The Desert Mashie Spring Championship teed off March 26-27, with a field of 327 players, two of which made holes in one. Everett Corwon, 13, of Tucson aced the 7th hole on Palm Valley (South 9) with a 6 iron from 135 yards while Sam Basta, 12, of Phoenix aced the 2nd hole on Encanto 9 from 95 yards.
Congratulations to longtime JGAA member Gracie McGovern, 16, who won her first AJGA tournament on March 20 at the AJGA Preview at Windsor held at Windsor Golf Club.
The first round of the Thunderbird Invitational teed off March 12 with Philip Kench of Del Mar, California putting up an incredible 5-under 67 to lead the pack. In the second round it was Chandler’s Vincent Cervantes who shot 67.
Everybody knows The Thunderbirds from the WM Phoenix Open, but many don’t realize they support amateur golf organizations, too.
Miller by six, Mulhall in a playoff Fresh from a runner-up finish the week before, Adam Miller of Phoenix won the Boys Championship division at the Phoenix Metro Junior Championship…
This past fall, junior golfers from around the country began signing National Letters of Intent to play collegiate golf, with numerous local JGAA members already officially making their choices. “As…
Longtime JGAA member Mahanth Chirravuri won the 2022 AJGA Simplify Boys Championship at Carlton Woods, with a final score of 12-under-par 204. This marked the first AJGA victory for the USC signee.
Arizona’s best junior golfers – 31 girls and 51 boys – gathered at Mesa’s Longbow Golf Club February 19-20 to compete in the Fisher-Bryan Invitational, the second coveted PING Junior Masters Series tournament of the 2022 JGAA season.
The JGAA’s Preston Summerhays fired 75-73 at the WM Phoenix Open last week. Although it definitely wasn’t the outcome he – or we – was looking for, congratulation to Preston, the entire Summerhays family and The Thunderbirds for the vivid preview of great things to come.
The Warren Schutte Invitational presented by Hilgers Orthodontics – the first PING Junior Masters Series tournament of the 2022 season – teed off January 29-30 at Wigwam Golf Resort, with round one contested on the Red Course and the final round on the Gold Course.