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80 Students from 12 HBCU Schools to Participate in Two-Day, 54-Hole Tournament Alongside PGA Tour Champions Event, October 15-16
HBCU Invitational to Include Special Career Day and Champions Dinner with Tour Legends
CARY, North Carolina – October 10, 2022 – SAS and Octagon today announced a partnership with the Black College Golf Coaches Association (BCGCA) to host the inaugural SAS Championship HBCU Invitational as part of this year’s PGA Tour Champions event. The ground-breaking tournament is scheduled to take place alongside the 22nd annual SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, North Carolina, from Saturday, October 15 – Sunday, October 16.
The first-of-its-kind collegiate event will feature 80 students from 12 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) across the country to compete in a 54-hole team competition at the PGA Tour-sanctioned event. Men and women from each of the 12 schools will break up into 16 teams in search of claiming their very own SAS Championship trophy.
In addition to the tournament, the students will also participate in a special SAS Career Day event, “From the Course to the Office,” featuring insightful panel conversations with former HBCU students who now work at the software and services giant. The student-athletes will also join PGA Tour legends for an intimate dinner at the annual SAS Championship Champions Cookout.
Octagon, which has operated the SAS Championship for its entire 22-year history, will coordinate and manage the event.
“The SAS Career Day is an exciting addition to the tournament that aims to inspire curiosity about careers after collegiate athletics,” said Danielle Pavliv, Chief Diversity Officer at SAS. “This experience allows the extraordinary student-athletes from HBCUs to learn about the experiences of SAS employees and HBCU alumni, receive resources to help navigate career options and establish personal connections that extend beyond the tournament.”
The student-athletes participating in the inaugural HBCU Invitational represent 12 HBCU schools, including Chicago State, Florida A&M, Howard, Johnson C Smith, Livingstone, Maryland Eastern Shore, Miles, North Carolina Central, Prairie View A&M, Savannah State, Virginia Union, and Winston-Salem State.
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The inaugural “Evening at East” party will be held on Friday, October 14th at 7:30 PM at the lawn at East Potomac Golf Links. This social event is hosted by National Links Trust Auxiliary Board and will feature food, drinks, live music, and more. All proceeds benefit National Links Trust, its mission to protect and promote municipal golf, and its work in Washington, DC.
The event includes a silent auction with rounds at Congressional, Prairie Dunes, Baltimore Country Club, Columbia Country Club, signed sports memorabilia, luxury golf items, and more.
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Tiger Woods is still the biggest ticket in golf, despite his advancing years and his struggles with injury. A serious leg injury has restricted him to only three appearances in 2022, and it is not clear when he will be back in action again. Woods has ruled out retirement, and a friend of the former world No. 1 feels he will tee it up at the Hero World Challenge.
Tiger Woods could be in action at the Hero World Challenge in December, a close friend of the 15-time major winner has said. Woods has made only three appearances in 2022, all in major championships, as he continues to struggle with the leg injury he suffered in a car crash in 2021. His movement was impaired at the Masters, PGA Championship and Open Championship – with his performances getting progressively worse despite Woods saying his fitness was improving.
Woods said after the Open at St Andrews that he was not sure when he would play again, but that he had no intention of retiring.It was suggested in July that Woods could next tee it up again at the Hero World Challenge, an event he hosts, in the Bahamas in early December. Woods revealed 17 of the 20-player field for the Hero World Challenge earlier this week, with three spots still to be claimed.
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One of those slots could be for Woods, and his college friend Notah Begay feels that could happen. But the former multiple PGA Tour winner feels it could be with a caveat of the 46-year-old using a cart exemption.
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Kent Carter, a prominent racial-justice leader in Northern Virginia, was one of three people killed last weekend in the Turks and Caicos Islands amid a string of violent attacks that have shaken this British territory in the Caribbean.
A person of interest has been arrested in connection to the murder of a Virginia NAACP leader who was killed in an ambush attack during a birthday trip to Turks and Caicos, reported NBC 4 on October 11.
