One of the great things about playing golf as a team sport is that you get to build bonds that last for a lifetime. I have fond memories competing on U.S. #PresidentsCup teams, and look forward to bringing the team aspect to @TGL with @McIlroyRory. #TGLtalks https://t.co/dfLQMJLTof
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) September 21, 2022
With the new iON Elite GPS watch by Bushnell, it’s easy for golfers to strategically plan each shot, keep score, track stats, and more. Packed with great features the easy-to-use right-out-of-the-box unit is equipped with a color touchscreen display that is pre-loaded with more than 38,000 courses worldwide. The iON Elite is ready to take every golfer’s game to the next level and includes:
Boasting more than 12 hours of battery life in GPS golf mode per charge, the ION ELITE is simple-to-use and easy to view. The ION ELITE GPS watch has auto-hole advance to change from one hole to the next and a shot distance calculator, allowing a golfer to confidently focus on the round with no added hassle.
Additional Features:
The new iON Elite is the first ever GPS Watch to feature slope compensated distances. Retail price of $199.99.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Sept. 21, 2022) – In just two weeks, 96 boys and girls across 12 All-Star teams – who were a part of the 70,000 who participated in PGA Jr. League this year – will descend upon Scottsdale’s Grayhawk Golf Club for the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship, which will be broadcast live on select ESPN networks for the second year. Grayhawk has hosted the PGA Jr. League Championship each year since 2016.
COMPETITORS AND EVENT HISTORY
As of Sunday (Sept. 18), the Championship field is set. The 13u Regional Champions representing their states include:
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Championship kicks off Thursday, Oct. 6, with the Skills Challenge and National Car Rental Welcome Party. At the Skills Challenge, players will rotate through fun stations involving both golf and non-golf activities.
BROADCAST SCHEDULE
ESPN on-air talent who joined the 2021 broadcast will reprise their roles this year, including PGA Honorary President and PGA Jr. League Coach Suzy Whaley, PGA; Michael Collins; Andy North; and Taylor Zarzour. The Championship live broadcast is as follows:
All Times ET
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Through PGA Jr. League, kids ages 17 and under learn and play golf on co-ed teams, wear numbered jerseys and receive expert coaching from PGA Professionals.
Following recreational play in the spring and summer, hundreds of 13u All-Star teams (boys and girls ages 10-13) and 17u All-Star teams (boys and girls ages 14-17), are formed in each league to compete in the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship Season.
Teams begin their journey at Section Qualifiers and Section Championships held by all 41 PGA Sections, and/or participate in at least three local All-Star Play Days in order to advance to one of 12 Regional Championships. At Regionals, 13u All-Star teams compete for one of 12 spots in the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship. The competing 17u All-Star teams conclude their Championship Season at the Regionals.
National Car Rental was named the inaugural title partner of the Championship Season last year. PGA Jr. League’s biggest corporate partner since 2018, as well as an Official Partner and the Official Rental Car of the PGA of America since 2012, National’s title partnership aims to continue fueling meaningful growth of PGA Jr. League and supporting the program’s endeavors to welcome more kids to the game.
For more information about PGA Jr. League and the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Championship, visit PGAJrLeague.com.
About PGA Jr. League
PGA Jr. League brings families and friends together around fun, team golf experiences for kids ages 17 and under, with expert coaching from PGA Professionals. Visit PGAJrLeague.com for more information, and follow @PGAJrLeague on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
About PGA of America
The PGA of America is one of the world’s largest sports organizations, composed of nearly 28,000 PGA Professionals who work daily to grow interest and inclusion in the game of golf. For more information about the PGA of America, visit PGA.com and follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
WINGATE Park Golf Club-based amateur golfer Munashe Ndaruza is relishing the opportunity of representing the country for the first time in an international competition at the All Africa Golf Team Championship in Egypt from September 27 – 30.
The rising star, who grew up in Harare’s high-density suburb of Glen View, has been enjoying a memorable season on the domestic circuit after capturing five titles.
Ndaruza started the season in style by clinching the Julius Robinson Trophy on his home course at Wingate before going on to win the Chapman Grand Slam, the Masvingo Amateur Championship, the Roland Park Open and most recently the Bata Power Open.
The promising golfer, who celebrates his 21st birthday on Saturday, will be joined by fellow top amateurs Keegan Shutt, Clifford Muchenje and Tanaka Chatora at the continental competition which has over the years been dominated by neighbors South Africa.
Ndaruza, who is currently the highest ranked player on the Zimbabwe Golf Association (ZGA) Order of Merit Standings, said he was excited by the opportunity to represent the country at such as prestigious competition.
