Couples is the defending champion.
PGA Junior Series expands The PGA Junior Series for boys and girls ages 13-17 has been expanded to 12 states this summer. Official entry forms will be available starting the week of March 10-14 from PGA member facilities, PGA section offices nationwide, junior golf associations and from high school golf coaches. The National Golf Foundation says 442 new golf courses opened in the United States in 1996, compared with a record 468 in 1995. Eighty-eight percent of the new courses last year were public. One-third of the courses opened in 1996 were associated with a real estate development.