Carter and his girlfriend had traveled to the popular vacation destination to celebrate his 40th birthday, his half-brother Barry Cantrell said, and were being shuttled back to their hotel from a water-skiing excursion before the attack.
Trevor Botting, the territory’s police commissioner, said that at around 6 p.m. Oct. 2, a group of “armed criminals” apprehended a vehicle containing staff from a local business and two tourists.
The assailants “proceeded to indiscriminately shoot into the vehicle,” he said, killing one local employee and one tourist from the United States and injuring three others in the vehicle. They did not name any of the victims.
Carter’s girlfriend survived with minor injuries, according to Cantrell. Officials said they believe one of the attackers was later killed by police.
Botting said Monday that the ambush was “carried out by armed gang members who act without conscience, who have no regard for life, and who are hellbent on causing indiscriminate harm and misery.”
Botting connected the incident to several other episodes involving armed attackers over the weekend, noting that violence has been on the rise on the Caribbean archipelago. In addition to the three deaths, five people were injured in this string of incidents.
Julius D. “J.D.” Spain Sr., president of the Arlington NAACP, described Carter — an Army veteran and realtor who had been serving as the group’s first vice president — as a “gentle giant.”
“He was a servant leader,” Spain said. “He was one who didn’t ask for anything in return, but did it because he knew it had to be done.”
He was supposed to fly back on Tuesday.
Instead, while riding in a shuttle back from a jet-skiing excursion on Sunday evening, an alleged gang member opened fire on the vehicle. The gunman shot and killed Carter and an employee of a local business and wounded three others. The shooting has been covered by both local and national media outlets, including The New York Times.
His last act was to protect his girlfriend of eight years, who survived with minor injuries.
“He shielded me from being shot,” his girlfriend, who requested we not use her name, tells ARLnow.
Now, Arlington is mourning Carter’s death and paying tribute to his legacy as a local civil rights leader, loving father and caring partner. His story has attracted national attention and an outpouring of support from community members and local realtors with whom he worked, elected officials and regional and national leaders of the NAACP.
“We are devastated to learn of Kent’s loss and will be keeping his family in our prayers,” Arlington County Board Chair Katie Cristol said in a statement to ARLnow. “Kent was a true leader in the Arlington community: knowledgeable and determined on civil rights issues and gifted at building relationships and coalitions.”
Carter, an Army veteran and a real estate agent by trade, was serving his second term as the First Vice-President of the Arlington branch of the NAACP, and the chair of the Criminal Justice Committee. He represented the NAACP on Arlington’s Police Practices Group, which came up with more than 100 ways to change policing in the county, and advocated for a Community Oversight Board with subpoena power, which was officially established last summer.
“Kent led that charge,” Julius “JD” Spain, president of the Arlington branch of the NAACP, told ARLnow. “Many citizens in Arlington will benefit from the hard work that Kent put in. Words alone aren’t enough to express the level of gratitude for someone who not just wore the nation’s cloth, but one who’s a servant leader.”
The NAACP Arlington branch president said his First Vice-President was reserved but could command a room. He was duty-bound to his advocacy work and didn’t care about the accolades.
Arlington’s elected officials are now working to recognize Carter’s efforts, including his work with lawmakers on a criminal justice reform package several years ago, through a memorial resolution led by Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-30). It is expected to go before the Virginia legislature in January.
The memorial resolution recognizes “the esteem we in the Arlington delegation held Mr. Carter in,” Ebbin told ARLnow. “It is also in recognition of the impact of Kent’s work for social justice and in service to our country, which extended far beyond the borders of Arlington.”
Carter was born Sept. 28, 1982, and grew up outside Knoxville, Tennessee. He joined the military in 2000 and was first deployed to the Pentagon just after 9/11 to provide security. In 2002, he deployed to Afghanistan for six months as a member of a U.S. Army Personal Security Detail. While in Afghanistan, he met his ex-wife, Melanie Bell-Carter, to whom he was married for 11 years.
