HOUSING
The AJGA is working to secure a host hotel for the Russell Henley Junior Championship presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners. Please continue to check back for updates.
TRANSPORTATION
Rental Cars: Budget graciously offers discounted rates to AJGA members and their families with savings on vehicles for all AJGA event-related and personal travel. To see rates for all events, visit this links: Budget
OFFICIAL PRACTICE ROUND INFORMATION
Date: Friday, September 4
Time: 2:30 p.m. Shotgun. Players will be called to the carts for announcements approximately 30 minutes prior to the shotgun.
Golf Course: Green Island Country Club
Practice Facilities Time: 6:30 a.m.
Signup: Golf Genius (link to sign up for a starting hole will be sent out one week before practice round)
Signup Dates: Friday, August 28, – Friday, September 4
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
Green Island Country Club’s course and practice facilities are CLOSED to AJGA participants (who are not themselves members of the club) prior to the official practice round.
Attempting to practice, play or see the golf course and practice facilities (includes contacting the club or members inquiring about alternative times to practice or play) is not permitted.
Failure to comply with these 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
JUNIOR-AM INFORMATION:
Junior-Am Fundraising Tournament Shotgun
Date: Friday, September 4
Time: 8:30 a.m. – Green Island Country Club
We encourage juniors to play in the Junior-Am as it is a great opportunity to show appreciation to all the sponsors who are supporting the tournament and benefitting charities.
Please contact Tournament Director Faith Scott at 706-326-5634 or fscott@ajga.org if you are interested.
PRACTICE FACILITIES: Players are encouraged to arrive on-site no earlier than 6:30 a.m.
Green Island Country Club driving range is limited to 250 yards max. If you would like to hit clubs further than 250 yards, you may utilize the Maple Ridge Golf Club Driving Range. The driving range is 8.5 miles from Green Island Country Club.
o Directions: Click Here
o Hours: 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
POST ROUND: Limited practice will be permitted at the host facility. All players will have 60 minutes starting immediately when the player leaves the scoring area. Players may spend their allotted practice time on either the practice putting or chipping green or driving range given space and availability. An AJGA staff member or volunteer will be monitoring the practice facilities. Failure to abide by the outlined practice facility schedule may result in forfeiture of additional practice time.
Green Island Country Club driving range is limited to 250 yards max. If you would like to hit clubs further than 250 yards, you may utilize the Maple Ridge Golf Club Driving Range. The driving range is 8.5 miles from Green Island Country Club.
o Directions: Click Here
o Hours: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Click Here
· The Russell Henley Junior Championship presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners does NOT have a cut
PLAYER REGISTRATION: It is recommended that players do not arrive for player registration more than one hour before their tee time.
Date: Friday, September 4
Time: 6:30 – 8 a.m. for Junior-Am juniors and 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. for practice round juniors
Location: Green Island Country Club
Players unable to register at this time MUST notify Tournament Director Faith Scott prior to September 3at 706-326-5634.
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.
CLUBHOUSE GUIDELINES: More information regarding clubhouse access will be available at a later date.
IMPORTANT COURSE NOTES: Green Island Country Club will be CASH ONLY for all F&B items throughout the week. They will be offering breakfast at the club on Saturday, September 5 – Monday, September 7.
TOURNAMENT HEADQUARTERS: The Russell Henley Tournament Headquarters is located in the Jordan room.
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. Under Rule 3.3b(1) after each hole during the round, the marker should confirm with the player the number of strokes on that hole and enter the gross score on the scorecard. Failure to uphold their responsibility as the marker may result in a penalty or disqualification in violation of the AJGA’s Player Code of Conduct.
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
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 Russell Henley Junior Championship presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners. Yardage books for Green Island Country Club can be purchased online here .
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.
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: Spectator handicap carts are not allowed without a government issued Blue Permanent Handicap placard or a doctor’s note. Please review the updated AJGA Spectator Cart Policy
before arriving on-site. The Russell Henley Junior Championship presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners will have a limited number of golf carts available on a first come, first served basis. There is a possibility no carts will be available. Please see the Tournament Director on-site, prior to the first round, to receive an approved cart, if available.