Montréal, February 12, 2025 - Golf Québec & The Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship are excited to be working together this year. The extended partnership will provide new and exciting opportunities to our junior golfers and families.

 

Golf Québec and The NB3 JGNC are currently entering into the 2nd year of working together so that the Canadian juniors will have access to the NB3. These juniors will have the chance to play in the 3rd annual Canadian JR Championship in Montréal, Québec, and for the first time compete for a chance to win a NIL purses as well as an exemption into a PGA Tour of Americas event in 2026. This year the NB3 has added a 54-hole WAGR division for the older boys and has plans to do so for the girls in 2026. TSN and RDS will cover the championship that takes place on August 3-5, 2025.

 

“Golf Québec is honored to partner with the Notah Begay III Junior Championship and plans to work together in the future in hopes of collaborating on several initiatives to continue to grow the game. We have developed a strong relationship with the Notah Begay III Jr Golf National Championship” said Sandrine Bigras, Tournament Director at Golf Québec. “This year as we did last year, Golf Québec will have a significant role in the operating and officiating of the NB3 Canadian Championship”.

 

The NB3 has grown globally over the last 5 years and the expansion into Canada has been a goal of them since the start. Their US Championship now includes top players from over 15 countries and last year 15 players represented Canada and three of them were from Québec. Last year, for the first time, Kaylee Chung from British Columbia became the champion of the overall girls 16 to 18 division. “We cannot thank Golf Québec enough for their continued support in our mission to provide Canadian junior golfers the opportunity to make it all the way to the US," said Rob Dickson, senior partner of the NB3 and host of the Canadian Championship at the Kanawaki Golf Club in Québec.

 

The Notah Begay III Junior Golf National Championship is in its sixth year and aims to grow the game of golf by providing a platform for players to compete against the best juniors in the Country in a true, open qualifying series. The National Championship will be televised on Golf Channel in prime time that will be airing over 4 hours of broadcast time that has never been done before. These players will have a chance to be recognized on a platform like no other, increasing the chances to #getNOTAHced by college coaches around the country. With this platform, Notah wanted to expand into Canada to give the juniors North of the border an opportunity to compete in US tournaments and one day play college golf.

 

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The Notah Begay lll Canadian Junior Golf National Championship is a qualifying series that runs all throughout the country of Canada. It follows the same structure as the United States NB3JGNC with provincial qualifying, then to the Canadian National Championship and finally the US Global Championship. There are thirteen qualifying sites across Canada with at least one in every province that all lead to the Canadian National Championship. There are two qualification events close to Montréal for our junior players. Players can also use the spot earned from their provincial qualifying tournament and compete in a US Regional to have multiple chances of making it to the US National Championship. To consult the complete list of qualifier events, go to this site: NBIII qualification events.

 

Founded in 1920, Golf Québec is the provincial sport federation whose mission is to increase participation in golf, to develop excellence in golf, and to promote and govern the game of golf. Golf Québec provides discovery and introduction programs such as First Tee – Premier départ Québec as well as core services such as the Rules of Golf, Course Ratings, World Handicap System, Sport-études golf, and the Québec Golf Hall of Fame. In addition, Golf Québec conducts regional and provincial championships to bring the local golf enthusiasts to surpass themselves and eventually reach the upper spheres of professional tours. For more information, please visit https://www.golfquebec.org.

 

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Sources:

Dan Crowther, Managing Director, Notah Begay III Jr Golf National Championship

407 675-4567

 

Sandrine Bigras, Competition Director, Golf Québec

514 252-3345, ext. 3396; cell.: 514 560-7699