The Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship
The Aaron Baddeley International Junior Championship started in 2001. It was a qualifying event at The Heritage Golf and Country Club that hosted the best 90 players from around Australia. It was to form a team to compete against Fiji. The Fiji government asked for 16 players, girls and boys, to play in a competition over 3 days at Denarau Island near Nadi. It was the start of many tournaments to come.
Aaron had a great time in junior golf and wanted to give back to junior golf what it gave him.
Aaron decided to assist junior golfers to help bridge the gap from amateur golf to professional golf. Since the tournament started, Aaron has shared his experience and the path that he has taken with many young players. There is more to professional golf than just hitting a ball and the ABIJC and Aaron continue to help young players on what life is like on the the PGA Tour. Traveling, playing in different countries, different cultures, how to work with your caddy, all those parts that make up the life of a touring professional golfer.
*** The ABIJC International Championship is now one of the leading junior championships in the world. Scores from the tournament count to official World Amateur Golf Rankings by the R and A.
The winning boy receives an invitation to the Australian Open and the Australian JBWere Masters, and the winning girl receives an invitation to the Womens Australian Open and the ANZ Ladies Masters. These tournaments are the premier tournaments of Australia. The ABIJC remains as the only tournament in the world to give these opportunities to junior golfers and to be able to offer these professional tournament invitations.
The ABIJC has been invited to hold the international championship at Lion Lake Country Club. It is one of the best golf course and clubhouses I have ever seen. This is a course that has everything to hold a PGA tour event and we look forward to returning for many years.
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