The LPGA Tour returns to the desert for the inaugural Ford Championship presented by KCC. The field will showcase the brightest stars in ladies’ professional golf. In fact, a couple players are representing the JGAA as former Arizona junior golfers Sarah Schmelzel and Lindsey Weaver-Wright will tee it up at Seville Country Club in Gilbert.
The 43rd annual Desert Mashie Spring Championship teed off March 23-24, with a field of 310 players at Encanto 18 and 9 hole Golf Courses, Sun City Country Club and Sun City South Golf Course. This event is a Local Qualifier for the Notah Begay Junior Championship. The juniors that advance from this Local Qualifier, will go the Regional AZ Qualifier at Whirlwind Golf Club in early September.
Come join us at MotionLab and learn how your fitness and health plan can take you to the next level. Elite golfers focus on fitness and you will learn what steps to take to get on the path to success. This JGAA Education Series will be led by Carson Kemp, trainer to many PGA Tour and LPGA Tour players including the 2024 WM Phoenix Open Champion Nick Taylor.
JGAA Alum Jack Snyder receives his U.S. Air Force Pilot Wings. Currently, 2nd Lt. Jack Snyder is stationed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. Jack also recently completed his first phase of Undergraduate Pilot Training where he earned his pilot wings this past February flying a Texan single engine turboprop Aircraft at Vance Air Force Base, Jack is entering his second phase of pilot training while flying a T-1 Jayhawk twin-engine jet for advanced pilot training, which he hopes to complete this June.
The Thunderbird Invitational came to a close yesterday, after two days of intense competition at Papago Golf Club. The future Texas A&M Aggie, Wheaton Ennis, is putting together a solid start to the 2024 season, with a runner up at the Warren Schutte Invitational and now his first title of the year. Lena Durette’s victory marks her first in the JGAA Girls Championship division and first overall win since 2019.
Mason Andersen joins the winner’s circle for the first time on the Korn Ferry Tour. Mason Andersen defeated two-time winner Kris Ventura on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the 117th Visa Argentina Open presented by Macro. The former ASU Sun Devil put on a clinic in the final round after firing off a seven-under-par 63. Through the Visa Argentina Open’s partnership with The R&A, Andersen’s victory also earned him an exemption for the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon.
Last weekend, on February 24-25, the Phoenix Metro Junior Championship, proudly supported by Van’s Golf Shops, took center stage, welcoming a formidable lineup of Arizona’s finest young golfers. From talented boys to skilled girls, aged 8-18, the competition unfolded across five distinct age divisions, promising an exhilarating display of skill and determination.
College Golf Advisors and owner Rich Brazeau of the College Golf Guide is one of 5 AJGA College Golf Advisors and they have a new partnership with the JGAA. Upcoming is the first educational opportunity for the members of the JGAA.
Ashley Menne, an alumna of JGAA and standout of the Sun Devil Women’s Golf team, has been invited back to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur. This marks her third straight appearance in the prestigious event as a senior at Arizona State University. In her debut in 2022, she made it to the final round, securing a 29th place finish.
Arizona’s best junior golfers – 30 girls and 54 boys – gathered at Longbow Golf Club February 17-18 to compete in the 2024 Fisher-Bryan Invitational, the second prestigious PING Junior Masters Series event of the JGAA season.
The first NSR/JGAA recruiting seminar will be Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 7 pm Arizona time/ 9 pm central time. JGAA families and athletes can register for this FREE NCAA Recruiting Seminar. Click the image above to sign up.
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