“It feels really great to have the chance to compete and represent Zimbabwe at such a big event. I’m looking forward to gaining some experience from the exposure which comes with competing in such tournaments,” Ndaruza said.
While Ndaruza is now on the verge of representing Zimbabwe at one of the biggest stages in African amateur golf, not so long ago his dream was to represent the country in soccer.
Despite his father’s close links to Wingate Golf Club, where he works as a greenkeeper, Ndaruza was more interested in soccer.
“I was a soccer fanatic and during my high school days, I used to take it seriously so much that I dreamt of myself following the footsteps of Peter Ndlovu. I never had plans for golf and I am actually surprised with the strong affection that I now have towards this sport,” he said.
“I developed a passion for golf at a later stage when I got a chance to join Wingate Golf club. I used to think that golf is only for the rich man and I am actually surprised by the wins that I am attaining in every tournament that I participate in.”
Ndaruza, who is inspired by former World number one golfer Tiger Woods said he hopes to continue representing Zimbabwe in more international tournaments in the future.
“My goal now is to represent my country at more international tournaments and I am very confident that I am going to make my country proud.
The 2022 All Arica Amateur Championship will see the countries will battle it out once again in a 72-hole stroke play format with the best three scores counting towards the team total in each round at the El Gouna Golf course in Hurghada, Egypt.
South Africa won the inaugural biennial event in 2001 and consequently triumphed in Botswana (2003), Uganda (2005), Namibia (2007), Egypt (2011), Swaziland (2013), Kenya (2015) and Zimbabwe (2017).
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(September 22, 2022) – APGA Tour rising star Marcus Byrd captured his second title in 15 months, winning the APGA Tour Valley Forge Championship, the second of four events in the APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Fall Series, on Wednesday at Bluestone Country Club in Montgomery County, just west of Philadelphia.
Byrd’s triumph, in only his second year on the tour, included three putts of over 40 feet during Tuesday’s first round as he forged a four-stroke lead. He played mistake-free golf over the final 18 holes to pocket the $7,500 first prize from the $25,000 purse.
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The fifth-place finisher in the regular-season Lexus Cup Point Standings, Byrd is now a top contender for bonus pool prize money in the Farmers Insurance Fall Series, which concludes with events in Houston (October 25-26) and Los Angeles (November 9-10).
His first-round heroics included nine birdies enroute to a six-under 65 and a four-shot lead over Andrew Walker of Holt, Michigan. He shot a nine-under, 65-68-133, five shots better than Gabe Lench of Lake Mary, Florida, who finished 71-67-138. Joseph Hooks of Farmington Hills, Michigan, took third at 70-71-141 on the par 71, 6,372-yard layout in Montgomery County.
The 25-year-old resident of Washington D.C. starred at Middle Tennessee St. and competed in the 2020 U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes. He started in golf with First Tee of Greater Washington D.C. playing at Langston Golf Course at the age of seven and carved out a distinguished junior career, winning the Georgia State Junior Championship in 2013 before earning Conference USA Player of the Year plaudits as a college senior.
“My putter was hot and that helped with the long putts yesterday and a bunch of one-putt greens today,” stated Byrd, who protected his lead with a mistake-free, three-birdie round. “My game is moving in the right direction. I’m a pro golfer who is just not there yet.” Byrd has multiple runner-up finishes in recent months, including a tie for second at the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship in San Antonio last month. He is just back from Portugal, where he competed at the DP World Tour Q-School, shooting a 28 on the front nine in the third round but failing to move to the next stage over the four-round tournament.
In the APGA Tour’s new Cisco Junior Series presented by the Champ Foundation, Philadelphia-area amateur Matt Vital of Bethlehem defeated K.J. Ofahengaue of Utah on the first playoff hole by sinking a 12-foot birdie putt. It was his second victory in the Cisco Junior Series this year and he is in the driver’s seat to secure a berth in the APGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Invitational at Torrey Pines in January, when the APGA Tour plays a tandem event during the PGA TOUR’s Farmers Insurance Open.
Among the other Philadelphia-area players, Zach Juhasz of Bethlehem shot 72-70-142, good for fourth place; Louis Kelly of Sewell, New Jersey, shot 72-71-143, finishing sixth; and Jeff Cunningham of Philadelphia, who played golf at Drexel, shot a 72-81-153 for 39th place.
