BRASELTON, Ga. – The American Junior Golf Association will return to Austin, Texas, to conduct the Harvey Penick Junior All-Star, Aug. 8 – 11. The 54-hole stroke play event will be held at Grey Rock Golf Club and will feature 78 junior golfers, ages 12-15, from Texas and around the country.
The Harvey Penick Junior All-Star is one of 10 events in the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series. Specifically designed for boys and girls ages 12-15, the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series presents opportunities for younger players to develop their skills and earn entry into AJGA Open tournaments. The Series concludes with the Montverde Academy Junior All-Star Invitational over Columbus Day weekend for winners and top finishers in Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series events.
In 2010, Stratton Nolen of Austin, Texas, fired a final-round 5-under-par 67 to finish the tournament at 10-under-par 206 and win the Boys Division. In the Girls Division, Taylor Coleman of San Antonio shot a final-round 4-over-par 76 to claim her first AJGA championship.
The tournament practice round will be a 2 p.m. shotgun on Monday, Aug. 8, and tournament rounds will be played Aug. 9 – 11. First- through final-round tee times will run from 8 – 9:57 a.m. off the Nos. 1 and 10 tees of Grey Rock Golf Club. An awards ceremony will take place following the conclusion of play on Thursday, Aug. 11. Spectators are welcome to attend and admission is free of charge.
GARY GILCHRIST GOLF ACADEMY, a full-time signature golf instruction program located in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., began as an Official Partner of the AJGA in 2009. The partnership features an endowment of an Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant and naming rights to the Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy Junior All-Star Series for juniors ages 12-15.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 40 countries. To ensure scholarship opportunities for all junior golfers who have the skill, the AJGA created the Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program to provide financial assistance to young players in need.
Titleist, the AJGA’s National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Association’s success since 1989. Rolex, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Polo Ralph Lauren became the AJGA’s second Premier Partner.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. Former AJGA juniors have compiled more than 500 victories on the PGA and LPGA Tours. AJGA alumni include Stewart Cink, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Paula Creamer, Cristie Kerr, Inbee Park and Morgan Pressel.
For more information, please contact Jenny Moss (jmoss@ajga.org) in the AJGA Communications Department at (678) 425-1791 or visit the AJGA website at ajga.org.
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