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About This Event
The Texas Cup Invitational is the first major of the Lone Star Junior Tour (LJT) season, hosted by the Texas Golf Association at Willow Brook Country Club in Tyler, TX. Competing in a 54-hole stroke play format with a 36-hole cut, this event sets the tone for a junior's competitive year and draws serious players across Boys, Girls, and Boys 14 & Under divisions. A strong finish here builds Junior Golf Scoreboard ranking points early in the season and signals to coaches and selectors that a player is ready to compete at the highest level of Texas junior golf.
What Advancing Means
Winning or finishing near the top of the Texas Cup Invitational earns meaningful Junior Golf Scoreboard ranking points that can elevate a player's national standing early in the season. As the first LJT Major, a strong result here also generates college recruiting visibility at a time when coaches are actively building their watch lists for the class.
Coach's Take
This is the right event to open your junior's major season — the field is competitive, the format is serious, and the PBE stars and JGS points earned here will matter when AJGA exemption conversations start in late spring.
About State Golf
State Golf offers competitive junior golf events. Check their tour page for full schedule and eligibility details.
Held in mid-March 2026, the Texas Cup Invitational opens the LJT major season before the spring AJGA and USGA qualifying windows heat up, making it an ideal early benchmark. Performing well here gives juniors momentum, ranking points, and AJGA PBE stars heading into the most competitive stretch of the junior golf calendar.
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