The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (Japanese: 世界ジュニアゴルフ推進会) is a junior golf championship held each summer in Japan for national teams of golfers 18 and under from around the globe.

Toyota Junior Golf World Cup
Tournament information
LocationToyota City, Aichi, Japan
Established1992
Course(s)Chukyo Golf Club – Ishino Course
Organized byChukyo TV Broadcasting
Junior Orange Bowl (Co-organizer)
Japan Golf Association (Tournament Operation Committee)
Format72-hole stroke play
Month playedJune

Qualifying events are held on six continents to determine the 12 boys’ teams and nine girls’ teams who compete for the annual championship. Chukyo Golf Club, outside Nagoya, has served as the host course for 16 of the past 17 editions.

Toyota Motor Corporation has been the Junior Golf World Cup's title sponsor since 2002.

History & Format

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The Junior Golf World Cup, founded by Yasumasa Tagashira, Eiji Tagashira and William Kerdyk, was first contested in 1992.[1] A total of 98 golfers from 14 nations competed at Taisha Country Club in Izumo.

The United States won the inaugural title, with Justin Roof the first medalist. Both would retain their crowns a year later. Host Japan claimed its first title in 1994, with a team that included future PGA Tour professional Ryuji Imada.

In 1997, the tournament expanded from a three-day event to four days. A girls’ division was added in 2014.[2]

The tournament format is 72 holes of stroke play over four days, with two scores from each nation’s three-player roster counting toward the team total. Before 2024, boys’ rosters were made up of four players, with three scores counting.

Continental/regional qualifiers are held each winter and spring to determine the 21 teams that go to Japan. In all, more than 70 countries participate in the qualifying process.

Future stars

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The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup has featured such future major champions as Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Smith, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Trevor Immelman and Danny Willett. In 2001, South Africa won with a roster that included future major winners Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel.[3]

Viktor Hovland, who won the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup in 2023, played the Toyota Junior World Cup three times from 2014-16. Other participants that have won PGA Tour, European Tour or LIV Golf events include Joaquín Niemann, Camilo Villegas, Russell Henley, Hunter Mahan, Satoshi Kodaira, Branden Grace, Im Sung-jae, Brendon de Jonge, Alex Norén, Ludvig Åberg and David Puig.[4]

The girls’ division saw its first major champion when Japan's Ayaka Furue won the 2024 Evian Championship. In addition, three alumnae won the Augusta National Women's Amateur in consecutive years — Tsubasa Kajitani, Anna Davis and Rose Zhang.

Zhang, Linnea Ström and Mone Inami are LPGA tour winners, while Saki Baba captured the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur.

Of the 60 men's golfers entered at the 2024 Paris Olympics, 40 had played in the Junior Golf World Cup.

Results

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Boys' tournament

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Year Team Individual Ref
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
2024   South Korea   United States   Japan   Mao Matsuyama   Billy Davis   William Jennings
  Minsu Kim
  Gunwoong Park
2023   Japan   Canada   United States

  Germany

  Kaito Sato   Jaewon Lee   Billy Davis
  Taishi Moto
[5]
2022   Canada   Japan   Sweden   Albert Hansson   Riura Matsui
  Minato Oshima
  Filippo Ponzano
2021 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2020 [7]
2019   South Africa   Japan   Spain   Samuel Simpson   Martin Vorster   Christopher Vandette
2018   Denmark   Spain   Thailand   Rasmus Højgaard   Nicolai Højgaard   Ludvig Åberg
2017   United States   Japan   Thailand   Frankie Capan III   Kosuke Hamamoto   Gustav Frimodt
2016   United States   Germany   Thailand   Joaquín Niemann   Dylan Naidoo   Max Schmitt
  Norman Xiong
  Takumi Kanaya
  Marc Hammer
  Sadom Kaewkajana
2015   Japan   Sweden   South Korea   Ren Okazaki   Joaquín Niemann   Takumi Kanaya
  Chandler Phillips
  Marcus Svensson
2014   Norway   United States   Venezuela   Jorge Garcia   Brett Coletta   Joaquín Niemann
2013   Venezuela   Australia   Mexico   Jorge Garcia   Lucas Herbert   Thriston Lawrence
2012   Australia   Japan   Canada   Viraat Badhwar   Jinichiro Kozuma   Adam Svensson
2011 Canceled due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2010   Japan   United States   Canada   Corey Connors
  Yosuke Asaji
  Lucas Bjerregaard
2009   Argentina   United States   England   Lee Kyoung-hoon   Tommy Cocha
  Tomohiro Umeyama
  Santiago Gavino
2008   Norway   Sweden   Australia   Bud Cauley

