip Rowe
1996  Japan  England  Scotland United States Sal Spallone Japan Keizo Yoshida Japan Yūsaku Miyazato
1995  United States  Sweden  Canada United States Joel Kribel Sweden Joachim Bäckström Japan Yumihiko Hatone
1994  Japan  Canada  Spain Canada Rob McMillan Japan Go Higaki Spain Ivó Giner
1993  United States  Sweden  South Korea United States Justin Roof Sweden Johan Edfors
United States Will Garner
1992  United States  Sweden  South Korea United States Justin Roof Venezuela Juan Nutt United States Brian Newton

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Girls' tournament

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Year Team Individual Ref
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
2024  United States  Thailand  Japan United States Jasmine Koo Japan Mamika Shinchi Australia Sarah Hammett
Thailand Pimpisa Rubrong
2023  Japan  United States  South Korea Japan Yuna Araki United States Anna Davis
South Korea Yeonju An
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2022  Spain  Japan  Canada Spain Andrea Revuelta Goicoechea
Spain Cayetana Fernández Garcia-Poggio
Japan Miku Ueta
2021 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2020 [7]
2019  Japan  Mexico  United States Mexico Cory Lopez
United States Rose Zhang
Australia Cassie Porter
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2018  Japan  South Korea  Sweden Japan Yuka Yasuda
South Korea Sujeong Lee
Japan Yuna Nishimura [10]
2017  United States  Japan  Australia Malaysia Alyaa Abdulghany Japan Yuna Nishimura United States Emilia Migliaccio [11]
2016  United States  Japan  Spain United States Kristen Gillman Japan Mone Inami Japan Riri Sadoyama
Malaysia Alyaa Abdulghany
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2015  Japan  South Korea  Mexico Japan Yumi Matsubara
South Korea Hyunkyung Jo
Japan Minami Hiruta [13]
2014  Japan  South Korea  Sweden South Korea Sojung Kim Sweden Linnea Ström Japan Mizuho Konishi [14]

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Results summary

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Boys' tournament

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Country Win 2nd 3rd Total
 United States 9 5 3 17
 Japan 5 7 2 14
 England 3 1 4 8
 Norway 3 1 4
 South Africa 2 2 4
 South Korea 2 3 5
 Sweden 1 7 1 9
 Australia 1 1 2 4
 Venezuela 1 1 2
 Argentina 1 1
 Denmark 1 1
 Canada 1 2 4 7
 Spain 1 4 5
 New Zealand 1 1 2
 Germany 1 1 2
 Colombia 1 1
 Thailand 3 3
 Mexico 1 1
 Scotland 1 1
Total 30 30 31

Girls' tournament

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Country Win 2nd 3rd Total
 Japan 5 3 1 9
 United States 3 1 1 5
 Spain 1 1 2
 South Korea 3 1 4
 Mexico 1 1 2
 Thailand 1 1
 Sweden 2 2
 Australia 1 1
 Canada 1 1
Total 9 9 9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Information". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Junior Golf World Cup". Collegiate Golf. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Woodard, Adam (22 June 2019). "USA's Rose Zhang shares medalist honors, Japan and South Africa win Toyota Junior Golf World Cup". USA Today. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Archive". Junior Golf World Cup.
  5. ^ a b "2023 Results" (PDF). Toyota Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Postponement of the 2021 28th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup" (PDF). Toyota Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Postponement of the 2020 28th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Winners – Boys". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ "2018 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ^ "2017 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ "2016 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "2015 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ^ "2014 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Winners – Girls". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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