IMG Academy to Title Sponsor Junior World Golf Championships

IMG Academy has been announced as the new title sponsor of the Junior World Golf Championships hosted by the San Diego County Junior Golf Association (SDJGA), cure beginning with the 2015 event.

The Championships have been contested since 1968 and have grown into the largest and most prestigious international junior golf tournament series in the world. IMG will also add a match play event to complement the Championships’ long-running stroke play tournament.

“The Junior World Golf Championships and the San Diego County Junior Golf Association have significantly contributed to the development of youth players for more than 40 years, discount ” remarked Gary Pluchino, Vice President, IMG. “With the development of student-athletes also being our core mission at IMG Academy for the past 35 years, we recognized the tremendous opportunity for impact by joining our two organizations in this way.”

The Junior World Golf Championships are a series of 12 individual stroke play tournaments for boys and girls in six age groups (6-under, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-17). The total field size exceeds 1200 golfers from more than 56 countries and 42 states. Past champions include: Tiger Woods; Phil Mickelson; Ernie Els; Nick Price; Amy Alcott; and Lorena Ochoa; as well as more than 20 IMG Academy alumni/trainees like Mika Miyazato, Emiliano Grillo and Victoria Tanco.

“We are looking forward to this next step in our relationship with IMG Academy as they transition from a presenting to title sponsor of our Championships,” remarked Megan Mahoney, Executive Director of the SDJGA. “It’s exciting to also see this series continue to evolve with the addition of a match play event, creating more opportunities for youth development.” Callaway Golf has held the title sponsorship of the Championships from 2002-2014.