The American Junior Golf Association announced a partnership with The Spin Club, marking a significant five-year collaboration set to commence in August of 2024. This alliance aims to spotlight and elevate the talents of the top juniors ages 12-19 from around the world through a highly anticipated Open and Junior All-Star tournament.
The Spin Junior Championship and The Spin Junior All-Star will be the focal point of this partnership. As part of this agreement, The Spin Club, a sports and social club based in Hong Kong, will serve as the title sponsor for two tournaments, signaling a new opportunity for aspiring junior golfers. The Spin Club and the AJGA aim to create an unparalleled platform for emerging talent, providing an exceptional opportunity for young golfers to showcase their skills and compete at the highest level.
“The Spin Club came highly recommended to the AJGA, and we are excited for the endless opportunities that comes with the partnership,” said Jason Etzen, Chief Business Officer of the American Junior Golf Association. “The partnership marks a signification step in our mission to the growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.”
The Spin Junior Championship will run August 11-14, 2024, and The Spin Junior All-Star will run August 14-16, 2024, both at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon – Champions Course located in Beaumont, California.
“The AJGA provides kids with a pathway to the biggest stage in junior golf and a vehicle to drive interest among college coaches,” said Smile Xu, Founder & CEO of The Spin. “The Spin is proud to partner with the AJGA, to create new opportunities for junior players in Hong Kong and Asia. With our experience involved in the elite amateur events and world-class professional tournaments in over a decade, we hope to inspire and support more juniors in our region to take up the game and purse high level education through golf.”
Hong Kong and greater China region has seen a huge growth in junior golf, local players like Alexander Yang, proceed through the AJGA system, into top universities like Stanford.
“I played many AJGA events in my junior career. They are truly the biggest and most competitive circuit in the US. Consequently, they draw the attention of every US college golf program. I owe the AJGA a tremendous amount of gratitude for providing me with a stepping stone and platform to play competitive college golf. Furthermore, I will never forget the lifelong experiences I shared with many other friends and other junior golfers in our pursuit to play college golf. The AJGA not only provided golf skills but also life lessons as we learned the value of writing thank you cards after rounds to give our appreciation to the people that helped us along the way.”
Alex Yang will join Smile Xu and Head Coach at the Spin Club Luke Briars for a panel discussion on November 27th, 2023 at the Spin Club to showcase how AJGA and Spin junior golf program benefit kids in Asia and foster the growth of golf’s next generation.
For more information about the AJGA, visit online through Facebook, Twitter or at www.ajga.org.
Based in Hong Kong, The Spin Club is built around a commitment to excellence, from the finest facilities in golf, table tennis and dance, to the best coaches in Asia, to a culinary experience inspired by, and rivalling, the world’s finest restaurants.
The Club’s full family membership is by-invitation only. Talented juniors are also invited to join as a junior member to pursue the excellence is the three main sports: golf, table tennis and dance.