Carter also served as an airborne Army police officer and later, as a special agent in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Concurrent with his military career, he pursued his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice.
His lived experience as a Black man in the South, combined with his law enforcement experience, compelled him to tackle criminal justice reform where he could feel the impact directly: in his backyard in Arlington.
“He was one to stand up for those who couldn’t stand for themselves,” Bell-Carter told ARLnow in an email. “He frowned upon injustice and wanted to be a leader in changing how the country and the world treated people. Always one to look after those less fortunate.”
Carter effectively articulated why Arlington, a community without a reported history of police violence, still “needed to take a hard look at data and racial disparities within our criminal justice system and learn from national best practices,” Cristol said. “He was an especially substantive voice for change.”
Nicole Merlene, former ARLnow opinion columnist and a former candidate for a Virginia House of Delegates seat, said he applied himself out of love for his daughter.
“Kent was effective at making change in our community because he was deeply respected by everyone that knew him. He sought a better world for his daughter’s future and to give a voice for those who often didn’t have a seat at the table,” she said.
Bell-Carter and Carter’s girlfriend remember him as a doting father and family man.
“I am utterly heartbroken,” his girlfriend said. “I would nag him all day and he would still come home with flowers for me just to make me smile. He was my best friend, my everything. He was also hands down the best father to his 15 year old daughter. He was fiercely protective of her and did anything and everything to make sure she was happy.”
Bell-Carter says she most admires how much Carter loved and cared for his family, especially his mother and his daughter. He got involved in everything their daughter did, from academics to sports to orchestra, and joined her school’s Parent-Teacher Association, and shared much of his life with her.
“Every event or organization he was a member of or in support of, he exposed her to it,” Bell-Carter said. “They spent a lot of time together visiting museums, working out in the gym, and traveling,” as far as Bahrain, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Jordan and Spain.
Travel was important to Carter and his longtime partner, too.
“We took quick, spontaneous trips like this one [to Turks and Caicos] all the time,” said his girlfriend.
A few years ago, Carter made a career change and became a realtor. Following his death, Keller Williams, the real estate firm to which he was associated, organized a GoFundMe campaign to support his daughter’s educational expenses and cover funeral-related expenses, which has raised more than $44,500 as of publication time.
“Kent was an incredible man who made everyone feel like he was their best friend,” said the fundraiser’s organizer, extolling his quick wit, selflessness, drive and humility, as well as his ability to connect people and hold them accountable to their goals.
“We could go on forever,” the post said. “His loss is hard for all of us to process, yet we keep going back to his voice and what he would say at any moment that you might start to fall apart. He would say, ‘stay strong.’”
That is what his partner says she is trying to do.
“Nothing will fill the hole this incident has left within me,” she said. “Everyday is a real struggle for us right now, but we’re taking it moment by moment.”
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The Abu Dhabi-based 12-year-old, Maya Palanza Gaudin was one of the thousands of junior golfers who began the Drive, Chip, and Putt tournament series across North America. Maya is one of 40 girls and 40 boys to qualify to compete in the National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club.
Maya is a product of United Arab Emirates (UAE) golf and a member of the Emirates Golf Federation. Living in the UAE for the past 11 years, Maya regularly competes in junior golf competitions across the UAE as well as internationally. Maya is a true testament to the UAE’s commitment and support to developing Women’s Sports for the Nation, especially in the sport of golf.
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Eighty junior golfers representing 29 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces have earned an invitation to Augusta National Golf Club to compete in the ninth annual Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals, to be played on Sunday, April 2, 2023, prior to the start of the Masters Tournament.
Conducted in partnership with the USGA, Masters Tournament and PGA of America, Drive, Chip and Putt is a free, nationwide youth golf development program open to boys and girls, ages 7-15, in four age divisions. The three-pronged competition tests the skills essential to playing the game – accuracy in driving, chipping and putting.
