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Talented Field of Over 70 Players to Compete
in 2008 Stroke Play Championship!
Holiday Inn South ( 225-924-7021) Offering Discounted
Reservations Through Saturday, July 26th
Call AJGT Office (850-243-6333) for Banquet Tickets!
Ol' Colony (due to aerification) moved to Nov 22nd-23rd
AJGT Stroke Play Championship Highlights
Summer of 2008
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Parham Booker of Pace, Florida
2007 AJGT Stroke Play
Championship Winner
69-69-67-205 (11 Under Par)
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Elise Bradley of Mandeville, Louisiana
2007 AJGT Stroke Play
Championship Winner
72-73-73-218 (2 Over Par)
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The 2008 AJGT Coca Cola Stroke Play Championship, open to all AJGT members, will be hosted at Beaver Creek Golf Club in Zachary, LA on Friday, August 1st-Sunday, August 3rd. The three-day, 54-hole tournament is a Double Points Tournament for both the 2007-'08 Points Race and for the beginning of the 2008-'09 Points Race. The event is the last tournament for which 2008 graduating seniors are eligible. A special Senior Ceremony is held at the AJGT Stroke Play Championship Banquet.
The banquet will be hosted in the Sedona Room of the Holiday Inn South on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge, beginning at 6:30 P.M. on Saturday, August 2nd following the second round of the tournament. The menu includes (players' banquet tickets are included in their entry fee) salad, rosemary pork chops, crabmeat augrautin, buttered new potatoes, green bean almondine, cheesecake or cherry pie and soft drinks or coffee. Parents and family members are cordially invited to attend. Tickets for family members are $25.00 and $18.00 for children under 12. Tickets should be purchased in advance by emailing or calling the AJGT office (850-243-6333) and asking that the cost for the number of tickets needed be added to the player's tournament entry credit card charge. The extended deadline for reserving rooms at the Holiday Inn South (225-924-7021), is Saturday, July 26th at 6:00 P.M. AJGT rooms at the Holiday Inn start at $88.00 per night.
The banquet is one of the highlights of the AJGT calendar. Two $1,500.00 Kelly Love Sportsmanship Scholarships will be presented (players must be 2008 graduates or rising seniors), the AJGT will recognize its graduating seniors in its annual Senior Ceremony, and Trophies will be presented for Most Improved, Player of the Year, and Spirit of Golf Awards. Points Cups, beautiful leaded crystal glass bowls manufactured in the Czech Republic, will be presented to the first, second and third place points leaders in all four Age Divisions. Players must be present and must be tournament participants to receive awards.
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AJGT Coca Cola Stroke Play Championship
Beaver Creek Golf Club
Zachary, Louisiana
August 1st-3rd (Fri-Sun)
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AJGT Lakes at Pelican Pt. Junior Classic
Lakes at Pelican Point
Gonzales, Louisiana
August 23rd-24th
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AJGT Limestone Springs Junior Classic
Limestone Springs Golf Club
Oneonta, Alabama
September 6th-7th, 2008
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Harris and Romano Best at Ballantrae
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Paul Harris of Oneonta, Alabama
Boys Overall Champion
AJGT Ballantrae Junior Classic
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Michael Romano of Hoover, Alabama
Boys 12-14 Age Division Winner
AJGT Ballantrae Junior Classic
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Paul Harris of Oneonta, Alabama and Michael Romano of Hoover, Alabama emerged as the respective Boys Overall Champion and the Boys 12-14 Year-Old Age Division Winner at the AJGT Ballantrae Junior Classic at Ballantrae Golf Club in Pelham, Alabama. Ballantrae, a links style course south of Birmingham, was in excellent condition for the event.
A strong northerly wind played havoc with two par fives into the stiff breeze on Tuesday, but conditions calmed during Wednesday’s final round. Hal Brown and the staff at Ballantrae proved to be hospitable hosts once again during the AJGT’s visit to Ballantrae.
Harris Birdie Barrage Nails Second Win
Webster, Hamm & Sudduth 2nd-4th
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Joseph Webster
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Colin Sudduth
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Rising senior Paul Harris unleashed a birdie barrage (ten on the tournament and six during Wednesday’s final round) and finished four under par (70-70-140) to capture his second consecutive Boys Overall Championship. Harris shot four nines of 35 and was one under after nine, two under after 18, three under after 27 and 4 under after 36 holes.
Harris birdied three of his first four holes on Wednesday’s final round and made his red numbers in the calmer conditions on the tourney’s second day.
Joseph Webster (77-70-147) of Trussville, AL fired a final round 2 under par 70 and charged from behind to take second place. Webster shot 38-39-77 with two birdies on Tuesday, but birdied three of his first four holes on Wednesday and tacked on another birdie on the back nine to shoot 35-35-70. Blair Hamm of Pleasant Grove, AL fired a final round, 1 over par 73 to claim 3rd place. Hamm birdied five holes on Wednesday’s front nine (and six on the day) and turned in 4 under par 32. Colin Sudduth of Vestavia Hills, AL birdied three of his first four holes, made five birdies on the day, and shot 36-36-72 to finish Wednesday at even par and claim 4th
Gray, Milam & Smith Challenge on Final Day
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Jud Milam
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Brock Bates
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Jay Humphries
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David Gray of Vestavia Hills, AL fired a final round, 1 over par 73 to finish at 152 in 5th place. Jud Milam of Trussville, AL and Ruston Smith of Northport, AL finished 1 shot back, tied for 6th at 153. Milam fashioned a final round, 2 over par 74 and Smith went out on Tuesday in 3 over par 75. Jake Dishman of Pelham, AL opened with a 3 over 75 on Tuesday enroute to an 8th place finish. Nate Henderson of Tuscaloosa, AL shot 77 on Tuesday and claimed 9th. Brock Bates and Jay Humphries, both of Birmingham, rounded out the Top Ten at 159.
Romano Snares First AJGT Victory
Nothing is more satisfying than watching a player be rewarded for months and months of hard work. Such was the case with Age Division Winner Michael Romano of Hoover, AL, who shot 76-76-152 to claim his first AJGT victory.
Romano’s hard work on his game came to fruition at Ballantrae, where he played the best golf of his AJGT career to date. Romano shot 39-37-76 on Tuesday and carded three birdies in the process. Romano then made two final round birdies and nailed down the win with another 39-37-76 effort.
Morris, Bryant, McElderry &
Edmonds In Top Five
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Justin McElderry
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Birmingham’s Anthony Morris posted a final round, 4 over par 76 to move into second place in the Boys 12-14’s. Morris carded four final round birdies and fashioned a 1 over par 37 on the front nine. Jon Bryant of Birmingham shot 38-40-78 and collected one birdie on the second round in a third place finish. Pelham’s Justin McElderry made five birdies on the tourney and posted a 3 over par 39 on Tuesday’s back nine to take fourth. Birmingham’s Will Edmonds shot 42-42-84 on Tuesday and rounded out the Top Five in the Boys 12-14’s.
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