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We, The Dropping Committee, are proud to invite you to apply for entry into the 57th Annual John Dropping Invitational Junior Championship. This year, the event will be held at RedHawk Golf Course in Nampa, Idaho. The dates are June 10th, 11th, 12th, 2024.
RedHawk Golf Course is a championship golf course designed by Gene Bates. RedHawk was opened to the public in 2015. In 2023, we saw the competive course record broken by our 2023 Champion, Dylan Rogers. Dylan fired a course record 61 in the 2nd round!
The John Dropping Invitational Memorial tournament has a long history of participants in its 56 years. See the section HISTORY for more details.
The top 10% of the field will earn AJGA PBE Stars.
Players may register after March 1st, 2024.
Tournament eligibility is limited to boys and girls who are at least 14 years old and not older than 18 years old. 19 year old must not be more than 1 month removed from high school graduation. Boys must have a USGA index of 5.0 or less and girls 10.0 or less.
The following other criteria will be used to select participants:
USGA handicap index
Qualifying and competing in National Junior Events, (USGA, PGA, AJGA, etc.)
Performance in past state events, (IGA, IHSAA)
Other tournament successes
Past participation in the Dropping Invitational
96 Players Max
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2024 Dropping Entry will Open 3/1/24
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Dropping History
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John Dropping was a phenomenal junior golfer whose life ended too soon. This tournament is dedicated to his life and a celebration of junior golf. John began playing golf at the age of 12. A late start by today’s standards but his accomplishments were nothing short of spectacular. In 1964, he was Idaho’s first qualifier and the lowest qualifier in the nation for the U.S Junior Golfers Association according to Golf World Magazine. John Dropping was a graduate of Borah High School and attended the University of Idaho. He won the Idaho State High School Championship two years in a row and played in many men’s tournaments including the McCall and Southwest Idaho Amateur.
John Dropping Junior Championship
Past Champions
Year Boys Girls
1968 Rich Hutchins
1969 Scott Masingill
1970 Jeff Thomsen
1971 Jim Blandford
1972 Donald Love
1973 John Steele
1974 Joe Hubbard
1975 John Graham
1976 Dan Dodson
1977 Scott Bullek
1978 Bret Rupert
1979 Todd Eschelman
1980 Rick Fehr
1981 Mike Wilkerson
1982 Rob Huff
1983 Rob Huff
1984 Toby Crockett
1985 Aaron Bengoechea JoAnn Cross
1986 Pat Brownfield Shelley Triplett
1987 Brad Sutterfield Erin Johnsrud
1988 Greg Braun Erin Johnsrud
1989 Kenny Sargent Tracy Hanson
1990 Tyler Andrew Mary Jo Rollins
1991 Carson Mooney Becky Gardner
1992 John Moscrip Skyli Yamada
1993 Shawn Strohman Andrea Baxter
1994 Peter Nichenko Jody Neimann
1995 Ryan LaVoie Jody Neimann
1996 Ryan LaVoie Brie Del Bone
1997 Derek Fox Brie Del Bone
1998 Garrett Clegg Taya Battistella
1999 Cory Prugh Lani Elston
2000 Clay Ogden Tai Kinney
2001 Daniel Summerhays Nicole Deacon
2002 Nick Higham Courtney McCracken
2003 Dustin Andres Elli Brown
2004 Casey Murphy Jennifer Noland
2005 Joel Dahmen Lauren Archer
2006 Joel Dahmen Stephanie Corey
2007 Tommy Higham Katrina Hegge
2008 Chris Booher Katrina Hegge
2009 Hank Frame Amy Beth Simanton
2010 Jon VanDyk Cali Hipp
2011 Tyler Salsbury Cali Hipp
2012 Mark Brassey Gabby Barker
2013 Hunter Ostrom Gabby Barker
2014 Josh Gliege Haley Nist
2015 Josh Gliege Jalayne Martinez
2016 Connor Johnstone Jalayne Martinez
2017 Daniel Gaspar Lexi Perry
2018 Carson Barry Manhua Chen
2019 Ridge Pickup Kelli Ann Strand
2020 Wheaton Ennis Kennedy Knox
2021 Wheaton Ennis Kelli Ann Strand
2022 Wheaton Ennis Keli Ann Strand
2023 Dylan Rodger Cara Carter
Contact Information
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