JGAA Alumni Matthew McCarty secures his second win on the Korn Ferry Tour in the last four weeks. The Pinnacle Bank Championship was contested from Aug. 8-11 at The Club at Indian Creek in Omaha, Nebraska.
JGAA Alumni Johnnie Clark dominated the Arizona Stroke Play Championship. He concluded the event at 19-under par for a five-shot victory.
Team Arizona – featuring Owen Bolles, Henry Dall, Nicholas Lyman and Trey Moore– came in eighth place at the 2024 Hogan Cup held at Riverside Golf & Country Club in Portland, Oregon, August 10-11. Southern California captured first place at a noteworthy 14-under par as a team.
Making it to the final day of play, the former JGAA player had her eyes set on the championship with a key matchup against No. 6 seed Rianne Malixi of the Philippines. The contest put on a full display of superb golf between the two amateurs.
JGAA alum Michael Feagles of Scottsdale captured the 81st Arizona Open Championship, firing 14-under par (66-65-65) at Papago Golf Course to win the 54-hole competition by one stroke over Mesa’s hard-charging Mark Baldwin.
Brody Leid of Phoenix topped the 16-players field in the Boys Championship division to win the 2024 Arizona Junior Match Play Championship contested at the Estancia Club, July 25-26.
For the second year, the Junior Golf Association of Arizona (JGAA) held the Sam Schanafelt Summer Classic in Scottsdale at Kierland Golf Club and Starfire Golf Club. Contested July 17-18, the event commemorates Sam Schanafelt, a fellow JGAA member who tragically lost his life in a 2022 automobile accident.
The 2024 PING Invitational, one of the Junior Golf Association of Arizona’s most sought-after events of the season, was held July 15-16 at Grand Canyon University Golf Course in Phoenix.