MasterCard International Launches MasterCard Junior Masters Tournament

For the first time, Australias best junior golfers are being offered the chance of a lifetime to play alongside professionals in the MasterCard Masters golf tournament at Huntingdale Golf Club in December. This is the first prize at the upcoming MasterCard Junior Masters golf tournament. The winning male player at the MasterCard Junior Masters will receive an exemption from MasterCard to play in the MasterCard Masters and the winning female player will receive an exemption to play in a women’s professional tournament. The MasterCard Junior Masters tournament, taking place at the Vines Resort, Perth from 5 – 9 July, will bring together 100 of the best junior male and female golfers under 18 years of age from Australia, New Zealand, Asia and South Africa. Each Australian state will nominate four male and four female players to be invited to participate and they will be joined by 20 international young golfers from New Zealand, South Africa, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan and the Philippines. The competing golfers will be chosen by their state golf associations, state junior foundations and women’s golf associations, assuring the tournament will have the highest ranked junior players from each state.