Results of the 10 regional qualifiers – the third and final stage leading to the 2023 National Finals – yielded nine returning competitors, including the now three-time finalist, Alexandra Phung. Returning finalists are:
- Jace Benson (2022 National Finalist), of Morgan, Utah
- Martha Kuwahara (2022 National Finalist), of Northbrook, Ill.
- Natalie Martin (2022 National Finalist), of Park Rapids, Minn.
- Aadi Parmar (2019 National Finalist), of Selma, Texas
- Luke Parsons (2018 National Finalist), of Salley, S.C.
- Alexandra Phung (2019, 2021 National Finalist), of Forest Hills, N.Y.
- Paige Radebach (2019 National Finalist), of Webberville, Mich.
- Leo Saito (2022 National Finalist), of Hilo, Hawaii
- Keita Yobiko (2022 National Finalist), of West Covina, Calif.
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Local qualifying for the ninth season of Drive, Chip and Putt began in May and was held at 342 sites across the country this summer. No more than three top scorers per venue, in each of the four age categories in separate boys and girls divisions, advanced to subregional qualifiers in July and August. The top two juniors in each age/gender division then competed at the regional level in September and October. Regional qualifying was held at 10 facilities around the country, including several U.S. Open and PGA Championship venues.
The top finishers from each regional site’s age/gender divisions – a total of 80 finalists – earned a place in the National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club, which will be broadcast live on Golf Channel. All local, subregional and regional qualifiers were conducted by the 41 Sections of the PGA of America, with PGA Professionals providing support at each facility hosting a qualifier.
Notes from Regional Qualifying:
- At Scioto Country Club, Paige Radebach of Webberville, Mich., earned her second trip to Augusta National after sealing her victory with a win in the putting discipline. “I’m really excited. I was pretty young the first time, so I’m hoping I can enjoy the experience a little bit more than before,” said Radebach (Girls 12-13). Meanwhile, following the withdrawals of two fellow competitors in their respective age divisions, Elijah Lemmon (Boys 14-15) of McCordsville, Ind., and Lyla Hampton (Girls 14-15) of Grosse Pointe Park, Mich., entered the event as alternates and went on to secure their spots in the National Finals.
- Jake Sheffield of Knoxville, Tenn., was in fifth place overall in the Boys 14-15 age group heading to the putting portion at Quail Hollow Club – but he proved that “golf is just a game of inches sometimes” by sinking all three of his putts from distances of 6-, 15- and 30-feet. Sheffield’s perfect putting put him atop the leaderboard by a one-point margin, finally earning him a trip to the National Finals after seven previous attempts. In the Girls 12-13 age division, Narah Hope Kim of Duluth, Ga., and Victoria Davis of Holly Springs, N.C., were tied at 127 points after all three disciplines. “I was really nervous,” said Kim, who edged ahead for the overall victory in a playoff. “But it was really fun.”
- With his win at Oak Hill Country Club, Joseph Morinelli is headed back to where it all began. Born in Augusta, Ga., he wakes up every morning in Crozet, Va., to a map of Augusta National Golf Club and a huge sticker in the shape of the Masters flag on his bedroom wall. He gradually climbed the leaderboard at the regional qualifier, finishing first in putting with 70 points and 161 points overall in the Boys 14-15 age division. “I was pretty nervous, but knew I had to settle to make the putt,” he said. “I was just doing the math in my head of how many points I had to make up. I had to make the 30-footer and get 25 points, and I did it.”
- Competing at the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals has always been a goal for Maya Palanza Gaudin of East Falmouth, Mass.: “When I first saw this tournament on TV and when I first competed in Drive, Chip and Putt, that is what brought golf to life for me.” With consistent performances at TPC Boston across driving, chipping and putting in the Girls 12-13 age division, the Ethiopia-born Gaudin is on her way to Augusta National for the first time. Alexandra Phung of Forest Hills, N.Y., however, is now getting ready for her third appearance at the National Finals, having previously competed at Augusta National in 2019 and 2021. Phung won the Girls 10-11 division in dominant fashion, winning each category for 127 total points, a 43-point lead over the second-place finisher.
