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Boys tradition began in 1936; girls in 1974

A Fort Worth tradition began in 1936 when the first Fort Worth Boys Junior Golf Championship was conducted. None of the participants had to pay a greens fee that year, and they never have had to in the ensuing years.

Thanks to the efforts of the late businessman Marvin Leonard, with help from Dr. Alden Coffey, the tournament was started so that youngsters from all financial backgrounds could afford to play. Leonard, who founded Shady Oaks Country Club and Colonial Country Club, didn't want finances to prevent a youngster from competing for the city championship. Thus, the city's men's golf association supported the tournament during the formative years.
The city's municipal and country club courses have been host to the boys tournament ever since. The men's golf association eventually disbanded, and during the next few years the tournament struggled because of a lack of volunteers. After the tournament was canceled in 1972, one of the MGA's members, Wendell Conditt, with the help of PGA Tour player Jack Montgomery and Star-Telegram reporter Jim Trinkle revived the tournament in 1973. Conditt recruited many of his friends to help conduct the tournament, and the Star-Telegram stepped in as a major sponsor. Conditt had been helping with the tournament since 1959.

One of Conditt's friends, Guinn Phillips, soon began lending a helping hand and the Fort Worth Junior Golf Association was formed. Phillips eventually became a co-director with Conditt. The city and county clubs continued the tradition of charging no greens fees.

In 1974, the girls tournament was added with Benita Christensen becoming the director. The tournament was conducted at Diamond Oaks Country Club until Kimberly Jutt took over as tournament director in 1994 and served until 2004. The girls tournament expanded to the city courses and other country clubs. The current director is Madeleine Sulley.

 In 1994, Wendell and Guinn stepped aside as directors and their sons, John Conditt and Martin Phillips, took over as the boys' directors. The Northern Texas PGA entered as a partner with the FWJGA and the City of Fort Worth's Golf Division in 2006 and helped conduct the tournament that year and in 2007. One of the changes in 2006 was conducting the boys and girls tournaments during the same week, and finishing on the same course. They played their final rounds at Colonial Country Club. However, to assure equal publicity for both tournaments, it was decided to again conduct the tournaments on separate weeks.  Because of many other junior tournaments blossoming across the state and nation, the boys championship probably will never reach the record-high of the 715 participants in 1979. Yet, it continues to attract several hundred each year, including most of the city's best players. In 2009, the FWJGA again began conducting all aspects of the tournaments and Wendell stepped back in as the association's president. Charles Birkhold joined John Conditt as the boys directors and a few months later Bill Hatley became co-director. Nancy Pennell served as the girls director until retiring in 2013 and current director Madeleine Sulley took over. Wendell retired in 2014, and a medalist award was created to honor his devoted and long-time service.
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Former winners include Mark Brooks, a PGA Tour competitor who won the 1996 PGA Championship among other titles; Hunter Haas, a former standout and Big 12 champion at the University of Oklahoma and the 1999 USGA Amateur Public Links champion; and Lindy Miller, a former PGA Tour competitor who became the Director of Golf at Mira Vista Country Club. Many former winners have gone on to enjoy successes as amateur and professional players. The girls tournament also has had its share of talented players, including Angela Stanford. The four-time winner of the girls title is a winner of the LPGA Tour and was the runner-up in the 2003 Women's U.S. Open.​

Previous champions

Boys

1936 -- Homer Chokas
1937 -- L.D. Hardin
1938 -- Buster Adams
1939 -- Spud Cason
1940 -- Charles W. Royer
1941 -- Fred Hudgins
1942 -- Doug Higgins
1943 -- Jack Kibbee
1944 -- No tournament
1945 -- No tournament
1946 -- Doyle Gilliam
1947 -- Doyle Gilliam
1948 -- Barton Cole Jr.
1949 -- Thomas Parnell
1950 -- Don Matheson
1951 -- Everett Roberts
1952 -- John O'Connell
1953 -- Ronnie Honeycutt
1954 -- Don Moody
1955 -- Jack Vaughn
1956 -- Charlie Yates
1957 -- Harry Hoskins
1958 -- No tournament
1959 -- No tournament
1960 -- Mike Martin
1961 -- John Ray Wiggins
1962 -- Dee Finley Jr
1963 -- Jimmy Hoodenpyle
1964 -- Tom Wright
1965 -- Jim Grubbs

