Carly Strole won the PING Invitational contested July 16-17 at Grand Canyon University Golf Course, which will soon become her home course in the fall as a member of the Lopes Women’s Golf team.
Bound for Rapid City to study chemical engineering at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rianna Garland settled on “a school that is more focused on education, and I get to play golf alongside that,” she said.
Under sustained 20-30 mph winds, the Prescott City Junior Championship teed off July 7-8 at Antelope Hills Golf Course. In the Boys Championship division, Prescott’s Riley Lewis retained the trophy for the Lewis family after younger brother, Trevor, took home the hardware last year.
With playoffs suspended as one of many health and safety precautions, the 2020 Willie Low Invitational presented by MJ Insurance at Phoenix Country Club ended in a tie.
Joseph Lloyd shot 63, the low round of the tournament, in the final round at Dobson Ranch Golf Course to win the Mesa City JR Championship by one stroke.
One way or another, most people get out of the Valley of the Sun during the hot summer months, at least for a while. For the Summerhays family, that means packing their clubs and heading for Utah.
Kendall Todd, 17, of Goodyear posted scores of 2-under-par 69 and 1-over 72 to win the State Junior Golf Championship held at TPC Scottsdale’s Champions Course June 16-17.
Mesa’s Sydney Bryan fired rounds of 67-66 to win the Girls Championships division at the Thunderbird Junior Classic, held at Arizona Biltmore GC June 10-11. Bryan set the pace in the first round, and improved by one in the second to shoot the lowest two rounds of the tournament.
Peoria’s Mattison Frick fired three rounds in the 60s (68-69-69—206) to win the Girls Championship division at the Antigua Milt Coggins AZ JR Stroke Play at 4-under par.
In this video, Ryan Johnson of Breaking Par and AGA Executive Director, Ed Gowan, dig a little deeper into the sand to explain recent changes to rules governing bunkers and…