HOUSING:
AJGA Host Hotel: Embassy Suites Oklahoma City Downtown/Medical Center
Hotel Address: 741 North Phillips Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73104
AJGA Special Rate: $134 ($154 Average rate at this time)
Hotel Tax Rate: 13.875%
Rate Includes: WIFI / Access to Fitness Center / Free Parking
Distance to Golf Course: Click Here
Reservation Method: 1-800-445-8667 - Identify yourself as an AJGA Participant
Booking link: Click Here to Book!
Check in Time: 4 p.m.
Check out Time: 11 a.m.
Your stay at the host hotel supports the tournament's overall success and charitable giving as well as strengthens the AJGA's ability to secure the most competitive rate for future events.
TRANSPORTATION
Airport: Will Rodger World Airport (OKC)
Airport Transportation: The host hotel does not provide a shuttle service.
Distance to Host Hotel: Click Here
Distance to Golf Course: Click Here
AJGA Preferred Rentals: Avis and Budget, the preferred rental car brands of the American Junior Golf Association, provide AJGA members and their families with savings on vehicles for all AJGA event-related and personal travel. To see rates for all events, visit these links:
PRACTICE FACILITIES: Players are encouraged to arrive on-site no more than an hour and a half before the practice round shotgun.
POST ROUND: Limited practice will be permitted at the host facility. The driving range and putting green will be open until 1 hour after the final pairing completes play for the day. The members wedge range and instruction facility will remain closed to AJGA participants. Failure to abide by the outlined practice facility schedule may result in forfeiture of additional practice time.
PRACTICE ROUND
Date: Tuesday, August 6
Time: 2 p.m. Shotgun. Players will be called to the carts for announcements approximately 30 minutes prior to the shotgun.
Golf Course: Gaillardia Country Club
Practice Facilities Time: 11:30 a.m.
Signup: Click Here
Signup Dates: Tuesday, July 30 – Monday, August 5
AJGA Staff members will be located on the course to complete equipment surveys and to answer any questions. Practice Round Hole Locations will be available at the cart staging area. Tournament Hole Locations will be on the tournament website. All players are required to carry their own bag or use a push cart. All parents and family members are always required to stay on the cart path during the practice round. Please review the AJGA Player and Spectator Code of Conduct prior to the practice round.
Additional Practice Round Information
Gaillardia Country Club's course and practice facilities are CLOSED to AJGA participants who have been admitted to the Talor Gooch Foundation Junior Championship Presented by 3Bird Kids Foundation, Inc. (who are not themselves members of the club) other than the instances below:
Players have been invited to play by a member of Gaillardia Country Club with whom they have a pre-existing relationship. Soliciting members about tee times is NOT PERMITTED at any time and will result in forfeiture of your official practice round, or other penalty as outlined below.
- Players receive lessons from an instructor at Gaillardia Country Club. Players must have been under instruction at the facility prior to their acceptance into the Talor Gooch Foundation Junior Championship Presented by 3Bird Kids Foundation, Inc.
Players and guests must comply with all rules & expectations at the host facility including, but not limited to, a restriction of the number of shots to be played, disrespectful behavior towards host club staff and/or members, overall time limits and limitations of non-paying guests.
Failure to comply with the host facilities rules and regulations and the AJGA Player
and Spectator
Code of Conduct may result in the following penalties:
1. Forfeiture of your official practice round
2. Two stroke penalty or disqualification from the tournament
3. Loss of spectating privileges for the player involved
AJGA CARES FOR THE COURSE: As part of the AJGA’s Code of Conduct policy players are required to fill their divots and ball marks on the golf course. Players will receive a small, lightweight sand bottle at the beginning of each event and should fill the bottles at the sand filling stations on each tee as necessary. The penalty for not following this policy is as follows:
· 1st & 2nd offense – Player receives a verbal warning
· 3rd & subsequent offenses – Player receives a one-stroke penalty
SCORECARDS: Players will be required to bring a smart phone or device with internet capabilities that supports the Golf Genius application (available on iOS or Android) to use for their official scorecard and live scoring during all AJGA events. Please make sure you have the most updated version of the app. Instructions on how to use the app can be found here . Each player will be provided with a GGID at the starting tee and will be assigned to mark for another player in the group. The player is responsible for providing their own device and ensuring it is fully charged for the round.
PLAYER REGISTRATION: It is recommended that players do not arrive for player registration more than one hour before their tee time.