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girls

​1974 -- Lisa Kimbro
1975 -- Lisa Kimbro
1976 -- Rae Rothfelder
1977 -- Rae Rothfelder
1978 -- Rae Rothfelder
1979 -- Rae Rothfelder
1980 -- Tracee Fowler
1981 -- Tracee Fowler
1982 -- Hollie Frizzell
1983 -- Kimberly Dirks
1984 -- Tiffany Group
1985 -- Holly Haas
1986 -- Krista Newman
1987 -- Lori Anthony
1988 -- Heather Haas
1989 -- Tory Boysen
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1990 -- Meredith Scott
1991 -- Heather Haas
1992 -- Amber Paulos
1993 -- Angela Stanford
1994 -- Angela Stanford
1995 -- Angela Stanford
1966 -- Mike Doyle
1967 -- Paul Darwin
1968 -- Paul Darwin
1969 -- Steve Robinson
1970 -- John Granger
1971 -- Steve Rutherford
1972 -- No tournament
1973 -- Lindy Miller
1974 -- Randy Berkovsky
1975 -- Terry Snodgrass
1976 -- Mark Brooks
1977 -- James Johnson
1978 -- Jeff Heimenez
1979 -- Jimmy Matuszewski
1980 -- Jimmy Matuzewski
1981 -- Troy Reiser
1982 -- Brad Alvine
1983 -- Brad Alvine
1984 -- Brian Hutchins
1985 -- Stephen Handy
1986 -- Hans Haas
1987 -- Kent McCune
1988 -- Steve Baker
1989 -- Hans Haas
1990 -- Nathan Shilling
1991 -- Dru Fenimore
1992 -- Dru Fenimore
1993 -- Michael Henderson

1994 -- Hunter Haas
1995 -- Hunter Haas
1996 -- Adam Rubinson

1997 -- Eric Dahlberg



1996 -- Angela Stanford
1997 -- Amanda Spratlin
1998 -- Stephanie Dukes
1999 -- Stephanie Dukes
2000 -- D'Rae Ward
2001 -- Melissa Reeves
2002 -- Laci Humphrey
2003 -- Nathalie Duncan
2004 -- Rained Out
2005 -- Kaylin Isler
2006 -- Prisela Campbell
2007 -- Kelsey Kirkpatrick
2008 -- Paloma Nunez
2009 -- Gabriella Dominguez
2010 -- April McCoy 
2011 -- Jaqueline Strickland
2012 -- Hayley Dambold 
2013 -- Erica Lautensack 
2014 -- Erica Lautensack 
2015 -- Trinity King 
2016 -- Kennedy Pedigo 
2017 -- Trinity King 
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2018 -- Trinity King ​​
2019 -- Trinity King

1998 -- Zack Robinson
1999 -- Todd Mack
2000 -- Casey Carnes
2001 -- Zack Reeves
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2002 -- Mark Conlon
2003 -- Franklin Corpening
2004 -- Brian Mills
2005 -- Austin Berkovsky
2006 -- Austin Berkovsky
2007 -- Jordan Hoffman
2008 -- Andrew Presley
2009 -- Kolton Crawford
2010 -- Kolton Crawford 
2011 -- Andy Ariens
2012 -- Javier Manrique 
2013 -- Andrew Hudson 
2014 -- Collin Clark 
2015 -- Zachary Campbell 
2016 -- Collin Clark
2017 -- Brendan Powers 
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2018 -- David Harrison
​2019 -- Brandon Massey

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