APGA Tour Valley Forge was hosted by the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board, which promotes the Montgomery County region’s 50-plus golf courses as part of its MontoGolf initiative. APGA Tour Valley Forge week kicked off Sunday with the Advocates Foundation Youth Clinic at The Club at Shannondell in Audubon, PA, where young people from The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia and other community organizations interacted with experts in the fields of health/wellness, mental health, career options and golf, including APGA Tour players and officials. The program included the awarding of $2,000 in educational grants to essay contest winners.
APGA Tour competition continues with the series’ first international tournament, the Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship October 11-12 at Port Royal Course in Southampton, Bermuda.
The APGA Tour was established in 2010 with the mission to bring greater diversity to the game of golf by hosting and operating professional golf tournaments, player development programs, mentoring programs, and introducing the game to inner-city young people. The tour has grown from seven events with $200,000 in prize money in 2020 and 14 events with over $400,000 in prize money in 2021, to 18 events with over $900,000 in prize and bonus money in 2022.
The APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Fall Series is designed to further the APGA Tour’s mission of bringing greater diversity to the game of golf and to provide additional playing and earning opportunities to APGA Tour players.
Sponsoring the APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Fall Series is part of several actions and initiatives that Farmers(r) has taken to help advance its commitment to diversity and growth in the game of golf. The national insurer has provided funding for APGA TOUR events and the organization’s athletes, sponsored players including Kamaiu Johnson and Willie Mack III, hosted the first-ever APGA event at a PGA TOUR tournament at the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open, provided Mack with a sponsor’s exemption into the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open, and provided Johnson and Ryan Alford with sponsor’s exemptions into the 2022 Farmers Insurance Open. This support led to a landmark moment for the APGA Tour as the 2022 APGA Tour Farmers Insurance Invitational was the first-ever APGA Tour event to be broadcast on national television with the final round airing on Golf Channel.
Tiger Woods was a playing captain during the 2019 Presidents Cup and his participation helped lead the U.S. team to victory at Royal Melbourne. But it’s a different story this week. The former world number one is not with the U.S. team at Quail Hollow Club, rather, still recovering from the roll-over car crash he sustained in 2021.
Although the iconic golfer is not physically at Quail Hollow does not mean that he has abandoned the team altogether. According to U.S. Captain Davis Love III on Thursday,
“I was standing on the sixth tee for a long time watching every group come through and I called him and we talked for a while…I said, ‘at least you’re watching. You can call if you see anything.’”
Love confirmed that Woods continues to be involved with the U.S. Team, if even at a distance. And, we have all seen Wood continuously involved with American teams in recent years as a captain, vice captain or player and Love acknowledged he remains engaged even from afar.
“He’s having fun. He obviously misses it,” Love said. “The other night on a Zoom call, [Fred Couples] asked him, ‘When are you getting in?’ Tiger laughed, ‘What’d you say?’ I know he wishes he were here.”
Full match scoring from the Presidents Cup
Woods, who only played just three events this year, has shared with the public his schedule limitations while also admitting that a grueling week climbing the North Carolina hills wasn’t an option.
“It’s not easy. We’re banging around in a cart and walking up and down hills. I get it,” Love said. “We’re including him, as usual.”
William “Bill” Bishop, a pioneering golfer, died on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at his home in Philadelphia. He was 91.
He was an African American PGA golf professional and amateur golfer who impacted the development of golf on the Eastern Coast of the United States.
“Bishop,” as his friends affectionately called him, was one of the first four African Americans to achieve PGA professional status.
He was also a founder, stockholder, board member and head golf professional of the Greater Philadelphia Golf and Country Club’s Freeway Golf Course in Sicklerville, N.J.
Bishop and his friends, sponsors and supporters established the Bill Bishop Junior Golf Foundation. For 43 years, the Bill Bishop Benefit Golf Classic funded junior golf programs for youth ages 8 to 18.
This venue provided an opportunity for many African Americans to play in a notable tournament as aspiring professional golfers and for championship amateurs to develop and hone their skills.
He is survived by: his sons, Tony Bishop of Akron, Ohio, and Kevin Lindsay (Teresa) of Vineland, N.J.; grandchildren, William Anthony Bishop III, Matthew Lindsay, Nikki Lindsay, Anthony Lindsay, Andre Lindsay and Brianna Lindsay; and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be held on March 2 at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, 1530 N. 11th St. Viewing is at 9 a.m. Services will follow at 11 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Bill Bishop Junior Golf Scholarship Fund.
