In partnership with The Thunderbirds and the City of Phoenix Parks & Recreation Department, the Junior Golf Association held its annual Itty Bitty Open. Not only does the Itty Bitty Open serve as a great introduction to the game of golf, but it is a lot of fun for parents and kids alike. The event's 15 locations throughout the valley had great participation with over 650 kids in attend-ance. The Junior Golf Association of Arizona would like to thank its sponsors, The Thunderbirds and the City of Phoenix Parks & Recreation, as well as the volunteers, for their over-whelming support each year. For all Itty Bitty Open event photos, click here.

2014 Itty Bitty Open

IN THI S IS SU E : New Year’s Shootout

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February Schedule

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Tucson Con-quistadores Charity Raffle

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Dream Day ‘14 5 LPGA*USGA Girls Golf

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Finkelstein & Kim Rep USA

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These Boys Are Good! Clinic

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Phx Metro Sponsor

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J UN I OR GO L F

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O F AR I ZONA Fore Jr. Golf G O L F F O R L I F E ! V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 1

J G A A S T A F F :

Scott McNevin-

Executive Director

Zach Cox -

Tournament

Director

Brianna Espinoza

-Communications

Manager

Chaun

Groeneveld -

Office Assistant

Kathy Knadler -

LPGA-USGA Girls

Golf of Phoenix

Site/Instructional

Director

Cori Alberdi -

LPGA*USGA Girls

Golf of Phoenix

Director

www.jgaa.org

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New Year’s Shootout

F O R E J R . G O L F

Boys 10 & Under:

1. Anawin Pikulthong

2. Comeron Kaiser

3. Vincent Cervantes

4. Jeffrey Huether

5. Benjamin Gugger

Girls 10 & Under:

1. Aaryanna Morris

2. Lauren Garcia

3. Mary Beth Doss

4. Makenna Cabardo

5. Drucelle Pedrosa

Boys 11-12:

1. Chaz Aurilia

2. Daniel Thompson

T3. Nicholas Kling

T3. Mahanth Chirra-vuri

T3. Gavin Aurilia

Girls 11-12:

1. Jenny Bae

2. Lauren Metcalf

3. Ashley Menne

T4. Alexandria Schmunk

T4. Alicia Shindo

Boys 13-14:

1. Jack Guertz

T2. Nicholas San Miguel

T2. Gavin Hultman

4. John Menne

5. Mitchell McGuire

Girls 13-14:

1. Eve Worden

2. Katelyn Allen

3. Isabella Cantwell

T4. Sloane Van Zanen

T4. Annabelle Huether

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Boys 15-18:

1. Matthew McCarty

2. Timothy Heslin

3. Mason Andersen

T4. Tommy Dougherty

T4. Michael Lawson Jr.

Girls 15-18:

1. Christina Ressa

2. Ashley Ohland

3. Megan Ohland

T4. Megan Liborio

T4. Karsten Mickelsen

Girls Championship:

1. Megan Hauptman

2. Mikayla Fitzpatrick

The JGAA kicked off its 2014 season with the New Year's Shootout on January 11, hosted by Roll-ing Hills G.C., Toka Sticks G.C., and Ken McDonald G.C. With over 120 players competing, it was a great way to start the year. Thank you to all of the golf courses for their hospitality and thank you to our many volunteers who came out to help. None of what the JGAA does would be possi-ble without everyone's involvement. Congratulations to the champions in each division!

For full field results, click here. For event photos, click here.

Boys Championship:

1. George Markham

2. Humza Hameed

3. Ali Hameed

UPCOMING REGISTRATION DEADLINES:

February 10: LPGA*USGA Girls Golf—Future Stars Academy Camp

March 5: Boys Golf Club—Shamrock Classic

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

February 8: LPGA*USGA Girls Golf—Sweetheart Tournament

February 8: Boys Golf Club—Fore the Love of Golf

February 15: LPGA*USGA Girls Golf—These Girls Rock! Clinic

February 15-16: JGAA—Phoenix Met-ro Junior Championship

February 17: LPGA*USGA Girls Golf—Future Stars Academy Camp

March 1-2: JGAA—Thunderbird Invi-tational

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F O R E J R . G O L F

FEBRUARY 2014

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Tucson Conquistadores Charity Raffle

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The Tucson Conquistadores are holding their annual Charity Raffle for a BRAND NEW 2014 Cadillac ATS! Tickets are $10 each. And the best part is $8 of the ticket donation will be donated back to the JGAA! The Grand Prize drawing will be held Sunday evening, April 13, 2014 at The EVENT at La Encantada.

