Sea Island Golf Club

The Jones Cup was born from a deep commitment to amateur golf by the A.W. Jones family, which has owned and operated The Cloister and Sea Island Golf Club since 1928. The Sea Island Golf Club has played host to seven USGA championships. The Jones Cup is yet another extension of the family’s strong involvement in amateur golf.

First contested in 2001, biennial amateur competition began as an opportunity to celebrate not only the game of golf, but also the camaraderie and fellowship associated with it. This 54-hole individual stroke-play event is played at Ocean Forest Golf Club. The Rees Jones design opened in 1995 and has hosted the 1998 Georgia State Amateur Championship, the 1999 Southern Amateur Championship and the 2001 Walker Cup Match. The Jones Cup brings together many of the finest amateurs from the United States and abroad for this three-day competition. While the golf course proves to be a great venue for this unique event, the Jones Cup’s success and popularity can be attributed to the strength of the players who comprise its field and to the gracious southern hospitality for which Sea Island is known.

In December 2009, the inaugural Jones Cup Junior Invitational was played on the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club. The Jones Cup Junior Invitational is a logical extension of the Jones Cup tradition and spirit of competition and will feature the country's top male junior golfers in a 54- hole stroke play competition.