China’s Mission Hills hosts Nicklaus junior championship

China’s Mission Hills hosts Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship

Inaugural tournament to take place that the Nicklaus-designed course.

Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China, will host the inaugural Mission Hills Jack Nicklaus Junior Championship 2008 August 20-21 on its Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course.

The tournament will be 36 holes of gross stroke play and is open to juniors of all nationalities under the age of 18. Prizes will be awarded to top three finishers in the boys and girls divisions and include complimentary golf lessons at the Mission Hills Golf Academy. The overall winner of the Boys division will also be awarded an exemption into the Mission Hills Asia-Pacific Open Amateur Championship 2009.

Opened in 1994, Jack Nicklaus' World Cup design was the first course at Mission Hills. In the years since, it has hosted more than 30 international tournaments, including the 1995 World Cup and two Dynasty Cups.