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MacGregor
Contest Award Winners Announced! |
Two
AJGA members win a round of golf with Aaron Baddeley |
By
Matt Larson
Sponsorship Coordinator
MacGregor Golf and the American Junior Golf Association would
like to congratulate Andrew Putnam of University Place, Wash.,
and Sarah Hemingway of Kingwood, Texas, who have won the MacGregor
Golf Skills Challenge end-of-the-year drawing and will now be
heading to Scottsdale, Ariz., for a round of golf with PGA TOUR
player Aaron Baddeley. Putnam won the Long Drive Contest at
the Hiwan Junior presented by Stonecreek Funding, while Hemingway
won the Closest-to-the-Hole Contest at the OSSO Junior at Oak
Tree as well as the Long Drive Contest at the Abilene Reporter-News/Lawrence
Hall Abilene Junior.
The MacGregor Golf Skills Challenge took place at the tournament
cookout for each of the eight events, usually held after the
first round of tournament play. Three of the events featured
a Long Drive Contest, three featured a Putting Contest while
the other two events had a Closest to the Hole Contest. The
male and female winner from each event was placed into a drawing
for the round of golf with MacGregor Tour player Aaron Baddeley.
“We
are proud to sponsor the AJGA ‘MacGregor Golf Skills Challenge,”
said Barry Schneider, MacGregor owner and CEO. “The young
men and women competing in AJGA tournaments represent the future
of our game. It is very cool to be a small contributor to such
a great organization.”
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Golf Skills Challenge events took place at eight tournament
cookouts on the 2005 AJGA schedule. |
MacGregor Golf Skills Challenge events took place at the following
AJGA tournaments: Hiwan Junior presented by Stonecreek Funding
(Hiwan Golf Club, Evergreen, Colo.), OSSO Junior at Oak Tree
(Oak Tree Country Club — East Course, Edmond, Okla.);
First American Title Junior Classic (Westin Innisbrook Resort
— Copperhead Course, Palm Harbor, Fla.); AJGA Richmond
Junior (Independence Golf Club, Midlothian, Va.); Abilene Reporter-News/Lawrence
Hall Abilene Junior (Fairway Oaks Country Club, Abilene, Texas);
CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner Junior (French Creek Golf Club,
Elverson, Pa.); Ashworth Junior at Rancho Mirage (Westin Mission
Hills Resort — Gary Player Signature Course, Rancho Mirage,
Calif.) and Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior (Magnolia Grove
Golf Club — Falls Course & Crossings Course, Mobile,
Ala.).
The following juniors are also MacGregor Golf Skills Champions:
Paul Brewer of Temple, Texas (Long Drive), Rachel Edwards of
Seminole, Fla. (Putting), Kathleen Ekey of Brunswick, Ohio (Putting),
Sarah Fogerty of San Diego (Long Drive), Chad Harkins of Richmond,
Va. (Putting), Dylan Jhaveri of Newhall, Calif. (Closest to
the Hole), Aaron Johnson of Laramie, Wyo. (Closest to the Hole),
Bryant Kang of Longwood, Fla. (Putting), Mary Michael Maggio
of Conway, Ark. (Long Drive), Andrea Ratigan of Tucson, Ariz.
(Putting), Katie Saucier of Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Closest
to the Hole), Conrad Shindler of Coppell, Texas (Long Drive),
and Cory Siegfried of Villanova, Pa. (Putting).
“The AJGA truly enjoyed partnering with MacGregor to conduct
the MacGregor Golf Skills Challenge,” said Jason Etzen,
AJGA executive vice president of development. “MacGregor
is a first-class golf manufacturer and great fit with the AJGA
and our juniors. We hope this opportunity provided the juniors
a fun activity to participate in at our tournament cookouts
and congratulations to Andrew and Sarah for their achievement." |
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