Terms of Competition – Most Improved Junior Golfer

1. This is a virtual competition which will track improvements in Handicap Index for all entrants between 31 May 2025 and 17 August 2025.
2. A junior golfer who is under-18 on 1^st January 2025 is eligible to enter.
3. Entries may be received at any time up to 31 July 2025, but all entrants MUST have held a Handicap Index on 31 May, and all entrants will be assessed based on their Handicap Index improvement within the date range specified in No.1 above.
4. There will be eight categories in total, with the winner of each category receiving a special award issued by Golf Ireland and a €250 prize voucher to signify that they are the most improved junior golfer of the year in their category. The categories are as follows:
   1. Boys with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was 9.9 or lower
   2. Boys with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was between 10.0 and 14.9
   3. Boys with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was between 15.0 and 19.9
   4. Boys with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was 20.0 or higher
   5. Girls with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was 19.9 or lower
   6. Girls with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was between 20.0 and 29.9
   7. Girls with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was between 30.0 and 39.9
   8. Girls with a Handicap Index on 31 May which was 40.0 or higher
5. Golf Ireland reserves the right to amend or remove any of the categories mentioned in No.4 above should insufficient entries be received in a category.
6. Handicap Index improvement will be measured on the basis of the Handicap Index a player held on 31 May compared with their Handicap Index on 17 August in all circumstances, with the following provisos:
   1. Golf Ireland reserves the right to adjust results where the imposition of automatic or manually-imposed penalty scores is driving the improvement of a golfer.
   2. Players are free to post any number of General Play or Competition Scores without restriction. However, in all of the above mentioned categories except 4(d) and 4(h), where a player has posted four or more General Play scores in their last 20 rounds and where the player’s scoring average in General Play in those circumstances is more than 2.0 strokes better than their scoring average in Competition, Golf Ireland will make an adjustment in accordance with the procedure which is already established for Championship Balloting, and which can be viewed here.
7. In the event of a tie between two players for the Most Improved Golfer title in any of the eight sections, this will be resolved in the first instance on the basis of the level of Handicap Index improvement recorded by both players between 30 June and 17 August. If there is still a tie, this will be resolved on the basis of said improvement between 31 July and 17 August.
8. Decisions on all matters relating to this competition, including those which are not covered by the preceding points, are a matter for the Competition Committee, whose decision is final.