A bigger opportunity for junior players... Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation, Pacific Lynx Korea MOU, and U.S. entry into the U.S. are in full swing to foster dream trees

Apr 01, 2025

A bigger opportunity for junior players... Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation, Pacific Lynx Korea MOU, and U.S. entry into the U.S. are in full swing to foster dream trees
From 1_left at the business agreement ceremony of Pacific Lynx Korea and the Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation, Chairman Huh Nam-yang, CEO of PLK Jang Ok-young



Global premium golf life platform Pacific Rings Korea (PLK) will join hands with the Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation to foster Korean golf junior dreamers.

The Secondhand Golf Federation and PLK held a business agreement ceremony at the PLK Lounge in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st to create a competition for Korean youth golfers to invest in the future in a more diverse environment, thereby expanding opportunities for domestic and foreign advancement.

Through this agreement, Pacific Lynx Korea will provide a total of six U.S. Junior Golf Association (AJGA) seeds for competitions organized by the Korea Secondhand Federation. AJGA's point system will also be applied.




Pacific Lynx Korea signed a partnership with the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in January to secure 20 AJGA seeds that can be used in 2026.

A bigger opportunity for junior players... Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation, Pacific Lynx Korea MOU, and U.S. entry into the U.S. are in full swing to foster dream trees
The Korea Secondhand Federation, which runs nine competitions annually, will hold the 'KJGA Chairman-Pacific Lynx Korea Cup' in August and the '2025 Pacific Lynx Korea Cup' in November as the AJGA Pathway Korea IPS competition. The male and female winners of each competition will be given the AJGA seed right, and a total of four will be exhausted.

The remaining two seeds will be provided to the final champions of the men's and women's series, who accumulated AJGA points in all nine competitions per year of the Middle and High Federation, respectively.




With this agreement, junior players will be able to earn additional AJGA points in addition to the existing Junior Federation points and Korea Golf Association (KGA) points.

AJGA points are divided into three grades, A, B and C, and are differentially distributed according to competition grades and rankings.

Pacific Lynx Korea plans to give points to each of the other seven competitions by classifying the '2025 Pacific Lynx Korea Cup' competition into Grade A in November, the 'KJGA Chairman-Pacific Lynx Korea Cup' competition into Grade B in August, and the remaining seven competitions into Grade C.




In particular, starting in 2025, the AJGA Pathway Korea IPS competition will be linked to AJGA's Performance Based Entry (PBE) point system to earn 'PBE Star Points', which is a qualification to participate in the regular AJGA tournament in the United States, depending on the results of the competition. It is a system that provides junior players who have proven their skills in Korea with an opportunity to advance to the U.S. finals.

Heo Nam-yang, president of the Korea Professional Golf Association, said, `It is an honor to work with Pacific Lynx Korea to realize the common goal of fostering Korean golf junior dreamers,' adding, `We look forward to this opportunity for more teenagers to participate in golf competitions and get motivated.'," he said.

A bigger opportunity for junior players... Korea Middle and High School Golf Federation, Pacific Lynx Korea MOU, and U.S. entry into the U.S. are in full swing to foster dream trees
Jang Ok-young, CEO of Pacific Rings Korea, said, "This agreement will be an important turning point for upgrading Korean golf to the next level. We will actively support junior players who strengthen their skills in Korea to enjoy more opportunities and help them grow into talented people who stand out on the world stage. I want to help Korea establish itself as the center of global golf" expressed his feelings.

Through this agreement, Pacific Lynx Korea plans to start domestic activities to foster youth golfers. In addition, based on the partnership with AJGA, it will further strengthen its connection with the U.S. junior golf market to provide various opportunities for promising Korean junior players to become competitive on the global stage.

Detailed information such as points will be released later on the PLK CUP website.

Photo courtesy = Pacific Lynx Korea



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.