  Anders Kristiansen

  Pontus Gad
2007   Sweden   Norway   Australia   Anders Kristiansen   Pan Cheng-tsung   Björn Åkesson
  Jesper Kennegård
2006   Norway   Sweden   Japan   Marius Thorp   Naoto Nakanishi
  Björn Åkesson
2005   United States   Colombia   England   Erik Flores   Yuki Usami   Andres Echavarria
2004   United States   South Africa   Spain   Matthew Kent   Estanislao Goya
  Pablo Martín
  Garrett Sapp
2003   South Korea   Japan   Spain   Yuta Ikeda   Daisuke Yasumoto   Pablo Martín
2002   England   Sweden   New Zealand   Matthew Richardson   Henry Liaw   Sung Yong Lee
2001   South Africa   New Zealand   United States   Sung Yong Lee   Takamasa Yamamoto

  Prom Meesawat

2000   United States   South Africa   England   Hunter Mahan

  Kodai Ichihara

  Matt McQuillan

  Sung Yong Lee

1999   England   United States   Canada   Nick Dougherty   Dae-Sub Kim   Jason Hartwick
1998   England   Japan   United States   Rafael Echenique   Adam Frayne   Travis Fraser
1997   United States   Japan   England   David Gossett   Sung-soo Park   Phillip Rowe
1996   Japan   England   Scotland   Sal Spallone   Keizo Yoshida   Yūsaku Miyazato
1995   United States   Sweden   Canada   Joel Kribel   Joachim Bäckström   Yumihiko Hatone
1994   Japan   Canada   Spain   Rob McMillan   Go Higaki   Ivó Giner
1993   United States   Sweden   South Korea   Justin Roof   Johan Edfors
  Will Garner
1992   United States   Sweden   South Korea   Justin Roof   Juan Nutt   Brian Newton

Source:[8]

Girls' tournament

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Year Team Individual Ref
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
2024   United States   Thailand   Japan   Jasmine Koo   Mamika Shinchi   Sarah Hammett
  Pimpisa Rubrong
2023   Japan   United States   South Korea   Yuna Araki   Anna Davis
  Yeonju An
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2022   Spain   Japan   Canada   Andrea Revuelta Goicoechea
  Cayetana Fernández Garcia-Poggio
  Miku Ueta
2021 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2020 [7]
2019   Japan   Mexico   United States   Cory Lopez
  Rose Zhang
  Cassie Porter
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2018   Japan   South Korea   Sweden   Yuka Yasuda
  Sujeong Lee
  Yuna Nishimura [10]
2017   United States   Japan   Australia   Alyaa Abdulghany   Yuna Nishimura   Emilia Migliaccio [11]
2016   United States   Japan   Spain   Kristen Gillman   Mone Inami   Riri Sadoyama
  Alyaa Abdulghany
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2015   Japan   South Korea   Mexico   Yumi Matsubara
  Hyunkyung Jo
  Minami Hiruta [13]
2014   Japan   South Korea   Sweden   Sojung Kim   Linnea Ström   Mizuho Konishi [14]

Source:[15]

Results summary

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Boys' tournament

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Country Win 2nd 3rd Total
  United States 9 5 3 17
  Japan 5 7 2 14
  England 3 1 4 8
  Norway 3 1 4
  South Africa 2 2 4
  South Korea 2 3 5
  Sweden 1 7 1 9
  Australia 1 1 2 4
  Venezuela 1 1 2
  Argentina 1 1
  Denmark 1 1
  Canada 1 2 4 7
  Spain 1 4 5
  New Zealand 1 1 2
  Germany 1 1 2
  Colombia 1 1
  Thailand 3 3
  Mexico 1 1
  Scotland 1 1
Total 30 30 31

Girls' tournament

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Country Win 2nd 3rd Total
  Japan 5 3 1 9
  United States 3 1 1 5
  Spain 1 1 2
  South Korea 3 1 4
  Mexico 1 1 2
  Thailand 1 1
  Sweden 2 2
  Australia 1 1
  Canada 1 1
Total 9 9 9

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Information". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Junior Golf World Cup". Collegiate Golf. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  3. ^ Woodard, Adam (22 June 2019). "USA's Rose Zhang shares medalist honors, Japan and South Africa win Toyota Junior Golf World Cup". USA Today. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Archive". Junior Golf World Cup.
  5. ^ a b "2023 Results" (PDF). Toyota Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Postponement of the 2021 28th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup" (PDF). Toyota Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Postponement of the 2020 28th Toyota Junior Golf World Cup". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Winners – Boys". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ "2018 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ^ "2017 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ "2016 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "2015 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  14. ^ "2014 Toyota Junior World Cup". WAGR. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Winners – Girls". Junior Golf World Cup. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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