Arnold Palmer Junior Golf Tour unites HJGT and TJGT in 2027
By Rick Dowling ·
If your family plans its season around the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour or the Texas Junior Golf Tour, your 2027 calendar is about to look different. Both tours are coming together under one new name, the Arnold Palmer Junior Golf Tour, with nearly 400 tournaments on the 2027 schedule and a first event set for Jan. 2–3 at ChampionsGate in Orlando.
The tour was announced Nov. 3 by Bolt Ventures, the family office of David Blitzer, together with Arnold Palmer Enterprises and the Arnold & Winnie Palmer Foundation, per the release posted by HJGT. Bolt Ventures acquired both HJGT and TJGT earlier this year. The rebranded tour will run nationally and year-round for boys and girls ages 8–18, with headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and Joshua Press as CEO.
Two parts of the announcement go beyond a new logo. First, character becomes part of the competition itself, through a program developed with the Palmer Foundation and Wake Forest University, the same approach used at the Arnold Palmer Cup college event. Second, the foundation is introducing the Palmer Foundation Player Access Award, designed to help families address financial obstacles that can limit youth golf participation, both on the new tour and beyond it. Foundation chair Amy Palmer Saunders said success in golf should also be measured “by how you conduct yourself and the impact you have on others.”
The tour says it will offer affordable events and stronger pathways to college golf. Tournament packages for families are on sale now at APJGT.com, and more program details are promised in the coming months.
The Hub’s view, and this is our opinion: the character program and the access award are the parts of this news worth watching most closely, not the event count. Nearly 400 tournaments means more choices, not a better plan. A bigger schedule makes it easier to play a lot of golf and harder to play the right golf. The families who get the most out of 2027 will be the ones who pick events on purpose, for the field, the travel and the timing, rather than chasing volume. And a tour that puts conduct next to the scorecard is saying something we believe too: how you carry yourself is part of your journey, not a side note to it.
If you’re an HJGT or TJGT family, read the package details at APJGT.com before you buy, and keep an eye out for the announcements still to come. The release doesn’t yet spell out how current memberships, divisions or points carry into the new tour, or who qualifies for the Player Access Award and how to apply. Until those answers arrive, build your 2027 calendar around goals: a few events that stretch you, a few where you can contend, and a few that fit the next step on your Roadmap.
Before you lock in that calendar, see who’s ranked in your state on JGH Rankings.