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JGFP world team qualifiers set this week

Published Mar 2, 2026 07:21 pm

At A Glance

  • Armed with a solid partnership with the National Golf Association of the Philippines, the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP) will conduct a dual qualifying tournament intended for Filipinos wanting to join the first-ever JGFP World Junior Team Championship 2026 on April 16 to 19 at the Apo Golf and Country Club in Davao City.
Armed with a solid partnership with the National Golf Association of the Philippines, the Junior Golf Foundation of the Philippines (JGFP) will conduct a dual qualifying tournament intended for Filipinos wanting to join the first-ever JGFP World Junior Team Championship 2026 on April 16 to 19 at the Apo Golf and Country Club in Davao City.
JGFP president Oliver Gan said that there will be a one-day tournament scheduled this March 8 in three different venues in the country to ensure balanced participation from those young golfers based in various provinces.
The qualifying tournament will be held, for the Luzon leg, at the Summit Point Golf and Country Club in Lipa City, Batangas, at the Cebu Country Club for the Visayas leg, and at the Apo Golf and Country Club in Davao City, Davao del Sur for the Mindanao leg.
Aside from these three venues, Gan said that the JGFP will also be holding qualifying tournaments on March 21 at the Del Monte Golf Club in Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon, and on March 28 at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club in Bacolod City.
“We’d like to ensure that our young golfers, even if they are from far away, from different provinces, will have access to join this historic event, the first-ever JGFP World Junior Team Championship 2026,” said Gan.
“This event, which the NGAP is fully supporting, is open to all. We’d like to see the best golfers from different parts of the country go up against the best in the world in a team format competition,” he added.
According to Gan, the JGFP World Junior Team Championship is expected to attract about 60 golfers. This early, the JGFP has received confirmations from the sports associations from Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Australia, as well as the Hainan Golf Association and Indonesian Junior Golf League, while clubs from Thailand and Japan have also expressed interest in joining the event.
“This is part of our mission to provide high-level competition for our players, and to have NGAP’s sanction and support makes this tournament even more significant,” said Gan, a former golf consultant of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB).
“Expected to join is Thai star Jadar Kiantphonsiri and WAGR 259 ranked player Alliana Tee from Hong Kong, sixth placed in women’s open Passion Hsu from Singapore, 2023 junior world champion Teagan Tudla and Myanmar golf sensation Khant Zwe Wai Yan,” he added.
In preparation for the World Team Championship, the JGFP has secured a partnership with Sotogrande Hotel in Davao City as its official hotel sponsor for the big event.
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