August was a good month for a few past and present JGAA members. JGAA alum and senior at Grand Canyon University, Jake Chanen won the 96th Arizona Amateur Championship held at Desert Forest Golf Club.
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Congratulations to Gavin Aurilia on his first AJGA win. And he did it in style, piling up 14 birdies and three eagles en route to a 12-stroke rout at the AJGA Junior Pronghorn, held August 11-14 at Pronghorn Resort in Bend, Oregon.
Anawin Pikulthong of Chandler shot 5-under-par 66 to sit on top of the round-one leaderboard at the DLB Custom Homes Scottsdale City Junior Championship, held August 15-16 at TPC Scottsdale. With three wins this season and a couple recent second-place finishes, Pikulthong put up another 66 on the Stadium Course the next day to earn second place at 10-under-par 132.
The Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA) is hosting a fundraising event on Sunday, September 20th in which supporters play 100 holes of golf in one day.
It wasn’t easy fitting so many players into this video – hope you enjoy it. We certainly enjoyed watching everybody grow alongside the game of golf, and no doubt, the…
Arizona features 26 participating golf facilities. Youth on Course and the Junior Golf Association of Arizona offer juniors age 6-18 green fees of $5 or less at 26 facilities in…
The 40th annual Desert Mashie Championship teed off at Encanto Golf Course August 8-9. In the Boys Championship division, Alex Lynch of Scottsdale started hot with a six-under 29 on his first nine holes of the tournament en route to the first-round lead at six-under 64, one shot ahead of Anawin Pikulthong of Chandler.
Arizona high school golf made headlines at the 2020 High School Golf National Invitational, held August 3-5 at Pinehurst, and nobody was cheering louder than The Thunderbirds – hosts of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Each year since 2005, Pinehurst and the surrounding community play host to hundreds of junior golfers from across the globe: more than 1,500 players from more than 50 countries.
George Rubelsky of Phoenix fired 3-under-par 141 to win the Boys Championship division at the Maricopa Junior Championship, held July 30-31 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club. After a first-round, 3-over-par 75, Rubelsky started the final round six strokes off the pace set by defending champion, Alan Quezada, of Phoenix.
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