HVJI Invitation Criteria 2026
Invitation Criteria
2025 Hope Valley Junior Invitational (Top 10 Boys & Top 10 Girls)
2025 Bobby Chapman Junior (Top 10 Boys)
2025 CGA Jimmy Anderson (Top 5 Girls)
2025 CGA Creed (Top 5 Boys)
2025 The Elite Invitational (Top 10 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2025 Jones Cup Junior (Top 10 Boys)
2025 Donald Ross Junior (Top 5 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2026 SCJGA Sea Pines Junior Heritage (Top 10 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2026 AJGA Simplify Championship at Carlton Woods (Top 10 Boys)
2026 Golfweek Elite at Denison (Boys Champion & Girls Champion)
2026 DJ World Junior (Top 10 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2026 PKBGT Spring Bell Invitational (Top 5 Girls)
2026 HV3 Invitational (Top 5 Boys)
2026 Vicki DiSantis (Top 5 Girls)
2026 Scott Robertson Memorial (Top 10 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2026 PKBGT Open Championship (Top 5 Girls)
2026 Dye Junior Invitational (Top 3 Boys & Top 3 Girls)
2026 Drip Golf Tour Leader Board as of May 4, 2026 (Top Boy & Top Girl)
2026 AJGA The Nelly (Top 5 Girls)
2026 Women’s Western Junior (Top 10 Girls after stroke play)
2026 Western Junior (Top 10 Boys)
2026 North South Junior (Top 10 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
2026 AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship (Top 10 Girls)
2026 Southern Junior Championship (Top 10 Boys)
2026 AJGA Wyndham Junior presented by Odyssey (Top 10 Boys)
2026 Press Thornton Future Masters (Top 5 Boys 15 -18, Winner Boys 13 – 14)
2026 Bubba Conlee (Top 5 Boys & Top 5 Girls)
Top 100 Boys on Junior Golf Scoreboard and Golfweek on May 4, 2026
Top 50 Girls on Junior Golf Scoreboard and Golfweek on May 4, 2026
2026 State Championships AL, GA, FL, KY, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA
(Top 2 Boys & Top 2 Girls, Stroke Play)
Earning an invitation does not guarantee acceptance. Exempt players must register before the close of entries and are accepted on a first come first served basis.
Qualifiers
A joint qualifier with the Scott Robertson Memorial will take place on April 18, 2026, in Roanoke, VA, register at Scott Robertson. (Top 5 Boys & Top 2 Girls will be admitted to the SRM and the HVJI Championship)
A Local Qualifier for the Boys’ Division will be held at Hope Valley CC on July 20, 2026. (Top 4 Boys will earn entry into the HVJI championship). Entry see is $55 per player. Players who successfully qualify for the championship proper will be charged the additional championship fee of $325 for championship rounds
Applications Encouraged
Any applicant not meeting an automatic qualifier or priority level is welcome to apply ‘at-large’. Please register, and you will be placed on the pending list. Should 90 qualified applicants not be available, at-large spots will be awarded based on a composite ranking of select ranking systems.
Application Timeline
Applications must be submitted by July 20, 2026. Players meeting an exemption criterion will be admitted after registering (unless the field is full). Earning an invitation does not guarantee acceptance. Assuming more than 90 applicants have been submitted as of July 20th, selections will be made by the Committee using exemption criteria, rankings, qualifiers and tournament results. Should withdrawals occur, players on the pending list will be added.