Junior Golf Association of Hawaii is proud to hold a qualifying tournament for the Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship (JOBI) held in Coral Gables, FL.  The JOBI is part of the Junior Orange Bowl which holds the Junior Orange Bowls International Youth Festival.  This festival also hosts championships for other sports such as tennis, basketball and cross country.   The JOBI is one of the most prestigious junior golf tournament that has been played for over 50 years.  Top amatuer junior golfers from around the world are invited to compete.  Past champions include Gary Koch, Tiger Woods, Mark Calcavecchia, Kevin Na, Joaquin Niemann, Christie Kerr, In-Bee Park, Lexi Thompson, and Brooke Henderson. Click here for their webiste: Jr. Orange Bowl website

 

Jr. Orange Bowl Past Champions

 

JGAH holds a two day qualifying tournament every year for one girl and one boy to represent JGAH and Hawaii at the JOBI.  There are requirements to be a participant in this qualifier.  The 2023 requirements are:

 

  -  Players must be from 15-18 age groups only on August 24, 2023.

  -  Players must have competed and finished 3 tournaments in the 15 -18 division in the 2023 season.  Past attendees of the Junior Orange Bowl only need 2 tournaments or if they have a special invite by the Junior Orange Bowl tournament director.

  -  A 9.9 GHIN index or less by August 24, 2023.

  -  A 2023 member of JGAH by August 24, 2023 and is a member on the day of the qualifier.

  -  Have not reached their 19th birthday by 12/30 of that tournament year.

  -  Can't be attending a college or university.

 

 

Past JGAH Junior Orange Bowl Participants

 

2022  - Boys, Keola Silva

            Girls, Kirsten Hall

2021  - Boys, Robbie Kia

            Girls, Esther Jung

2020  - Boys, Joshua Hayashida       Hawaii Baptist Academy

          - Girls, Chloe Jang                   Roosevelt High School

2019  - Boys, Joshua Hayashida       Hawaii Baptist Academy

          - Girls, Kyra Tomita                   Punahou

2017  - Boys, Remington Hirano        Punahou / University of San Diego

          - Girls, Kaylee Akagi                 Punahou

2016  - Boys, Remington Hirano        Punahou / University of San Diego

          - Girls, Danielle Ujimori             Mid-Pacific Institute / University of Nevada, Reno

2015  - Boys, Desmond Mello            Moanalua / Chaminade University

          - Girls,  Zoey Akagi-Bustin        Iolani / University of Hawaii