This week, PGA Frisco’s Fields Ranch West will welcome 12 teams of junior golfers to the 13u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship. These 96 junior golfers ages 10-13 comprising 12 Regional Champion All-Star teams will have their competition broadcast live on ESPN networks.
It’s an exciting year for PGA Jr. League as a whole. In addition to celebrating a record 72,000 participants this year to date, 2023 marks the first year the 13u Championship will be held at the new Home of the PGA of America.
Teams competing in the 13u National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship include: Team California (San Jose); Team Connecticut (Torrington); Team Florida (Orlando); Team Illinois (Lemont); Team Minnesota (Blaine); Team New York (Saratoga Springs); Team Ohio (Dublin); Team Oklahoma (Broken Arrow); Team South Carolina (Spartanburg); Team Utah (Lehi); Team Virginia (Dulles) and Team Texas (Farmers Branch).
Team Texas (Farmers Branch) includes PGA of America Coach Joey Anders and Assistant Coach April Pyle, as well as a squad from the Brookhaven Country Club.
The 13u Championship kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 4, with the National Car Rental Welcome Party, followed by the annual Skills Challenge Thursday, Oct. 5.
Rounds one and two will take place Friday and Saturday (Oct. 6-7), during which teams will compete in a two-person scramble, team aggregate stroke play format. The Championship concludes with match play semifinal and final rounds on Sunday, Oct. 8. The eight teams not competing in the semifinals can participate in the Fields Ranch Roundup, a 9-hole, two-person scramble.
Live ESPN coverage of the Championship will begin starting with the first round on Friday, October 6. This is the third year of the live ESPN broadcast of the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship. On-air talent who joined the 2022 broadcast at Grayhawk Golf Club will reprise their roles this year, including PGA of America Past President and former PGA Jr. League Coach Suzy Whaley, PGA; Michael Collins; Andy North; and Taylor Zarzour. The live broadcast schedule is as follows:
The inaugural 17u Championship, set for Nov. 16-19 will take place at the Twin Warriors Golf Club in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.