Terry Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday – September 16-17-18, 2022
Hackler Golf Course – Conway, South Carolina
44 Players
Championship Flight 78-86
First Flight 89-97
Second Flight 98-127
Closest to Pin Saturday
#5 Al Bradley
#7 Mark Lathan
#10 Gerald Lewis
#15 Tim Hardee
Skins Saturday
#5 Al Bradley (Birdie)
#9 Reese Carson (Birdie) #15 Larry Watkins (Birdie)
APGA Tour week in Montgomery County got off to a rousing start Sunday, when the APGA Foundation Youth Clinic educated and entertained some
60 youths from First Tee Philadelphia in advance of the second annual professional golf tournament Tuesday and Wednesday at Bluestone Country Club in Blue Bell.
APGA Tour Valley Forge has returned to the Philadelphia Region under the sponsorship of the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board as part of its MontcoGolf initiative promoting the 50-plus courses in the region. The tournament is open to the public with free admission for both the first round on Tuesday and the final round on Wednesday. The pros will tee off beginning at 8 am with the leaders expected to be finishing Wednesday around 2:30 p.m.
The 36-hole competition will award $25,000 in prize money with a $7,500 first prize to the winner from a field of over 50 of the top minority players in the country. It is the second event of the Farmers Insurance Fall Series, which continues in Houston and Los Angeles in October and November as the 18-event, 2022 season comes to a close.
The APGA Foundation Youth Clinic was hosted by The Club at Shannondell in Audubon, where the participants engaged with a financial advisor, lawyers, and experts in health/wellness, mental health, career choices and the sport of golf. The APGA Foundation awarded $2,400 in educational grants to the winners of an essay contest. It was the first full-scale APGA Foundation Youth Clinic since the global pandemic sidelined all such programs back in 2020.
“There was a real buzz about the clinic and I think it could triple in size next year, now that we are back in action with lunch, prizes, our experts, and the educational grants,” said Cole Smith, Executive Director of the APGA Tour and the APGA Foundation. “We expect more community organizations to get involved next year now that we have established the event here in conjunction with the APGA Tour Valley Forge tournament and Valley Forge Tourism.”
The APGA Tour was founded in 2010 with three tournaments awarding $40,000. It has grown dramatically in the past three years with seven events in 2020 and 14 last year. The APGA Tour will award some $900,000 in purses and bonus awards in 2022.
AVI-8 Watches are delighted to announce the brand new P-51 Mustang Tuskegee Airmen Chronograph Limited Edition, created in partnership with the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. (TAI). This timepiece honors the accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen, a squadron of African American aviators who participated in the Army Air Corps during WWII.
“Tuskegee Airmen, Incorporated (TAI) was formed in 1975 as a non-profit organization expressly to promote the true Legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen and expose disadvantaged community youth to aviation careers. We are especially pleased to partner with Dartmouth Brands in launching a first-ever high-quality Tuskegee Airmen-themed timepiece as part of their AVI-8 line. Your purchase of these fine instruments helps support TAI’s youth programs both nationally and locally including pilot training, drone instruction and educational scholarships.” – Jerry “Hawk” Burton, National President, Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
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The 2022 Volkswagen Golf R returns after a three-year hiatus with more power and performance characteristics than its predecessor. The redesigned Golf R hatchback’s new turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive system is a joy to drive.
Although the 2022 Golf R and the less expensive GTI returned to the U.S. with flair, the regular Golf hatchback will not be coming to these shores.
Models/Price: Priced at $44,185, the base Golf R comes fully loaded in a standard six-speed manual or an optional seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission for $44,890 MSRP.
Both models have a full suite of driver assistance and safety features, including adaptive cruise control with semi-autonomous driving, lane-keeping assist, forward-collision warning, automated emergency braking, and blind-spot monitoring.
The 2022 Golf R has premium quality interior features that include the latest technology and conveniences, including a 10.2-inch display, sports seats, Napa leather, carbon-like trim, stainless-steel pedals, and ambient lighting with 30 colors.
Underneath its conventional-looking exterior is sporty features that contribute to its smooth handling and power, including four chrome exhaust outlets, side skirts, a rear spoiler, cross-drilled front brake rotors, and 19-inch wheels.
Power: The 2022 Golf R is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline four-cylinder engine that generates 315 horsepower at 310 lb-ft of torque versus the 288 horses in the previous model.
Controlled cornering and maneuvering have been improved by an advanced 4Motion all-wheel-drive system featuring a rear differential, which transfers torque between the right and left rear wheels for better handling. An R button on the steering wheel activates various drive modes: Comfort, Individual, Drift, Special, Sport, or Race. Comfort was my choice in dense traffic, while Sport worked best in highway situations.
Fuel Economy: EPA fuel ratings for the Golf R automatic is 23 city/30 highway mpg, while the manual transmission averages less at 20 city/28 highway mpg.
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