- It was a special hometown win for 9-year-old Jacob Eagan of Castle Rock, Colo. With family and friends by his side at Castle Pines Golf Club – and, as his dad noted, his family home within sight – Eagan captured the win in both chipping and putting to claim overall victory by a 29-point margin. “It’s just amazing. It’s such a special place,” he said. “Driving down Magnolia Lane has been the biggest dream so far in my life. It’s so cool to finally accomplish it.” In the Girls 14-15 division, though Saydie Wagner of Alpine, Utah, arrived about 20 minutes before her tee time and didn’t warm up, she went on to hit her longest drive ever— 300 yards—to win her age group and her first trip to Augusta National. On competing in her last year of eligibility, Wagner said she “had to get it.”
- Carter Cline of Sammamish, Wash., started putting around his living room at the age of 2. Now 9 years old, Cline took second place in the putting skill and first overall at Pebble Beach Golf Links to become a Drive, Chip and Putt National Finalist (Boys 7-9). His close friend from Everett, Wash., Jairo Sanchez-Godinez, will be joining him in Augusta, having won the Boys 10-11 division. “It’s so very cool that we both made it,” Sanchez-Godinez said. “Hopefully, I win it.” In the Girls 10-11 age group, Caroline Cui of Redwood City, Calif., gradually rose atop the leaderboard from third place in driving to second in chipping to first in putting, her favorite discipline. With a total of 140, Cui scored 24 more points than the second-place finisher to secure her first trip to the National Finals.
- At Desert Mountain’s Outlaw Course, the heat didn’t bother Leo Saito (Boys 12-13), of Hilo, Hawaii, and Keita Yobiko (Boys 14-15) of West Covina, Calif. With first place finishes in their respective age groups, both punched their tickets to the National Finals for the second consecutive year. Yobiko, whose 160-point total score was the event-best, said, “It’s hard to qualify for Augusta National, but I just love this tournament.” Meanwhile, with her pup, Mondo, in attendance, 11-year-old Hana McGarry of San Diego, Calif., took first in driving and putting to win the Girls 10-11 division with 131 total points, 24 points clear of the next-best score.
- For the second consecutive year, Martha Kuwahara of Northbrook, Ill., is headed to Augusta National. At Medinah Country Club, she took first place in the Girls 14-15 age group thanks to powerful drives (58 points) and expert chips (60 points). “I really want redemption from last year,” Kuwahara said, looking ahead to her second National Finals appearance. “This year I feel I can do a lot better. I was nervous today, but my first drive, I whacked it 268 yards.” In the Girls 12-13 division, Anna Bell of Poplar Bluff, Mo., edged out the co-runners-up by one point for a total of 116. She comes from a competitive golf family – including three older sisters who play collegiate golf – and is forging her own path after punching her ticket to Augusta National. “I’ve probably watched Drive, Chip and Putt every year,” Bell said. “I don’t know what it’ll be like, but I’ll be excited when I go.”
- Viktoria Germain of nearby Houston, Texas, won both the chipping (45 points) and putting skills (60 points) to build a 32-point lead over the second-place finisher and claim victory in the Girls 10-11 age group at Champions Golf Club. When it came time to receive her medal, Champions Golf Club co-founder Jack Burke Jr., who won both the Masters and PGA Championship in 1956, presented her with her hardware. “I know he won the Masters,” Germain said. “It was really cool to meet him, and I’m really excited about going there.” Aadi Parmar of Selma, Texas, who qualified for his second Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals, shared the sentiment: “I’m even more excited this time,” adding, “It’s the best place I’ve ever been.” In a close competition in the Boys 14-15 division, Parmar’s consistency across all three disciplines put him atop the overall leaderboard, with a total of 104 points.