Date: Tuesday, August 6
Time: 7 – 8 a.m. for Junior-Am juniors and 11:30 – 1:30 p.m. for practice round juniors
Location: Gaillardia Country Club – Bag Drop Area
Players unable to register at this time MUST notify Tournament Director Riley Glenn prior to August 6 at (949) 212-9593. Registration is MANDATORY. Players who fail to attend without prior approval from the tournament director may forfeit their tournament gifts. Approval to miss the Players Registration will be granted only in extreme circumstances. An individual absent from these events because they are not staying at the host hotel or have a long commute do not constitute acceptable circumstances.
TOURNAMENT TEE TIMES/PAIRINGS
Official Pairings Available: Monday, August 5
Tee Times:
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. off Nos. 1 and 10 (First Round, Wednesday)
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. off Nos. 1 and 10 (Second Round, Thursday)
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. off Nos. 1 and 10 (Final Round, Friday)
Final Round Pairings Available: Thursday, August 8
Time: 6 p.m.
Note: Players assume the entire risk if they call any other number or individual and receive an incorrect starting time.
A tie for the championship will be decided by a sudden-death playoff immediately following the conclusion of play. As inclement weather may delay play, please make your departing flight as late as possible. The AJGA will play until dark if necessary to complete the tournament.
SOCIAL ACTIVITY
Talor Gooch Q&A – Please join the AJGA and tournament host Talor Gooch for a question-and-answer session in the Gaillardia Country Club Ballroom following the first round of play on August 7th at 1:45 p.m. All players, parents, and family are welcome. Lunch will also be provided for those attending.
Chicken N Pickle – Please join the AJGA and the Talor Gooch Foundation for a fun night of pickleball and dinner at Chicken N Pickle at 5 – 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 8th. All parents and family are welcome for a fun night of games and food. Chicken N Pickle is located in Oklahoma City at 8400 N. Oklahoma Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73114 .
CONTACT INFORMATION:
HQ Location: Gaillardia Country Club – Wine Room
TD Name: Riley Glenn
Phone Number: (949) 212-9593
Email: rglenn@ajga.org
Note: Players and parents are asked to call or email the Tournament Director with any questions they may have and avoid visiting the Headquarters onsite.
IMPORTANT COURSE NOTES: Players and parents are not permitted in the Gaillardia Country Club Men’s Locker Room any time. Players and parents must remove any hat or headwear prior to entering the Gaillardia Country Club Clubhouse. Players and parents may use other bathroom facilities and the snack shop behind the 10th tee.
JUNIOR PLUS MEMBER SWING VIDEOS by FLIGHTSCOPE: All Junior Plus Members may record swing metrics and an HD video through FlightScope technology on the driving range at any time during the event. Players can share videos and data in their Player Center, shared to college coaches through AJGA recruiting profiles. Contact the Tournament Director to schedule time to film a swing video.
OFFICIAL YARDAGE BOOK AND GREENS GUIDE – StrackaLine
StrackaLine provides a 20% discount on yardage books and greens guides to participants of the Talor Gooch Foundation Junior Championship Presented by 3Bird Kids Foundation, Inc. hosted at Gaillardia Country Club. The discount can be accessed online here
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OFFICIAL PUSH CART OF THE AJGA – BAG BOY
As the Official Push Cart of the AJGA, Bag Boy will be providing all players the opportunity to borrow a Nitron push cart up to two times at any tournament throughout the year. Push carts will be available on a first come, first-serve basis at every event, and players who borrow a push cart during an AJGA event will become eligible to win a free Bag Boy push cart in December. If you are interested, see the Tournament Director on-site to reserve your cart and sign an agreement form. Push carts cannot be reserved prior to arriving on-site.
RANGEFINDERS: The AJGA allows the usage of distance-measuring devices in all AJGA competitions. If, during a stipulated round, a player uses a distance-measuring device to gauge or MEASURE OTHER CONDITIONS that might affect his/her play (e.g., gradient, wind speed, temperature, etc.), the player is in breach of Rule 4.3(1).
SPECTATOR GOLF CARTS: Golf carts and spectator carts are not allowed without a Government issued Blue Permanent Handicap placard. Please see the Tournament Director on-site to receive an approved cart.
PUSH CARTS: Push carts (non-motorized) are approved for use by all players as permitted by the host facility. Players are responsible for providing their own push carts.