(Winner need not be present.)

Please contact the JGAA Office at (602) 944-6168 to purchase your raffle tickets today!

The JGAA had the opportunity to be apart of the R.S. Hoyt Jr. Dream Day event held on Tuesday, January 28th by The First Tee of Phoenix at TPC Scotts-dale in conjunction with the Waste Management Phoenix Open as well as the Thunderbirds. With almost 400 kids in attendance, the event was undoubted-ly a success! From the SNAG Station to the Chuck The Hit Man golf trick shot show, the day was a blast for kids and adults alike. The JGAA also hosted the winners of the Itty Bitty Open's Best Dressed contest where the crowds deter-mined the ultimate Best Dressed winner of all 15 Itty Bitty Open locations!

To view more photos from the event, click here.

R.S. Hoyt Jr. Dream Day Event

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LPGA*USGA Girls Golf of Phoenix

F O R E J R . G O L F

LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Phoenix members spent the morning of February 3rd with Stacey Lewis at Wildfire Golf Resort to kick off the return of the unique Founder’s Cup event which takes place March 18th – 23rd. Members ranging in age from 7-17 asked questions of Stacey as she thoughtfully responded by sharing her personal experiences on her road to success. Each girl created her own question and was able to engage with Stacey and local media personalities including Channel 3 news.

Following the Q and A session, the group gathered on the practice range to watch Stacey hit drives, pitch and trick shots that you might see on the Big Break! Stacey was first to break the pane of glass with her iron shot but was soon followed by other girls golf members in shattering the second pane!

One of our lucky girls golf members was asked to take part in an interview on Channel 3 airing later that evening in the sports segment which can be viewed below.

The event takes place March 18 – 23 and will again show-case our members representing all LPGA-USGA Girls Golf programs in an effort to raise funds for the girls golf programs through the LPGA Foundation. Numerous opportunities will be offered throughout the week for the LPGA-USGA Girls Golf of Phoenix members which will be updated regularly on the front page of the website at www.girlsgolfofphoenix.org.

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Congratulations to former JGAA members, Dana Finkelstein and Kyung Kim, for being selected to represent the United States at the prestigious World University Golf Championship to be held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland in June, 2014. This year's event will be played at Severiano Ballesteros course. Each country can take five female players. Three will play as a team, counting the best two scores each day over a total of 72 holes for the tournament, while the other two play for medalist honors as individuals. The tournament features teams from Spain, Germa-ny, Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Great Britain, France, Czech Republic, Candada, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Italy, Malaysia and China, in addition to the United States. For more information about the 15th Annual World University Golf Championship, click here.

Dana Finkelstein & Kyung Kim to Represent USA

Our next These Boys are Good! FREE clinic is coming up on Saturday, February 22, at 11AM at Western Skies G.C. in Gilbert, AZ. Special Instruction will be pro-vided by PGA Professional Craig Hocknull, PGA. If you are interested in attend-ing, please RSVP to Tina Barrett at tbarrett@thefirstteephoenix.org.

For more information about the These Boys are Good! clinic series, click here.

These Boys Are Good! FREE Clinic—Feb 22

The JGAA's annual Phoenix Metro Junior Championship, held on February 15-16, will be sponsored this year by Van's Golf Shops. Vans Golf Shops has 7 locations

throughout the valley. Each player will receive a 2-ball pack, lunch after the first round, $10 gift card, as well as a chance to win a pair of FootJoy golf shoes, which will go to the Top-2 finishers in each division. This is a spectator event so we hope to see you out there!

Phoenix Metro Junior Championship—Sponsored by Van’s Golf Shops

10888 N. 19th Ave

Phoenix, AZ 85029

Main: (602) 944-6168

www.jgaa.org

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JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION OF ARIZONA

was established in 1983. We appreciate and

consider it a privilege to have served junior

golf for over 30 years!

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