AUGUST 8, 2019
GREENSBORO, NC – Tanglewood Park’s Championship Course is getting a new American Junior Golf Association tournament next summer.
Thanks to Harold Varner III and the Wyndham Championship, the AJGA will arrive in June 2020 to hold a tournament called the HV3 Foundation Junior All-Star Classic. Tanglewood Park is a recreation center and park in Clemmons, Forsyth County, North Carolina.
“This is very cool,” said Varner, a PGA Tour veteran who grew up in Gastonia. “To be able to give more kids a chance to play and having it right here in North Carolina means a lot. I’m thankful to Mark (Brazil, the tournament director of the Wyndham Championship) and Stephen Hamblin (the AJGA executive director) for getting this thing off the ground.”
Mike Wilcox, the head professional at Tanglewood, said he’s glad the AJGA is returning to the facility.
“Matthew Wolff (who is in the Wyndham Championship field) won his first AJGA in 2014 here at Tanglewood,” Wilcox said. “We’re excited that Harold Varner is a part of this tournament because he’s played in tournaments here when he was younger. It’s a big deal for us especially since we had the renovation.”
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Tanglewood Park’s Championship Course has played host to several marquee tournaments over the years, including the 1974 PGA Championship won by Lee Trevino. It also played host to PGA Tour Champions events from 1987 to 2002.
Varner, who never had the chance to play in AJGA Tournaments when he was growing up, hopes that more children can get that opportunity through this event. The tournament, which will be held from June 22-25, will have boys and girls divisions playing at the same time.
The Wyndham Invitational, which is a major on the boys schedule of the AJGA, will be at Sedgefield Country Club earlier in June.
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