GIRLS ELIGIBILITY
Entries are open to amateur golfers, female at birth, who: (a) will not reach their 19th birthday by midnight of August 31, 2014 and (b) are currently enrolled between grades 8-12 during the 2014/15 academic school year or (c) otherwise accepted by the selection committee.
Amateur Status: All players must conform to the USGA Rules of Amateur Status as specified in the USGA Rules of Golf.
Category 1: Top 10 in the 2014 Sea Pines Junior Heritage. Any previous Sea Pines Junior Heritage Champion.
Category 2: Top 20 eligible in Golfweek / Titleist Junior Rankings (as of the final rankings 2/2/14. Top 20 in the Junior Scoreboard Rankings (as of 12/2/14)
Category 3: Top 3 ranked players in South Carolina Heritage Classic Foundation rankings as of December 2, 2014
Category 4: 2014 AJGA 1st and 2nd team All-Americans. 2014 Wyndham Cup team members
Category 5: 2014 AJGA Polo (round of 16)
Category 6: 2014 USGA Girls Junior (round of 16)
Category 7: 2014 Top 15 Rolex Tournament of Champions
Category 8: 2014 Beth Daniel Junior Azalea Champion
Category 9: Top 10 in the following 2014 tournaments: ANNIKA Invitational, Thunderbird International Jr., Rolex Girls Jr. Championship, and The Ping Invitational
Category 10: Top 40 eligible of the 2014 Golfweek year-end rankings (12/2/14). Top 40 of the NJGS rankings (as of 12/2/13)
Category 11: Top 5 in the Scott Robertson or Junior PGA Championship
Category 12: 11th-15th place in the 2014 Sea Pines Junior Heritage
Category 13: 41 – 75 of the 2014 Golfweek year-end rankings (12/2/14)
41 – 75 of the NJGS rankings (as of 12/2/14)
Category 14: 2014 AJGA Polo (round of 32)
Category 15: 2014 USGA Girls Junior (round of 32)
Category 16: 76 – 120 of the 2014 Golfweek year-end rankings (12/2/14). 76 – 120 of the NJGS rankings (as of 12/2/14)
Category 17: 2014 Open tournaments winners (must be in the Top 125 of Golfweek Tournament rankings)
Category 18: Runner-up in Open tournaments. Third place in Open tournaments. (The tournament must be ranking in the Top 125 of Golfweek tournament rankings)
Additions: The entry committee may add up to three local/regional players
Example: If 33 players apply from the first 9 categories, all of those applicants will be accepted (this includes up to 3 local/regional players accepted by the entry committee). If 8 other players have applied from category 9, then 3 of those will be accepted to reach 36 total (entry committee decisions are final). The committee will rank the other 5 players not selected in category 9 as alternates. The remaining applicants in category 10, plus those in the rest of the categories will be marked as alternates
Note: The Sea Pines Junior Heritage entry committee reserves the right to review the selection criteria yearly and make changes as necessary.