- At The Bear’s Club, competitors persevered in the face of challenges presented by Hurricane Ian. “It’s been a lot of emotions because we had to leave our home on Monday because of the hurricane,” said Jolie Pastorick (Girls 14-15) of Sarasota, Fla. “It impacted my preparation because there was no way to practice. We kept having to switch hotels. It was a lot of movement for our family.” In her fifth attempt to reach the National Finals, Pastorick earned redemption, nearly holing two chips, sinking her second putt and leaving her third just an inch from the hole. With 143 total points, she secured her spot at Augusta National for the first time. Luke Parsons (Boys 14-15) of Salley, S.C., scored 156 total points – the highest score of the qualifier – to earn his second trip to Augusta National. Looking back on the 2018 National Finals, he said he was “focusing on practicing and getting a good warmup.” In 2023, “I will try to enjoy the experience a little more.”
All scoring at the local, subregional and regional qualifiers is based on a 25-point-per-shot basis, with each participant taking three shots per skill. Each participant accumulated points per shot in all three skills (maximum of 75 points per skill = 25 points per shot x 3). The overall winner in each age category was determined by the participant with the most points accumulated across all three skills (maximum of 225 points = 75 points per skill x 3).
The point system is based on incremental distance measurements, rewarding accuracy and distance in the drive skill, and proximity for chipping and putting skills.
At the National Finals, one champion will be named from each age/gender division. Each finalist will be scored based on a 30-point system, offering the player with the best drive 10 points, the player with the closest cumulative chips 10 points and the player with the nearest cumulative putts 10 points, in each separate skill. The highest total composite score will determine the winner.
For more information on Drive, Chip and Putt, please visit drivechipandputt.com, follow on Twitter @DriveChipPutt and on Instagram @drivechipandputt.
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ALBANY, Bahamas – Tournament host Tiger Woods has announced the field for the 2022 Hero World Challenge, set to return to Albany, Bahamas, November 28 – December 4.
The 2022 Hero World Challenge field features defending champion Viktor Hovland along with seven major winners who have won a total of 11 major championships. There are 16 PGA TOUR winners committed to compete at Albany who have won a total of 87 events. The field features five players making their tournament debuts. Will Zalatoris, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Max Homa and Tom Kim will all tee it up at Albany for the first time. Since moving to Albany in 2015, only Jon Rahm (2018) and Hovland (2021) have won the event in their tournament debut. Three tournament exemptions will be announced at a later date.
| 2022 HERO WORLD CHALLENGE FIELD Name (Official World Golf Ranking as of 8/28/22), Country | |
| Scottie Scheffler (1), USA | Tony Finau (14), USA |
| Xander Schauffele (5), USA | Billy Horschel (15), USA |
| Jon Rahm (6), Spain | Hideki Matsuyama (16), Japan |
| Justin Thomas (7), USA | Cameron Young (17), USA |
| Collin Morikawa (8), USA | Sungjae Im (18), South Korea |
| Will Zalatoris (9), USA | Max Homa (20), USA |
| Matt Fitzpatrick (10), England | Tom Kim (21), South Korea |
| Viktor Hovland (11), Norway | Tournament exemption TBA |
| Sam Burns (12), USA | Tournament exemption TBA |
| Jordan Spieth (13), USA | Tournament exemption TBA |
Tournament rounds will be held Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Albany, bringing the event back to The Bahamas for its seventh year. Live television coverage of the 2022 Hero World Challenge will be provided by GOLF Channel during all four rounds and by NBC during the third and final rounds.
Good-any-one-day grounds tickets and a limited number of premium hospitality packages for the Hero World Challenge are available for purchase at HeroWorldChallenge.com. Proceeds from the 2022 Hero World Challenge benefit the TGR Foundation, Tavistock Foundation and Bahamas Youth Foundation.
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