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Dr.
Jo Stegall Honored by the AJGA with its Annual Digger Smith
Award |
Burgett
H. Mooney, Jr., Rome Classic tournament chairman serves as
a model
of dedication |
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| Pictured
are AJGA Executive Director Stephen Hamblin (left), Dr.
Jo Stegall (center) and Chairman of the AJGA Board of
Directors Digger Smith (right). |
Dr.
Jo Stegall was honored by the American Junior Golf Association
Friday, Feb. 18, with the 2005 Digger Smith Award for a decade
of service to the organization as the tournament chairman at
the Burgett H. Mooney Jr., Rome Classic.
Each year the AJGA presents the Digger Smith Award to an individual
whose service to junior golf goes above and beyond the call
of duty. The award is named for AJGA Chairman of the Board J.R.
“Digger” Smith, who has dedicated himself to the
AJGA and junior golf for more than two decades.
Smith was honored as the Golfweek “Father of the Year”
in 1995. “I am very excited and appreciate the award,”
Stegall said. “I know some of the outstanding people who
have won the award before me and I am very proud to be a part
of it.”
Stegall began his work with the AJGA in 1995 while the Association
was seeking golf venues to host junior tournaments in north
Georgia. While on the search for host facilities, the AJGA found
a man and a region that embraced junior golf and truly took
ownership in an event that will celebrate its 10th anniversary
in 2005. Coosa Country Club in Rome, Ga., has played host to
the event since 2000.
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“I
have a truly wonderful tournament committee who knows their
assignments and is willing to do anything for the junior golfers,”
Stegall said. “I may go to all of the meetings, but my
committee is always there to carry everything out.
“This award honors a great man whose vision and leadership
throughout the years has helped keep the AJGA on track,”
AJGA Executive Director Stephen Hamblin said. “Dr. Jo
Stegall has a great passion for the AJGA and junior golf. It’s
all about the kids for him and he’s always there to
encourage them. He is a man who just truly cares.” |
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