The Dallas Junior Golf Championship is the oldest tournament in Dallas. The winner of each flight will be the Junior City Champion of his or her division for 2008. If you are the winner of the Championship Flight your name will be added to the Jack and Jean Evans Trophy along with other champions including Don January, Ralph Guldahl, Chip Stewart, Larry Thomas and Robbie Skinner.

In 1924 Jere Hayes, the sportswriter for the Dallas Times Herald, began to put together a contest that would allow boys to play in a golf tournament regardless of socioeconomic level, athletic abilities, or skill level. The tournament would be played over an entire week and at the end a champion in each age division would be crowned and receive a trophy. With a few moderations, the tournament is still true to his vision 85 years later.

Here are some interesting facts and feats of the last 85 years:

• Chip Stewart won the tournament in 1964 and 1965. He was named the #1 player at Texas University and the #1 player in college golf during his sophomore year. Bill Manor won the Junior, was named #1 player at SMU his sophomore year and the #1 player in college golf the year after winning the Junior. This has only happened twice so far in the tournament's history.
  
  
• The tournament, at one point, was 2 weeks long with up to 800 contestants. The first week was a qualifying round with all participants playing 18 holes (except for the Pee-Wees who played 9 holes). The second week was when match play began.
  
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